Take me to some Estate Sales mel!  Nice knife and I reall like the pitola.  Beautiful buys.

Unusual for me to find good quality knives at Estate sales but couldn't pass this one up.  It was priced at $45 and I got it for $30.  I hope that is reasonable since I know little about the German company American Knife.  The knife appears new except someone attempted to sharpen it and didn't do a very smooth job.  If anyone has some history on them I would appreciate the info.

Sorry for my morning typing Mel.  I meant I really like the pistola.  I would lame it on my keyoard but I midtype anyway.

The grips on that pistol are sweet!  And I would say that you got  real good deal on the knife & sheath.

Mel,

Congrats, that NRA knife is wonderful.  The estate find is terrific.  I also never find that stuff :(

Mel,

What little I can find...There was a company in Solingen Germany named American Knife Company.  There does not appear to be a lot of info on them but I have a lead that can possibly give you some info on them.  There is a fantastic site named World knives.  They have some wonderful resources about the knives of that area.  Here is the link.  Be sure to scroll down to the bottom where they have about 100 more links to information. The interesting part is they have an email address down there and it appears they will help you with determining some dates for the company.

http://www.worldknives.com/info/knives-of-solingen-germany-43.html

My pleasure Mel.  I love to research!!

I was visiting Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg for the first time.  While I spent most of my knife money at Smoky Mountain Knife Works, i Could help but waste a little on these  knives.

Okay I actually got that one at SMKW.  I is by Elk Ridge.  3.5 inch tooth pick.   Bought the Redneck shot glass at a souvenir shop in pigeon Forge.

My four other shot glasses.  The black one is actually from Harlan Kentucky is made out of coal!  The knives are similar to the knives made by Royal Crest.  The big one was around $6-7  the small one around $3-5 depending on the store.

Almost every place had knives with names on the back but as they had no "Toby" knives, I settled for "Hillbilly" on the big knife and "Army" on the small.  Only one place I visited had the knives with a blank back scale.  I got one of those for my nephew "A.J."    Despite my sister's chagrin, I'm proud to call myself a Hillbilly, however I prefer the more sophisticated term of "Mountain William"

Another view of the front of the souvenir knives.

Never a waste of money on a knife Tobias, it is always and experience and it looks like you had a great adventure

This is kind of a cool little knife.  It has excellent snap, a half stop...walks and talks very well.  A friend picked it up for Donnie it says JF Novelty CO.   New Yoork NY and the blade says China.  Anyone know where new Yoork is?

That fat stag handle is really nice Pat

Both look like big boys.

Very Nice Pat

I like those big knives, Pat. How long are they? My large blade that I use in the woods is 15".

Has any one ever bought a Ruko? I understand that it is a Spanish company. I found this knife at a local farm and ranch store last year for about $3.00. It is not a great built knife, but it is sharp and has good snap. It is Chinese built.

Billy....

Begin your investigation here:  http://www.rukoproducts.com/cart/index.php

Billy, that's a good looking little knife, sorry I have never heard of it but that doesn't mean anything. I am stuck back in the boon docks.lol

Very good looking knife.  Sharp with good snap is nice but what is not quite up to par with it?

Hard to decide which thread this one could go under.  Tacticals?  Schrade?  Globals?  I'll just dump in the Box Full of knives  I recently bought a "Super knife"  assisted opening Karambit.  I think the eBay seller "ZIX" called it the Big Mo Jungle karambit w/ tiger stripes.  Itlooks very much like the S&W  CK32C Extreme ops in the "Urban Camo"

(See Below)

left: Super knife, right, S&W

As you can see the camo is almost identical.  The S&W has writing on the blade. and lack the little thumb stud to aid in opening.  Both have the same hole design for opening

Same knives with the blades out.  S&W on the bottom.  The assisted opening does not have a safety so it could in theory flip open inyour pocket.

The S&W (top) is a frame lock. The pocket clip can easily be removed but not moved to a new position.  The Super knife (below) is a liner lock and the pocket clip cannot be removed without taking the knife apart.

Both have 440 blades, Both are made in China.  Both blades can be opened using the thumb hole.  THe S&W is very stiff however and is will require effort. 

  The S&W cannot be opened with the hand in the reverse grip, a common way to hold a Karambit.  Because the Super Knife is assissted you can easily open it in the reverse grip with the flick of your pinkie or small finger.:

The Super knife cost $11,   The S&W was bought on Amazon $13.50 (SMKW sells it for $22.

Both knives were razor sharp upon arrival.  The Super knife will probably loosen over time but it has been my experience that you can tighten them easily without the use of tool simply by squeezing the handle together and tightening the screw by hand. (Something to say about cheaply made.)

I think both knives look pretty cool and both are comfortable in the hand.  The S&W  feels more solid but is harder to deploy and cost more. I bought them to see if I'd like the karambit design.  I'm not looking at getting a decent fixed blade karambit.

Billy,

Great way to decide if that style is right for you.  Almost seems that for an everyday carry the Super knife would be a better deal than the S&W

I think you meant Toby, Jan.  Anyway, I agree.  the Super knife opens more quickly.  Only problem is lack of safety.  Still both look pretty cool.

OMG...Toby, I am so sorry.  I should not work 16 hours and then try to make sense LOL

Here is a small part of my collection.

LOL!

Now that is a box of knives.  LOL!

There are some real nice knives there Frank.

Here are the only Utica knives in my collection. I don't hear much talk about them. 

The little lockbacks are interesting.  Never seen lockbacks quite like those.  I'm also a big fan of Barlows.  Like the shape of that clip.

Not so much a box of knives, but a drawer of White Smooth Bone.  The picture will be out of date in a day or two when the next shipment arrives.

Toby,

Smooth bones are under utilized in my opinion.  I like the look and feel of them.  My favorite is an appaloosa but white smooth bone has a simple elegance that I enjoy 

I agree, I wish they jigged some of that white bone. I think it's a poor mans ivory.

Sometimes I forget that my wonderful husband collected knives for what seemed to be a lifetime before I joined him in that love of sharp objects.  What seems like 100 years ago I bought him an old wooden carpenters box to put them in.  As life went on, the safes came around and now that box has what he calls his odds and ends.  Looking through there is something I should do more often, today's finds were very interesting

Those are real sweet! Has Donnie"s taste changed in knives over the years and if so, what does he favor these days. We don't hear from him much.

Robert,

He was always a Case man and we have hundred of those.  But somehow you always end up with the odd pieces.  Each has been given to us with Love so we keep them.  It is nice to visit with them sometimes

I wish I had "odds & ends" that looked that nice!

Toby,

Thank you.  LOL, now I have to take a pic of the drawer and let you see them.  Its quite a mix

Hey Johnny, these are some of those lockbacks I was telling you about. The two at the top are in my collection, the one at the bottom is a user.

Robert,

Is that bullet the one you handle fixed on?  Those are some beauties

No Mam, the one I am having the handle repaired on is "Guide Knife" from the 1930's . It was Al Capoune's favorite knife patern. Thanks Miss Jan, a clip point knife is one of my favorites.

One of the whatnot cabinet drawers

and anotherthere are 10 drawers in all

I love what people put in drawers. good looking stash, Jan.

Billy,

LOL, did you see the other drawer?  I have taken some good hearted flack over the yellow high lighter.  Donnie is threatening to make a blade to go in it if I dont find somewhere else to stash it

Robert, those knives are beautiful.

I love the classic look.

Well, I'm waiting on two knives right now, one is an old Kissing Crane and the other is a handmade hammer forged knife. I have never bought a knife from either of them before but I'm sure they are honest knife people. I can hardly wait for either one. I love old knives, and forged ones too, two of the most desired knives I'm after. Yahoo!

Jan, I have highlighters to use on my knife lists so I don't mess up as much. I don't think I will ever get my lists on excell finished.