Smith & Wesson USA

[ElKabong]

Not the current Chinese stuff, these were designed by Blackie Collins and made in house by Smith
The folder was outsourced to an USA knife company
Anyone else into these?

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[clutchcarter]

Here's a set of the collector series with matching serial numbers. Sorry about the terrible pictures.

 

[Getahl]

Very purdy. I take it these aren't recent production?

 

[navihawk]

Very nice. My brother has the plain bowie at the top of the thread. I always wonder what it's worth today. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure they were made by Gerber. At least the folders.

 

[screened porch]

That round-handled fb in the middle of the first picture looks like the knife illustrated in Wiseman's SAS Survival Guide.

 

[ElKabong]

They were made in-house at this point, the fixed blades anyway.
The 6060 Folder pictured was outsourced to Alcas, a partnership between Alcoa & Case, which later became part of Cutco.

 

[JSutter]

I don't remember these; does anyone know about when they were made?

 

[ElKabong]

This original series was 75-80 or so IIRC
Smith & Wesson had a second series of knives around 80-81, the Maverick folder is the one that I remember specifically, there was also a swing out design knife.
The blade was inset into the handle, which swung out and around.
These were made by S&W at their Houlton plant.

 

[sextant]

Nice knives - I like them Here are mine:

 

[wouter1967]

This one has been with me since 1982.

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

My Dad has a drop point hunter like the bottom pic in the first group pics. His isn't as embellished and doesn't have the pommel, its "bare headed" I guess. Fit'n'finish is immaculate imho, the hollow handle version is a grail knife for me. Hollow handle survival knives was all the rage when I was a kid, most were garbage but I remember an magazine ad with the S&W. It was like comparing a thrift store bicycle to a 64 panhead

 

[wouter1967]

Here is a Smith & Wesson 6060 Folding Hunter I recently picked up.
Production was in the second half of the 1970's. Blackie Collins design.
Very nice fit & finish, no gaps, no blade play, nicely ground.

 

[Jolipapa]

Mine arrived a couple years later. Knife and sheath have been made with Sherman tanks surplus!