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Offline Drk5ide

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Help Date SAK
on: July 26, 2017, 06:53:46 PM
My grandfather had this knife tucked away in the attic and I have always love SAK since I was a kid. Could you guys help me with dating this one? I can't find one that looks like this anywhere.


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #1 on: July 26, 2017, 06:59:38 PM
The photo isn't visible (at least to me it isn't)
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #2 on: July 26, 2017, 07:22:27 PM
The photo isn't visible (at least to me it isn't)

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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #3 on: July 26, 2017, 07:25:34 PM
ok I try the photo again or here is a link to photobucket


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #4 on: July 26, 2017, 07:32:20 PM
Still no.

maybe try uploading.
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #5 on: July 26, 2017, 07:32:40 PM
Photobucket has recently f**ked up and make itself unusable, to say the least. Maybe try another hosting service?
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #6 on: July 26, 2017, 08:06:39 PM
Ok i  will try to attach the photo and figure out this photo bucket crap  :D and thanks for helping with this.


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #7 on: July 26, 2017, 08:16:49 PM
Judging by the openers, I'd say a "Standard"  Officer's model between 1942 and 1946  :cheers:


They put a caplifter on the screwdriver in '42 and went to the lobster claw can opener in '46  Awesome knife!  :tu:
« Last Edit: July 26, 2017, 08:19:03 PM by El Corkscrew »
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #8 on: July 26, 2017, 08:25:25 PM
Nice thanks for the info El Corkscrew I thought it was old but not that old. Here is one more photo since I figured that part out.



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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #9 on: July 26, 2017, 09:12:10 PM
WW2 vet?
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #10 on: July 26, 2017, 09:22:14 PM
Yes, He was 30 years Army WWII - Vietnam. He passed few years back and I am putting all his stories and stuff together so I can pass them on to my children when the time comes. He had a lot knifes and even made a few himself, But he always had a SAK and bought me my first one when I was 7ish. I have been carry this one with me for a few months now and wanted to learn a little more about it.


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Reply #11 on: July 26, 2017, 09:34:55 PM
He probably got that Spartan while he was overseas.  pretty cool

My grandfather was Army as well. Infantry with his twin brother. They were both taken prisoner at the Battle of the bulge.  Their other brother was a staff sergeant and after a long and bloody battle for which he received the silver star, was taken prisoner a month prior to that at the Battle of the bulge as well.

They were all liberated by the Russians in May of 1945.
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #12 on: July 26, 2017, 09:37:26 PM
He probably got that Spartan while he was overseas.  pretty cool

Was it called a Spartan back then?


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #13 on: July 26, 2017, 09:43:54 PM
He probably got that Spartan while he was overseas.  pretty cool

Was it called a Spartan back then?

as far as I can they didn't refer to it as the Spartan until the 70s.. Back then, it was probably just called the 91 MM officer and sports model. I've seen it referred to as the camper in 1960s American catalogs. Fun fact The Tinker did not exist at this point. It didn't show up until 1952.
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #14 on: July 26, 2017, 10:10:57 PM
He was infantry also and was there a long time he avoided capture but did get a purple heart he got 3 of them while in the Army. 



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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #15 on: July 26, 2017, 11:50:30 PM
Judging by the openers, I'd say a "Standard"  Officer's model between 1942 and 1946  :cheers:


They put a caplifter on the screwdriver in '42 and went to the lobster claw can opener in '46  Awesome knife!  :tu:

OK, not wanting to make anyone mad and explaining that I can be a bit logically impaired how could the knife be from between 42 and 46 if they didn't go to the lobster claw until 46? Wouldn't that mean it's no older than 46 and possibly younger?

Awesome knife by the way and wow, that awl looks like a needle!
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #16 on: July 26, 2017, 11:53:33 PM
Judging by the openers, I'd say a "Standard"  Officer's model between 1942 and 1946  :cheers:


They put a caplifter on the screwdriver in '42 and went to the lobster claw can opener in '46  Awesome knife!  :tu:

OK, not wanting to make anyone mad and explaining that I can be a bit logically impaired how could the knife be from between 42 and 46 if they didn't go to the lobster claw until 46? Wouldn't that mean it's no older than 46 and possibly younger?

Awesome knife by the way and wow, that awl looks like a needle!
El Corkscrew your knowledge is amazing!
The screwdriver has a cap lifter. That means it is no older than '42.
The Can Opener is the old stabby design, not the lobster claw. That means that it is no younger than '46.
Make sense now?
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #17 on: July 26, 2017, 11:58:46 PM
Judging by the openers, I'd say a "Standard"  Officer's model between 1942 and 1946  :cheers:


They put a caplifter on the screwdriver in '42 and went to the lobster claw can opener in '46  Awesome knife!  :tu:

OK, not wanting to make anyone mad and explaining that I can be a bit logically impaired how could the knife be from between 42 and 46 if they didn't go to the lobster claw until 46? Wouldn't that mean it's no older than 46 and possibly younger?

Awesome knife by the way and wow, that awl looks like a needle!
El Corkscrew your knowledge is amazing!
The screwdriver has a cap lifter. That means it is no older than '42.
The Can Opener is the old stabby design, not the lobster claw. That means that it is no younger than '46.
Make sense now?

Thanks Pablo O"Brien, indeed it does.

I was assuming that can opener was the lobster claw style, so there in lies my disconnect :)
Pretty sound evidence then that it was indeed made between those years.


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #18 on: July 27, 2017, 12:08:33 AM
Judging by the openers, I'd say a "Standard"  Officer's model between 1942 and 1946  :cheers:


They put a caplifter on the screwdriver in '42 and went to the lobster claw can opener in '46  Awesome knife!  :tu:

OK, not wanting to make anyone mad and explaining that I can be a bit logically impaired how could the knife be from between 42 and 46 if they didn't go to the lobster claw until 46? Wouldn't that mean it's no older than 46 and possibly younger?

Awesome knife by the way and wow, that awl looks like a needle!
El Corkscrew your knowledge is amazing!
The screwdriver has a cap lifter. That means it is no older than '42.
The Can Opener is the old stabby design, not the lobster claw. That means that it is no younger than '46.
Make sense now?

Thanks Pablo O"Brien, indeed it does.

I was assuming that can opener was the lobster claw style, so there in lies my disconnect :)
Pretty sound evidence then that it was indeed made between those years.
When we say lobster claw, we mean like the wenger one at the bottom.
http://sakwiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Can+Opener
« Last Edit: July 27, 2017, 12:12:37 AM by Pablo O'Brien »
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #19 on: July 27, 2017, 12:13:00 AM
Fixed link
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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #20 on: July 27, 2017, 12:45:16 AM
Fixed link

Thanks, I think I see which one it is, small pic at the very bottom of page on right


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #21 on: July 28, 2017, 03:51:08 AM
What a relic! It looks in pretty nice shape for its age too! The tools look good, just the scales are a little banged up. Were they made out of stainless steel in the 40s?


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #22 on: July 28, 2017, 11:01:32 AM
What a relic! It looks in pretty nice shape for its age too! The tools look good, just the scales are a little banged up. Were they made out of stainless steel in the 40s?


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #23 on: July 28, 2017, 11:11:56 AM
What a relic! It looks in pretty nice shape for its age too! The tools look good, just the scales are a little banged up. Were they made out of stainless steel in the 40s?


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Re: Help Date SAK
Reply #24 on: July 28, 2017, 11:22:37 AM
What a relic! It looks in pretty nice shape for its age too! The tools look good, just the scales are a little banged up. Were they made out of stainless steel in the 40s?


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The tang stamp "Inoxyd" kinda gives that away...







Yes. :D
Oh. Indeed. Didn't notice it xD


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