Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

[Pt-Luso]

 

[cbach8tw]

I think I have asked before, where can we find some of those Portuguese ( and Italian?) knives you show? PM me please if can.I like the simplicity and and unique character of these knives.

 

[mbkr]

El cheapo Gerber US1

 

[5K Qs]

Last month I had one of my knife buying sprees that afflict me every 3 or 4 months. Last Thursday, I posted an Otter paring knife included in my most recent spree, and today I have yet another little fixed blade intended for kitchen use, I think. Victorinox calls it a "utility knife" and its blade is a little longer than the Victorinox paring knife I got about a year ago. But the main reason I bought the utility knife is that it came with a belt sheath; the sheath by itself was $8, utility knife by itself was $8, while sheath plus utility knife was $9 - no-brainer!
Here are my 3 fixed blade paring knives below the sheath, and with the black-handled Vic utility knife in the sheath (which will hold any one of the three knives):




- GT

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[WValtakis]

 

[5K Qs]

Here's a recently-purchased Rite Edge curved lockback Barlow at a playground in St. Cloud MN:



- GT

 

[joeradza]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[screened porch]

It was some kind of giveaway knife, but a nice one. Solingen Germany of course.

I did a pretty good job, by my standards, with the replacement handle. It must be epoxy putty because I couldn't have poured a handle that's high in the middle, and I must have mixed in charcoal or paint, because the black hasn't worn off.

They were a woolens mill.

 

[mbkr]

Fifteen buck...um...Buck, and two buck Gerber. Very servicable pocket knives and USA made

 

[r8shell]

It was some kind of giveaway knife, but a nice one. Solingen Germany of course.

I did a pretty good job, by my standards, with the replacement handle. It must be epoxy putty because I couldn't have poured a handle that's high in the middle, and I must have mixed in charcoal or paint, because the black hasn't worn off.

They were a woolens mill.

What a coincidence! I've got one like that coming in the mail, but I doubt it'll get here in time to post it today. Does yours have a maker's mark?
I've seen a picture of one in bone, but from the seller's pics, mine looks like Delrin. I'll know when/if it gets here.

 

[5K Qs]

Big (4" closed) Rough Ryder lockback black wood work knife that I bought recently for under $8:



- GT

 

[screened porch]

What a coincidence! I've got one like that coming in the mail, but I doubt it'll get here in time to post it today. Does yours have a maker's mark?
I've seen a picture of one in bone, but from the seller's pics, mine looks like Delrin. I'll know when/if it gets here.

I would have said no to the maker's mark, but with squinting, it says LUBOTSO, or more likely, LUBOTCO on the main tang, as well as Solingen/Germany on the other side of both tangs. I think mine is bone.

LUBOTCO.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[5K Qs]

A Rite Edge large (4 1/8"closed) sodbuster with rosewood handle and unspecified stainless steel that I bought in May for less than "half a sawbuck plus four bits". I like it!


- GT

 

[baxtrom]

The rainbow effect was not added, it appeared naturally in the photo, framing my inexpensive RR Stockman

 

[baxtrom]

…and my mini Winchester Stockman with pen blade instead of spey

 

[r8shell]

Lubotco!

 

[5K Qs]

The rainbow effect was not added, it appeared naturally in the photo, framing my inexpensive RR Stockman

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I think that's an absolutely fantastic RR stockman model!
I have one with red jigged bone handles, but the amber jigged bone on yours looks even better to me!

- GT