Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

[5K Qs]

You can always find decent prices on the crazy cell shell Imperial & Hammer Brand jacks but they are nicely put together

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I used one to cut up some green pepper and grapes for ingredients in a "leftover casserole" I made tonight. They're such good slicers!


- GT

 

[Old Biker]

Even today, my 98 year old mother will ask why I carry a knife... It's dangerous!!!

My late grandmother used to ask me the exact same thing. Miss her.

Wow! My grandmother never told me knives were dangerous. She did teach me how to use one more safely. I remember her teaching me to cut away from myself, so I wouldn't cut myself. I also remember her telling me, that I was more likely to cut myself with a dull knife than a sharp knife. I proved her right on that, a few times as a kid. I'm still of the opinion that a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp knife.

A shell handled Imperial stockman, like the bottom knife in this picture is what I remember carrying the most as a child. They cost $.99 at the local dime store .

O.B.

 

[afishhunter]

I think I will add this to my pocket for Thrifty Thursday, since it got here in time.

Cold Steel Kudu Lite slipjoint. Call it "$7", (plus a buck anna quarter, for 33.3% of the total shipping cost for three new goodies. )

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EDIT: Forgot (almost) to mention: The blade is equipped with a half stop. It does to have the "ratchet tang" of the ring lock Kudu and Eland.

 

[CelloDan]

 

[Hickory n steel]

I didn't pay much for this when I bought it NOS off Ebay and I'm sure it didn't cost much new.

I think I payed about $12 for it, and the other I did a giveaway for earlier this year was $16 I think.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I really love the little Gerber ultralight LST, you just can't beat 'em for $12.
Buck has more offerings and I love them, but these do slice better with their thinner grind.


In fact I just ordered another one to gift.

 

[Just Tom.]

At $3.99, the 1’-square sheet of metallic blue vinyl was almost half the cost of the knife itself.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[veitsi_poika]

I didn't pay much for this when I bought it NOS off Ebay and I'm sure it didn't cost much new.

I think I payed about $12 for it, and the other I did a giveaway for earlier this year was $16 I think.

Looks like a good knife for Metal Monday too

 

[veitsi_poika]

When I first caught the "vintage knife" bug I found that old pruners were a good way to buy some of the old classic makers (Schrade Cut Co, NYKC, Ulster, Walden Knife Co, Utica, etc.) for generally $20-$30. I picked up this Dwight Divine & Sons this week for $20

 

[5K Qs]

This Rough Rider half whittler cost under $7.50 including shipping back in 2016, and it was like getting TWO knives for that price!!
Mark side:


Pile side:


- GT

 

[mbkr]

This Rough Rider half whittler cost under $7.50 including shipping back in 2016, and it was like getting TWO knives for that price!!
Mark side:
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Pile side:
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- GT

Those mismatched handles "work". I like it. Makes the knife more interesting.

 

[screened porch]

At $3.99, the 1’-square sheet of metallic blue vinyl was almost half the cost of the knife itself.

I love that sticky vinyl idea. I've been thinking I should peel the cel off all my shells and paint them.

Sorry, no light this morning-
This is a Kent, a Camillus bargain brand. With Kent or Camco, there's nothing obviously cheap about them. Probably they used the cheapest cover materials, and maybe the nickel-plated steel bolsters were cheaper than white or yellow brass.

Looks like nickelled steel liners, too. Cheaper yet stronger. If I'd seen the premiums displayed side by side with the economies back in the day, I might have gone for the economies and thought I was getting a better knife.

 

[mbkr]

Small (3" closed) Remington R5's. Good little lockbacks. Paid $14 for the black one and $15 for the wood one with the shield.


Found this Rough Rider in my Dad's shop. New in the box. Looks like it was $8.50.

 

[joeradza]

Considering that a Boy Scout Chow Kit with this knife, a fork and spoon in a leather case cost $1-2 this qualifies as thrifty.

 

[5K Qs]

Those mismatched handles "work". I like it. Makes the knife more interesting.

Thanks.
Should be able to make it a prop for some kind of magic trick, too.

Small (3" closed) Remington R5's. Good little lockbacks. Paid $14 for the black one and $15 for the wood one with the shield.
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Found this Rough Rider in my Dad's shop. New in the box. Looks like it was $8.50.
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I like the drop point blades on those Remington lockbacks.
Nice RR stockman, too.

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Thrifty AND thrilling, Alan!

- GT

 

[joeradza]

Thrifty AND thrilling, Alan!

Thank you. Love the wirejacks.

 

[Just Tom.]

I love that sticky vinyl idea. I've been thinking I should peel the cel off all my shells and paint them.

I fear the vinyl won’t be too durable, but you never know. It was very difficult (for me) to get it to tuck into the gap between the liners and the handle, but I think that is going to be the key to not having it come off too quickly.

 

[solphilos]

When I first caught the "vintage knife" bug I found that old pruners were a good way to buy some of the old classic makers (Schrade Cut Co, NYKC, Ulster, Walden Knife Co, Utica, etc.) for generally $20-$30. I picked up this Dwight Divine & Sons this week for $20

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A highly underrated blade style in my opinion. I carry a modern hawkbill daily and its a extremely useful in a warehouse/production setting. Not so good a preparing lunch but versatile for most other things.

 

[guy g]

12.99$ RR
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