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Featured Comment by Charles Sample on August 17, 2013 at 15:33

Ivars

1976 was the bicentennial of the signing of our Declaration of Independence from England on July 4, 1776.  So that series of knives was apparently issued in 1976 as a commemorative of the bicentennial.  Tennessee and Kentucky are two of the 50 states that make up our country.  So there might be 48 other knives in that series.

Comment by Michelle "Fingers" DellaPelle on August 17, 2013 at 15:26

Never see this sunfish sort of many different brand names....

Comment by Bill Fletcher on August 17, 2013 at 10:53

Charles, the Gold and Black has a long storied history and seem to be coming back strong.  And Robert, Ol' Smokey has to be fast and tricky to survive a visit with the Bengal Tiger in Death Valley. LOL 

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on August 17, 2013 at 10:41

Bill, as a Vanderbilt alumni, I couldn't help but celebrate when Vanderbilt's football team blew out both Tennessee and Auburn this past football season and won nine games!!  (As a Vanderbilt football fan, you have to celebrate when you can!)

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on August 17, 2013 at 10:25

Ivars, can you give us a better picture of the blade etch?  Or tell us exactly what it says?

Tobias, Roll Tide!!

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on August 17, 2013 at 10:23

Great info, Bill. I'm a LSU Tiger fan....lol  Purple and Gold blood here.

Comment by Bill Fletcher on August 17, 2013 at 10:15

Hi Ivars and Toby, Taylor Brands, LLC of Kingsport, Tennessee, was founded by Taylor Stewart in 1975 and currently offers Schrade, Old Timer, and Smith and Wesson brands.  Taylor Brands released at least 2 bicentennial sunfish knives 1776 - 1996, one with a Kentucky and the other with a Tennessee shield,  made to celebrate USA's 200th birthday. They were manufactured in Japan.  Tennessee earned the nickname of the Volunteer State for the large number of Tennesseans that volunteered for the War of 1812 with Great Britain. The University of Tennessee adopted the Volunteer nickname for their school.  Although Tennessee Vol football currently trails in the series with Alabama (49-38 with 7 ties), hope runs hard and eternal each fall for the Big Orange (Tennessee) and it's mascot the blue tick coon hound Smokey to tree the Crimson Tide's Elephants.  Tennessee has 6 National Football Championships and Alabama has 15.  P.S. As an alumni of Tennessee I do bleed orange when I'm not careful with the blades LOL.

Comment by Tobias Gibson on August 17, 2013 at 9:02

What year?  If it was from 1998 might be an NCAA Champ.  They have been Division Champs on several occasions.  Otherwise it might just be a consolation prize from a Tennessee company that is tired of getting its butt whopped by Alabama.  LOL

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on July 7, 2013 at 14:32

Both of these scouts are near mint. The Scout champ has to be Tobias, with a wall full. Really, a wall full. The Boy Scout, I have there, sure looks like a Moose pattern to me. This pattern in a Boy Scout, seems to be well sought after. I am not sure of it's history.

In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on July 6, 2013 at 18:30

here's my two new scouts.

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