Just to remain hi-jacked, one of my buddy's (no a Colonel in the Army) went to jump school with me.  His dad jumped into Normandy with the 82nd.  During Ground week, the "black hats" asked all of us cadets why we thought we had a right to be there.  I recall my answer being some snarky like "my mommy said i could come"  The black hat laughed and dropped me for about 50 push-ups.  (but he laughed)  My buddy mentioned because his dad had jumped into Normandy with the 82nd and we wanted to make his father proud.  Wrong answer. My pain was over in about a minute,  My buddy pain lasted for the next three weeks. 

And when it came time to get his wings, they asked for all those who had a relative that was given wings to stand up first so they could be "pinned" first. The black hat came up to my buddy and commented "you're still here"  My buddy smiled and said yes. The Black Hat commented, Well I guess your father's going to be proud of you.  He placed the wings on buddy's chest and then said "Blood or Regular" and before my buddy could say anything the Black hat punched him right in the chest and drove the pins into his skin. 

He smiled, and said, your daddy wouldn't have been proud otherwise, smiled shook his hand and said "congratulations".   Later that day, my buddy said, "it wasn't the pins that hurt,  It was the punch.  I thought he hit me with a hammer"  The whole left side of his chest was bruised.  There were too little dots in his chest were the wings had been pinned.

No blood wings for me. Which was fortunate, I went through jump school with a bruised Sternum.

This has been a very exciting discussion guys!  Thanks for the stories and for your service.  keep it hi-jacked!!  I love it!

Sometimes you just feel like posting pictures.

Rough Rider Yellow Comp Gentleman's Whittler

Buffalo Nickel Knife

Five inch Toothpicks

Case amber bone

Rough Rider Rigger

Camillus Rigger

Queen City Prototype Jack

BW Celtic Clover

Reproduction Nazi Pen Knife

Peanuts

Toothpicks

Case Amber Russlock

and we always feel like looking at them.  That RR is just a beautiful piece but the nickle knife is a piece of "Knife Jewelry" as Sue would say 

And yet even more

Blackjack (china) High Roller with Custom sheath

Assorted knives with corkscrews and bottle openers.

Rough Rider Ulu Skinner. (the handle is removable, I might replace it!)

Bear and Son Butterfly

Lowen knives by Buck

Fox-N-Hound Ulu Skinner

That amber bone Russlock is really nice! Heck, they all are!

As for the Nickel knife, i took one of those cheap indian feather knives popped off the indian head and then took two "Jewelry quality Buffalo Nickels and ground them down to fit the spots.  It required taking off the raised lip around the nickel and then grinding the nickels to half their thickness. Epoxy resin holds them in place.

As for the Russlock, I'm seriously thinkign of that being my Case pattern to collect because I believe it is unique to Case. (that and their little Jr. Scout Knife)

The Russlock is a neat knife! I wish I had one. lol

I only have one Russ lock. It's not one of my favorite patterns, but it was the collector club knife. 

Here is a little better picture.

That's nice Billy! I like that bone.

That's a really interesting blade on that Russlock, Billy. It's a beautiful knife, all the way around!

Just a few shots from the Spirit of Steel show

Billy,

The drop point Russlock was a pattern Donnie and I collected.  I have long looked for the mosaic fathers day 

More from the show

Great pictures! Thanks!

Very nice.  I always wonder how a "hobo" cold afford some of the hobo knives out there!

Very nice pearls I've always wondered about the patterns do to many,many shapes they produced. Thanks for taking the picture Jan

Great pics, Jan! I especially love looking at the art work on those old knife boxes. Thanks for sharing all of them!

Jan

Compare this knife that my grandmother got at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis to the little shoe knife in your picture.

That's really cool Charles!

Charles mention of the St Louis World's Fair reminded me that I have this souvenir knife. It was made in Germany and marked A.J. Jordan which was a St. Louis-based importer.

What I found is - 

A.J. Jordan (Andrew Jackson Jordan) - Trademarks; AAA1, Adolphus, Old Faithful, also owned Twentieth Century Cutlery Co. - Agent of Friedman & Lauterjung - St Louis MO - made in; England and Germany - Type of firm; Wholesale Manufacture - c.1870-1926

Pro sports mostly.

While I was in Kosovo as a UN police officer a Captain from the Ukrainian Police Service who was also a UN police officer there, gave me an auto which was made in a Ukrainian prison by a prisoner.  This little knife works flawlessly.  (Same post will be posted on the Switchblades Past and Present.)

That's cool, Clint...

Thanks J.J.

Wow Clint that is sweet.

Thanks Lee.  This knife brings back many memories.

A lot of detail in that one

This is a pretty good article if your thinking about Scout knives!

 http://pocketknivesblog.com/4-reasons-why-you-should-own-a-vintage-...

Two things,  The Rough Rider scout knife is $13 and I'm willing to toss it over a tree limb.  The Case Scout Jr. is 3  3/8 in long and half the weight of the rough rider.  I doubt it is heavy enough to pull the line over a tree branch.  Plus its around $60.

The Bear & Son Scout knife is much bulkier and better suited for EDC use. However it need some breaking in when you first get it due to pivot grind on the main blade. Also it has the ugliest Delrin scales I've ever seen on a knife.

Clint, the knife is cool but I also like the "Badges", that are from different arena's. They make my old badge look silly. Thanks for the post.

Does anyone have an idea where this knife came from and/or who made it?? No tang stamps.

This is very interesting. The hook shape lifter/opener(?)I don't know what that  is, but  it sure looks like a good one . 

It looks like an English or German Gentlemans/fly fisher knife.  The lack of markings makes me think England.

Good guess. Maybe  blade  for tying nail knots?

Chuck...

My guess is a German, French or maybe Swiss gentleman's knife.  I see the cork screw for the wine consumption and the bottle opener/fruit knife, letter opener and light duty punch.  The scissors look a great deal like the Victorinox style.  Tobias has a good idea about the fly fisherman's knife.  Let us know if you find out anything on this one.

A friend of mine who was in counter-intelligence during the Cold War said the few symbols that are on the knife are a set or series number and they are Russian which leads me down the Russian rabbit trail.

The hooked or curved knife blade, I think is for cutting the wrapping on top of a wine bottle. The knife seems really nice and in great shape. It looks like everyones guess, is that it's European.

See http://classicflyrodforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=27551

I've  heard the pattern called a butler angler' knife or a gent's angler knife.

The corkscrew and label cutter blades are there for after the fishing.  The other blades, (scissors, pen like punch and scissors) is for making lures. and then the standard blades of a pen knife.    Russian, huh?   That could be interesting.

I checked out that site Tobias. I must say those knives are the closest to what I have than anything else I've seen. Now I really am more curious as to what the heck I have! Thanks for hooking me up with that site. maybe they'll be more familiar with it.

All of this detective work is just another way to enjoy the hobby of knife collecting. I certainly enjoy, the hunt for the history of this knife and other knives also. Our Manager, Steve Hanner, has figured out the orgin of quite a few knives. Lets see what he has to say.

Absolutely!! It sometimes takes you down back alleys and hidden passageways you never knew existed. Peeking into closets and deep dark caverns. All for the quest for information. Exciting, huh??

 Counter intelligence doesn't mean what I thought it was, They are probably pretty smart.

After doing more research, thanks to a lead provided by Tobias Gibson, I'm inclined to accept this as a Butler's Angler or a Gent's Angler knife. Now to find out why it has very distinctive almost clan like markings. Also if it is indeed an anglers knife, it's one of the few that does not have any type of measuring marker on it. The search continues!!

def a gentlman knifeof sorts...but with no stamps possibly english... fly tie knife and cleaning your fingers up for after pulling dinner out of the local river... the scissors though and the very mini corkscrew is screaming foreign made[china ect...}...no stamps to...i know england has done this...but that corkscrew is just a little short for your normal english opener by a good length....regadless its sweet looking...  but ithink this is one that was with a fishing set or something else at one pint im guessing ....the body is saying older knife...  but the blades are sayig new...the scissors are pinned in a newer fashion then most of these you see...its like a rivet..not a pin. also 2 main blades...the few knives i do have like this...the blades always go DOWN in succesion...in other words...only one large main blade and then the rest tols that are smaller and if second blade vwery small nail picker... IMO... i like it though..buti have a special fancy for these kind of knives.

A lot of good information Pete and thanks!! I'm still mystified by the handle markings. I agree with you that the condition of the blades seems to indicate a fairly newer made piece. I've taken that one a the German WWI commemorative knife to a couple of shows. Gathered lots of interest in them but most that do know are unwilling to divulge information for fear of educating me to their worth. I do have a couple of buyers interested in them when I'm ready to sell. I'd like to learn all I can about them before giving them up. I'm not hoping to jack up the price but my curiosity won't let me give them up just yet. Once I learn their full stories, I'll be better ready to put them into the hands of collectors who have a place for them. For me, they're just part of the eclectic end of my collection.