if you've never used one of these to open a can you must never have been a boy scout or cub scout because this was the knife we all used from everything from pumpkin carving contests to making bows and arrows cooking and cleaning fish it was our first ever multitool
Awesome collection. I too love collecting scout knives when I was young and a scout I could never afford one I think that's why I love collecting them. Thanks for sharing brother 🤙
Appreciate this video immensely. Have my Father-in-law’s official Remington boy scout knife pre ww2 and cherish it. I was a Boy Scout myself but never had a scout knife. I always had a barlow or pen knife and a sheath knife If I needed one. Most informative and enlightening. Thank you Sir
I have to confess that my most frequent use for the punch on my Scout knife was to punch a hole in the bottom of a can of chili to break the suction when making chili dogs back in the day.
Great scout knife history Tobias, thanks. Talking about the Cub knife, I spent a day with Green Bar Bill (Hillcourt) back in 1971 at the Schiff Scout Reservation in New Jersey. He was addressing all in attendance and happened to use the cub knife as an example of social science making a contribution to the scout movement in the early days of the cubs by noting several directed studies taken from accident reports from Doctors and hospitals as to how a boy is injured when using a knife. The two features you mentioned, half-stop and a blade lock were found to lower the injury rates in boys. All the numbers escape me now but they were significant. He also told an interesting story about ketchup and mustard dispensers at scout camps, but that's for another day. Good knife chat and rant today Tobias, great topic.
I like your philosophy. Most all of my scout knives were rescued from antique stores. Most of them were in bad shape, and were fun to clean up and make useable. Thanks for sharing your collection, Tobias.
I follow a similar philosophy - not paying high dollar amounts. Also, for my Boy Scout knife collection - I want knives & hand axes that have been used - meaning a boy had experiences that help him develop into a healthy adult. I have found 20 official BSA Boy & Cub Scout knives that are all different but understand that I will never get them all. I also have a half dozen kamp/scout knives - again all very well used. Thanks for explaining your collecting philosophy! Well done.
Hey Tobias, Great video and I agree with you on prices and how to chose the knives that we buy. We all have our limitations when it comes to our hobbies which, for me, can really get hard at times. I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from you so I wanted to say thank you. Later
I absolutely love scout and camp knives. I finally was lucky,finding a Case junior scout. And as it goes in the Netherlands, i paid way way way to much for it. But man do i feel lucky. Love these scout collections.
You have a beautiful collection Tobias Most of my camp knives are wore slick out but the old ones are getting ridiculously expensive. But what isn't.Thanks Tobias
Wonderful video Tobias. As an avid Scout from the age of 7 to 18(!) I always wanted to have a proper “camp”/“scout” knife. Needless to say, as a Swedish Scout it was way easier back then to pick up a Victorinox. My first was the Explorer at the age of 8. I realized quite soon thereafter that the saw was what I wanted. Well, it worked out anyway and now I have all kinds of folders with the saw blade (mostly Victorinox). Oh, btw, your philosophy is spot on! Keep up the awesome work.
Those are all cool. I heard these styles of knives are fairly difficult to produce, even in China. I saw that AG Russell started making them with VG-10 main blades.
Tobias, as long as collectors with more dollars than sense continue to pay the ridiculous asking prices for “vintage” pocket knives, the situation will only get worse.
My collection philosophy is I buy knives I think are cool. I don't need every variation of of every pattern. I do have a few knives that I got just to round out the collection as I'm sure we all do. But for the most part I see a cool knife in my price range or a price I'm willing to save for and I'll buy it. I like the Camilus made buck knives. I'm not going to drop 300$ for a yellow deleron Buck Barlow. It's a cool looking knife to be sure, and the Buck logo is there. But to use the same three hundred dollars for other things.
Hi Tobias: Nice ramble. I’m a budget knife guy…..and the budget is pretty low. It’s partly because I don’t have much money to spend on knives, and also because of my inborn “Skinflint-ism. My collecting isn’t ego driven and I refuse to get into an Ebay bidding war. If the price gets too high, I just scrape it off my watchlist. There will always be other knives. I also seldom pay attention to anything described as “Rare.” I guess these overpriced knives are worth it to some people, but they’re not worth it to ME. 👍👍
I know what you mean about the prices people want for these things. I asked you about the Western mil-k knife, the person selling it is asking $75 +10 shipping, I know it's some what rare, but I think $50 is more realistic
I might think American slip joint knife manufactures shy away from making knives like Camp and Scout style knives. Making muli-blade knives have to cost more to make. If any decided to make Camp knives people and knife collectors would buy them. They are handy knives to use and carry.👍
for the price is the them problem in france with the" scout knives" with fixed blade ; and a lot are not a scout knives but they re price is absolutely insane for the state ! for an idea the european and french scout knives are basicly a clones of the ideal all purpose knife created by marble's in the start of 20th century !
Awesome content! I'm looking for an official Boy Scout knife that was made by Camillus. This model came in two versions, one with a main blade and a saw blade and the other came with just a main blade. If anyone has info please contact me. Thanks soo much!!
why is one called a can opener and the other is now no longer called a bottle opener and instead called a cap lifter? i know it lifts the cap off the bottle but its a bottle opener its what it was the first 50 years of my life but for the last 7-8 years its called a cap lifter, it lifts the cap by denting and stretching the seal why not call it a cap stretcher? i will never call it a cap lifter because it doesn't really lift the cap it only disfigures it enough to remove it from the bottle. i do apologize for my opinion to tobias and also i don't mean to rant on your page but its really the only place to do it
@@richardmcginnis5344 , people do call a bottle opener but most of the manufacturers called it a cap lifter. I did a video about this about a year or so ago.
@@richardmcginnis5344 , if it’s any consolation, the can opener was called a “tin cutter” through out Britain and the commonwealth until shortly after WWII.
My favorite patterns, prices have been crazy. You have a amazing collection !
This might be kind of weird. But I think it would be cool to see a video on using these old, odd and obsolete can openers to open actual cans.
if you've never used one of these to open a can you must never have been a boy scout or cub scout because this was the knife we all used from everything from pumpkin carving contests to making bows and arrows cooking and cleaning fish it was our first ever multitool
I agree , love seeing them in use .
Totally hooked on collecting camp\ scout knives !!! Love this video. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️👍
Awesome collection. I too love collecting scout knives when I was young and a scout I could never afford one I think that's why I love collecting them. Thanks for sharing brother 🤙
That is a wonderful collection, buddy!
Appreciate this video immensely. Have my Father-in-law’s official Remington boy scout knife pre ww2 and cherish it. I was a Boy Scout myself but never had a scout knife. I always had a barlow or pen knife and a sheath knife If I needed one. Most informative and enlightening.
Thank you Sir
This one was like a walk through a museum. Thank you Tobias. Great collection!
You have very good self-control.
Thanks Tobias
Greetings and salutations to you too my friend. You probably already know my fondness for Scout knives.
I have to confess that my most frequent use for the punch on my Scout knife was to punch a hole in the bottom of a can of chili to break the suction when making chili dogs back in the day.
Great collection Tobias!!! Very interesting.
Very nice collection Tobias. You folks have a wonderful evening and a wonderful week.🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great scout knife history Tobias, thanks. Talking about the Cub knife, I spent a day with Green Bar Bill (Hillcourt) back in 1971 at the Schiff Scout Reservation in New Jersey. He was addressing all in attendance and happened to use the cub knife as an example of social science making a contribution to the scout movement in the early days of the cubs by noting several directed studies taken from accident reports from Doctors and hospitals as to how a boy is injured when using a knife. The two features you mentioned, half-stop and a blade lock were found to lower the injury rates in boys. All the numbers escape me now but they were significant. He also told an interesting story about ketchup and mustard dispensers at scout camps, but that's for another day. Good knife chat and rant today Tobias, great topic.
Thank you Sir. I sometimes have a problem holding back. If I see "that" knife it will haunt me for days. The struggle is real
I like your philosophy. Most all of my scout knives were rescued from antique stores. Most of them were in bad shape, and were fun to clean up and make useable. Thanks for sharing your collection, Tobias.
I follow a similar philosophy - not paying high dollar amounts. Also, for my Boy Scout knife collection - I want knives & hand axes that have been used - meaning a boy had experiences that help him develop into a healthy adult. I have found 20 official BSA Boy & Cub Scout knives that are all different but understand that I will never get them all. I also have a half dozen kamp/scout knives - again all very well used. Thanks for explaining your collecting philosophy! Well done.
Hey Tobias, Great video and I agree with you on prices and how to chose the knives that we buy. We all have our limitations when it comes to our hobbies which, for me, can really get hard at times. I really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from you so I wanted to say thank you. Later
Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying my videos!
My favorite pattern by far! A real great video, but that is always true. Always learn something new.
I absolutely love scout and camp knives. I finally was lucky,finding a Case junior scout. And as it goes in the Netherlands, i paid way way way to much for it. But man do i feel lucky.
Love these scout collections.
Nice collection 🦉
👍🏻very informative ☺️ I like the way you think…😎
You have a beautiful collection Tobias Most of my camp knives are wore slick out but the old ones are getting ridiculously expensive. But what isn't.Thanks Tobias
Wonderful video Tobias. As an avid Scout from the age of 7 to 18(!) I always wanted to have a proper “camp”/“scout” knife. Needless to say, as a Swedish Scout it was way easier back then to pick up a Victorinox. My first was the Explorer at the age of 8. I realized quite soon thereafter that the saw was what I wanted. Well, it worked out anyway and now I have all kinds of folders with the saw blade (mostly Victorinox). Oh, btw, your philosophy is spot on! Keep up the awesome work.
Great video 😊
Those are all cool. I heard these styles of knives are fairly difficult to produce, even in China. I saw that AG Russell started making them with VG-10 main blades.
There's a 1930s Remington scout on ebay for $45 now....but under 2 hours left. I'm gonna go park and watch the numbers change haha.
Tobias, as long as collectors with more dollars than sense continue to pay the ridiculous asking prices for “vintage” pocket knives, the situation will only get worse.
My collection philosophy is I buy knives I think are cool. I don't need every variation of of every pattern. I do have a few knives that I got just to round out the collection as I'm sure we all do. But for the most part I see a cool knife in my price range or a price I'm willing to save for and I'll buy it. I like the Camilus made buck knives. I'm not going to drop 300$ for a yellow deleron Buck Barlow. It's a cool looking knife to be sure, and the Buck logo is there. But to use the same three hundred dollars for other things.
i have a drawer full of them, from sak to colonial and imperial, richter is my favorite it has all of the tools and its german
i forgot to mention the camillus and schrade versions i also have a few peanut versions
Hi Tobias:
Nice ramble. I’m a budget knife guy…..and the budget is pretty low. It’s partly because I don’t have much money to spend on knives, and also because of my inborn “Skinflint-ism. My collecting isn’t ego driven and I refuse to get into an Ebay bidding war. If the price gets too high, I just scrape it off my watchlist. There will always be other knives. I also seldom pay attention to anything described as “Rare.” I guess these overpriced knives are worth it to some people, but they’re not worth it to ME. 👍👍
I know what you mean about the prices people want for these things. I asked you about the Western mil-k knife, the person selling it is asking $75 +10 shipping, I know it's some what rare, but I think $50 is more realistic
do you have any 93mm Alox old cross boyscout editions with the emblem on the front ?
I might think American slip joint knife manufactures shy away from making knives like Camp and Scout style knives. Making muli-blade knives have to cost more to make. If any decided to make Camp knives people and knife collectors would buy them. They are handy knives to use and carry.👍
The quality of the rough rider scout knives can be suspect I had the backspring broke in half sitting my knife display
I've got a colonial camp king with an electricians knife blade along with a sheeps foot,can opener and a cap lifter blade.Rare or fake?!
meant to also ask you if you have a Victorinox BSA SwissTool edition ? They are kind of rare and I know you collect BSA knives.
for the price is the them problem in france with the" scout knives" with fixed blade ; and a lot are not a scout knives but they re price is absolutely insane for the state ! for an idea the european and french scout knives are basicly a clones of the ideal all purpose knife created by marble's in the start of 20th century !
Awesome content! I'm looking for an official Boy Scout knife that was made by Camillus. This model came in two versions, one with a main blade and a saw blade and the other came with just a main blade. If anyone has info please contact me. Thanks soo much!!
yeah.
why is one called a can opener and the other is now no longer called a bottle opener and instead called a cap lifter? i know it lifts the cap off the bottle but its a bottle opener its what it was the first 50 years of my life but for the last 7-8 years its called a cap lifter, it lifts the cap by denting and stretching the seal why not call it a cap stretcher? i will never call it a cap lifter because it doesn't really lift the cap it only disfigures it enough to remove it from the bottle. i do apologize for my opinion to tobias and also i don't mean to rant on your page but its really the only place to do it
@@richardmcginnis5344 , people do call a bottle opener but most of the manufacturers called it a cap lifter. I did a video about this about a year or so ago.
@@richardmcginnis5344 , if it’s any consolation, the can opener was called a “tin cutter” through out Britain and the commonwealth until shortly after WWII.
$40 is too much for a grandpa knife