I dug out knives that I could find easily. I repaired and/or conditioned the leather sheathes last winter so they all look pretty good.
The photo with two sheath knives... Boy Scout knives from about 1970-1971 time frame. They were my original hunting knifes as a kid and got pretty beat up.
The photo with the two Scout pocket knives... the rusty one is a Cub Scout knife from the late 60s that was lost at our "fort" and found again many years later. The stainless Boy Scout knife from the 70-71 time frame has a broken spring.
The photo with Buck and Henckels pen knives and a Buck sheath knife: The Buck pen knife is from about 1978. The Henkels from about 2003. The sheath knife is from about 1990. I carried the Buck pen for about 25 years and replaced it with the Henkels as the Henkels was finished much nicer. I carry the sheath knife in my hunting kit so it isn't beat up at all despite being about 30 years old.
The photo with a lot of knives... Quite a number of them are Schrade that were inherited from a retired employee. Some of the knives were given to me (engraved) for various reasons by my sportsmen's club. The orange handled one is a paratrooper knife. Some are Ruffed Grouse Society etched knives. Others were found (the Gerber lock blade I found on Rte. 17 in Kingsland, GA while riding my bicycle from FL to NY. While writing that it reminded me of another knife lost on my desk that I found on the Erie Canalway while riding that. I also just recalled a butcher knife in the kitchen that I found sticking in a tree while deer hunting 40+ years ago).
I gave my sons a Schrade folding knife (like a Buck 110) and a sheath knife for hunting. They were in the bunch of inherited knives. The two electrician's knives were inherited too--from a union carpenter!
After looking at these knives I don't know why I keep some of them... I cannot fathom any utility for the long white handled knives beyond them being advertising mementos from a bygone era.
