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frost cultry T handle knife vietnam era

I FOUND THIS KNIFE IN A JUNK SHOP LAST WEEK. IT IS 6 3\4 INCHES LONG. IT ONLY HAS TWO POSITIONS OPEN STRAIGHT OR THE t HANDLE POSITION. IT WAS CARRIED IN VIETNAM IN THE 1960'S. IT HAS THE TANTO BLADE AND WILL GO THROUGH BODY ARMOR VESTS.. CAN NOT LOCATE IT IN ANY KNIFE BOOK I'VE SEEN. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANTTHJIG ABOUT IT. IT HAS BONE HANDLES AND LOOKS LIKE SILVER INLAY.

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Permalink Reply by Trent Rock on May 21, 2009 at 18:10

"Jim Frost began collecting pocket knives in 1969. This small hobby, started by an everyday shift worker at a chemical plant, has grown over the past 35 years into a multi-million dollar business which employs over 125 employees at its sole plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The business began in Jim’s lunch bucket and quickly grew out of his car trunk, garage, and four increasingly larger warehouses before finding its home in a 100,000 square foot plant completed in 2002. In 2004, he added another 50,000 square feet for a total of 150,000 square feet.
From 1969 to 1978, Jim saw his business interest in knives grow from a hobby to the formation of Frost Distributing company in 1972 to the Parker-Frost partnership in 1976. This short-lived association was mutually dissolved in 1978 when Jim began importing cutlery under the Frost Cutlery® tang stamp."

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Frost is pretty much the bottom rung for collector value..IMHO
I'm sure someone out there collects Frost citlery though??.....
Do a past auction search on EBAY for Frost Cutlery
See what you see
I think the top one is like 50 bucks

Why do you think it was carried in Vietnam??

Permalink Reply by Roger Cunningham on May 22, 2009 at 7:51

I wouldn`t consider that knife vintage,and it sure ain`t American.

Permalink Reply by Scott King on May 24, 2009 at 7:05

Hey Roger- why don't you share your reasoning behind your thoughts so we can learn here? What do you see and not see about this knife?

Permalink Reply by frank van dorsten on May 24, 2009 at 9:34

I BELIEVE IT IS AN AMERICAN KNIFE MOST LIKLY MADE IN CHATTANOOGA, TN.

Permalink Reply by Roger Cunningham on June 11, 2009 at 12:20

Does it have USA on the tang?

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