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us Offline desdenova

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How old is my climber?
on: June 16, 2016, 03:52:10 PM
Hi, first post here, very interesting forum. So, the SAK I have had the longest is a climber. As far as I can remember, I got it before I went to Philmont, in 1976. It has a screw in the scissors, but a hole in the awl, and a half stop on the cap lifter. It has no package hook, of course. I thought I found a date for addition of  the hole in the reamer, but now I can't find it in the Wiki. And I learned all 91mm models have the half stop in the cap lifter, so no help there. The scissors have a "V" shaped leaf spring, so that makes them post '75. The end of the spring is bent in a curve, which lays against a flat part on the handle, as opposed to the latest model which has a groove cut into the moveable part of the handle. Since that happened in 1990, that puts their age between '75 and '90, I guess? No way to narrow it down further it seems.
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 04:00:52 PM
Quote from: desdenova on June 16, 2016, 03:52:10 PM
Hi, first post here, very interesting forum. So, the SAK I have had the longest is a climber. As far as I can remember, I got it before I went to Philmont, in 1976. It has a screw in the scissors, but a hole in the awl, and a half stop on the cap lifter. It has no package hook, of course. I thought I found a date for addition of  the hole in the reamer, but now I can't find it in the Wiki. And I learned all 91mm models have the half stop in the cap lifter, so no help there. The scissors have a "V" shaped leaf spring, so that makes them post '75. The end of the spring is bent in a curve, which lays against a flat part on the handle, as opposed to the latest model which has a groove cut into the moveable part of the handle. Since that happened in 1990, that puts their age between '75 and '90, I guess? No way to narrow it down further it seems.
:think: I guess if you bought it before '76 and it has the scissor spring that dates it post '75 wouldn't it mean it's from around '75/'76?
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 04:03:09 PM
Welcome to the forum des.   :cheers:   Awl with hole is '85+.

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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 04:04:55 PM
Quote from: zoidberg on June 16, 2016, 04:03:09 PM
Welcome to the forum des.   :cheers:   Awl with hole is '85+.
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #4 on: June 16, 2016, 04:10:44 PM
Quote from: magentus on June 16, 2016, 04:04:55 PM
Quote from: zoidberg on June 16, 2016, 04:03:09 PM
Welcome to the forum des.   :cheers:   Awl with hole is '85+.
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #5 on: June 16, 2016, 04:21:50 PM
Quote from: zoidberg on June 16, 2016, 04:03:09 PM
Welcome to the forum des.   :cheers:   Awl with hole is '85+.

I thought I read that somewhere. So, I can't have bought it prior to '85, this must not be the one I took to scout camp.....I guess I might have replaced it, but I don't remember that.

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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #6 on: June 16, 2016, 09:55:58 PM
Quote from: desdenova on June 16, 2016, 04:21:50 PM
Quote from: zoidberg on June 16, 2016, 04:03:09 PM
Welcome to the forum des.   :cheers:   Awl with hole is '85+.

I thought I read that somewhere. So, I can't have bought it prior to '85, this must not be the one I took to scout camp.....I guess I might have replaced it, but I don't remember that.

Welcome aboard Desdenova!  Sounds like the SAK you took to Philmont in '76 is somewhere else now... :whistle:

The Climber you describe (you know, pictures are quite helpful!) sounds like an '85/'86 version, based on the hole in the reamer and the half-stop on the opener.

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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #7 on: June 16, 2016, 10:12:22 PM
Quote from: zoidberg on June 16, 2016, 04:03:09 PM
Welcome to the forum des.   :cheers:   Awl with hole is '85+.

+1 and good to see you around Z Man!  :)

Assuming this Climber has the 4 line VSSR tang, the 'small V' version was stamped until around '86, so if it's a 'large V' (bigger than the other lettering), then it's most likely '87 or later. That might narrow it down a bit.  :tu:
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #8 on: June 16, 2016, 11:37:04 PM
Welcome aboard!  Post pics to help me deal with my addiction to SAK Porn!!
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #9 on: June 17, 2016, 01:28:14 AM
Yep small v, so this knife didn't go to camp in '76. Guess my chronology is a bit off. I'll have to search my memory banks and see if I can remember where and when I got it.
Here's a pic. I replaced the scales, the originals were damaged by solvent. Some reflection in the pic, makes the scales look weird, they are smooth.
https://imgur.com/ALWJ8mn

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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #10 on: June 17, 2016, 01:40:36 AM
Quote from: twiliter on June 16, 2016, 10:12:22 PM
+1 and good to see you around Z Man!  :)

Thanks mate.   :cheers:   I'll be around when possible. Just super busy and away from net access a lot.

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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #11 on: June 17, 2016, 03:53:28 PM
Here's a pic.
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Re: How old is my climber?
Reply #12 on: June 18, 2016, 05:21:02 AM
Nice!!!! :tu: :tu:
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