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In the 1980's Smith & Wesson introduced the Sportsman Series of Knives which included 2 extremely well engineered lock back, Stainless Steel folders named the Maverick. "The Maverick was not onl…

Jet Aer G 96 Boot & Belt Knife Model 7003 – Seki, Japan Jet-Aer Corp. of Patterson, NJ started selling knives in 1973 till the mid-80s taking classic knife designs manufactured by companies lik…

The Smith & Wesson Texas Ranger Bowie Knife designed by Blackie CollinsIn 1972 Smith & Wesson was approached by the Texas Ranger Commission to build a commemorative revolver in honor of their 150th…

While this blog shows the replacing of a leather handle on a Cattaraugus 225Q, the principles are the same in most  leather washer handled knives. First you need to search out a site that produce…

Valor Corporation of Miami Florida existed from the late 1960s until the early 1990s. In it’s time, it was a prominent seller of low cost firearms, ammunition, firearms related accessories and a large…

In the 1970’s Browning produced a series of knives considered to be among the finest knives Browning ever offered. The knives were produced in the USA by Browning, Seki, Japan and Solingen Germany' T…

Over half a century ago the United States Air Force was America's primary nuclear deterrent. This was accomplished by its long range bomber aircraft operated by the Strategic Air Command, the B-36, th…

In the 1990's it was frustrating for knife consumers trying to determine where a knife was actually manufactured. US knife manufacturers were having knives produced overseas but the knife tang often o…

Hard to imagine you walk into Kmart back in the 1970's go back to the Sporting Goods, spend under $10 on a knife not even knowing that is manufactured in Seki, Japan by Ichiro Hattori, a gifted knifem…

R.W. Loveless was a gifted knife maker and designer and there are many books, articles and videos about him. He was a down to earth kind of guy with an amazing talent for making knives. Here is a pret…

I love big sheath knives, but I have found they are too big to carry around all the time even in a belt sheath. Sometimes I will pack a small fixed blade knife especially when woods wandering but I al…