Nice Trapper, love the tiger styled scales

Now, that's a trapper I could like, Tobias!

Here is a nice Sheffield Camper on Ebay, Tobias I thought you might like this one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231119150582#ht_337wt_1292

Say Ricky, that is a nice looking knife.

Thanks for the Heads up, Ricky.  Looks nice, but a little too rich for my blood.

Yeah I was not familiar with the Sheffield camp knife, looked to be in good shape. I  still don't have a good grasp on some prices on knives yet.

A Japanese Hobo saving the day in the Land of Oz.  

If anyone has seen the movie Oz, the Great and Powerful, they already know, the Wizard saves Oz from the reign of the Witches, with his aid of his trusty Hobo pocket knife. While the movie is set in 1901, the knife is on of those Japanese made knives from the 1950s-60s.    Wizard refers to the knife as his "Lucky Thingamajig" as he gifts it to the Master Tinker.

Tobias, you have a great eye for detail. You are correct about the dates. I wish they would have contacted me before filming, I might have a Hobo closer to the correct date. I love my vintage Hobo's.

Chances are they are tightening a cross head or Phillips screw as the Phillips Screwdriver is the one mounted in the spine and not at the end of the knife.  This type of screw was  not used until 1934 and was not widely adopted until GM started using them in their production of automobiles.  (Which is interesting when you consider the Chevy "Stove Bolt" engines.  Of course the Phillips screws were used on Cadillacs.  The flat heads went into Chevys.

Has anyone been glad they lost a bid on Ebay? Well, I just did. I bid on a vintage Barlow, that I thought I wanted but later saw another knife up for auction that I wanted more. I was able to take the money I had bid on the first knife and add it to my bid on the other. The bidding is not over yet, so I won't mention the knife in question yet. Tell us if this has happen to you. 

I'm giving the short answer right now, Robert.  Not quite as many times as I've regretted winning but yes I've been glad to lose on more than one occasion!

Well, I lost on all bids. I am glad I did, not because I didn't want to win but because the price was more than I could afford.  

Robert,

I usually just put a price in my head and I wont let the fever of the moment get me to bid more  Not that I have never done it but if you can not get into the knife at the price that is right for you, let it go.

Jan, that us the way I usually do it too.  I decide how much I am willing to pay for a knife, then factoring in the shipping as part of that price, I put in my bid.

The thing with eBay is you monitor enough you realize very few things on it are truly unique or rare and if you're patient the knife you want will show up the price you're willing to pay.  It also helps to understand that end of the day  you really can live without it and something prettier and shinier is often just around the corner that will make you forget the bid you lost.

The group has been pretty quiet lately.  I think it might be because most of us have posted the cream of our crop.  I think we need more members!

Let's see how many people are here and how many more people can be enticed to join! We're at 90 members now but only 20 of us has "liked" the group.  I'm looking to get at least  140 members and 100 likes to the group.  Once this happens I'm going to run a very easy contest and a winner of that contest will be drawn at random!  The winner is going to win the knife below and probably a couple other knives from my collection.

This knife is an Imperial Diamond Edge  DE555 that was made in Ireland probably in the 1980s-1990s.  It is new old stock, never used and never carried.  This is actually the second time the knife has been taken out of the box.

So spread the word, and lets get another 50 people the list and if you haven't clicked like, then click it.   Remember we need 140 members and 100 likes!  The contest will be open to all members of the Knives of the Great Outdoors Group (current and future!)  But the contest won't begin until those two magic numbers are reached!

You are right Tobias. This is a great group. Hope we get some new members.

I have plenty more knives to post, although new members are always nice. I think my Blog on Show off everyone's collections has taken away from the groups. Sorry, but we sure did see some knives for a while.

Keep posting Robert, you have some great knives. We all love pics.

Here is a sort-of clone of the Puma White Hunter.  This one is a Puma Rüdemann.  It was made in Germany in January 1977 (ser.# 29771), where I bought it.  It is a user, but I haven't used it much.

That's a beauty, Howard.  I love that blade profile.

Awesome looking Puma Howard

Now that is a great looking knife.  Love the blade shape.

Thanks, guys.  It is a heavy knife, and with the blade shape you can hack with it pretty well.

Looks great Howard. I've seen them a lot on line but I have never held one in my hand. Looks great, I love the design. I wonder which Knife company came up with that design?

This is the only fixed blade that I haven't used.  (19 Case XX 90) Case Camp Knife, stag handles.  I didn't then, nor do I now, see them very often so I thought I would just keep it in the display case.

Howard, a very unique looking fixed blade

Ken,

Sorry for the pic.  Not really a dagger, but kinda looks that way because the sharp edge is on the top.  Had to prop up the blade edge to get rid of the glare from the blade.  The spine is just short of 1/4" thick.

This might be a better pic. of it:

That does change the looks some, but still a very long blade. How long is it?? Do you have a sheath for it?

WOW!  That's one long blade.  Maybe Case made it for people who like to "rassle bears!"  Excellent knife, Howard!

Blade is 10" from tip to guard.  Here is the sheath:

Pretty neat, like I say, a unique looking knife.

Tobias,

Hahahahaha.  Maybe, but with no lanyard hole to keep the knife nice and tight on the wrist, you might have trouble a bear.  Still, it would do "camp" stuff pretty well.

Great looking knife there, Howard.

It is still slow going.   Looking for 32 more members and more likes to the page so I give  away stuff.  

Shoot for 100.

Thanks for the compliment, Robert.

Not sure if I've put this one up or not.  It's a Trail's End Popcorn knife made by Colonial back in the 1990s (I'm guessing).  The knife was a a promotional item that Boy Scouts could win on their popcorn sales.  I assume it is from the 1990s bacuse of the Victorinox Swiss Army Style can opener.

Nice looking knife Tobias

I guess if you sold enough Popcorn you gout a Scout knife. Just like the Girl Scouts and their Cookies. Real nice looker though, Tobias.

Wow , I see we're at 99 members now.  I was shooting for 140 but I'm going to change that to 125!  That's right 26 more members and I'll be giving away the knife with a very easy contest -- and I do mean easy!  So invite your friends and lets gets to that magic number of 125!

Do you use a lanyard on your knife or do you find them kind of useless.  Here is a tip on a way to get the most out of that lanyard.  It is really useful when you're using a machete cutting brush. 

The Myerchin W100 Offshore System (Fixed Blade Rigging Knife and Marlinspike)

Nice looking knife (Myerchin), Tobias.  Like the big marlinspike.

Ahoy there my little Mate....lol  Looking good there Tobias.

Thanks Robert.  I thought long and hard before buying this knife. I read a number of reviews and went back and forth and then finally pulled the trigger and bought it. It had truly exceeded my expectations especially for the price I paid.

Howard the marlinspike is pretty good but it designed for larger lines.  That's okay, I've got plenty of marlinspikes that work with smaller lines.  I think I need to bring a shackle into the cavern and show people how the key works.  I think there are a lot of people who have no idea how to break a shackle with a shackle key or spike.

That includes me, Tobias.  I know nothing about seamanship, lines, shackles.  Figured the big marlinspike wasn't for paracord, buy I'm lost beyond that.

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