I have a S&W model 1250 automatic knife that I am thinking of selling. I can find no info on this knife and thought maybe some of you knife guys would shed some light. I bought this knife in the mid 90's and it is marked US Army on the blade. A second knive is a Gerber Blackie Collins boot kife I bought in the mid 80's. Any ideas on what these are worth?

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First, autos and knives with blades sharpened on both sides are illegal in many jurisdictions so be careful. The auto is a Chinese Taylor so not much there. Gerbers like the other one are decades(if ever) from being collectable so not much there. Many good miles left in both so I would use and enjoy them if you can.

Bob-

I have a S&W Knife from that same series, a Model 1000. It has two notices printed on the box, that say "made in USA" And "Handmade in USA"

EarlFH

Neither mean anything. Asian made knives, especially from China or Pakistan, often say made in the USA when they clearly are not. As far as handmade, even Stevie Wonder could see that is not true.

Bob

A couple of quick questions, are all S&W switchblades made by Taylor? Am I also to assume they are all some kind of cheap chinese junk? I have one of the "made in USA" marked knives like in the above post, it seems to be of a higher quality than other S&W switchblades I've seen.

I have one of those. Is it a valuable collector's item of just a knife???

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Certainly not valuable. I collect knives and can count the number of knife brands that will/are appreciating in value without taking my shoes off.

Combat, Taylor has been in business around 25 years and has yet to make their first knife so it is not correct to say these knives are made by them. They buy everything from somewhere in Asia. As far as being junk, while others look down their noses at S&W knives from Taylor, I've alway thought they were a good value for the money. You just need to have realistic expectations as to the quality.

To put the "made in the USA" thing to bed, it's pretty easy to get a product made overseas in with the marking. Especially knives. The law seems to be always changing in this area. US Customs, who is about the only one doing any enforcement here, is constantly changing their idea of what they'll enforce and how they're going to do it. And on the other side of the law, when you're talking knives, there's nothing because nobody has any standing to bring a suit. Really, who's going to sue, another Chinese factory?

Bob

What is the blade length on the 1250?

Here is a communication I just received from Taylor Knives.

Earl,

Thank you for contacting Taylor Brands. I am sorry for the delay in
response; I have in contact with a couple of people trying to get you
the correct information on your request below. The item mentioned below
was made in the USA but it was before Taylor Brands starting making
knives for Smith & Wesson. Also, we have never marked a blade with a
false country of origin, this is illegal. Please let me know if I may
be of further assistance.


Thank you,

Russell E. Taylor

Vice President

1043 Fordtown Road

Kingsport, TN 37663

Phone 1-423-247-2406

Fax 1-423-247-5371

________________________________

From: Earl Hawkes [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 1:43 PM
To: Information
Subject: S&W Model 1000.



Sirs,

Can you give me some information on a S&W Knife I bought in the 1990's?
It is a model 1000, automatic knife. It is marked as being handmade in
the United States, but so-called experts on the S&W Forum, claim that
you never made any knives in the United States, or anywhere else, and
that all of your knives are bought from China, with phony markings on
them.

Any help you can give me, would be greatly appreciated.



Thank You,

Earl Hawkes.

How much you asking for the 1250?

Even though this is a older thread, I'd like to add for future reference that the 1250 Auto was never a US Army issued knife. Gear issued to US forces have a National Stock Number (NSN) marked on the respecive piece of equipment and the packaging by manufacturer. Knives, watches, ect are not marked "US Army issue". My unit issued Gerber autos, Gerber Multi-tools, Surefire Flashlights (6P) and Marathon S&R dive watches for our deployment to Iraq in 2008-2009 and all they were marked accordingly. The exceptions were the Surefires and Multi-tools which had the NSNs on the boxes. The knives and watches were marked on both.

The gerber looks like one I owned years ago. It was called the clip point because of the way it locked into the sheath. That knife saved my hide during a robbery by two guys. Ended up dropping it off my boat. I miss that knife.