The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Thanks T A and yep, it's a SOG alright. I have another SOG from 20 yrs ago and like it. The compound leverage is the real deal but with that said, I'd grab my Surge or 300 over this but I do like it and ya can't beat the Harley Davidson stamp on the plier head
This had been on my radar for awhile and threw a bid out there and landed it. Released in 2020 from what I gather, not that there weren't other dates it was released, I'm just not sure. Came really loose...to loose for my liking and after a little time I dialed it in to what I like. Beefy for sure. Now to land a sheath for it. Will follow the linkmitch13 sent me
My dad would’ve been all over that.
Thanks Barrett, nothing really rare but rare enough in my book. I'll more than likely put in in my tool pouch on my Triumph (hey, I'm a former Harley owner as well) but happy to add it to my MT collection. Just in case anyone is wondering, I have several Harley's on my radar for this summers riding seasonReally cool, Paul.
An older Huntsman. One of my favourites.
Cheapskate!
Thanks! T-A
Mine lacks the hook on the back. Is that the only difference? What vintage is mine? I looked for SAK Huntsman history on the web but couldn't find answers to my questions. T-A
Ha I'm no expert but with info I can gather from your photos your huntsman is older then 1985 and newer then 1975. If I were to guess I'd say it's closer to 1985. Tang stamps, reamer, grooved cork screw, scissors screw, scissors spring, and keyring hole all add up to these dates.
Thanks for your help. I really need to become more fluent in SAK-speak so I can better appreciate what I have in my collection. T-A
So, this must be an even older four layer 91 mm knife that has something to do with fishing? Am I on the right track?
So, looking through my accumulation of SAKs, I discovered 4 more Campers! None of them have the hook on the back.
Once again I'm not and expert but I'd say this is an original tool set Angler these days the Angler has pliers instead of scissors. A lot of things happened in 1961, the corkscrew became a 4 turn instead of a five turn the exposed reamer was changed to the new version along with a few other changes. So this points to your being pre 61. And probably newer then 1951 due to the swiss pat can opener stamp. It definitely has the wrong scissors spring but the originals are hard to find
Well, you might not be an expert, but you certainly are a wealth of SAK knowledge! Thanks so much for filling me in on these details. I'm nerdy enough to truly appreciate all the details you've covered. BTW, I consider "Nerd" to be a high honor. Thanks, T-AOnce again I'm not and expert but I'd say this is an original tool set Angler these days the Angler has pliers instead of scissors. A lot of things happened in 1961, the corkscrew became a 4 turn instead of a five turn the exposed reamer was changed to the new version along with a few other changes. So this points to your being pre 61. And probably newer then 1951 due to the swiss pat can opener stamp. It definitely has the wrong scissors spring but the originals are hard to find
Now as I said I'm not an expert but I know it's something I'd be proud of, a 60+ year old knife.
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The other Huntsman you have are all beauties and your lucky to have some nice old knives. I'm not sure about the liners and there use for dating.
Dan
T.A. I have the near exact model (hole in awl) and at one time I too looked (sakwiki) and could not find exactly what I was looking for. Sometime later (here or elsewhere) learned it was an older Hunstman. I know pretty close as to when I purchased this as it's one of my oldest knives that I've owned. I was with my wife at a hardware store and purchased it on my birthday (3/23/1984 or 1985) along with one of the worst firearms I ever purchased (Jennings .22 pistol manufactured in Chino CA) pretty sure they're defunct years ago, that thing would jam just looking at it....anyways. Now for how long it may have sat in inventory is unknown.
