My grandad's gravity knife operates basically the same as the first one you showed. It's approx 11" open, stamped "Manilo" and heavily worn, bamboo wrap is brittle as tissue paper, but rust free and functions well. It rode with him from Manilla in 1936 to Okinawa in 1945. He was a Ssgt 2-2 USMC. Grandad said he kept the knife as a momento and "pastime" We don't know if it ever drew blood, but God knows grandad waded thru a river of it. My little brother owns and treasures the knife. I got his Colt M1917 .45. I'd toss both in the ocean in a heartbeat for one more day with my grandad.
When I was a kid, I am now 68, I knew a old man that was in ww1, and he had knives from all over, one Italian pocket knive even shot a .25 caL. Bullet of the body end of the switch blade, even brass knuckles that was a .22 caL. 5 shot Rev. & Switch blade!!! He was a great friend to know!!!-GARY 🇨🇭
Apache revolver was a barrelless revolver that had a folding handle that was also a knuckle duster and a foldout knife in front of the cylinder. It was manufactured up the end of the 1800s. Since the revolver hadn't any sort of safety measures it was common practice to keep a chamber empty to help prevent self-injury from accidental discharge.
Wow, I used to have one of these when I was a kid 3:20. My stepdad gave it to me when he and my mom started dating and he saw I was collecting weapons. I called it a "double folder" for lack of a better name. IDK if it was original or a replica, but it looked very old. Friends thought it was one of the coolest knives they ever saw. This is the first time I've seen one since then. Kinda cool to see what I had.
I had one that was a clip point Bowie , it went from 8 inches of exposed blade when folded to about 14½ inches of blade when expanded. Shame to say I lost it.
Yea that was pretty cool. Went from like a 4" blade to double the length. I've seen alot of knives and never seen one like that. I wouldn't trust all those moving parts to hold up with much use over time, especially if you had to stab something with some force but ita cool nonetheless
Love this video! that's what I love about knife collecting, there is so much history involved in it this hobby, and there is so much variety. There is literally something for everyone, because knife styles are only limited by a the maker's imagination :)
The coolest thing is if you can get a guy (or gal) like Doug to start talking and showing their collection. Without saying it the passion they have, the fun they have, starts to come through. And if you get into the moment, get involved in mind and spirit, it becomes a fascinating experience. Doug has never let us down in that regard. Also he's a good demonstrator and has the best collection I have ever seen.
We've needed knives since our wives started burning our steaks in the cave kitchen!! I love edged weapons. I have a bayonet on my glock. Lol, I don't have a glock. I'm a 1911 guy. 😎
@@mikesowder2597 I love edged weapons as well. Thanks for watching. I miss my Colt 1991 A1. I had bought it cheap from my brother because he had messed up the screws on the handles and he had also let rust get to it. After I cleaned it up, polished the barrel, bought new handle screws and installed some new custom grips, he begged to buy it back from me.......what could I do? I mean after all, he's my brother, he was in the Marine reserves and he's the one who taught me how to shoot when I was 13. Oh well, "he ain't heavy, he's my brother". Seriously though, he really ain't heavy, he only weighs about 160 pounds and he runs 3 miles a day :)
@@KnifeDetector I'm a kimber guy. Trying to save up to be a Wilson combat guy!! Easier said than done though 😉 I have a couple buddies who give me a hard time spending $ on knives I like because I could get a gun cheaper. I have to remind them that I don't buy anything to impress them, I buy what I enjoy and throw in the ol, you don't have to reload a knife joke. You made your brother a happy guy though and I thank all whom serve(d) but I'd of said nana nana boo boo, no colt for you!!🤣😂
I hear ya! The guy is amazing. He really seems to want to communicate. And where he gets those knives, I don't know. Every year he has a whole new collection. I ask him for a demonstration once again and he might have me come back once he get's set up.Or he might just do it right on the fly. He diligently picks some interesting items, then launches into a description and history that mesmerizers a knife enthusiast. For me he is a bit of a role model on how to educate folks on something we have an interest in.
I have a knife looking just like the last Italian horn knife, but it's not automatic. Had an large Italian stiletto, around 14"-16" in full length, horn or could be hard blackwood handles, big action button, safety button and you got the blade in and out of lock with the guard. You just pushed the guard against you to lift up the lock from the blade. Sadly I borrowed it to someone who never gave it back. I guess it was early 1900 or maybe later, 40-50's. It was very nice, massive, solid and heavy. Great condition. Wish I had looked for marks, stamps, brand.😊
The only other lever lock swinguard I have been able to find is a Hubertos guardian. So that is a beautiful find. Any info for purchase would be appreciated.
Sure can't miss that accent all right. "And this knife is from about eighteen fawaty". That accent sounds really strange at first, but I actually think it's cool the way he has it.
I can't be specific. I would contact guys who make folders. There is some video's on RUclips from "Muscrat Man" refurb on folders. He might be in the business.
Stilleto's are Daggers 🗡️ meant for stabbing someone through the Heart or Gut by thrusting. A knife 🔪 is a survival tool meat for cutting it's rounded with one side being sharpened at the end and has a shorter tip at the point with a shorter blade . Even though it isn't meant for killing someone it can still be used as a wepon.
An edged implement or pointed implement can be used for either a cutting tool or a weapon. Just look at any horror movie to see the human ingenuity in story telling of how humans can defend or attack each other in varieties of situations. Actors get stabbed, cut (cut in half even) with every every variety of farm, kitchen, or carpenter's tool. You are right that a stiletto is not a utility tool. It has one purpose, killing. It makes a shitty camp knife. As surely as form follows function the utility of the stiletto has developed it's design through a history of hundreds of years. And you are further right, the stiletto was not designed to cut, but to stab. It began as a spike, no edge at all. It is actually unfair to the original design and purpose to call the modern push button auto a stiletto. But that's the way terminology evolves. And there is a large following of these knives due to their beautiful workmanship and a bit to their bad boy nature and link to their infamous past.
meh, extrema ratio knives are pretty bulletproof and have amazing quality (not to mention brands like lionsteel or any of scarperia's built artisan blades)
If you read about old knife fighting they wanted that kind of highly polished blade for two reasons 1. To distract the opponent while fighting 2. As a rust prevention as stainless was not available
@@mongolordofdarkness and your point is? While other types may have been invented earlier, Bakelite was the first to be marketed on a large scale. When invented and when used are not the same things.
That's not true, this knife was made in 1900-1901 and we had many plastic like substances floating around Europe by then. 1839 Eduard Simon, a German apothecary, discovers polystyrene 1844 Thomas Hancock patents the vulcanization of rubber in Britain immediately followed by Charles Goodyear in United States. [2] 1856 Parkesine, the first member of the Celluloid class of compounds and considered the first man-made plastic patented by Alexander Parkes. [3] 1869 John Wesley Hyatt discovers a method to simplify the production of celluloid, making industrial production possible. 1872 PVC was accidentally synthesized in 1872 by German chemist Eugen Baumann. [4] 1889 Eastman Kodak successfully filed a patent for the celluloid film [5] 1890s Casein, a plastic derived from milk proteins developed by Wilhelm Krische and Adolph Spitteler. [6] 1890s Auguste Trillat discovered the means to insolubilize casein by immersion in formaldehyde, producing material marketed as galalith. [6] 1894 Shellac phonograph records are developed and soon become an industry standard. 1898 Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann while investigating diazomethane.
Definitely sounds like the Boston area. And a thick accent at that! Haven't seen Doug in awhile. Hope he shows at the next Blade Show and we can get another great presentation from him.
You know they have products that will take off all rust or corosion so you dont have to risk scratching up the metal or do you guys not want to take it off not sure if i saw rust but thought i saw corosion but could be wrong still great knifes would they hold up like a benchmade auto or fall apart like Chinese knock offs though i have some clones that arenot to bad the best i have of clones is likely my benchmade adamas auto clone also a cool auto otf trench knife with spikes no brand name at all atleast not that i can see but isbad ass its a beast and one real boker Kalashnikov auto im positive is a good knife and such a fair low price theres no reason for them to ever make a clone of it i hope they dont cuz what would price be for it??? Like 5$???? Got myne 35$ plus 8$ for fast shipping regular shipping was free plus no taxes at all from blade ops
Go up north they'll be correcting you on a daily they come down south we will be correcting them daily same all over its a accent there's ton of em give the old man a break
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Guru here, not even halfway thru video, this is REALLY neat, thank u so much for posting this!! Got a Beltrame stiletto in my pocket right now;)
My grandad's gravity knife operates basically the same as the first one you showed. It's approx 11" open, stamped "Manilo" and heavily worn, bamboo wrap is brittle as tissue paper, but rust free and functions well. It rode with him from Manilla in 1936 to Okinawa in 1945. He was a Ssgt 2-2 USMC. Grandad said he kept the knife as a momento and "pastime" We don't know if it ever drew blood, but God knows grandad waded thru a river of it. My little brother owns and treasures the knife. I got his Colt M1917 .45. I'd toss both in the ocean in a heartbeat for one more day with my grandad.
I'll be going to the next gun and knife show for sure. If there is ever one again.
I had no idea automatic knives went so far back, just getting into knives. Fascinating stuff!
my dad brought an old 1950s era handmade stilletto back home from Italy when he was in the Navy and sold it for 20.00 instead of giving it to me
They date back into the 1700s.
i come back and back to see that first knife the fat blade horn handle one my GOD {made by a good man no doubt!}
When I was a kid, I am now 68, I knew a old man that was in ww1, and he had knives from all over, one Italian pocket knive even shot a .25 caL. Bullet of the body end of the switch blade, even brass knuckles that was a .22 caL. 5 shot Rev. & Switch blade!!! He was a great friend to know!!!-GARY 🇨🇭
Apache revolver was a barrelless revolver that had a folding handle that was also a knuckle duster and a foldout knife in front of the cylinder. It was manufactured up the end of the 1800s. Since the revolver hadn't any sort of safety measures it was common practice to keep a chamber empty to help prevent self-injury from accidental discharge.
WoW- Sounds like it came right out of a BOOK!!!-GARY 🇨🇭
@@garyhubbartt8351 Because knowledge is power! *jump than freeze frame*
do you have rivits for folding knives ??
Just the ones in intro are amazing, I'm gonna enjoy it for sure
I like old knives, they all have a story to tell.
3:23 when the bad guy doesn't think anything could get any worse
Nice knives! Looks like a really cool knife show
Very cool collection, thanks!
A.G.A Campolin makes a few of these styles today and they are sleek. Great collection
Brilliant video of very unusual knives. 👍🇬🇧
Wow, I used to have one of these when I was a kid 3:20. My stepdad gave it to me when he and my mom started dating and he saw I was collecting weapons. I called it a "double folder" for lack of a better name. IDK if it was original or a replica, but it looked very old. Friends thought it was one of the coolest knives they ever saw. This is the first time I've seen one since then. Kinda cool to see what I had.
I had one that was a clip point Bowie , it went from 8 inches of exposed blade when folded to about 14½ inches of blade when expanded. Shame to say I lost it.
What is it called
@@blairbuskirk5460where did you get it? I’m trying to find something like that
I did enjoy it very much. Thank you Doug!
Beautiful collection new friend!! Your presentation and demeanor are intriguing and calming at the same time. Thank you and God bless you and yours.
Didn't know about the extending knife, thanks for sharing.
Yea that was pretty cool. Went from like a 4" blade to double the length. I've seen alot of knives and never seen one like that. I wouldn't trust all those moving parts to hold up with much use over time, especially if you had to stab something with some force but ita cool nonetheless
Me neither!
Love this video! that's what I love about knife collecting, there is so much history involved in it this hobby, and there is so much variety. There is literally something for everyone, because knife styles are only limited by a the maker's imagination :)
The coolest thing is if you can get a guy (or gal) like Doug to start talking and showing their collection. Without saying it the passion they have, the fun they have, starts to come through. And if you get into the moment, get involved in mind and spirit, it becomes a fascinating experience. Doug has never let us down in that regard. Also he's a good demonstrator and has the best collection I have ever seen.
LeRoi Price yes, he has such a wonderful presentation voice. I felt like I was watching a really cool knife documentary :)
We've needed knives since our wives started burning our steaks in the cave kitchen!! I love edged weapons. I have a bayonet on my glock. Lol, I don't have a glock. I'm a 1911 guy. 😎
@@mikesowder2597 I love edged weapons as well. Thanks for watching. I miss my Colt 1991 A1. I had bought it cheap from my brother because he had messed up the screws on the handles and he had also let rust get to it. After I cleaned it up, polished the barrel, bought new handle screws and installed some new custom grips, he begged to buy it back from me.......what could I do? I mean after all, he's my brother, he was in the Marine reserves and he's the one who taught me how to shoot when I was 13. Oh well, "he ain't heavy, he's my brother". Seriously though, he really ain't heavy, he only weighs about 160 pounds and he runs 3 miles a day :)
@@KnifeDetector I'm a kimber guy. Trying to save up to be a Wilson combat guy!! Easier said than done though 😉 I have a couple buddies who give me a hard time spending $ on knives I like because I could get a gun cheaper. I have to remind them that I don't buy anything to impress them, I buy what I enjoy and throw in the ol, you don't have to reload a knife joke. You made your brother a happy guy though and I thank all whom serve(d) but I'd of said nana nana boo boo, no colt for you!!🤣😂
Absolutely fantastic knife-collection! Congratulations.
Absolutely incredible great video
So nice,thanks for showing.
Please do more videos of this Doug G chap he has some fascinating knives and he’s very good at explains them
I hear ya! The guy is amazing. He really seems to want to communicate. And where he gets those knives, I don't know. Every year he has a whole new collection. I ask him for a demonstration once again and he might have me come back once he get's set up.Or he might just do it right on the fly. He diligently picks some interesting items, then launches into a description and history that mesmerizers a knife enthusiast. For me he is a bit of a role model on how to educate folks on something we have an interest in.
That was most educating, thanks.
Very educational
Thank You ...
Really Enjoyed the Info ...
Thanks Doug, what an amazing collection of knives!!!
Oh how I wish I could get my hands on one of those.
I love knives and history
Hey old timer,I do ,I appreciate your time and knowledge, thank you for sharing this with me...,I would love to see your gun collection!!!
The last knife shown was made in Spain around 1870, still around in northern Spain and was a utility and carry knife.
Hi from NZ. Thanks for sharing. Neat.
At 3:23 my mind was blown. 👍🏼
This guy is awesome! Great video!
I love that first knife. It's beautiful, it does look like a unused knive from 1902!....
With manufactured number#
That extender one is awesome, they are all pretty slick tho
Seriously was surprised when he hit the button on that extender... Never seen anything like that.
Do either of your books discuss the square button picklock mechanism?
Wow these are really unique thanks for sharing
The lever lock looks almost like a Hubertus prototype. A beautiful and very rare switchblade knife.
Its definitely pre Hubertus
@@RickyDunivanJr jamie lannister or the hound clegane would have loved to have one
Very interesting and we'll taken care of antique Switch Blades.
I really liked that last one that was a beautiful design
Amazing collection !!
Every time he displays a diffrent knife I say hold my beer.
I have a knife looking just like the last Italian horn knife, but it's not automatic. Had an large Italian stiletto, around 14"-16" in full length, horn or could be hard blackwood handles, big action button, safety button and you got the blade in and out of lock with the guard. You just pushed the guard against you to lift up the lock from the blade. Sadly I borrowed it to someone who never gave it back. I guess it was early 1900 or maybe later, 40-50's. It was very nice, massive, solid and heavy. Great condition. Wish I had looked for marks, stamps, brand.😊
The only other lever lock swinguard I have been able to find is a Hubertos guardian. So that is a beautiful find. Any info for purchase would be appreciated.
Derstang? Dearstain? Diratain? Im trying to find that folding dirk knife, whats it called?
I lost contact with Doug. But if I meet him at the Blade Show I'll ask.
@@leroiprice1586 oh thanks dude
Very unique and beautiful knives! 😍😈
Unbelievable knives !!!!!!!!
3:23 just wow!
At this moment I thought: what the duck I NEED THIS THING!!
Anybody know how to get in touch with Doug G? I'm interested in buying that Samuel Wragg sword dirk. Wonder if its for sale?
Very informative, thank you!
Very interesting video; Thank you so much
Never seen these types too cool
Those vowels.....reminds me of townies from my upstate summers. Ah-yup.
Love that swinguard
What's the name of the fist knife or where can I buy one?
Well, next time I see Doug I'll try to get all these questions answered,
@LeRoi Price hey I would appreciate that. Could you ask if it's for sale or know where I can buy one? Thanks
I have a italy made switchblade.Its 11in .want to know what its worth
wonderful. thank you.
A couple of those were mini swords!! Now this is a knife. 😂
I want to know more about the admiral who invented the expanding dirk
Hopefully I'll meetup with Doug next June and I can ask him for you.
@@leroiprice1586 thank you
So beautiful
Listen to this guy if he ain’t from Boston I am from Brooklyn
Sure can't miss that accent all right. "And this knife is from about eighteen fawaty". That accent sounds really strange at first, but I actually think it's cool the way he has it.
Swing guard lever lock dont see that much alot in italian french and i got a chech republic one.
Wow i didn't know they were making things out of molded plastic 100+ years ago.unless someone recently covered that handle with plastic ?
Beautiful.
hello, do you know of a good place to have a vintage stiletto repaired
I can't be specific. I would contact guys who make folders. There is some video's on RUclips from "Muscrat Man" refurb on folders. He might be in the business.
Yes from a switch blade repair man!!! -GARY 🇨🇭
Thanks
what is the approximate worth of each knife?
Sometimes collectors keep that secret for many reasons. I would guess, just guess, two to three thousand.
My name price as well do u ever get saynor and co pruning knifes
Again very interesting and Beautiful!! Thanks
Stilleto's are Daggers 🗡️ meant for stabbing someone through the Heart or Gut by thrusting. A knife 🔪 is a survival tool meat for cutting it's rounded with one side being sharpened at the end and has a shorter tip at the point with a shorter blade . Even though it isn't meant for killing someone it can still be used as a wepon.
An edged implement or pointed implement can be used for either a cutting tool or a weapon. Just look at any horror movie to see the human ingenuity in story telling of how humans can defend or attack each other in varieties of situations. Actors get stabbed, cut (cut in half even) with every every variety of farm, kitchen, or carpenter's tool. You are right that a stiletto is not a utility tool. It has one purpose, killing. It makes a shitty camp knife. As surely as form follows function the utility of the stiletto has developed it's design through a history of hundreds of years. And you are further right, the stiletto was not designed to cut, but to stab. It began as a spike, no edge at all. It is actually unfair to the original design and purpose to call the modern push button auto a stiletto. But that's the way terminology evolves. And there is a large following of these knives due to their beautiful workmanship and a bit to their bad boy nature and link to their infamous past.
How far back do switch blades go back?
I thought they were first made sometime in the 1800s?
1700s
I wish I had your knives and you had even better ones👌
Italian knifes? ( Germans).." hold my beer". (Japanese) " hold my saki". (American) " hold my cannon ".
meh, extrema ratio knives are pretty bulletproof and have amazing quality (not to mention brands like lionsteel or any of scarperia's built artisan blades)
hold my meme
At 3:30, that's not a knife...FLICK That's a KNIFE
super!!
7:47 not a knife, THAT'S A SWORD!!!!!!
5:35 French knife 1920’s
I would believe the leverlock at 5:12 could also possibly be German
Freek Italian knife, can still be purchased
@@bfarm44 doesn't have to be. The Germans were known for making leverlocks
1:14 “ looks like it’s covered in some plastic sort of material “. ? lol
@tcl5853Plastics like parkesine and celluloid predate bakelite by decades.
When knives are that shiny they don't even look threatening. Look more like a chrome plastic costume knife.
If you read about old knife fighting they wanted that kind of highly polished blade for two reasons 1. To distract the opponent while fighting 2. As a rust prevention as stainless was not available
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?
If that knife that was made in 1904 is right, it can't be a plastic handle. The earliest form, bakelite, wasn't invented until 1907.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_plastic_development
@@mongolordofdarkness and your point is? While other types may have been invented earlier, Bakelite was the first to be marketed on a large scale. When invented and when used are not the same things.
Phenolic resin( I know that is misspelled)
@@blairbuskirk5460 Phenolic resin is exactly what bakelite is plus wood dust, originally. Not used commercially until 1907
There are earlier plastics than bakelite. For instance, parkesine and celluloid (which had widespread use even in the late 1800s).
I'm gonna guess you're from Boston..
Pretty sure the first knife ( 115 years old ) does NOT have a plastic handle, since there was no plastic until mid next century.
That's not true, this knife was made in 1900-1901 and we had many plastic like substances floating around Europe by then.
1839 Eduard Simon, a German apothecary, discovers polystyrene
1844 Thomas Hancock patents the vulcanization of rubber in Britain immediately followed by Charles Goodyear in United States. [2]
1856 Parkesine, the first member of the Celluloid class of compounds and considered the first man-made plastic patented by Alexander Parkes. [3]
1869 John Wesley Hyatt discovers a method to simplify the production of celluloid, making industrial production possible.
1872 PVC was accidentally synthesized in 1872 by German chemist Eugen Baumann. [4]
1889 Eastman Kodak successfully filed a patent for the celluloid film [5]
1890s Casein, a plastic derived from milk proteins developed by Wilhelm Krische and Adolph Spitteler. [6]
1890s Auguste Trillat discovered the means to insolubilize casein by immersion in formaldehyde, producing material marketed as galalith. [6]
1894 Shellac phonograph records are developed and soon become an industry standard.
1898 Polyethylene was first synthesized by the German chemist Hans von Pechmann while investigating diazomethane.
Rick Lane It’s also a gravity knife not a switch blade/Auto knife
@@craigoutdoors3982 unfortunately laws will still classify it as a auto because its automatically being deployed with or without a spring
Little did he know a year later, he'd be defending himself from the Karens to get to the toilet paper
the switch at bout 8. 19 is not a switch its basiclay a sowd
Brooklyn accent?
Definitely sounds like the Boston area. And a thick accent at that! Haven't seen Doug in awhile. Hope he shows at the next Blade Show and we can get another great presentation from him.
I member scen crocodile dandi with knife ))))
Gravity Hidden Blade
Not a switchblade, its a Gravity knife
Toytose!!
You know they have products that will take off all rust or corosion so you dont have to risk scratching up the metal or do you guys not want to take it off not sure if i saw rust but thought i saw corosion but could be wrong still great knifes would they hold up like a benchmade auto or fall apart like Chinese knock offs though i have some clones that arenot to bad the best i have of clones is likely my benchmade adamas auto clone also a cool auto otf trench knife with spikes no brand name at all atleast not that i can see but isbad ass its a beast and one real boker Kalashnikov auto im positive is a good knife and such a fair low price theres no reason for them to ever make a clone of it i hope they dont cuz what would price be for it??? Like 5$???? Got myne 35$ plus 8$ for fast shipping regular shipping was free plus no taxes at all from blade ops
How much did the grand daddy of Italian stiletto go for $$$$???
👏👏👏
w italiaaaa
I won't tham all.!!!😁🕺
I'am just as envious of his knowledge. Where does he learn all this stuff? He's really amazing.
one step in calo he done for
Классика я вижу Мастера
道具爺
Very roguish!
카메라 촛점 좀 맞춰라!
LEV-ER not LEE-VER
Pfft, Americans
Go up north they'll be correcting you on a daily they come down south we will be correcting them daily same all over its a accent there's ton of em give the old man a break