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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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…

A few months ago, a friend did a blog post about our community. I actually have it saved and revisit it often.

Recently, I asked another friend if her son could join us on here. He is mid…

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…