That’s a good one! That’s like what my grandpa carried.
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Agreed!!!!!Kevin11b wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:58 pm My grandad did too!! And only a stockman or trapper said other types weren’t worth a count don’t really know what he meant but I do like them too ! I think old timers were popular because they were good quality and inexpensive and grandpa types were practical and the older folks were familiar with them ( at least where I lived) cause they were made not far from me in Middletown n.y. Way before my time but the grandads remembered!
Just outstanding!!! Outstanding!!!!! The 80TY is especially nice!!!!!!Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:26 pm A 34OT and an 34OTY....
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Sorry .... the 34OTY is cleaner than that now... I need a new pic.
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Then, step up in size a bit....
An 8OT and an 8OTY.......
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Absolutely outstanding!!!! Very nice!cody6268 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:01 am Old, to me, is pre-1970. And, being as old, bone-handle knives are getting a lot of my knife money this year, I'm getting more of those. But, I'll show a few that probably date to as late as the 1990s. They're mostly all USA-made--actually, all are. These are just a few to start. My Granddad, the summer after I turned 10, gave me three knives--a Colonial SAK clone, a Schrade USA 34OT, and a Colonial electrician's knife. These days, SAKs, TL-29s, and Stockmen dominate the counts of knives in my collection. I did a quick count as I took photos while doing maintenance and (let's just see if any of the "I'm sure it's stable" cell knives imploded), and I had about a dozen TL-29s, not counting the 2-3 that are between my toolbox and my truck and a little over a two dozen Stockmen. And about three or four dozen SAKs, not including all the 58mms I own. I have Classic SDs stuck everywhere throughout the house.
This one is the worst, but a functional knife. I need to try to Acra-Glas the pile side bone handle, and it will be an EDC once I get the work on it done. It's an old knife that is still usable, but not a big loss if something happens to it beyond my control.
HIGH CARBON STEEL USA (Camillus for Sears and Roebuck). Definitely whoever had this knife got their money's worth.
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Pal Blade Co. '40s? This was my preferred EDC Stockman off and on for about four years until I retired it. While it isn't as pretty as the bone examples, it is still pretty well built. The shield is pinned on. Steel liners and bolsters, I believe.
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CASE XX ('40-64) 6347HP. The bone is what is called green bone, correct? This belonged to my grandmother's father's best friend, who was a grain mill owner. He carried it pretty much his whole life, and used it daily working at the mill, often using it to open sacks. The blades are sharpened down a whole lot, but can still shave. It will cut you, bad if you're not careful. When he passed away, my Granddad purchased the entire collection from his widow, mostly to keep them in the family. About 15 years ago, when I started carrying knives, I got many of the worse, low-value knives from the collection (as Granddad said--I ended up buying so many busted knives, I think I got took), but I got this one later when I cleaned up an incident relating to a celluloid Boker. Nickel silver bolsters and liners.
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Western USA (1950s) with punch blade. It is a really high quality knife. Everything I've been told Westerns are, and then some. One of my best knives, quality-wise. I wanted a fixed blade first, but this one was only $20, so I couldn't say no. Nickel silver bolsters, brass liners. NOTE: I believe someone before me buffed this knife somewhat heavily.
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And this is what I carry these days. I retired most of the old-school Stockmans I had.
A workhorse Case 3318 Stockman Treefarmer gifted me, and a 1980s Kabar 1081 (probably actually made by Camillus). A friend of mine bragged about how his Trapper had held up after over 40 years, and I got one in a lot but the main was weak (it soon found a new home during the POS exchange last year). I bought a second, and someone seems to have modified it for whittling, as the spey was reprofiled to a pen blade.
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Thanks Phil it's treasured
Definitely a beautiful knife!
KnifeSlinger#81 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:52 pm Schrade waldens.
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Man, that Purina is nice. I have a few Uticas. Always wanted one of their advertising stockmans, just never picked one up. You’re right about TSA. I put my pocket knife in checked baggage when I flew for my work years ago. They’re not the most friendly of people to deal with.cody6268 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:46 pm I blame Tom for me wanting one of these..
I recently got a Kutmaster Purina knife. Had to buy an entire lot of TSA knives to get it (less than $20, so no biggie--and I got two other good users in addition to POS Exchange fodder)I
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This is what peeves me off. Some older gentleman had to have been given this knife by the Purina feed store/rep he did business with when he was roughly my age, given these were made in the '50s and '60s and it was his go-to knife for all that time. Then, here recently, the TSA outright STEALS the knife from him in the name of "security" and probably cussed what was likely a 70 to 80-year-old man out over it. Basically, it's all they seem to know how to do. They really can't do what they were created to do, and have been known to perform poorly in surprise tests. Enough with politics... So off of that rant.
I can tell this knife was cared for. The main blade has some wobble (which happens with age--all my old Stockmen with signs of regular carry and use have wobble on at least the main blade), the spey blade is a tiny bit weak. There is no damage to the blades other than sharpening wear. But, all blades snap as they should, all but the pen blade (which I presume served as the "beater" has blade) was crazy sharp--I mean, I don't think I've ever had a factory knife this sharp, even Victorinox or Spyderco. Aside from slight spots of rust and grit (probably from sitting in a big bin for several months), I didn't need to heavily clean it. It wasn't full of crud. It has what's expected for oh, 60-70 years of regular carry and use with proper maintenance.
I would really love to return this knife to its rightful owner, but with no markings, it's impossible. If you've recently had a Purina knife taken from you by the TSA or know someone that did. PLEASE let me know.