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DELBERT COVER
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  • Mediapolis, IA
  • United States
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OLD KNIVES

Started May 13, 2009 0 Replies

 

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Wayne Justis left a comment for DELBERT COVER
"Hi Delbert I seen where you have 2 Press Buttons for sell . Could you contact me about them and maybe send pictures info and price . Let me know Thanks ...Wayne .. dragonsteelinfo@live.com"
Apr 8
DELBERT COVER commented on Alex K.'s group Antique Switchblade Collectors
"Any prices on these old switch blades? 319 759 5229 in Iowa."
Sep 15, 2011
DELBERT COVER and knifegirl888 are now friends
Aug 1, 2011
DELBERT COVER commented on Sunil Ram's group STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP
"MVC-044S.JPGMVC-047S.JPGTwo Cattaraugus, 42179 & 42172, 4 blade 3 backspring cattle knives. Both have the California clip long pull master blade with the western spey blade, sheeps foot and punch blade. These date back to the 1920's and are…"
Jun 23, 2011
DELBERT COVER commented on Sunil Ram's group STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP
"JACK KNIFE BEN from UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO sold cattle and stockman pattern knives from 1890's up to 1940. Most of these had a spey blade for castrating farm animals and a punch blade for working on leather harness on horses. I have…"
May 5, 2011
DELBERT COVER replied to Steve"Hog"Hanner's discussion Do you buy knives on eBay?
"I have bought some nice rare CATTARAUGUS and JACK KNIFE BEN knives on e-bay. This has helped me connect with other collecters and then we by pass ebay.I have also sold alot of other brands on ebay to help pay for the ones I collect. This helps…"
Feb 28, 2011
DELBERT COVER commented on Scott King's group Early American Cutlery History
"I would like some pictures to be sure but I think the "figure 8" is really supposed to be two ropes forming a union knot."
Feb 22, 2011
DELBERT COVER replied to Scott King's discussion If you were to join a knife association....?
"At my age joining any club is not going to do me much good.  I have noticed more each year that the major knife collecting is with newer knives and my collection of Cattaraugus and Jack Knife Ben knives only involves about 5 % of the members."
Feb 15, 2011
DELBERT COVER replied to Dustin Robinson's discussion Anybody got some interesting Case Patterns? in the group Case Fans
"how about a CASE BRADFORD 3 1/8 inch RODGERS bone tooth pick?"
Feb 10, 2011
DELBERT COVER replied to Steve"Hog"Hanner's discussion How Many Stockman Knives Do You Own? in the group STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP
"I have about 40 different stock mans pattern. They are all JACK KNIFE BEN or CATTARAUGUS brand so they are all at least 50 t0 100 years old. Most are bone handled but there are some pearl, stag, ebony and celluloid. Some have a punch blade and some…"
Feb 2, 2011
DELBERT COVER replied to Steve"Hog"Hanner's discussion How Many Stockman Knives Do You Own? in the group STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP
"the bottom one is CHINA."
Feb 2, 2011
DELBERT COVER commented on Scott King's blog post Now that is way too controversial to talk about here!
"The only time I have seen blood pressures go up is when I say I don't collect any of the newer knives. Some get a little huffy and say they can't afford to but the old real collectable knives."
Jan 28, 2011
Scott King left a comment for DELBERT COVER
"Hello Delbert- thought I'd stop by to say "Hi." Hope you are doing well! Going to any knife shows soon? I'm probably headed over to Dalton, Ga in a month or so to catch what used to be the NKCA show...not quite sure what it is…"
Jan 27, 2011
DELBERT COVER replied to Steve Mills's discussion Rizzuto ?? in the group Antique Switchblade Collectors
"I would bet either ITALY or MEXICO."
Dec 31, 2010
Steve wells left a comment for DELBERT COVER
"Delbert------ OH no don't sell any of them beautiful old knives"
Dec 26, 2010
DELBERT COVER left a comment for Steve wells
"Thanks, it has been a good year. Good old knives are getting harder to find and I keep thinking maybe I should start selling some of my good ones, nah. MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours."
Dec 24, 2010

Profile Information

Profile
DON,T DO AS I DID BUT AS YOU SHOULD DO.
Are you a member of any knife club now?
Yes
Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline)
Yes
How long have you collected knives?
31 to 35 years
Favorite Kind of Knives
JACK KNIFE BEN & CATTARAUGUS & ANTIQUE SWITCH BLADES
About Me
I AM 75 YEARS OLD. I RETIRED 6 YEARS AGO FROM OWNING A FULL SEVICE GAS STATION. I BOUGHT IT WHEN I WAS 21 AND RUN IT FOR 47 YEARS. I STILL HAVE MY HEALTH AND ENJOY LIFE WITH MY WIFE AND 6 KIDS AND GRAND KIDS.
Interests
I PLAY ALOT OF GOLF, FISH AND COLLECT KNIVES WHENEVER I CAN FIND MY BRANDS.
Other Hobbies
I SHOOT A MEAN POOL GAME

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At 14:15 on April 8, 2012, Wayne Justis said…

Hi Delbert I seen where you have 2 Press Buttons for sell . Could you contact me about them and maybe send pictures info and price . Let me know Thanks ...Wayne .. dragonsteelinfo@live.com

At 18:41 on January 27, 2011, Scott King said…

Hello Delbert- thought I'd stop by to say "Hi." Hope you are doing well! Going to any knife shows soon? I'm probably headed over to Dalton, Ga in a month or so to catch what used to be the NKCA show...not quite sure what it is now, but it's still gonna happen.

Scott

At 8:24 on December 26, 2010, Steve wells said…
Delbert------ OH no don't sell any of them beautiful old knives
At 13:53 on December 2, 2010, Steve"Hog"Hanner said…
Hey thank you Delbert! I have not been to SE Iowa in so long. Used to go Davenport, Bettendorf, By the same token if you ever find your way down to SE Mo, by all means stop by and we'll talk knives, hogs whatever!

Thanks for your contributions to the Stockman Pattern group. I'm trying to get discussion going again and don't want to lose the group. The stockman and sowbelly and other three blade knives are just such a big part of cutlery, can't see how you can ignore them. As much as I like fixed blades can't help goin nuts for a folder!
At 21:51 on March 8, 2010, Sunil Ram said…
Thank you Delbert for joining STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP.
At 14:34 on August 13, 2009, Scott King said…
:) You like that one, do you? Me too. I think I bought it off Art Green at a Parker Show years ago.
At 19:04 on August 8, 2009, Scott King said…
No Delebert. Out of the couple hundred knives I have the only ones I will actually cut something with is 1) a Great Eastern stag toenail and my Mantis Jyro.

I did order me a full time everyday carry last week. It is a Strider PT- CC


It should come in on Monday. It is about 4 inches closed. My is a plain blade without the tiger stripes. My plan is to carry it everyday, except when I'm flying.
At 9:52 on August 8, 2009, Steve wells said…
Hey Delbert when are going to show some of those good old knives?
At 10:51 on August 4, 2009, Scott King said…
Delbert- I started a discussion on this topic (see my last post here on your wall) in the Elephant Toenail Collectors Group here at iKC. Let's pic up the discussion on this there, plus I want to see what the others answer is.
Scott
At 10:38 on August 4, 2009, Scott King said…
Delbert- I can only speculate about what affect "new" jumbos will have on old ones. My opinion is it will help, long tern. Short term- no affect at all.

Long term, folks buying the affordable new ones could eventually decide to get an old one. These folks might have never really thought 'bout buying a jumbo before...and as you know once you get hooked- katy bar the door.

Short term- it is two different buyers. The new ones will have to be somewhat affordable, probably under $500. And as you know an old one can't be gotten for that, so I don't see any competition between the two. Heck, the old junker jumbos sell for between $500 and $1000. The really good ones are $3500 to $6000 today.

I'd love to see a "new" old knife. Ka-Bar is now making a replica of its Union Razor and I don't believe that has hurt the old authentic ones...don't know that it has helped the old ones either, for that matter. Case makes the "Case Family" knives and don't see any affect on the old ones as a result either.

Rare knives will stand on their own, as you know.
 
 
 

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