Robert,

What age is this case knife, because the shields vary in the era in which they were made?

Sue

Robert, I sent you a message my friend.

It's all good!!!

i would say go catch a big one but you always do.i wish i could go with you sometime you are the fishermans fisherman take some pictures to share robert please.....

robert i was thinking about doing that.thanks for your input and i will let you know sir .thanks again.i am problaby losing money selling all at one time two...

@ Robert .. see my suggestions in the huddle. They're just that .. suggestions !! D ale.

You might be the strawberry capitol no Robert.  California used to be the capitol for everything in the Sacramento.San Jaoquin Valley, but now it seems like all we grow is houses and people!

Not like it was when I was a kid.  The valley was all tomatoes, straberries, corn, melons, etc  And off to the east cotton.  People never realized how much cotton we grew.  Heck, we still grow a ton of cotton!  A ton of fruit & vegetables too!

But we may not be the strawberry capitol anymore!!

I don't even think we are the hot rod capitol anymore.

I am here for you buddy.  Let me see what I can do

I understand Robert.  They scare me too because even though I know a little and I have books to help me, it would be easy to fool me.

I tend to buy pocketknives in the $50 and under range for that reason, although sometimes I fall in love with a $100 knife.

My switchblades scare me more because they are more expensive.  But I understand the prices.  There are fewer of them (American) because of the ban on making switchblades.  And even fewer still because of the more complicated mechanics of switchblades.  The springs tend to break and we don't seen to have many old-timers that can fix them anymore.

If you want I can send you a list of the books that I use to help me determine if a knife is the real deal and if the value is in the right range.

I think that's the best any of us can do, except the guys on here that are bona-fide experts.

And sometimes I get a real deal.  I was going thru a stack of recent knives (it was a real stack!) to take pics and post here when I realized  I bought a few knives at really good prices:

• Colonial Hawkbill for $8.49 + $3.99 shipping
• Unknown maker Sailors Knife for $11.11 + $free shipping

The rest in the stack are $25 to $50 each, and while I can't afford to lose $25 anymore than the next guy I figure I can always sell them.  If I sell them for less and acknowledge the co ndition is bad, or it's a fake or whatever, then at least i don't chaet a guy and I make some of my money back.

Anyway, if you want to know what I use...let me know.

James has left iKC.  He has grown his facebook and I believe his private email is JamesIvyKnives@gmail.com

that's ok Robert. I enjoyed your pics-and I'll take some pics the next time I go fishing-How's the weather in Louisiana right now?

hey Robert-glad to be your buddy too! I need to go fishing and get a good one-then I'll post a pic-thanks for the info! You ever go on the chat? Maybe I'll see you on there sometime

Hi Robert-thanks for accepting my friendship! take care ,

Glenn

Happy Birthday to my friend Rob!!!

Happy Birthday to a dear and wonderful friend

CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND::::::::

Sorry, I mean't to say hunting related stories. Not "hun" related stories. That totally changes it I guess. Sorry about that Robert.

Thanks again for joining the group, hopefully we will get some interesting things going. 

Thanks for joining the Arsenal Robert, it's great to have you.

If you have some hun related stories, or pics, we would love to see them.