Well, I will jump in first with a pic of my Queen fish knife.  It is 1 of 70, made for the Chattahoochee Cutlery Club in 2005.

I remember I was young girl like 10 years old at girl camping. I used swiss scout knife the great outdoor adventure... I always played cutting any the small woods. Just tossed it to bonfire. I love it. I love camping... But I don't remember where i did putted away my old swiss scout knife in the somewhere boxes in the basement in many years ago. I don't remember. I hate to dig and search each the box for my swiss knife..... LOLOLOLOL

thats a beauty of a QUEEN.. nice throwback to the original as well.all the original true winterbottom pieces i find like this are always missing the sharpener on front scale...  thats a purdy knife!

"FINGERS" ..i would be diggin...LOLOLOL..i love lookin for old knives in old boxes....

Definitely like this Group....thx for the invite Jan!

Love those lanyards, Scott -- Especially the one on that Beaver Tail! 

Kudos and best wishes on your new group, Toby!

Here's one of my favorite Scouts...

I guess I will start with my latest edition to the collection.It's an Italian made camp knife.  In this case the Mercury 913-8DC. 

It's a six implement knife similar to the Swiss Army Spartan but with a twist.

Handles scales  Stag. (Mercury calls it deer horn). Nice brass pins  and rivets. The antler is smoothed and polished along the edges.  The bolsterless design is what really got my attention.

but then when you open the blades...

There's a Fork instead of a punch or small blade!  It's a hobo/scout hybrid!  Of course short of spearing small chunks of meat or marshmallows the fork is useless.  But it was still pretty cool to see and is at least as functional as the fork on the Case Hobo!

Back tools include the cork screw and sewing awl.  The awl could use a sharper edge but is still pretty nice.

all in all a well made knife. I'm very pleased with the fit and finish and the quality of the materials.  Pretty good snap on all blades.  I haven't noticed any blade rub, yet. The stag or deer horn is nicely polished.  I think it would have been nicer with a bail instead of key ring but the novelty of the fork makes up for that.

Really nice knives everyone. I love that Hobo/Scout you have there Tobias. Miss Michelle, I'd still be digging in those old boxes, to find an old friend of my childhood. Good luck.

When I am out scouting and preparing for deer season, I like to strap this on my hip.  It is a Frost Bowie knife.  I have used it for a lot of things a knife shouldn't be used for, including chopping down a fair sized tree.  It is great for clearing brush away from my game cameras or for clearing shooting lanes.

Charles, are you saying good things about Frost?  That's a first!  That knife looks like a beast.  I'm glad to hear a positive comment about a Frost brand knife.   Proves you don't have to pay a lot to get a hacker for the woods!

Thanks for starting this group. I am a undercover Hobo knife collector. I just wouldn't say much about it. I had no idea I wasn't the only Hobo in the bunch...lol

Tobias, I didn't have to pay a lot to get that Frost Bowie knife.  In fact I didn't have to pay anything for it, it was given to me.  It does make a good hacker.  It has plenty of heft to it.  The blade is about 3/16 of inch thick.  It has a full length overmolded tang..  And now it is very sharp.  The guy at SMKW sharpened it for me and didn't charge me.  It will now slice a sheet of paper.

I have no idea what kind of steel it is.  This is all I know about the steel.

Probably 440 or an equivalent.  I see it is an older one out of Japan.  Good deal there, especially for the price!  LOL

Tobias, That Mercury is pretty great!  The fork is more useful than a punch. in my opinion. 

Thanks Jan.  The biggest problem with the Mercury is now I've added five more Mercs to my wishlist!  That's going to be around $300  of knives.   Really well made knives.   I also got a Mercury Mushroom knife with Olive Wood Handles. 

Come to think of it -- mushroom hunting is also done in the Great Outdoors.  I can put those images here also!

I have over 100 Scout/utilities but only one hobo. An A.G. Russell.

Hey, Tank!

That Russell Hobo looks really nice! I assume it's a "take-a-part?" It certainly has a beautiful wood handle!

With "over a 100" Scout/utility knives you'll be a huge asset to this group and all of us who would love to see pictures of all those knives!

Cheers!

That is one fine looking Hobo, Tank. 

Thanks guys. Yes, she's a take apart. Ron, mine are the traditional scout without the fork or spoon. I'll be glad to share though.

Here are my camping knives:

Great camping knives, fellows. Tobias, I took some pictures of Louisiana wild mushrooms and a wild alligator egg, a while back. I ment to post it for ya'll mushroom hunters.

A Louisiana wild mushroom, eatable. Alligator Egg. Maybe a baby, Alligator or a little lizard....lol

I don't want to turn this into a Swiss Army Knives group (iKC already has one!) but there is no doubt that there is a lot of overlap between the Swiss Army knives an the Camp knives.  The Original Soldier knife was very similar to the original BSA Camp knife (same tools, except the screwdriver on the BSA knife was also a "crown cork" lifter)  And the Officier Suisse (today's Spartan) has the same six tools as the the six tool camp knives (such as the Remington Trailhand).

Today, when I go on my day hikes, I almost always grab a SAK with a saw blade.  I fell in love with the saw blade when I swapped  Army pocketknives with a German while in the Army.  He got a Camillus Mil-K knife, I got a GAK, a German Army Knife (made by CCM)

I later bought a Victorinox version of the same GAK.  Today, the knife I tend to carry when hiking is the 111mm Victorinox Hunter.  I like it because of the locking blade and the saw blade. (the serrated gut hook is also nice.)

For me, the saw blade is essential because I tend to cut down saplings or tree branches that I think will make nice walking sticks.

Americans have not made enough folding camp knives with good saw blades and the wood saws on Victorinox SAKs are phenomenal!

Robert, the lizard looks like and adolescent Anole lizard, commonly called an American Chameleon.  (Either that or the Geico Gecko which looks more like an anole than any Gecko I've ever owned or observed.)  I've caught and owned a lot of reptiles and amphibians in my life.

I am not sure about the little lizard, the girls caught it and took that picture. I don't think it's a Gecko, the ones around here are mostly brown but I could be wrong.

Those mushrooms are called Oyster mushrooms. They look like an Oyster shell and taste like  an Oyster. They grow out of dead trees, old logs. They are best found after a nice rain. They are great. I would not advise anyone to try them from just this info. You must go and pick them with an experienced Woodsman. Please. The wrong mushroom can hurt you.

The Carolina Anoles are common throughout the south.  They are known as American Chameleons because they change colors from various shades of brown to green. 

My comment about Geckos was more geared toward the Geiko Gecko of the commercials looks more like a Carolina Anole than most actual geckos.

Yes sir, I think you are right. I love those little Gecko's, though.

Just a side note on GEICO Gecko.  The commercials do a pretty good job of camouflaging that GEICO stands for Government Employee Insurance Co.

I really didn't know that.

We're up to 36 members!   This is great news.  Thanks to everyone who joined.  Don't forget to spread the words to your friends and as long as you're here, take a chance to Check outOutdoor Living Hosted by Robert Burris.  The two groups seem to go hand in hand.

As an avid collector of camp knives it hard not to also collect Swiss Army Knives.  And if you collect Swiss Army knives, then it is also hard not to pick up a knock off or two,   One of my favorite Swiss Army Knock-offs is the Colonial made Mountain Guide.   I bought one several years ago and found it to be an excellent pocket knife for around camp.  The key selling point is the big hawkbill.   I'm not sure if Colonial had planned this hawkbill to be a line cutting blade or not but considering the amount of rope one cuts mountaineering it makes sense.   I'm surprised that Victorinox  (the famous Swiss knife maker) took so long to get around to putting a good rope cutting blade on a knife.

Anyway, I highly recommend the mountain guide.  Too bad it lacks a saw blade!  The hawkbill blade is carbon steel, believed 1070.  I think the other blades are 420.

Great knife and info, plus thanks for the plug for my group. It has helped me with the loss of my wife. I ask Miss Jan, to let me run the group, to help keep my mind busy. I think, it is a great group and just wish, we could get more ladies involved.

   You are right on with the outdoor or camp knives. Keep up the great work, Tobias.