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Others focus on a specialized area of interest, perhaps bayonets, knives from a particular factory, Bowie knives, pocketknives, or handmade custom knives. [2] The knives of collectors may be antiques or even marketed as collectible. Antiques are knives at least 100 years old; collectible knives are of a later vintage than antique, and may even ...
W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company is an American manufacturer of traditional pocket knives, fixed blades/sporting knives, kitchen knives, limited edition commemoratives and collectibles. The company originated in Little Valley, New York , around the turn of the 20th century, before relocating to its current home, Bradford, Pennsylvania , in 1905.
During the war, Camillus also made the M3 fighting knives, the M4 bayonets and many other utility knives for U.S. forces, including machetes, multi-blade utility knives, TL-29 Signal Corps pocket knives for signalmen, electrician's mates, and linesmen, and combination knife/marlinspike pocket knives for use by the U.S. Navy in cutting and ...
[citation needed] With a chrome content of 12%, some call it a "semi-stainless", because of the lack of free Chromium in solution, even though it is defined by ASM and ANSI as stainless, which contains at least 11.5% by weight of chromium. [citation needed] While not as tough as premium carbon steel, it is much tougher than premium stainless steel.
An Illustrated Price Guide for Collectors (2006) The Scottish Sword 1600–1945 (2009) [2] The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Swords and Sabres (2009) [3] The Pictorial History of the Sword (2010) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knives, Swords, Spears and Daggers (2011) (co-authored with Tobias Capwell [4] [5]
Gerber LHR Combat Knife designed by Matt Larsen, Bill Harsey and Chris Reeve These are two of the most popular Gerber knives. The smaller is the Gerber LMF II and the larger is the Gerber LHR Sheath knife. Gerber Legendary Blades is an American maker of knives, multitools, and other tools for outdoors and military headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
In the 1970s, the military's base/post exchanges discontinued selling these knives, reasoning that they were "not in good taste" or "too brutal". [4] Al Mar , then working for Gerber as a knife designer, added the sawtooth serrations toward the hilt, marketing the knife as a "survival aid", making it more appealing to the PX System, which ...
The disadvantage is that the sharpening angle is fixed so some specialized knives, like a Japanese style Santoku, may need additional attention to sharpen to the ideal angle. Recently, manual sharpening tools have appeared in the form of systems that guide the blade against the stone at a predetermined angle.