Been meaning to post a thread like this for awhile now.

Let's see you custom, classic, or rare knives!

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Giraffe Bone Scale handle, Fossilized Ivory that is engraved and brass engraved by renknown engraver, damascus by a reknown knife maker, think it is an eel skin sheath with leather.

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This is a Camillus Cutlery factory control sample. Apparently, they were testing different stains on the leather handle. This one is Tandy Antique Medium Brown. According to Bob S. on 5/3/91 (sticker on blade), the color on handle is OK. U.S.M.C. is stamped on the other side of the blade, opposite Camillus, N.Y. on the side shown. The little hang tag reads..."Proposed finish - Notice shine beginning from handling. 5-9-91"



I think it's kinda cool...a little bit of local manufacturing and American military history.

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@ G-Mac,

That is very cool, makes a person appreciate how much time and consideration is applied to a fine tool!

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All those years in the " North Country" including visiting Camillus for work....I was IN camillus when I got promoted to Florida. It was " I'll stop one day at the factory".. Never did.. and now it's gone.. What a dummy..

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Engraved by John Vukos, damascus, it sharp! Ok, bad joke...

Canvas Micarta handle

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Geno Denning (Caveman Engineering) knives. The stag is a Mini-GM model and is the first one ever made. It came out of a conversation I had with Mr. Denning and is discretely marked Prototype. The middle one in the group photo is a standard GM model with dessert ironwood. The Biggest one is a Caribou model with burl dessert ironwood. These are all hand made (stock removal) knives. The Mini-GM is my favorite; it is only a little larger than the folding gents knife shown with it and is perfectly scaled down from the standard GM model. Would make a perfect small game knife.

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@ sceva that Caribou model with burl dessert ironwood is nice!

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ditrina,

Carrier Air Conditioning used to be one of the biggest employers in the Syracuse area. I've got a brand new Camillus single-blade, folding, locking knife with leather belt case. The wooden handle has the "Carrier" logo engraved in it. Carrier moved all manufacturing out of Syracuse in 2004.

UTC, the owner of Carrier, has recently torn down most of the Carrier buildings...manufacturing facilities, warehouses, etc. at the Syracuse Campus.

One of the bigger buildings, called TR-1, covered approximately 14 acres. General Electric owned it before Carrier did. They made parts for Army tanks there during WWII....I've been told by some old-timers I know.

It's all gone...UTC says they're going to turn it all into "green" space.

I keep this knife as a reminder of some of the former manufacturing that used to be part of this area.

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I guess I'll play.
Mod.37 and D. Arvel boot Knife.
Browning High Power and Gerber Mk II ('69)
Dano - D. Arvel collection
M&P ('50) and Randall #5

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^^^^^Love that Gerber/Browning picture!

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I've only got one. Never needed another one.

It was made by a fellow from Varina, Virginia named Ben Shelor back about 1977 or 78 . I don't know if he made anymore or not, but this one is a good one. He called it the "Alaska Hunter." The hole in the blade was his "trademark". He called it the "eye of the knife."



Been a few deer dressed with it.

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This was given to me in the early 80's. Forgot about it until I ran across this thread.
It is overall 18 inches long. The handle is a 6" Stag.
On the top of the blade is an inscription that says " G. Silvey, 1974"
The Brass hand guard has a tiny Heart shape cut all the way through on both sides.
I found a G. Silvey knife maker on the web, he said he didn't make it. That's all I know about it. ( It's obviously hand-made )

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Tell us about your photo lighting, please.

Pilgrim

I got a D. Arvel stag damascus in the safe somewhere. Have to dig it out. He was a nice old guy. Used to see him at the local gunshows.


Charlie

I have this old Puma knife I bought in the middle to late 60's at JC Penny's. Who remembers when they sold sporting goods and tools? I paid $25 for that knife. I remember that was a lot of money for a knife. This knife has the best steel of any knife I have ever owned. Don

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We seem to be always taking pictures of guns with knives as a back drop.

Well this time it's the knife's time to shine.



Obsidian with an elk rib handle.

I bought this Dixie bowie for a hundred bucks because it's a really nice copy of the Musso bowie which is a contender as Jim Bowies actual knife. Arguments persist on that. But it's just like the one Jason Patrick carried in the latest Alamo movie. It has a 13" blade and my nephew crudded it up with iron oxide to age the shiney blade. It's not a classic but represents a classic Bowie knike.

Iggy,

Is there any background or history on that Obsidian blade you can share?

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Home made, I think I have shown this before. The knife is made out of a Diston flat file, Scrap brass for the guard, elk antler grip and a mammoh ivory end cap. I gave this to my grandson this year. He wants the pistol to go with it. Someday.

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Here is a few. A randal, a case, a buck by chief yellowhorse and a mikoui lakota.

Kind of a Randall guy, myself...


Tim

Have a couple of Randalls, a Dan Dennehy (SP) , a Chris Reeve small Sebenza that I'm afraid to carry, and my original Army Aviation survival knife I carried on my vest for many years. As well as a collection of small Swiss Army's, Leathermans, Buck folders, etc.

I think the Dennehy is somewhat collectible.

FN in MT

This is my Imperial Knife I found at an estate sail. It's not worth much but from the looks of it someone bought it and never used it. Not sure how old it is but I presume late 1960's or 70's.

I was a boy back then so it kind of reminds me of my youth. You know standing in like at the Hardware store with your Mom or Dad and imagining how great it would be to have one of those brand new knives staring back at you from behind the counter.



Nice knives to all.....

Kobsw

"Kind of a Randall guy, myself..."---I like Randalls too:

Randall Mdl 1:

Randall 3-7:

Randall #2:

Another Randall #2:

Some more #2's:

And other models:


Four Ivories:

Randall Model 7's:

Evolution of the Model 8 through the years:

The top knife is a Model 7 that I ordered on shop visit in 1964. At the time the extra cost for an Ivory handle was around $12 and Ebony was $6, I was a cheapskate and ordered the Ebony instead of Ivory! Delivery wait at that time was 1 year, now it is 5 years! Total price for the knife including delivery was $36! I checkered the handle myself several years ago.

Bob Loveless was the king of custom knife makers:

Here's a few Laguioles from various makers. They originated in the south of France where shepherds developed the design as a pocket knife. I guess for lunch they carved their bread and cheese with the blade, and opened their wine with the corkscrew. Scales are, from top to bottom: rosewood, olive, horn, maple and elk. I'm not sure about the elk; they don't have elk, more properly wapiti, in Europe. What they call elk or elg we call moose and the French call originac.

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I use a GE x15. Don't let the GE name fool you. It's top of the line for " non photographers. Google it, then click on Videos. It's great. All the necessary adjustments are done for you. Price is more than right.

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Geno Denning (Caveman Engineering) knives. I like Geno's knives too:

These are called Coonskinners:

Geno made a few folders also, these have Kudu & Mastadon Ivory scales:

My son SFC Hugh Clark Jr was in Desert Storm and subsequently served two years in Iraq. This is a knife I presented to him after his return from Iraq where he was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He subsequently served 2 years in Afganistan where he was awarded another Bronze Star. He is an Army First Sergent Medic with 20 years service and has been in Alaska the past few years, but is deploying to Korea in Sept for a two year tour.

I posted the camera is a GE x15, it's a GE x5. 15 is the zoom power.

Wow, GatorBaitor, those are nice! I'm still trying to figure out which one is my favorite!

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Not rare, custom or classic.... but how about unique?

This was given to me by a young Indian who worked on one of my houses. He was quite proud of it, and it seemed very important to him to give this to me. I think the end of the handle is to be an eagle or hawk, and I forget what the red arrow and dots mean. I haven't thought of him in a lot of years, but this thread reminded me of him. He was a good worker.



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This is a Dagger I picked up in Argentina about 20 years ago. The blade is from an Argentine Model 1909 Mauser Bayonet. The sheath is leather with silver fittings the handle is Rosewood.
Steve W.

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If it's got a vertical USA to the right of Prov. R.I. you're probably right. If not, my guess would be earlier, like from the 1950's. In any event, a primo example of the high end of the line from a classic maker. Nice, very nice!

Bob

Over the years, I've put together a sizable collection of U.S. military knives - I once displayed them when we lived in El Paso, Texas, and won the best multi-piece award at a large gun show. I no longer display these valued pieces, but I have photographed one of them that's representative of the genre - this is an OSS stiletto with its original "pancake flipper" scabbard. These are extremely rare and very seldom seen today.

John

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From left to right:

10 1/4" Bagwell, 9" Bagwell cable damascus from 1985, 11" Bagwell Hell's Belle, 11 1/4" Matt Lamey and 10" Jason Knight with iron wood.

All but the first blade have Paul Long leather. Sorry for the poor photo's, I am learning.

This one is a fossilzied walrus ivory handle with a musk ox spacer. The walrus has a lot of character compared to elephant but maybe that's just me. The style is classic William Scagel, the godfather of custom knives.



The blade on this one is very interesting. The steel is from a Studebaker car spring which is considered by many knowledgeable people to be the ultimate blade steel. Studebaker had their own foundry in South Bend which was idled in the sixties. The equipment is long since sold off or just rusted in place and the people are gone also. No one will ever know exactly what went into this steel, or how it was made, but it's perfection when it come to making a knife. An old Studebaker still shows up every now and then so the springs can be harvested but they're getting to be quite rare.

I have a user made of the Studebaker steel and it's special. I wish I'd have bought more of it back when.

This Loveless shows not only his talent but his sense of whimsy. The logo is the famous nude and the obverse side shows not only the name reversed but the back side of the reclining nude.





In passing, Loveless hated making sheaths but he was determined to make only the best, and he did. The sheath has a little "bump" built into the welt that causes the knife to seat itself when the hilt passes over it, securing the knive better than any strap retainer I've ever seen.

Bob

This is a Jerry Fisk "Old Thorny" (so sharp you could shave a sleeping mouse and not wake him up) the only folder he made at the time. Took almost two years to get, damascus and fluted ivory.

Here's a few more for you to choose from:

George Herron:




Ted Dowell Intergrals, these knives are ground from a solid block of steel:

"Over the years, I've put together a sizable collection of U.S. military knives - I once displayed them when we lived in El Paso, Texas, and won the best multi-piece award at a large gun show. I no longer display these valued pieces, but I have photographed one of them that's representative of the genre - this is an OSS stiletto with its original "pancake flipper" scabbard. These are extremely rare and very seldom seen today.

John"

John,
I was never lucky enough to find one of those, but I have managed to gather up a few FS Fighting Knives:

I have one custom knife, bought at the Oregon Knife show a few years back. It was made by Gary Griffin of Bend:





The steel was originally a leaf spring from an older Ford pickup, or so I'm told...

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My Himalayan Imports M-43 kukhuri. These pics are a bit old, and show a cold-blue finish I stripped off shortly after I took the pics. The green canvas scabbard cover is also gone, replaced by about 40ft of black 550 cord wrapped around the scabbard.

I have any number of knives, but this one pictured with my 586 is very special to me. It was purchased in 1920 by my wife’s grandfather when he graduated from the University of California at Berkley. It's a Schrade "Safety Button"

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Muller Forge, herringbone damascus, hand engraved blade and throat, hand carved walrus ivory, and sterling silver trim.

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Makes it look rather like a Naval dirk! Nice work!

Here is one that I made myself, First One.