Sharp brand knives?

pvicenzi said:
Several years ago, I found a Buck 110 style Sharp knife on the road. Cleaned it up, and sharpened it. To my surprise, it took a good edge. Have not used it much, so I can't comment on edge holding. I would guess it is about the same as other knives from that era. Probably 440C
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The one I have in that style is marked SHARP tm 450. I have 2 marked SHARP tm 300 and 2 marked SHARP tm 200, one in a brown leather pouch and one new in a new black leather pouch. I've always liked 440C as a knife steel so if that's what the blades are made of it makes me even happier!!
 
Most of the members here are in the age range of people who don't understand internet etiquette. Or maybe are lacking attention to detail. SOOOOO MANY users here necrobump threads...

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nevertakeadayoff said:
The last part of the quote suggests the question is rhetoric ; )
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I’m not sure I follow what you are saying. I meant using the “+quote” feature to send an alert to the person. So they would see the question. Not retyping their post in quotes.
 
Thanks for this info I saw one on the bay (Sharp model 300) for $19,00 ($27.00 with tax and shipping) can you guess who's it's getting mailed to. That thing does look heavy though.

I would have otherwise missed this thread.
 
This thread made me laugh. I had a Sharp brand fixed hunter style blade in the 90’s and it was the go-to rough use knife of the house. Decent knife, not much more to say about it. Not a bad knife for the money.
 
Hey did anyone describe the butter smooth opening and closing action of the Sharp 300 that is a just a joke.

It feels like it's lubricated with grapenuts cereal, gravel dirt, and sand (is this normal?) The one I handled had a few small nicks in the blade and was full of scratches. Lock up was good with barely noticeable back and forth blade play well within acceptable limits. It took a while to sharpen but not too long so the blade is not junk steel.

All being said this thing is heavy, built like a tank (thick stainless liners and bolsters,) has good blade steel, and would look really nice in pristine shiny condition.

Update it's actually starting to get smoother. It was first sprayed good with WD40 open and closed a few times then a few hours later rinsed with hot water and sprayed again with a lot of WD40 (water displacer) and allowed to dry. Action was not much improved. Ballistol was then liberally applied (a lot) initially no improvement. After a few hours and a few openings and closings in between (not a lot) it started getting smoother.

I would describe it as gritty opening with smooth spots but much smoother than the grapenuts action it first had. Maybe age has gotten to this and the oil will eventually eat away at any grime and it will get yet smoother with oil and use. Time will tell. This would make a great knife to take fishing.

The fact that this thing is at least over 32 years old with solid lockup that is almost play free is a testament to the value of this thing as a practical user knife.
I have to say this shape looks familiar and I may have seen it in the long past. Did other companies sell these patterns ?
 
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Wow!!! 11 years ago! Sorry for the late reply. Had to find the knife first 😀. Build quality is outstanding for such an inexpensive knife. Nothing has loosened over the past 20 -30 years.
 

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After soaking for a while in Ballistol the blade developed some side to side play as well. It's still not excessive. I have used it for cutting vegetables it held an edge just fine but the part that was scraping the ceramic plate although still sharp did develop a shine. It touched up fine. The action has smoothed up a lot but is still gritty when almost opened and intermittent gummyness when almost closed.
 
Thanks K KenHash ! It's nice to know the history of my very first fixed blade EDC. It resides now in my bug-out bag alongside my Gerber Warthog.
 
So yeah this is an old post. I used search and was surprised to find it. This is my first post on this board. I have a 1970s/80s Sharp fixed blade that was my "Boy Scout" knife bought for me at K-Mart. I really want to make a new one in this same style. Any info on this type of knife is appreciated. I have no idea what type of wood this is or how the knife is constructed. I will probably have to fabricate the butt of the knife. I have only done a few full tang knives but I really want to take this on as a project this fall. Any help is appreciated and I will keep you posted on progress once I begin.

https://imgur.com/a/Btq369x
 
I also have one, it was my first fixed blade. I bought it at a K-Mart around 1982. I remember being too young to purchase it so I gave the money to my older sister and she bought it for me. Recently my seven year old grandson was admiring it. I asked him if he would like to have it for his own and he said he would. So I have plans to give to him either this summer ( after I’ve taught him to clean fish) or this fall (after I’ve taught him to clean squirrels )


 
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