Slipjoint "Folding Hunter"s

screened porch · Mar 10, 2020

joeradza said:
Did the Craftsman knives always have the tang stamp facing out?

Good question. I don't know.

Old Engineer · Mar 10, 2020

An old Cattaraugus Hunter's Pride model . Still a very solid knife .

Just gave this Western to a Son-in-law about a month ago . I really liked this knife .

Harry

screened porch · Mar 11, 2020

I almost missed this one. It was under a xerox of an e-bay listing for a shell-handled Imperial stockman they wanted over $100 for. This was something like $12. It did have some bug damage under the other handle cover, but I dipped it in kerosene to kill any lingering bugs, and filled the void with epoxy. Maybe I'll take a picture of the repair when the light is better, but you won't see anything but a bit of shine from the epoxy.

North Shore · Mar 11, 2020

scrteened porch said:
I almost missed this one. It was under a xerox of an e-bay listing for a shell-handled Imperial stockman they wanted over $100 for. This was something like $12. It did have some bug damage under the other handle cover, but I dipped it in kerosene to kill any lingering bugs, and filled the void with epoxy. Maybe I'll take a picture of the repair when the light is better, but you won't see anything but a bit of shine from the epoxy.

dang, was that a find in the wild? I really like the blade stamp by the nail nick. I'd love to have it, big KA-BAR guy.

evergreensSequoiaseucalyptusandOaks · Mar 11, 2020

rockman0 said:
A couple of tested era hunters.

Those two right there are two Good Looking FH's - Very Nice Knives Mr. Rockman - !

screened porch · Mar 11, 2020

North Shore said:
dang, was that a find in the wild? I really like the blade stamp by the nail nick. I'd love to have it, big KA-BAR guy.

Thank you.
It was at an estate sale under a tent over the driveway of a grubby little lake house of the sort that was there before the rich buggers moved in and is destined to be torn down by a rich bugger in the near future.
I don't usually get excited about handle materials, but this is beautiful.

My patch seems to have a little fossilized stickum on it from the masking tape dam that held in the epoxy.

The Ka-bar below is my first of this pattern, and still about the worst case of celluloid rot I've seen. Another estate sale. Pretty cheap, since one handle cover was gone and the other was crumpled up, in addition to the blade damage.

I got this case with the wonder-edge skinner a couple years ago at the Syracuse Antique Mall, not usually a good place for knives. Something like $28.

A Schrade Walden NY with somebody's improvised sheath:

The handles are the sort of plastic that oxidizes a white film that rubs off with mineral oil.

These are great knives. It was quite an achievement of Buck's 110 to make them so nearly forgotten.

North Shore · Mar 11, 2020

scrteened porch said:
Thank you.
It was at an estate sale under a tent over the driveway of a grubby little lake house of the sort that was there before the rich buggers moved in and is destined to be torn down by a rich bugger in the near future.
I don't usually get excited about handle materials, but this is beautiful.

My patch seems to have a little fossilized stickum on it from the masking tape dam that held in the epoxy.

The Ka-bar below is my first of this pattern, and still about the worst case of celluloid rot I've seen. Another estate sale. Pretty cheap, since one handle cover was gone and the other was crumpled up, in addition to the blade damage.

I got this case with the wonder-edge skinner a couple years ago at the Syracuse Antique Mall, not usually a good place for knives. Something like $28.

A Schrade Walden NY with somebody's improvised sheath:

The handles are the sort of plastic that oxidizes a white film that rubs off with mineral oil.

These are great knives. It was quite an achievement of Buck's 110 to make them so nearly forgotten.

Im in love with that KA-BAR... Wow it's speaking to me. Amazing find I would love to be that lucky

screened porch · Mar 11, 2020

You're inspiring me to take it deer-hunting.

screened porch · Mar 11, 2020

Stag Kabar's tang stamps:
It might say USA underneath, or it might be my imagination.

Union Cut Co NY. Maybe something covered by the bolster in front of the NY?

tongueriver · Mar 11, 2020

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Arathol · Mar 11, 2020

scrteened porch said:
It might say USA underneath, or it might be my imagination.

Union Cut Co NY. Maybe something covered by the bolster in front of the NY?

Union Cut Co Olean NY......

Coreysbu · Mar 11, 2020

Nice showing of folding hunters. Here's a few Canal Streets to add to the mix.

rockman0 · Mar 11, 2020

Thank you

Grandpa Peter's and Grandma Betty's said:
Those two right there are two Good Looking FH's - Very Nice Knives Mr. Rockman - !

Fantastic K Bar :thumbsup:

screened porch

Student762 · Mar 11, 2020

Those Canal Streets are awesome. Love the liner locks.

blademan 13 · Mar 12, 2020

Wow, never knew Queen supplied any Canal Street knives. That folding hunter sure is the spitting image of a Queen #39. Same bone and all. Is blade steel D-2?

Coreysbu · Mar 12, 2020

blademan 13 said:
Wow, never knew Queen supplied any Canal Street knives. That folding hunter sure is the spitting image of a Queen #39. Same bone and all. Is blade steel D-2?

Blade steel is 420 for the bone stag, and 440C for the other two. I know Queen supplied some parts to CSC. Not sure which patterns, but the hunter very well could be one of them.

screened porch · Mar 12, 2020

Arathol said:
Union Cut Co Olean NY......

It worries me a bit that the Olean on the skinner is totally covered by the bolster, but if it's a Frankenknife it's a fine Fankenknife.

Arathol · Mar 12, 2020

scrteened porch said:
It worries me a bit that the Olean on the skinner is totally covered by the bolster, but if it's a Frankenknife it's a fine Fankenknife.

Why would this make it a frankenknife? The KA-BAR name started originally as a trademark of the Union Cutlery Co. of Olean NY in 1924, and if it has both marks that just means the knife was made before Union Cutlery was renamed Kabar in 1952.

screened porch · Mar 12, 2020

Arathol said:
Why would this make it a frankenknife? The KA-BAR name started originally as a trademark of the Union Cutlery Co. of Olean NY in 1924, and if it has both marks that just means the knife was made before Union Cutlery was renamed Kabar in 1952.

I didn't say anything about KA-BAR and Union. I said it worries me that the "Olean" is stamped where it can't be seen.

Arathol · Mar 12, 2020

That happens a lot on many knives. I don't think its anything to worry about. The stamp has to go somewhere....