Mo' folding hunters;newer models this time...................

[Ray S]

In my definition of a folding hunter of this style I think of them as a a single(maybe two)blade that locks in the open position and has a closed length of at least 4 1/2 inches and not more than 6 inches.Anything longer than that would more than likely be illegal to carry in most parts of the world.
I know there are places where lock blades are not permitted(I'm still trying to wrap my head around that concept)so I have included a few that do not lock open.There are quite a few to be posted so please bear with me.
#1 is an Al Mar S.E.R.E.which is a bit outside the dimensions and a bit more than a folding hunter but I like it.
#2 is made by Bear MGC;an earlier model and very well made.
#3 A Boker 2K with light colored wood handles.
#4 is a Browning LB1

[Ray S]

Page two
#1 is a Case Blade XChanger that has three additional blades that are easily changed.
#2 is a Case Shark Tooth with stag handles.
#3 is a Case advertising Winchester firearms.
#4 is a Case 6143  with an owner modified easy open notch to help with an overly strong back spring.

[Ray S]

Page three
#1 is the old standard Buck 110 made for the Friends of the NRA in Lenawee County Michigan(my home).
#2 is a Buck 186 Titan that can be taken apart to clean.The frame is titanium.
#3 A Chinese made lock back of surprisingly great quality for an older model.
#4 Cobra Japan a knockoff of an Imperial Pro Hunter.

[Ray S]

Page four.
#1 A Craftsman 95233 probably made by Schrade.
#2 A Frederic Remington made by United Cutlery with Micarta handles and profuse acid etching on the blade.
#3 A G-96 Jet-Aer that might be a folding fillet knife due to it's size.
#4 Gerber Model 1;their first folding hunter with ambidextrous handles made like a gunstock. A rare knife today.

[Ray S]

Page five
#1 Imperial Pro Hunter;note the similarities to the previously posted Cobra.
#2 A pair of KA-BAR model 1189's
#3 A Kershaw Folding Field.
#4 A Khyber 2603 with Micarta handles.This is the largest of three sizes.

[Ray S]

Page six
#1 Marbles(China)large trapper.
#2 Mountain shadow by United States Cutlery with scrimshaw and etching all over.
#3 Normark Sweden large folder.
#4 Parker Cutlery

[Ray S]

Page seven
#1 Precise Japan folder with etching and scrimshaw.
#2 Puma 905
Ranger(made by Colonial)in black
Rigid Apache folder.

[Ray S]

Page eight
#1 Remington reproduction Bullet hunter.
#2 Remington reproduction 2 blade hunter.
#3 Smith & Wesson folder #1
#4 Smith & Wesson folder model 6060(designed by Blackie Collins)#2

[Ray S]

Number neyen
#1Chinese made lockback for S.S.Kresge stores which evolved into K-Mart.
#2 Schrade LB-7
Sharp lockback made for Wal Mart
TRack folder made by Ithaca gun works.

[Ray S]

Last two:
#1 marked Stainless Brazil the handle is entirely wood.Good for WHW
#2 An unmarked knife with a very unusual tapered nail nick.

[SteveC]

You have a great collection Ray !   

[cody6268]

Nice selection!  As for lockback hunters I actually use, it's the Buck 110. Common today, and cheap to replace if something happens to it. If someone does something stupid to it, Buck is more than happy to fix it for a minimal fee. I like the Schrade LB-7/6-OT/LB-8 better due to the more rounded shape of the handle, but they are getting hard and increasingly expensive to find, and my 6-OT and LB-8 are locked up in the collection as a result. Though I will say, I got my 6-OT new and unused (except for some verdigris and brass corrosion due to poor storage) for $15about two weeks ago.

Never knew Colonial did a Blackout Coyote. I guess it was their idea of getting on the tactical knife bandwagon?

I have an Imperial Pro Hunter in my toolbox, because while the lock is busted and doesn't work, it still has enogh friction to keep the blade open when in use. Really solid knife!

I'll have to find that T-Rack. I know the Tracker fixed blades are stupid expensive; and I own an Ithaca M-66 shotgun. Why couldn't it have been a Remington!!! Those are cheap! Oh well, Granddad's is a JC Higgins (High Standard for Sears) Model 20, and there's plenty of JC Higgins Western fixed blades out there at a fair price I can afford.

[Ray S]

Nice selection!  As for lockback hunters I actually use, it's the Buck 110.

I'll have to find that T-Rack. I know the Tracker fixed blades are stupid expensive; and I own an Ithaca M-66 shotgun.

While the Buck 110 is probably the most popular and as you say fairly cheap and easy to replace,I found it to be handle heavy for my needs which at the time was reducing large cardboard shipping cartons to disposable size.For that reason I bought a Buck 186 Titan(even though it was almost 3 times the price of a 110)and it worked great for me.
It isn't just the 110,all the lookalikes have the same problem;too heavy in the handle.
The Track folder I found at a flea market about 30 years ago for $5. I didn't know what it was until I started cleaning the blade up(someone had exposed it to blood and never cleaned it)and found the bear paw mark and a serial  number etched into it with a pantograph.It looks quite handle heavy but is only about 1/2 as wide as a 110 and very balanced. Good luck trying to find one;I've only seen two of them in the last thirty years and one is mine.
My favorite shotgun is my left handed Remington 1100.I must have run 10,000 rounds through it and never had a problem with it.Used to use it as a trap gun with the 30 inch barrel(I also have a 26 inch barrel)and practiced twice a week and shot in competition twice also for two years..

[Yadda]

Thanks for sharing Ray!