Reading the knife postings made me think of the old ones stored in a drawer. The two folders were my dads: A folding Case on the left, and a folding Schrade on the right. It is interesting how similar the folders are to the knife photo Michael posted. I think both of these knives were purchased prior to WWII. As I was learning hunting in the Southern Swamps in the 50’s, I saw very few fixed blade knives, most of the old guys carried a big folder.
The fixed blade is one I purchased in Parry Sound, Ontario, in 1962. You gents that know knives will recognize the original that this German Made knife was copied from.
In the below photo are results of my knife making attempts in 1983. Four are ground from L6 Saw Steel (large band mill blades) and one is hand forged, over a coal fired forge and by using a 200 pound anvil from Sweden, made in 1929. Handles are brown Micarta. Back then I was over ambitious, made a lot of give away knives, and have around 20 more left, ground but without handles. Reserved for future gifts. Next ones will have tiger stripe maple for handles.
If you have good eyes you may see my namesake river in the upper portion of the chart.
