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Comment by Clint Thompson on November 8, 2011 at 17:46

Nice knives guys.  I love the old ones.  I have several of the new knives from Pro-Tech and some German as well.  I sold my American Collection some years ago when the family came first.  On a cops salary that happened a lot. Looking to start over on collecting these. Nice pictures.

Comment by Jan Carter on November 8, 2011 at 17:39

Ok, so I am trying to do a little research on some automatics.  A friend allowed me to view them (yahoo) take some pics and write down some info on them.  He is looking for any info on them and possibly a value. Can someone help with this? I just downloaded some pics here

http://www.iknifecollector.com/photo/albums/awesome-automatics

1) Tang says:
Geo Schrade
Knife Co Inc
BPT Conn
otherside of blade says:
PAT JAN 30-40
MADE IN USA

2)Tang says:
Press Button
Knife CO
Walden NY
Other side is blank

3)Tang Stamp Says:
Schrade
Cut Co
Waden NY
other side says:
US Pat Dec21. 09 Sept 13, 10 June 6, 16

4)Tang stamp says:
Challange Cut Co
BPort Conn
reverse side says:
Fly-lock
US Pat

5)Tang Reads:
A.C.MFG CO
Marinette WIS
Pat Oct 23, 1916

 

What we have is five knives

Comment by Clint Thompson on September 23, 2011 at 10:24

Gus....

At this writing Colonial Cutlery Int., Inc. of 61A Dewey Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886 is making the M-724 Military Auto Knife.  You can view this company and knife at;http://www.colonialknifecorp.com/  I know this company is selling this knife to the military....in what quantities I do not know.

Comment by Gus Marsh on September 23, 2011 at 9:09

This is the Camillus Model MC-1 with jigged orange plastic handles, auto clip blade and a manual shroud cutter and a bail. This is the military paratrooper knife and I have seen the tang marked with CAMILLUS, NEW YORK, USA, also SCHRADE WALDEN, NY, USA STAINLESS and LOGAN/SMYTH, VENICE, FL, USA. Schrade was the first of the three companies to make this style of knife for the military. The third company to make this knife was Logan/Smyth and it was the worst quality paratrooper made: normally loose and poorly finished. Strangely, because of supply and demand, it is becoming difficult to find one of these in really good condition, so in the future its value may appreciate despite its poor qualities.

Comment by jim on September 22, 2011 at 11:02

Nice old Springer...:)

Comment by Gus Marsh on September 22, 2011 at 10:00

This is the Virginia INOX with a spear point blade, side lever action, jigged bone handles and shotgun puller in both 12 gauge and 16 gauge. It has steel bolsters and liners and the gauges are marked on each side. This knife belonged to my grandfather who lived in Northern Minnesota all his life. We he passed away, it went to my dad and when my dad passed away in 2000, it is now in my hands. The liners are starting to separate and I imagine it is from the sub zero cold climates to temperate summers in Minnesota. This knife blade is 3 3/16 inches long and it is 4 3/4 inches when closed, the spring is still very strong on this knife.

Comment by jim on September 22, 2011 at 5:03

Very nice Schrade switchblade,Gus.

Comment by Gus Marsh on September 21, 2011 at 9:51

This is one of my favorite knives; it is an Schrade Fishtail, 4 inch closed and a 3-¼ inch blade. It has real jigged bone handles and brass liners. I picked up this knife at a hardware store in Denver, Colorado. It was around the early 1970’s and the dealer had put all of the switchblades in a back room. At first he was reluctant to show me anything, but after talking with him for a few minutes, he drag out several boxes of knives. I purchased two, one for me and one for my dad, who has since passed away. This knife is in mint condition, it almost certainly has been opened and closed 10 times in its’ life.

Comment by Gus Marsh on September 20, 2011 at 10:32

This is a Flylock 9-inch letter opener with a small pen blade and blue-swirl celluloid handles. On one side of the tang is marked “FLYLOCK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. And on the other side of the tang it says FLYLOCK KNIFE CO., B’PORT, CONN. One the pile side of the blade is etched “Lehigh Steel Co., New York, N.Y.” I can just see a secretary at Lehigh Steel with this letter opener in her desk.

Comment by Gus Marsh on September 19, 2011 at 10:28

This is an A. C. Manufacturing Company (made by Aerial Manufacturing Company) it has a 4-½ inch blade that is back spring released. Beautiful stag bone handles and brass liners and nickel silver double bolsters. On one side of the tang it’s marked A.C. MFG CO., MARINETTE, WIS. And on the other side of the tang it says PAT. OCT 23rd 1916. I love showing this knife to my friends, most of them have no idea of how to open it or close this knife.

In the summer of 2005, I spent approximately a month in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, looking for any information about this company, old photo, etc. I visited Duluth and Marinette, Wisconsin, checking out the libraries, historical societies and local newspapers. I felt that I ended up giving historical societies more information about Aerial Cutlery Company, than what I took back.

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