My Aunt Judy gave me a couple of my grandpaps old pocket knives. One is an old Case. The Ol' Bastid was surehard on tips.... The other one is a boyscout style. She thinks my dad or uncle gave it to him, but they don't remember even seeing it. The neatest one is a itty-bitty that Granny used to cut stitches outta old clothes and flour sacks to make kids clothing for the family. It's still real sharp....











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Grandpap died in '64 when I was a kid.

The stainless one is a Navy issue jackknife.
Camillus maybe.
Look on the blade for a date, the value goes up as the date gets older.

You may be right. Both dad and uncle Bill were battleship sailors on the Iowa during Korea. I can't find anything but the stamps on the loop.

The Canadian Armed Forces used to issue that same knife years ago. I think I still have mine somewhere.

Very cool selection of family knives.

That little one is sweet!! A fly could take off with it..!

Not necessarily Navy. Could be military, OR commercially sold version after war was over.

May say USA on blade and/or U.S. 45 on other side of the bail.

Not Camillus. Clearly says Kingston on it. Which would link it to Ulster and also possibly Imperial..........

I don't want to be the bearer of potentially "bad news", but if your grandpa died in 1964, that probably wasn't his knife.

The tang stamp puts production of the knife from 1965-1969. That was the only time that particular stamping was used.

Still a very cool knife though........

Thanks. All I had to go on, is what I was told.

Nice knives. The value is in the connections for me. I have a couple like that. I especially like the feel of them in my hand.

Ken, I talked to dad today. He can't remember either of the big knives. He thinks maybe gramma's second husbands junk somehow got into my Aunts possession. Oh well, even that guy is a dead people.....

That military knife is as handy as any thing. A victorinox swiss army knife has a version called the pioneer. Wenger brand swiss army knife made one called the standard issue that is now discontinued now. The old version of the victorinox was called the soldies knife. The wenger had a bail and I think the soldier did also. The pioneer has a split ring and not a bail, I prefure the bail myself but it should be on the other end of the knife so the blade can't be closed on it. Besides the bail the can opener is different/ better.

I have carried a SAK Farmer for about 2 years, most practicle knife ever. Its essentially a pioneer with a woodsaw blade. If you have never carried this type of knife it would amaze you at how often you need to use the srewdriver and in my case the saw. Wood, pvc pipe, drywall, its covered. Anyone who farms or has a ranch would use the devil out of that type knife.

Try carrying it for a week, I bet you will love it.

I already carry 3 pocket knives.

Most all my pocket knives, mainly Schrade, Old Timer, Uncle Henry and Case, are inherited from my Grandad, Dad and Step-Dad.

Two in left pocket, one in the right? Looks like you got room for one more.

I sometime carry one in each pocket. Swiss army Farmer always and a sodbuster jr, SAK Deluxe tinker or mountaineer in the other, or on occation a old remington bird knife.

I like the little tiny knife, and cool history too, that's what makes material stuff valuble to me. Thanks for sharing.

How stiff is that Case to open? I just inherited a couple and they have stout springs and I am asking how to remedy that.

The silver knife looks military and most said USA on one side. My dad had one of them from his Korea service.

HERE IS A SIMILAR MODEL

I have the Wenger version before they sold out to Victorinox but have seen the current production and they can be purchased at Academy Sports as well as online.

My current most likely to be in my pocket knife.

Mike

I have one of these and I like it because its slimmer in the pocket. Less bulk.

I like the textured grip as well!

Mike

I get a chuckle every time I read the title of this thread. Huntsman is witty fo' sho'.