HOW OLD IS YOUR OLDEST POCKET KNIFE?

[mtnsmith]

I just ran across the little 2 inch switch blade I carried in the 1950's. The first pic is from a google search and says it is an Imperial knife - couldn't read that word on mine. The second pic is my knife. Works good. I need to clean up the blade and probably add a drop or two of oil on it.

 

[MuleShoe]

Got one my grandfather carried until his death in 63!

 

[Cadcom]

Well dang. I have one I got when I bought a box of Federal shotgun shells about 33 years ago. But y'all got me beat by a mile!

 

[Tazz]

I have a few of my Granddads knives, a couple of Barlows and a Boker Tree Brand. I remember him whittling with them on the front porch when I was little, he let me whittle with him and that was pretty cool. I’m 60 so those knives gotta be at least 80-85 years old, maybe older I don’t really know.

 

[jeep78]

I still sometimes carry a lock back I bought off the SnapOn truck in 1979

 

[Tazz]

I still sometimes carry a lock back I bought off the SnapOn truck in 1979

I’ve still got some I bought when I was in high school, one is a Buck 112 Ranger w/finger grooves I got in 1975 or 76.

 

[jeep78]

I’ve still got some I bought when I was in high school, one is a Buck 112 Ranger w/finger grooves I got in 1975 or 76.

Buck was the name in knives in the 70s.

 

[MRM]

First model buck scoutlite in 87.
Grandma gave me a bolo knife from 1912.

 

[Tazz]

Buck was the name in knives in the 70s.

Yes sir, them and Case knives. I used the Buck to cut steel bands off pallets from 78-86 when I worked in a shipping/receiving dept., no damage to the blade at all.

 

[palmettomoon]

1880, small fruit knife. Sterling silver blade with a sterling nut pick, in a sterling body.