Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

[Hickory n steel]

Can buy some version of the TL-29 for under 20 bucks all over ebay.
This one was made by Camillus.

Yes ou can, and the Utica made Klein electricians knife is around $20 or so new.

 

[Hivoltage]

The CV is really done well and yellow synthetic actually feels great and of high quality. This is thrifty for a pocket knife for me.

 

[chuck4570]

I love these little Vics, I keep them in my truck my wife’s car, and the camper. Sharp little buggers right out of the box and easy to touch up.

 

[screened porch]

Jer, if that's an Imperial Ireland stockman, I have the same model!

That's the varmint.

 

[Just Tom.]

Thrifty new arrival this Thursday. This one is raw material for a project, though.

 

[Marlingspike12]

 

[waynorth]

Cost only a few bucks!! Cracks in both handles! Sharp as a razor and snappy!! I used it for years and then gave it to a traditional-knife Nooby!!
Greenbone Case Tested XX 6347!!

 

[AnW]

Got this one on Ebay for $20. I don't love it, but every once in a while I am drawn to carry it.

Interestingly enough though, I think my 3 favorite knives to carry right now were all around $40 each (Case Wharncliffe Mini Trapper, SAK Spartan w/ custom scales, Buck 302).

 

[Getting older]

I have a lot of cheap knives, but I will spare you the everyday Moras and Opinels and Antoninis and Filmams and Doukdouks and get right down to the cheapest of the cheap.

The Kudu was selling for about five bucks the day I bought it. The Okapi went for nearly three times that.
The pride of this tableau is the Sani-Safe paring knife, $3.29 delivered.

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More bottom-of-the-barrel Cold Steel, and a Cedar Ridge left under the seat of an old Ranger by the previous owner.


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Walker blade lock is nice catch

 

[Headwinds]

Can’t get any more thrifty than this - free 2 1/4” advertising pen knife from one of our suppliers. Nice little knife.

 

[JohnDF]

Thanks for getting us started Headwinds
For my Thrifty Thursday carry today... a Camco Bottle Opener Jack.

 

[Just Tom.]

A couple of czeap Czech knives again:

 

[Modoc ED]

Buck 055 - Less than thirty bucks when I got it.

 

[waynorth]

Salesman's giveaway!! In the ~1950s!! Part of my Dad's (RIP) estate!!
Made by Syracuse Knife (Camillus)!

 

[Old Hunter]

Colonial shell-handles; cheap then, cheap now - good blades. OH

 

[JohnDF]

That's very cool, I like the tool.

 

[Old Hunter]

JohnDF - thank you! This was the first one like this I ever saw, had to look at it twice! OH

 

[Prester John]

Ambassador advertising knife. I think I paid $5 at a gun show. Going to use the cap lifter to open a Mexican Coke in a little while.

 

[mbkr]

Leatherman Juice B2 have been on closeout for a while now. Made in the USA, 420hc steel, decent snap, no blade play. Great little pocket knife that I paid $15 for.

 

[Old Biker]

I had these two in my pocket today.

A Buck 703 I fished out of the bay a few weeks back for $15.

A couple weeks ago I caught this one for $20. A Colonial made Old Cutler.

I have never seen this blade combination before, but I like it.

O.B.