Old Official & Non-Official Folding Military Pocket Knives

[Miller Bro's]

Thank you gentlemen

[Iron Hoarder]

I would have bought that one too. Very nice.

[Miller Bro's]

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Man, Knife Lore is dying a slow death

[Owd Wullie]

27 views in 5 days

Man, Knife Lore is dying a slow death

I check it every day.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Once a day, Willie? I check it multiple times daily.

I just don't always write something.

Charlie Noyes

[johnnierotten]

I just don't always write something.

Charlie...I do the same also.

[Iron Hoarder]

Here's a few I've found and then sold on or traded. All English aside from a couple civilian repro's with that odd green plastic one that no one is sure what army it came from.

[jerryd6818]

Robert, are the WWII BAK's easy to come by over there (and cheap)?

[RobesonsRme.com]

I love that first one. Looks like cattle horn handles.

If that is the case, does that make it WWI vintage?

Beautiful knife, that.

The rest are good too, BTW.

Charlie Noyes

[paulsvintage]

nice Bob..don't see much of them here

[Old Hunter]

Bob, the emblem molded on the handle of your green knife is pretty small, but it reminds me of the Italian Army symbol I remember from NATO exercises in the 1980's - a emblem very much like that was embossed in their belt buckles. I have one of the Italian Army belt/buckles somewhere but cannot remember where it is right now.

[Iron Hoarder]

The debate about that emblem ended up being either Spain or Italy but we have no idea who made it.

The UK Military knives are rather easy and cheap (depending upon your definition of cheap) to find. I pay between £1 and £10 each for them depending upon condition. That's for the black ones. The larger WWI era knives are more I'll pay up to £40 for really good ones. The Navy knives go for between £5 and £30. That is what I pay for them. I sell them for a modest profit. I spend a lot of time, gas and shoe leather finding them at flea markets and paying shipping on auction lots.

[Miller Bro's]

I picked up another one of these

[Iron Hoarder]

Wouldn't mind finding one of those.

[johnnierotten]

Nice one ,Dimitri.

Heres a NOS 1967 Imperial US utility knife I bought...

[Miller Bro's]

It`s in real nice condition, those don`t get much respect from collectors, although the Vietnam war era ones are being collected.

The problem is that the all metal handle is ugly, IMO If they had bone or even wood they would be collected more.

Not to mention the back springs often break on these

Oil the joints good Johnnie before you open them too much

[johnnierotten]

Oil the joints good Johnnie before you open them too much

That’s the first thing I did when I received it.
Thanks Bro.

[Miller Bro's]

I seem to have a fetish for these WWII era Ulster utility knives

I can`t stop buying them..................

[johnnierotten]

Those are great, Dimitri.

[paulsvintage]

Nice collection Dimitri !

[RobesonsRme.com]

So far as I know, those knives were only issued to two outfits; The 10th Mountain Division and The 1st Special Service Force, sometimes referred to as "The Devil's Brigade", a forerunner, along with OSS, of today's Army Special Forces.

Nice one's Dimitri.

Charlie Noyes

[Miller Bro's]

Thank you gentlemen!

I have found so many variations it is unbelievable

1. Nickle Silver grooved bolsters

2. Smooth Nickle silver bolsters.

3. Steel grooved bolsters.

4. The "U.S." stamp on the bail is different.

5. Nickle silver pins

6. Brass pins.

7. Steel pins.

8. Different jigged bone handles.

9. Different can openers.

10. Different tang stamps.

11. Different Phillips screwdriver location.

12. Different liners.

And of course every time I find a different variation I need to buy an example of it

I need help

[jerryd6818]

I'll help you Dimitri. Just send some of those bad boys over to my house and I'll store them so you can get more.

I tell ya. I'm such a considerate person, I can hardly stand me.

[whitebuffalo58]

Those are outstanding, Dimitri!
It'd be kind of interesting to know if the military specs changed or if Ulster made the changes on their own, leading to so many different variations. Or was it a case of different variations, for different purposes? Looks like the flat style permanent bail was pretty much standard issue.
Nice grouping!

WB

[RobesonsRme.com]

Cole's Book III on U. S. Military Knives shows several different variations, but I believe Dimitri has identified several more using the finer points of liner and pin material, etc.
Charlie Noyes