Old school knives you don’t see or use much any more...

[pinzgauer]

Pacific Cutlery (balisong era, pre Benchmade) Fer-de-Lance by David Steele


I tossed the boxes, but still have two of these. One is in a more modern sheath.

Impractical, looks a bit odd, but just feels right. One I've used more, and I've thought about doing some kind of grippier coating on the scales.

Also still have my Gerber Mk1 from the 70s. Carried it as a college kid everywhere in downtown Atlanta. Luckily I never had to use it... Probably would have been cut!

USAF Survival knife, also from the 70s. (Ontario?) Wanna say it was $7 surplus new at a gun show.

And a pair of Mauser and Enfield bayonets my brother bought out of a barrel for a couple bucks each from an old surplus store on Peachtree. Run by a pair of Jewish brother's, old school shop keepers.

Have since added other bayos to the mix (cetme/M16 issue/Swiss???)

[JC5188]

I have a shit-ton of knives, but this is the only old mil knife I own

[pinzgauer]

Better pic of the Fer-de-Lance:

[pinzgauer]

I have a shit-ton of knives, but this is the only old mil knife I own

I've started picking these up, mostly VN era. Cheap history!

[JC5188]

I've started picking these up, mostly VN era. Cheap history!

Yep. See a lot of them now. My dad had this in his toolbox for as far back as I can remember. I believe it’s from my uncle’s time in USAF.

They’re pretty cool anyway.

[Averageman]

I have a shit-ton of knives, but this is the only old mil knife I own

Those used to come with your issued tools in a GP mechanics tool set. Actually an inexpensive knife but they sharpen well and were very handy for the can and bottle opener.
An older G.I. showed me just how sharp you could get the knife that comes with your mess kit, he did a hell of a job on it. he had the handle wrapped with 550 cord under some 100 mph tape.

[sandsunsurf]

I’ve got a drawer full of random old knives- here’s a few-

Top is my first real knife, a Buck 110 from the mid-late eighties, maybe from my first deer hunt? Next two are from my dad a few years ago- a Schrade 735 mariner’s knife and a Ka-Bar x11/77. I didn’t know much about these knives, but they seem to have some collector value. Bottom is an old set of Buck knives. Again, a hand me down from my dad, maybe 10-15 years ago.

[ramairthree]

I forgot about those fixed blade balisongs!
A buddy had one.

I also have a mechanics folder and a demo folder laying around somewhere.

[Moose-Knuckle]

This isn't my EK but it looked like this new. It's ptetty beat now.


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Still great looking blade IMHO, and the worn look (on your personal one) just adds to it!

[JC5188]

Those used to come with your issued tools in a GP mechanics tool set. Actually an inexpensive knife but they sharpen well and were very handy for the can and bottle opener.
An older G.I. showed me just how sharp you could get the knife that comes with your mess kit, he did a hell of a job on it. he had the handle wrapped with 550 cord under some 100 mph tape.

Interesting. Learned more about the knife with your one post than I’ve known about it the last 40 years, lol.