Thrifty Thursday... Cheap Traditional Knives

afishhunter said:
mebby you have the Böker cap as a subliminal message to Böker to produce a Barlow (and their other popular patterns, such as canoe, large stockman, etcetera) with horn covers? If they ever do, I hope they use carbon steel blades, like on their Beer Barrel series, instead of Stain Less.
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I think you're giving me more credit for being devious and sneaky than I deserve. 🤓 o_O
Unless you think I'm subconsciously trying to be an "influencer". But what's the point of being sneaky and devious if you can't enjoy it because you don't consciously realize your sneaky behavior?

But I don't mind that you sing the praises of your Marbles ram's horn knives; like you, I have the Barlow and canoe, and I also have a pruner and sowbelly stockman, and I'm impressed with them all (even though the horn on one side of the pruner is kind of "flaky" and lacks "finish").

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I think you're giving me more credit for being devious and sneaky than I deserve. 🤓 o_O
Unless you think I'm subconsciously trying to be an "influencer". But what's the point of being sneaky and devious if you can't enjoy it because you don't consciously realize your sneaky behavior?

But I don't mind that you sing the praises of your Marbles ram's horn knives; like you, I have the Barlow and canoe, and I also have a pruner and sowbelly stockman, and I'm impressed with them all (even though the horn on one side of the pruner is kind of "flaky" and lacks "finish").

- GT
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Careful now
waynorth waynorth has recently come out as an influencer
If this keeps up we will be overrun and next thing you know charlie (or SOMEONE) gonna be running around in a bikini asking to do interviews 😬🤣
 
A couple of ten dollar copperheads.
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The wonderful Rough Rider Eureka stockman.
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Remington Abalones
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Leaf blade trappers with the secret lock (depress the secondary to release)
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Favorite Rough Rider series, the brown sawcut bone.
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Old Biker said:
Some older Colonial made stockmen. None of them over $20 including shipping, when fished out of the bay.
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All three of these knives appear to be unused. They should make great users, if the can ever win a share of pocket time.

O.B.
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So, you say "Colonial made". It looks as if one might be a Ranger. Are they all stamped Colonial? They don't look to be shell-handled either. Tell us more, tell us more... please.
 
5K Qs said:
I think you're giving me more credit for being devious and sneaky than I deserve
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Sorry. I never knew a math instructor who wasn't. 😇
After all, math is devious and sneaky ... keeps changing how to solve problems ... "old math vs "new" math vs "newer math" vs "newerest math" ... so parents (also aunts, uncles, grandparents, and older siblings or cousins who learned one of the previous maths) cannot help the one still in school how to do a problem ... 🙄

Example: When I was in grade school, learning about prime numbers, the first five were 1; 2; 3; 5; 7.
Math didn't add "larger than one" until I was in high school, if memory serves.

I have no idea why math decided to fire one from the prime numbers. 🤨

EDIT: A new Thrifty arrived today, 03-10-23. 😁🥳🤓
Rough Ryder RR198 Smooth White Bone Barlow. 😁
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DirtDawg said:
So, you say "Colonial made". It looks as if one might be a Ranger. Are they all stamped Colonial? They don't look to be shell-handled either. Tell us more, tell us more... please.
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Ranger was a brand used by Colonial, as was Anvil. I suspect there are others. I'm pretty sure Colonial made the same knife for Sears under the Craftsman brand. The ones with the Ranger badge usually are stamped RANGER over PROV USA. The ones without the Ranger badge are stamped COLONIAL over PROV USA. All have the telltale patent 3,317,996, on the spey blade. That patent was issued to Antonio Paolantonio, one of the owners of Colonial, in 1967. It's for the way the bolsters are attached. I think there are other knife patterns made by Colonial with the same bolster, but I don't own any to verify that.

The handle scales are plastic. Possibly Delrin. The Bolsters look to me to be stainless steel, but could be nickle silver. Each blade has it's own spring, with brass liners between them. The Rangers have the badge with Ranger on it. The Colonials have no badge. That and the tang stamp seem to be the only difference between them. I have Rangers with white and with black handles, and Colonials with white and with yellow.

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The top 4 are Ranger, the next two are Colonial, and the last two are Anvil. The Anvil come with the fancier handle shape, and are harder to find good examples under my $20 limit.

O.B.
 
Old Biker said:
Ranger was a brand used by Colonial, as was Anvil. I suspect there are others. I'm pretty sure Colonial made the same knife for Sears under the Craftsman brand. The ones with the Ranger badge usually are stamped RANGER over PROV USA. The ones without the Ranger badge are stamped COLONIAL over PROV USA. All have the telltale patent 3,317,996, on the spey blade. That patent was issued to Antonio Paolantonio, one of the owners of Colonial, in 1967. It's for the way the bolsters are attached. I think there are other knife patterns made by Colonial with the same bolster, but I don't own any to verify that.

The handle scales are plastic. Possibly Delrin. The Bolsters look to me to be stainless steel, but could be nickle silver. Each blade has it's own spring, with brass liners between them. The Rangers have the badge with Ranger on it. The Colonials have no badge. That and the tang stamp seem to be the only difference between them. I have Rangers with white and with black handles, and Colonials with white and with yellow.

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The top 4 are Ranger, the next two are Colonial, and the last two are Anvil. The Anvil come with the fancier handle shape, and are harder to find good examples under my $20 limit.

O.B.
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Ah yes. And don't forget Old Cutler and Durango. I've been eyeballing the Anvils simply because I like the handle contour, but I don't have any yet for the same reason. Yours look quite nice.
 
kamagong said:
A wonderful thing about vintage knives is that you can often find quality pieces at bargain prices. That is how this laguiole found its way to Thrifty Thursday.

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That is exactly what got me into vintage hunting myself. Especially several years ago it was rather easy to find great high quality stuff with a little use on it for very cheap. The market seems to have caught up a little bit these days but I still say vintage is a great way to get some quality stuff for decent prices... especially once you poke around on the forums and do some history research to know what you're buying.
 
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