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Bear and Son Boy Scout Knife, 5 "blade"

There is a boy scout knife being sold on Ebay, which is a handsome piece.

It looks like this:

I claim no knife expertise, but I couldn't find this anywhere, and this week I've looked at scout knives until I turned blue. Any comments?

Tags: America, Bear, Boy, Scouts, Son, and, camping, knife, of, scout

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Permalink Reply by Don Schriver on July 5, 2017 at 3:15

So, I have a Bear & Son Boy Scount Knife (attached). It is a nice pice for my collection. I found the one about on E bay and I would say in my opinion since it comes from Red hill Cutlery it is authentic. They have more than 10 available. I would try calling or e mailing Bear & Son to see what they say. BTW for the 15.00 on e bay the knife pic I attached is nice.

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Permalink Reply by Don Schriver on July 5, 2017 at 3:21

The BSA website has a similar knife in the attached link for a fraction of the cost. However it doesn't say who makes it.

http://www.scoutstuff.org/knife-deluxe.html#.WVyhMrEpChA

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Permalink Reply by Dave Cardillo on July 5, 2017 at 9:11

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Permalink Reply by Dave Cardillo on July 5, 2017 at 9:14

Upon closer inspection, this KY dealer, selling on Ebay, clearly states, in fine print at the end, that all these knives have some main blade play. I worked in industrial manufacturing in one of my lives, and I am now convinced that these knives were samples, from Bear's R&D. I wouldn't buy one at any price, since I wouldn't want to use a defective tool.

Later in the week, he offered another BSA, and the BSA shield logo was facing the wrong direction. He has a few of these as well. They might be a good buy.
Dave