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My Favorite Knife Company, Knife, (and Hatchet!!)

I started collecting Westerns for 2 reasons:
1)I love Colorado history..I thought it was cool to have a knife with BOULDER, CO stamped on it
2)When I was about 14, I lost a knife my dad let me borrow on my ranch property in Colorado....It was a Western L66..It's still out there to this day ..I think..I was gonna buy a metal detector and try and find it..I know where abouts I lost it...Well..within a 100 yd radius anyways..unless it is disintegrated by now...heheheh

My favorite knife is the Western F39

Why?
Because to me it is beautiful :)

I have most of these models in my collection
The sheaths are a different story :(
They are kinda hard to come by

My fav knife, with a personal story, is my Dad's Schrade

I found it, and some other knives, at my mom's house about 3 years ago. It had been sitting for 15 years, in drawer!! Those knives are what really got me into knife COLLECTING (and knife history)
I also found my dad's hatchet.
So this is my favorite HATCHET :)

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Permalink Reply by Michael D Sabol on March 15, 2010 at 5:47

awesome reasoning and story behind your knives!!...thanks for adding a discussion also

Permalink Reply by Sunil Ram on March 15, 2010 at 12:44

Nice Hatchet. (Only $1.50 Each -- I'll take one!)

Permalink Reply by D ale on March 15, 2010 at 13:31

Hey Trent .. nice discussion !!

I located this set in an antique store in Wis Dells. The dealer had priced it @ book & then some. I just drooled a bit & let it go. 6 mo later ... it was still there .. a yr later .. it was still there .. I kept checking & about a yr & 3 months into it .. the dealer put everything on sale & I picked this up for ..

It's certainly one of my favorites !!!

Permalink Reply by D ale on March 15, 2010 at 13:35

I picked up the "KINFOLKS" hatchet @ a flea mkt outside/north of Boston .. got stranded over the weekend during a business trip ..

Permalink Reply by D ale on March 15, 2010 at 13:53

.. the family connection makes these all the more fun ..

My maternal Gdfather's
Marble's # 1 Safety Pocket Axe

Hare & Hound

Marbles Safety Pocket Axe

Mom found this amongst my G'father's belongings. I've almost sorta kinda had dubs on it for yrs now. Visited the family farm recently & asked Mom if I could get some pics of G'pa's old hatchet. She just gave it to me ...

Permalink Reply by D ale on March 15, 2010 at 14:17

KINFOLKS has been one of my favorite brands because of their history & the fact that when I started collecting ... these were readily available @ affordable prices.

Permalink Reply by D ale on March 15, 2010 at 14:55

Original Marble's have always been a favorite of mine because of their rareness/collectable status. Also, I grew up in close proximity to where they were made. Managed a plant tour while under the CRL ownership. Used to come across a few original Marble's during camping trips in the UP. But ... anything in decent shape was .. expensive. I've managed a Woodcraft, a 4.25 safety folding hunter, & this Safety Pocket Axe. The Woodcraft & Safety Folder are far from mint ... but highly valued .. the chase was fun.

.. missing the swing gaurd, a poor replacement on the pivot pin, & badly pitted blade ..

Permalink Reply by Trent Rock on March 16, 2010 at 17:04

When I 1st started collecting Kinfolk's, about 3 years ago...You could get a fixed blade WWII Kinfolks for about 15 bucks!! Great deal!!..IMHO..Now they go for like 25-30 :(

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