Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

[Just Tom.]

Just Tom,

Because of you, I just ordered $50 worth of Mikov knives...That's 8 knives in all...What have you done to me....

I'll post some pics when they arrive, hopefully by next Thursday so I can post

I’m sorry .
Quality is pretty decent on some of them, but not so much on the shell-handled ones (although the blades are actually pretty good). I just like them because the remind me of the things they used to sell on cardboard displays at the drugstore or at souvenir stands, and because I like to see companies still producing affordable goods outside of certain places in Asia.

 

[euroken]

After seeing your posts, I did some digging, watching online videos in Czech lol

They appear well worth the price. 5 of the 8 knives were sub $5!!! We'll see. I'll share some pics and videos perhaps!

 

[Just Tom.]

After seeing your posts, I did some digging, watching online videos in Czech lol

They appear well worth the price. 5 of the 8 knives were sub $5!!! We'll see. I'll share some pics and videos perhaps!

I’m looking forward to it.
I have been tempted to order directly from the manufacturer’s website, but I’m afraid I would go an a spending-spree as well. There are 3 in particular I have been eyeballing...

 

[cbach8tw]

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Sorry that went right over my head. The point of me ordering it was that some I have gotten had anchors on them and some didn’t. I wouldn’t care if it had one or not, but he wanted one with an anchor. I figured I would order just one more - if it had an anchor on it I was going to send it to him, and if it came without one I would keep it and send him one of my others that had it.

I just thought that MIKOV was a brand ordered through that store, have not seen it up for sale anywhere else. I had one years ago. Nothing in reference to the anchor knife. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Just Tom.]

I just thought that MIKOV was a brand ordered through that store, have not seen it up for sale anywhere else. I had one years ago. Nothing in reference to the anchor knife. Sorry for the confusion.

You did have me confused for a second there, but then it doesn’t take much. I thought maybe it was a joke and I just didn’t get it. But you know what they say: He who laughs last..... had to get it explained to him.

 

[cbach8tw]

I could not mention the store by name since it is not a supporting organization of this site. The MIKOV I had was stainless steel liners and bolsters in an imitation stag, strong spring. May of had a lock. I liked it because it seemed like a sturdy knife, fit and finish was okay, but could not get a good edge in it.

 

[cbach8tw]

 

[cbach8tw]

That was it above.

 

[btb01]

Picked up this c.1900 Kastor made knife for $3.99

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Very cool little knife!

That’s not a bad looking knife at all, but it’s too bad yours wouldn’t take a good edge.

 

[cbach8tw]

I traded it a long time ago for something I do not remember. That pic was from their site.

 

[Just Tom.]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[screened porch]

Richards.

 

[r8shell]

Rough Rider

 

[JohnDF]

 

[ismaris]

My dad gave these away in the fifties when he worked for the Hickok Co in Rochester, NY. One and a half inches long with a 1 inch blade, carbon spring, snappy half stop and closure, stainless blade, and genuine Alligator scales. I'm sure he paid no more than $1.50 per.

 

[Modoc ED]

Queen Black Composite "Pilot Test Run" Trapper. Thirty bucks and a pretty darn nice knife.

 

[bigfish64]

Thrifty and slicy!

 

[5K Qs]

I bought this Imperial Kamp King at an antique store on March 7, 2020 for $8. Who knew that a week later the whole world would be VERY different? Here's some of the minor differences for me personally, totally ignoring the death and devastation from the past year: I haven't played basketball or taught "normally" for a year and a day, I haven't ridden the bus for exactly a year, I've walked less than 6 miles in only 5 of the past 365 days, I haven't gone grocery shopping without a mask for almost a year, I haven't been to church in person for 52 Sundays, I've been inside a public library only once in the past year, ... By coincidence, the scout knife happens to be part of my weekly rotation this week.


- GT

 

[mbkr]

Up until today I've owned two Rough Ryder knives. One I found in a file cabinet in my Dad's shop building. A smallish (3 1/4"?) stockman, new in the box. Its a nice enough knife, but I've never carried it. The other one is a tiny keychain knife I bought because I needed $4 to get free shipping and it was $4.99 I've never carried it either.

Today I received an equestrian knife. I don't have a horse. I've never had a horse. I'll never own a horse. So why? Its a little convoluted. Some Swiss Army knives have a "package hook". I've used it occasionally for other stuff like pulling a shift shaft seal out of my old BMW motorcycle. Or cleaning mud out the treads of my boots. On more than one occasion, I though it would be handy to have a little larger hook and to have it in line with the knife. Victorinox's comes out the bottom forming a "T" handle. Then I discovered equestrian knives

I didn't want to spend a lot on one, since it may not get used very much. So I bought an RR for $12.

I'm impressed. Its well made, with excellent F&F. Better than a couple of recent Case purchases I've made. The blade has good snap, not a gator snap, but perfectly adequate. The hoof pick has very good snap. Nice and solid. Neither have even a hint of play. The blades shaves hair out of the box. And the box...holy cow. Magnetic closing, heavy duty construction, velvet interior. On a $12 knife! One interesting thing is that the hoof pick rides on two springs. I don't know if this is common or not. I haven't seen it before except on some whittlers.

This a very nice knife. I now understand the enthusiasm for the brand
Its the size of a full size Case trapper with a little more thickness and heft.


Two springs for the pick