Ya'll should come to California April 15th for a yard sale with junk, collectables and some knives!  Well, mostly just for the sunshine!!

I enjoy going to some yard sales but I have never been thrilled about holding them.  But I have committed myself with fliers and all so I guess I am officially having a Yard Sale.

Hopefully I can sell some to buy some and then put up new pics of my new knives!  That's the plan...

I bought this blade as a Civil War era Russell Stag.  It certainly looks like it fits the era and certainly is an old knife.

The primary tang is marked

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J RUSSELL & CO.

  GREEN RIVER

       WORKS

The reverse of the tang is blank.

The blade has been worked....a lot.  Sharpened and shaped.  It may be the sharpest knife that I own.  A big, fat, heavy, beefy blade. 

This thing is like 4 5/8ths inches closed, 7 3/8ths…

I'm not quite sure how but somewhere along the line I have attracted five (5) pocketknives advertising Coca-Cola.

These are not new knives.  Coke cost 5 cents!  So, it has been awhile.

Three are plastic, two of those are red and one is white.

The other two are silver.

These knives are probably all from the 40s by using other Coke items with the 5 cent identifier.…

Here is the 1946 Vespa....blue not white.

And the 1940's Vespa pocket-knife (I think you need a nice switchblade to go with that Italian street machine!)…

If anyone here rides or owns a Vespa, especially a vintage or antique Vespa---I own an antique La Vespa knife from the 1940s.  It was one of those Not On Shelf knives.

It is a 2 blade Mother of Pearl (looks to be imitation even though it's nearly 75 years old.  It's 3.75" closed with no bolsters, but a brass bail at the end where the short lade pivots.

The blades are a bit tight, because it has been sitting in a drawer in a store somewhere for those 70+ years.  I've been…

This sweet hand-napped knife is made of Emerald Green Carrara stone.  Our ancestors built their weapons by hand-napping blades, chipping pieces off stones as they made arrowheads or spearheads or whatever depending on where your folks are from.

This beautiful green Carrara is hard enough to use for cutting or stabbbing.  Doesn't look like it but that blade is strong.  .

I don't buy too many new knives.  My collection is mostly vintage & antique, but I have been wanting an…

I got a Russell & Co.--Green River Works Barlow today.  Maybe I will post a pic later, I still have to do the little Coca Cola knives and there are six (6) of them!

But when I put together the post about the Barlows I almost made the mistake of writing a post about Russell Barlows and posting it in the A.G. Russell spot.

I know the difference (I think) but I am not an expert with all of the history an court cases.  But I know my Barlows with the…

Ya'll know that I am wanting to focus my knife collection.  The switchblades I am not so worried about...yet.  They are tough to find and there aren't any cheap ones out there unless you get lucky.

Pocket knives I have been using the shotgun approach and I need to change that.

So I have mostly been focusing on styles.  And Barlow is my favorite.  Not sure why.

Like Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn, the Barlow was my first knife and I loved it.

As an adult I find they…

Hi guys

Searhing around the internet one of the places I keep bumping into is Jay's Knives.  Looks like they have some real nice items.  I haven't made a purchase from them yet.  I have looked at and even written down the name/number/description of a few but haven't actually bought anything. 

Probably because you can only buy on the phone and it seem so strange to me in 2012 to have a web based company (or at least partly we based) but you are unable to actually buy anything…

I almost joined the Office Groiup today.

Because I have four knives that say "Office Knife" on the blade.

haha hah!

I woulda been like "What do you mean I can't join.  I got knives man!!!"

I had five but gave one away.

I got a new knife book today.  It's a title most of you probably already have but I am enjoying it and finding useful information in the Big Book Of Pocket Knives, Identification and Values by Ron Stuart.

You already know I collect switchblades.  But recentl also started picking up some folders, which is how I wound up here...and I am so very glad that I did!!

But I wish I had this book long ago.  This is the 4th Edition o it has been helping folks for a long…

I  submitted a post with answers on what knife is what but decided to give answers tothe clues.  Answers in Bold.

Clue #1:

The middle knife only has one blade.  Easy!

Clue #2:

At least two of the knives are from the same maker.  Yes. They are.  Oh...the top & the bottom are Shrade.  But top i Walden, N.Y. and bottom is CUT Co/Walden N.Y.

Clue #3

At least one knife has celluloid grips. …

OK. Time for the answers.

I'm sorry I thought this would be easier for you.  I didn't do a good enough job of clues I suppose

From top to bottom we have---

A)  Schrade Walden   2 blades---1946 to 1973

B) Frost Cutlery, Flying Falcon with Falcon engraving   1 blade---1978 to Present

C) Schrade/CUT Co/Walden, NY  2 blades---1904 to 1946

Since Robert got one right he should get the Frost.  So, if you want her Robert shoot me a message.

The other…

OK sorry I'm late.  We'll go until noon or so with a few extra clues

Clue #A  The middle knife is indeed Frost Cutlery

Clue #B  The other two knives are from the same maker but different generations--blade markings differ slightly but the same maker

Clue #C (big drum roll...) Two knives are marked "Office Knife" on the obverse of the case.  I would post pictures of thst side and make that the clue but it would show too much.

I have one more clue but it would be…

Three cuties all lined up...

Any guesses?

The top one is tough to open the secondary blade.  It split my nail good so I left it alone for now.

Clue #1:

The middle knife only has one blade.

Clue #2:

At least two of the knives are from the same maker.

Clue #3

At least one knife has celluloid grips.

Clue #4:

At least one knife has markings on a grip.

The first person with three correct answers gets one of the knives…

A couple of pics of that fat little Norway pocket.  Remember, it's a fat little knife, short and very wide.  1 cutting blade & a bottle opener.  Nice Norwegian Viking Ship boat scene on one side and an open spot for engraving on the other side.

The only marking are "Stainless steel" on the knife blade.

This knife was descibed by the eBay seller as :

Haugrud Norway Pewter Norge Viking Ship Art Deco Lobster Folding Pocket Knife

An internet site…

So my bummed period is over and I did get a couple of things in the mail.  Nothing great.  A couple of old clay poker chips. One with an elephant carved on it and the other a guy in a speedboat on a lake. Probably Lake Tahoe because it is from Crystal Bay.

And then two knives:

1) Smith & Wesson Texas Hold em pretty cracked ice handles.  About 3.5" closed Smith & Wesson engraved on the blade with what looks like a straight flush.  SMITH &/WESSON on the tang.  The…

Yes I am bummed tonight.

Missed out on a couple of knives via the dreaded eBay including...

one really nice looking old Russell Barlow.

I was daydreaming of sittin' out on the river whittling some with Huck Finn.

I was going back and forth in bids with a guy until the last hour when...no more bids.  I knew he didn't give up.  He was sitting in the weeds waiting.

But so was I.  I was top bid for the last hour and I waited with a big bid in my entry box and…

I bought this and the seller ssaid it was an "IMCO" knife.  I never heard of it but it wass inexpensive so I bought it.  Yeh I know.

Got home went thru my limited books.  Could not find anything like IMCO.

The knife is very dirty and blades are rusted to heck & back.  Can barely open them.  I'll have to throw some oil at it.

And then I couldn't read the engraving.  I used a little bitty wood scraper (like chicks use on their fingernails. It works good doesn't do any…

This hometown cutlery maker is one I never have heard of even though they are in my hometown.

Next time I am in their neighborhood I have got to buy one.  Can't have too many good knives even for slicing your apples!!

MAC Cutlery in Sacramento:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/07/4316232/mac-knives-a-top-cooking-secret.html

Good tips on knife sharpening too.