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This is my 2001 Gladstone Michigan made MSA Marbles Large Stockman. Only 50 ever produced in genuine Sambar Stag and it was really meant as a sought after collectible from the Marbles Custom Shop. Now that the Gladstone MI plant is long gone, the only Marbles knives available new are the cheap copies made in China after MSA sold out. 
This has been my EDC pocket knife since 2001. I keep the Factory mirror polished Carbon Steel Blades razor sharp and do not hesitate to use it as any really high quality pocket knife should be used.
This has been my EDC pocket knife since 2001. I keep the Factory mirror polished Carbon Steel Blades razor sharp and do not hesitate to use it as any really high quality pocket knife should be used.
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Two from Tim Britton, engraving and inlay by Jim Small. Smaller one is the "Gents Sliplock Folder" with 2.5" BG42 blade, larger one is the "Jade Handle Pronghorn" lockback with 3.5" S35VN blade.
I have 8 lockbacks. Nothing quite as traditional as the Buck. Left knife
in left photo. I've given them to family & friends. But I think my favorite
of the lockbacks is the Puma Prince 2nd from left in left photo.
And I have a few Autos, Assisted, and a Flipper, shown in the photo at
right. I think the Piranha at left is my favorite. Extremely sharp. But
it seems that I carry and use the Kershaw Junkyard Dog II, 6th from
left, the most. I like the flipper technology and the fact that it is ambi-
dexterous.
in left photo. I've given them to family & friends. But I think my favorite
of the lockbacks is the Puma Prince 2nd from left in left photo.
And I have a few Autos, Assisted, and a Flipper, shown in the photo at
right. I think the Piranha at left is my favorite. Extremely sharp. But
it seems that I carry and use the Kershaw Junkyard Dog II, 6th from
left, the most. I like the flipper technology and the fact that it is ambi-
dexterous.
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Targets Guy
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Targets Guy
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I have been carrying these since 1966. The mechanic was used daily while I was a Mercedes-Benz mechanic and up close and personal shows the wear of daily use over 30 years of wrenching. The aluminum scaled knife was my weekend warrior. They are now both retired (as am I) and I fondle them occasionally. They have served well.
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I carry daily a small Buck 284 folder with the black handle. It's a modern day knife.
This last May at the 2018 NRA Convention in Dallas, I stopped at the BUCK both and chatted with his son who now is the CEO of Buck Knives.
I told him about his Father way back in the very early '60's,,who came out to the Airport and gave each one of us, MACV-SOG,who were departing to Viet Nam, the Cambodian Border, to eradicate the Viet Cong and to train the Hmong tribesmen to do so likewise in their tunnels.
Mr. Buck gave each one of us a Large folder knife, he had just started to make.
I still have mine in a knife drawer of a roll-away.
Stained with the price of Victory!
I take it out periodically, fondle it and put it back. Yes,,,,I remember using it, very clearly.
His Son,the now CEO,, engraved the blade of this small daily carry Buck 284 folder. Engraving says "C.Buck NRA 2018".
This last May at the 2018 NRA Convention in Dallas, I stopped at the BUCK both and chatted with his son who now is the CEO of Buck Knives.
I told him about his Father way back in the very early '60's,,who came out to the Airport and gave each one of us, MACV-SOG,who were departing to Viet Nam, the Cambodian Border, to eradicate the Viet Cong and to train the Hmong tribesmen to do so likewise in their tunnels.
Mr. Buck gave each one of us a Large folder knife, he had just started to make.
I still have mine in a knife drawer of a roll-away.
Stained with the price of Victory!
I take it out periodically, fondle it and put it back. Yes,,,,I remember using it, very clearly.
His Son,the now CEO,, engraved the blade of this small daily carry Buck 284 folder. Engraving says "C.Buck NRA 2018".
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One of my Dad's old knifes, lot of ware.
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Hey, the VINTAGE Old Timer's were great knives! I've still got 2 or 3 and they are still quite serviceable. Back in the day they were very affordable and they were actually made quite well with good steel too! I also have a few Uncle Henry's but I think the OT's were actually better knives.
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THE OLD TIMER TRAPPER/MUSKRAT???
If the trapper is the single bladed folder I'm thinking of. It had an easy to sharpen (as all the OT's did) blade and a nice pocket fitting shape & wt. Where they all went to??? Light fingered friends/siblings??? I couldn't possibly have lost that many, OR COULD I?
If the trapper is the single bladed folder I'm thinking of. It had an easy to sharpen (as all the OT's did) blade and a nice pocket fitting shape & wt. Where they all went to??? Light fingered friends/siblings??? I couldn't possibly have lost that many, OR COULD I?
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They made a single-blade trapper with a brass liner lock, as I recall, but much more common was the classic trapper design, with one clip point blade and one equally long spey blade. That one was 3 7/8" closed, and I always thought it felt better in my hand than any other pocketknife I owned.
Chief38, Marbles' decline began soon after the main man, Mike Stewart, left (not under happy circumstances,on his part). Mike now makes very good fixed-blade knives under his own brand, Bark River Knife & Tool.
I looked at a Smoky Mountain Knife Works catalog recently and was sickened to see cheap-looking imported knives with the Marbles tang stamp selling for nothing. The list included a "Survival Bowie" for $12.99, hideous orange-coated and weirdly-shaped machetes for fifteen bucks, and on and on.
I remember when Marbles knives and their safety ax were the kind that serious outdoorsmen sought when they wanted the best. This junk is just heartbreaking.
I'm sure you'll treasure your beautiful example of what they used to do.
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