Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

[JohnDF]

thanks John!

You're welcome, my friend.

 

[mitch4ging]

I really love Imperial Toothpicks!

Intersting .22 ammo. My very first .22 was a Revelation, single shot bolt action my dad bought me I guess around '73-'74. Still have it in my closet, but I need to replace the little extractor spring.

Not sure who Brian is, but I have his knife! Decent bone covers.

 

[5K Qs]

I really love Imperial Toothpicks!

Me, too, especially those with 2 blades! The striped covers on yours are exemplary! Here's the only one I currently have:


- GT

 

[PocketKnifeJimmy]

I paid 99 cents plus tax at a thrift store for this German made MOP antique traditional folding knife.
It fits right in with my eclectic collection that includes all sorts of other antique do-dads. Here is an example of that...

 

[Crappie71]

Intersting .22 ammo. My very first .22 was a Revelation, single shot bolt action my dad bought me I guess around '73-'74. Still have it in my closet, but I need to replace the little extractor spring.

Not sure who Brian is, but I have his knife! Decent bone covers.

Yeah, I collect old ammo boxes and fishing tackle. Knives aren’t my only passion, and any chance I get to combine them, I love it. I love those old store brand guns too (Western Field, JC Higgins, Ted Williams); there’s not a lot of collector interest in them, but I pick them up if I get the chance. It’s interesting to research what company made them, and sometimes you can find a nice gun at a decent price. Sadly the GCA of ‘68 was the beginning of the end for the store brand guns.

 

[Crappie71]

Me, too, especially those with 2 blades! The striped covers on yours are exemplary! Here's the only one I currently have:
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- GT

Yours is a nice one too and better than average condition. It seems you see fifteen single blades to one two blade; I’m always looking for them though. I’ll post more Imperial/Hammer Brand in the weeks to come.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[screened porch]

From old Cathay.

 

[5K Qs]

From old Cathay.

How is that canoe? I've never heard of that brand, but there are few canoe knives that I don't like. Looks good to me!

I no longer have this knife, but it was a thrifty purchase (under $9) that I gave to someone else. I keep buying these medium-sized lockbacks and then realizing that I really don't care for the pattern very much. This one is called a "bark bone" lockback:


- GT

 

[screened porch]

How is that canoe? I've never heard of that brand, but there are few canoe knives that I don't like. Looks good to me!

Dad will have ordered it from the obvious place in the latter 90s, I expect.

It's nice and slim.
I'll touch up the factory edge and see how it cuts.

With my only other canoe.

 

[Crappie71]

Hammer Brand Toothpick

 

[5K Qs]

Dad will have ordered it from the obvious place in the latter 90s, I expect.

It's nice and slim.
I'll touch up the factory edge and see how it cuts.

With my only other canoe.

Thanks for the extra info and photos!
I like the faux amber stag on the Camillus canoe, too!

- GT

 

[afishhunter]

One is quasi thrifty, at $21, I think it was.
The three Marbles were thrifty, at under $7 each.
Buck 371 Black n' Blue G10 bare head stockman. (the quasi trifty one)
Marbles M278 G.I. Utility Knife/Demo knife.
Marbles MR409 hawkbill G.I. Kinfe.
Marbles MR139 Douk-Douk style fishing knife.
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[bigfish64]

#6, this one is in my lunch box almost everyday during the school year.

 

[screened porch]

Another Chinese from paper catalogue and phone-order days, I'm pretty sure, though it's totally unmarked.

 

[JohnDF]

 

[BP_]

I’ve been enjoying this little guy since I picked it up not too long ago. Inexpensive, American made, and something about the covers just attracts me. Plenty of life left in this one

 

[Modoc ED]

Free from a farm supply store with the purchase of T-posts and no-climb horse fence up in Klamath Falls, Oregon a few years back. The Sod Buster Jr. is an inexpensive knife anyway but free is better.

 

[JohnDF]

Free from a farm supply store with the purchase of T-posts and no-climb horse fence

That's pretty cool that they gave you a free knife. That's the way to earn repeat business.
These days, around here, I'm lucky to get a Thank You Come Again... somebody really needs to be teaching these kids about "service".

 

[Crappie71]

Another Hammer Brand Toothpick.