Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

[Jack Black]

Thank you, Jack.

It's a nice looking knife.

Thanks buddy

 

[mph57]

Carrying a mid 80s Camillus Jack Knife (#18) today. Less than $15.00 back in 1984.

 

[jideta]

Less than 10 dollah



No, you're not going to be clearing any trails or erecting any shelters.
Still, for basic sharp object work, I'd buy another.
Main gripe is those finger groves 'force' your hand into a position but it's not uncomfortable.
For less than ten bucks you can't go wrong!

 

[Ironbut]

I like Barlows. I paid $5 for this Kutmaster & $3 for the old Schrade at a flea market. What a ripoff!

They both have a little blade wobble, which I can probably fix; and need the edges worked on. Once that's done that, they have another fifty of so years left on them.

 

[the-accumulator]

WALLKILL RIVER WORKS WALDEN N.Y., an economy line from a premium maker, New York Knife Company, c1920-1931.





Notice the closed back. Have a thoroughly Thrifty Thursday! T-A

 

[Jack Black]

This Rough Rider Sowbelly in smooth tobacco bone is my Thrifty Thursday carry today

 

[5K Qs]

Another scout knife for me this week, or as Marbles calls it, a GI Utility Knife. Total cost including 15% discount and 6% tax was exactly $6.66 :


- GT

 

[JohnDF]

1950's Fairmount Jack, a budget line for Camillus...

 

[Peregrin]

1950's Fairmount Jack, a budget line for Camillus...

I always like seeing the Fairmount knives. The town of Fairmount is just east of the town of Camillus, the home of the now defunct Camillus Cutlery.

 

[screened porch]

 

[JohnDF]

I always like seeing the Fairmount knives. The town of Fairmount is just east of the town of Camillus, the home of the now defunct Camillus Cutlery.

That is interesting.
Thanks for the history lesson.
I can say that it is a well constructed knife.

 

[jideta]

RR tiny congress

 

[5K Qs]

I like the "shield" on your linerless shadow Imperial, Jer; reminds me of John Henry, a steel-drivin' man!

- GT

 

[afishhunter]

jideta , what camera is that? 120/220, or one of the many roll films no longer available? Looks like a grand old high end camera.

 

[Georgecatl]

They don't come much cheaper (thrifty).
This is the upgraded serrated model.
What traditional picnic would be complete without?
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[afishhunter]

My "thrifty" carry this week is a pair of (now discontinued) Rough Rider "A Stroke of Luck" Series. The RR1062 Canoe and RR1057 large stockman.
I also have a Marbles MR278 "Demo" knife/"GI Utility knife" in my pocket, of course. ($6.99 with tax and shipping?)
If memory serves, the canoe was around $8 or $9 when I got it, with the stockman around $11 or $12.
My "expensive" thrifty knife (I think it was $29.99 plus free shipping, for the first run of them) is a SK Blades SFO "Smoke Jumper" Buck 110LT.

 

[mph57]

Colonial Old Cutler #523...I just finished wet-sanding the blades a bit and sharpening it up. $15.00 out the door back in the 80s.

 

[JohnDF]

I've never owned one, but they seem like a well-made knife.

 

[mph57]

I've never owned one, but they seem like a well-made knife.

Thanks John,
I think they're well-made...and underrated, but I've never spent more than $40.00 on a pocket knife, so it's all relative I guess. I know they're 1095 steel and were Colonial's top of the line knife. I have a couple from the 1980s and they compare favorably to the few Camillus, Schrades, and Imperials that I have from that era...again all less than $40.00.

 

[btb01]

I had an Imperial like that (not the exact same model, but similar) when I was a kid.

I’ve been carrying an Opinel (carbon) for most of the past week. Probably my favorite thrifty traditional knife.

(That’s not the Opinel I’ve been carrying. That’s a No. 6, and I’ve been carrying a No. 7 this week. But I don’t have a lot of pics of my
Opinels, so that one will have to suffice.)