your oldest knife

1917 Trench Knife
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I have several from the middle 1800's. First, is the following Sheffield made full tang double edged gamblers dagger/dirk in Ivory scales, embellished with Ebony pommel and buttons(middle one missing from sometime in the distant passed) and hi-carbon steel.. circa 1850'-60's..

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Two oldest swords 1395 - 1425 (Japanese)
Oldest Bayonet 1854 (Austrian)
Oldest knife 1870 (Spanish Stilletto from Toledo)
 
Honk Falls two-blade slippy from the 1920s.

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Guyon,
Drop dead gorgeous :eek: Honk Falls Saddle Horn type slippy! What a nice little jem she is.:thumbup: :cool:
 
The oldest one I still occasionally use is a 1972 Buck 112.

The oldest is a hard call. I have some old Winchester and Remington knives, and a couple of others that could be pre 1900 knives from Boker. No one could ever tell me much except they were really old.

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My uncle gave me my grandfather's hunting knife last year. I've no idea how old it is, he had it before WWII so probably 1920's or 30's. He and my Dad thought it appropriate that I should have it, being the family knut. :)
 
I've got a couple of civil war sabers but not really knives.


I've got one that I dont' have a clue about, its about a 9 inch curved blade with a wood/brass handle in a brass sheath, it looks like something you'd see stuck in a persian warriors sash.

I'll post pics when I get home, maybe someone can help me ID it or at least give me an era its from.
 
Grandad's ole bokers from the 50's. Family silverware from the 1800's.

And I traded for one that some guy told me was one of Noah's knifes he used in construction of the Ark and another that was used in beheading John the Baptist. Those are my keepers. I traded King David's custom sword, as it had a ding in the blade.
 
Ex-gf's uncle was a cop in Vegas in the 50's. My oldest is an automatic stiletto he took off some kid back then. Pivot pin is trashed and it correctly opens 2 in 5 tries.
 
i have a mesolithic flint (between 8,000 and 40,000 years ago).. but that's not really a knife, so.. nothing over 100 years :(
 
Cool thread (especially for us old dude's) ;).

Sunnyd those are some "killer" examples. I especially like the Sheffield.

I carry an Electric Knife equal end pen knife in bone on occasions (the company went out of business in about 1912 or 1913. Great little slippie that still walks and talks well. Better than a lot of new factory multiblades. :).

Here is another shot of a 1917 trench knife my dad gave to me many years ago.
It left my collection for a while on a trade and it came back via an auction.:cool:

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