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Permalink Reply by Brad T. on March 20, 2014 at 11:52

Well Rome, that is an impressive list of makers. Thanks for taking the time to catalog and document them here.

Permalink Reply by Michael D. on March 23, 2014 at 19:51

I was just going to say "What no Sabre knives?" but Rome listed the name.

In the 1960s that brand was sold everywhere from drugstores to discount houses (new type of retailing at the time). They were cheaper than Schrade and way cheaper than Camillus or Case. A Sabre was my first EDC. The Sabre I bought was a darn good knife - wooden handles, carbon steel blade, made in Japan. Got it sharper than a razor most times.

These 1960s Sabres have absolutely no collector value whatsoever but from reading about them on various forums they carry high sentimental value for many including myself. The later Sabres turned into junk with plastic handles and wobbly blades that couldn't hold an edge, even right out of the blister pack. I found out later that this was a Ka Bar deal. They gave everyone a run for their money.

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D ale mentioned two brands he has in his collection that peaked my interest: Challenge Cutlery - Bridgeport and George Schrade Cutlery. Would sure love to see pictures of those.

Permalink Reply by Rome D. Rushing on March 26, 2014 at 12:01

You hit it right on the nail head about Sabre knives.  I can remember when

I was just a small, well let's say young kid we would get to go to the Dollar

Store down the street from my fathers TV repair shop.  Back then a dollar store

was really a dollar store, toy soldiers 2 bags for a $1, models 2 for $1and things

like that.  And up by the cash registar set a counter top knife display case.  The

knives were Sabre, made in Japan and sold for no more than a dollar a piece.

Over the years I have managed to find a few of these old knives and they all fit the

same mold, carbon steel blades, mostly jigged bone, and not a bad knife for a $1.

It would be hard now to find a inexpensive knife of the same quality.

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