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Confederate Bowie, and Sheath, $5,000-$8,000, Antiques Roadshow

Documented Confederate items are pretty rare and usually brings high prices. Living in Arkansas, Texas, Virginia and Georgia has provided me with many opportunities to "look but not buy".

 

[don long]

Looking for some truck parts the other day I came across these old knives that didn't make it into my Knife display so I spent a little time cleaning them up a bit

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Looking for some truck parts the other day I came across these old knives that didn't make it into my Knife display

Nice. The RH-36's are not the most popular wartime fighting knife, but I've been very vocal here in my admiration as the prototype, and also because I favor the longer, beefier models, including the Cat Q, and the largest of them all, the E.G.W. Those are display case worthy! The "theater" knife looks legit. I'm not familiar with the postwar survival knife.

 

[Unk]

Looking for some truck parts the other day I came across these old knives that didn't make it into my Knife display so I spent a little time cleaning them up a bit

Nice line up, Don!

 

[don long]

I spent a little time cleaning and polishing these knives now I'm on the hunt for a small wall display case

 

[Beerhippie]

I spent a little time cleaning and polishing these knives now I'm on the hunt for a small wall display case

Maybe some saddle soap for the sheaths?

 

[Unk]

Here's a couple of Electric Cut Co. single blade jacks from Newark, NJ....circa 1890-1910.

 

[genog]

I bought a box of miscellaneous camping doo-dads from my neighbor's garage sale
This Camillus fighting knife was in the box....

I asked him if this was supposed to be in the box....
Hey, want your cool knife back?
You bought it.....It's yours

 

[Unk]

EC Simmons Keen Kutter, model K341. Circa 1924-1942.

 

[LesserSon]

CRKT Carson Design M16 10KZ Pat 5596808
Not really vintage. Found on the ground while pumping gas. It opens easily one-handed, but closing it is complicated; not safe in low light.


Queen Cutlery 10th Anniversary PA State Chapter 1975-1985 040
Flea Market find. Of course I didn’t have it with me when I actually harvested a turkey a couple years ago.


Buck 112⊥ USA (2004)
Flea market find to replace the 110 my brother-in-law gave me when I first started hunting with him in the early ‘90s. Last thing I cut with the 110 was a drag line for a 200lb whitetail buck taken on public land. It was not in my pocket when I finally made it to the truck. My dad lost his pocket watch on the same hunt. We went back several times to retrace our steps, but no dice.


Case ** USA ••• 21051 LSSP (1965-1980)
Flea market find.


*** Case ** .x.x. USA 3264 CV (2012)
This was my dad’s; he gave me this when he developed a preference for something else.


Case ** USA …… 6231-1/2 (1965-1980)
I remember as an adolescent, goggling over this in a display at the local Agway. My dad returned secretly and mistakenly (wisely?) bought me a smaller model, which was beautiful and smooth, but I then returned it for credit and paid the difference for this one. It has too heavy a spring, making it difficult (and thus dangerous) to open. This is the only knife I’ve owned that caused me a trip to the ER, for a partial avulsion of my left index finger. My dad was with me for that, too.


Case ** 6233 (1940-1964)
I think this was my pop-pop’s. Maybe. Or a flea market find that reminded me of the similar-sized one he gave me, which I left in the pocket of my swimsuit on the Outer Banks. I learned a bit about saltwater corrosion.

 

[LesserSon]

Uncle Henry Schrade+ USA 834UH (1989-2004)
Flea market find.


Imperial Prov USA Can Opener Pat 2391732 (c1945)
I remember removing the damaged metal scales, but not where I put them. At one time, I had two all-stainless GP versions from c1980, and a very early version with brass liners. I broke the springs on both stainless versions the same way - boiling (sterilizing) them partially opened at both ends (to allow the water to circulate). Too much stress. The early one was very loose and the main blade was all-but shapened away when I got it from my pop-pop. Not sure where it got to, but it’s gone.



US LF&C 1917
I remember my pop-pop had a kit with spoon and fork, but I think this one was actually a flea market find.


Hammer Brand USA Pats 2170537, 2281782 (Imperial 1945-1955)
Probably was in my pop-pop’s fishing gear.


Hammer Brand USA (Imperial 1945-1955)
Was my pop-pop’s.


Hammer Brand USA (Imperial 1945-1955) possibly D130778
My pop-pop had a penchant for gimmicky stuff, so this bowling-pin-shaped knife was right up his alley.


“For Queens & Kings” Pat Nos 2170535, 2170537 (c1939) Imp Knife Co
The first patent seems to be an error to me, but the second does describe its general construction. But I don’t see that either describes the mechanism. Again, my pop-pop’s gimmick fascination: it locks and only opens when held vertically one way, so a gravity-actuated pin drops away when the blade is pressed.


Imperial Stainless
May have been my pop-pop’s, and may have had a vinyl wrap over the steel scales.

 

[LesserSon]

Stainless Steel Japan
Probably my pop-pop’s.


Kutmaster Utica NY Made in USA
I think my grandpa gave me this when I was showing off my newly-purchased Case (first post). He did a similar thing when I bought a Mepps Comet Mino lure. Sort of “I didn’t know you needed one, or I’d have given you one of mine,” I guess.


CF Wolfertz &Co Allentown PA (1905-1944)
Probably a flea market find, unless I have it confused with the Barlow above. The near-side jigged-bone scale was loose because it had a chip missing at the center brass pin, so I repaired it with a bit of epoxy, but didn’t quite get the color match I wanted.


EC Simmons St Louis
My pop-pop whittled a lot, and had at least two of these sharpened down to almost nothing. This is the better one.

 

[LesserSon]

I wish I still had the knives I’ve lost, or ruined, or sold.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Nice collection, LS.

I wish I still had the knives I’ve lost,

Sometimes you find them again!

Quoting myself re-telling an anecdote from a post on this now-closed Garage Sale thread:

Now I have to re-tell my lost-and-found knife story...
This goes back 20+ years. The knife was my dad's, a smaller knockoff version of the fixed blade wartime PAL RH-36 fighting type knife with stacked leather washers. I was in a skiff pulling crab traps on the Shrewsbury river with one of my sons, PJ, who was just a young boy at the time. He was always a very curious, attentive kid, and I trusted him with my things more than any of the others, but he fumbled it into the water accidentally. This is a muddy tidal estuary. Chances were slim I would ever recover it, even at low tide. When I stopped yelling at him, and he stopped sobbing, and I apologized, and he was still more upset than me, I pulled up the next trap.
Guess what was inside?

 

[four.cycle]

*** Case ** .x.x. USA 3264 CV

excellent. always love those yellow-scaled Cases...

US LF&C 1917

Landers Frary and Clark
I'm thinking I need to create a new thread for that company.

Maybe knives are like money - they come and they go.
When Grandma passed away, all the children and grandchildren were instructed to be at Grandma's house on Saturday morning at 9:00 am sharp- NO excuses.
Upon arrival, we were told by the two senior aunties (my mother and a sister) that each grandchild got to have TWO things out of Grandma's house. Select the items you want, and clear it with Aunt Elaine, and we're good.
I picked a lovely little pair of ceramic "trout" salt and pepper shakers, and a Shrade-Walden 3-bladed knife - a tiny little thing - one of the blades was a pipe cleaner (or awl?)
Years later, we were down at Kalaloch Beach #3, sitting under the rocks where we built a little fire to keep warm and sit on the sand.
Too many feet around the fire kicked a bit too much of the sand around and the knife laying on a piece of driftwood got buried.
We left, and I didn't realize it was missing for about an hour. Drove all the way back up to the beach, went down and ran fingers through the sand for half an hour, but could not find it.
Fast forward a year or so, and I'm up on the upper Clearwater - right up above the High Bridge (as it is known) - standing about knee-deep in the water, and I cast my line out and then looked down and noticed something shiny in the water.
Bent down and picked up a fairly new Buck folding knife like your 112 above - with the fancy brass handles. Not a speck of rust on it.
Fast forward a year or so, and I lost that Buck somewhere, but not before finding a plastic-handled Buck with the tip snapped off. I carry it in the glovebox to make sandwiches.
I just figure now "they come and they go".

 

[Unk]

Here's a Montgomery Ward Powr Kraft. Made by Camillus - same as their #72. I think this variant is a #80. Still has the "Powr Kraft" etch, and fancy milled liners.

 

[Macduf]

Opinelish but cant find maker. I hope someone can identify it.

 

[Mintgrun]

Opinelish but cant find maker. I hope someone can identify it.

I found an image of a similar knife in a facebook discussion, but did not bother translating it to English; so I don't know if they mentioned the maker.

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[Macduf]

Thanks for the info, never thought to look on facebook

 

[Mintgrun]

I didn't really think of it either. I just clicked on your photo and let google lens try to match it. It was the only similar knife it pulled up.

I just used it again on the image I stole from FB and got this Artificial-Overview in English. Now, I see why the other page was in Spanish.

This item is a traditional Spanish Navaja de Taramundi folding knife, likely originating from the Asturias region of Spain.

• Design: Features a simple, slender blade with a distinctive bolster and a rustic wooden handle.
  
• Marking: The blade shown has the letters "CCVC" stamped or engraved on it.
• Origin: These knives are named after the village of Taramundi, known for its long tradition of blacksmithing and cutlery making.
  
• Usage: Traditionally used as a versatile tool for everyday tasks, agriculture, or camping.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

@Macduf @Mintgrun
I don't know anything about Opinel knives (made in the French Alps), or knives made in the Taramundi region of Spain, but maybe there's a broader, older tradition that makes their construction similar. Apparently, CCVC may be the maker's initials. There are knives out there attributed to Taramundi with different sets of initials, sometimes only two or three. This feels like a deep dive waiting for someone (else!) to make.

 

[Shiftless]

I found this beauty in a junk drawer. One of you guys “needs” this rare model for another challenging restoration. PM me.

Hibbard, Spencer and Bartlett #2780

 

[Beerhippie]

Apparently, CCVC may be the maker's initials.

Or it was made in 295 AD.

 

[d42jeep]

I was excited to get this USN marked knife in the mail from Tin Medic today. It will be headed for the Navy box.
Heading into the Navy box.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

"Scout" is all I am able to make out - there is something illegible stamped on the blade. This was the unfortunate victim of neglect.

 

[LesserSon]

I think maybe
IMPERIAL
PROV RI
but
KUTMASTER (eBay link)
and
ROYALBRAND
also have that type can opener, and the long straight groove for opening the main blade

 

[WillyBoy]

I was excited to get this USN marked knife in the mail from Tin Medic today.

Wow, a TL-29 with wood scales. How old?
Mine from 1969 has the black plastic/phenolic.

 

[d42jeep]

I have some others with wood scales. A couple marked US ARMY. Most TL-29s I’ve found have the black handles. Several years age Tin Medic sent me a black handled TL-29 with a Navy NAF federal stock number.
Signal Corps sets with TL-29 knives.
-Don

 

[CADjockey]

I am actually looking for information on the Stewarts Hand Made brand. I had a knife given to me little while back. It was pretty nasty looking, but I thought from the shape and stuff, it was just an Old Hickory knife. One of those cheapo kitchen knives. As I was cleaning it up, I saw it was not what I thought, but rather a 'Stewart's Hand Made' knife. Yes, Hand Made is in two words.

It looks a LOT like the Old Hickory knives. This one has two (2) rivets in the handle not the three that I have found examples of. It is my speculation (speculation only! not verified) that the aluminum rivets are indicative of a war time manufacture. Brass and copper were in very short supply during WWII and even the penny was made of steel in 1943. The brass adjustment knobs on the Type 17 Stanley Bailey Hand Planes were made of steel or rubber (Mine is made of rubber).

 

[ssjones]

Italian stiletto a buddy gave me 46 years ago. No clue when it was made.

 

[Shiftless]

Italian stiletto a buddy gave me 46 years ago. No clue when it was made.

Interesting knife!
Even more interesting is what I found about knife laws in your home state of Louisiana. You can carry any knife of any size and description open or concealed as long as you aren’t on school property or within 1000 feet of a school. In that zone most private citizens can’t carry ANY knife or other “dangerous” weapon.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

A LEFT-BEHIND this morning. Half of an Imperial hatchet knife combo. The knife sheath, for a dagger with an identical black, pseudo bone handle and guard, would snap onto those two hatchet sheath snaps. I didn't remove the hatchet, but they were forged uniform steel. Not a true head. Marketed for "sportsmen". A little gimmicky but popular collectible.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Picked up a machete sheath at the flea market this morning. Postwar product for sure. Thin, impregnated cloth on synthetic backing, not real duck, and a little bright as far as greens go, but it'll do for now.

 

[genog]

Went through the camping box and located another Camillus that I knew I had....
Camillus USN Mk2



Back in the early 90's our local Surplus Store had ComBlock bayos by the score
Romanian, Bulgarian AK74 (not Ak47) bayos that were darn cheap
Great tool to bring along on a camping trip.....pound tent stakes, cut rope.....
Scare bears Kidding.....
Maybe scare a racoon

I hope I still have them
....gave a bunch away

 

[CADjockey]

Good looking MK2!
Its not one of the very first ones (those are stamped on the blade), but a nice one to have. Camillus designed that knife, but Union Cutlery (who owned Ka-bar) made more of them.
USN and USMC were only made during the WWII era. In 1945 all government contract were cancelled and being as the US had so many knives, no new contracts were issued until the early 1960s. I think Camillus got theirs in '62. In 1974 Camillus dropped the "NY" from the stamping.
If you ever decide you cant stand it being around... <whistles aimlessly and points at himself>

<edit> found the file. Adding the sheath info (picture)