Perhaps a typo but I'm pretty sure the knife in that pic is right at 3 inches closed.
Yeah, maybe I picked the wrong one. I couldn't link the pic in the original, and I can't post a link. If it turns out I'm wrong, and it is 3" closed, then that is fine too! 3" is a great size for pocket carry.
Just today, I scored this Kamp-King scout knife on ebay. US-made Imperial from 1975. Not the greatest quality, I think, but I bought this one because the $56 Remington one I bought (and just mailed back today) was a piece of junk, and this one is exactly like the one my grandpa had when I was a lad. For my first pocket knife, he gave me a smaller imperial with the same jigged plastic scales, and the "large" clip blade is probably 1-1/2" long, and the small pen blade is 1" or less.
Since this is a completed auction, I think I'm allowed to post a direct link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...27&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:1123#ht_1149wt_895
I must have looked at 50 of these, trying to find this exact model that met all of the following criteria:
- No broken scales
- No rust (staining is fine)
- Bail intact
- No broken blade or implements
- Proper description from someone who knows a minimum about knives (i.e. not "I bought this at an estate sale and don't know anything about knives, buy at your own risk." I HATE those descriptions.)
- Small jigging, not large (Pop's had the small jigging)
- No sharpening jobs done on a grinder
- No marks from trying to clean the knife up on a wire wheel of a bench grinder
- All-up price <$20
- Decent photos
I'm pretty stoked to get this. He mailed it out, or at least printed the label today, so I should have it by mid-week.
Edit: Here are the seller's pix: