I purchased a civilian trekker a while back in black ,the same tool set and what surprised me was it had the year stamp on the tang! This used to happen with the old cross pioneer but this is the first time ive seen or heard of it on a trekker the civilian soldier? My guess is it was a soldier that somehow got in the civilian scales or maybe they had to many soldiers so deliberately used up in the civilian models??
Idk. Personally I don't use Ballistol on my knives because I don't think the oeleic acid in it is good for long term exposure to brass. Thanks for watching.
Love these old scout knives, they are so well built, high quality and very practical. I recently picked up and old 1920's Western States Cutlery scout knife made, I think, by Challenge Cutlery. At about 100 years old the knife functions well, feels good, still good f & f though it has a broken punch. I love it. Thanks Hobie.
Great example bud 👍. Man you got some great knives on that purchase! Do you know if the Camillus Sword brand has anyting to do with the Wilkinson Sword brand? I see that crossed sword logo on razors over here at the drugstore.... I never knew if there was a connection. Thanks for a great video👌.
HiJoe! That’s a great question and I honestly don’t know! I didn’t come across anything about it while researching this video. I hope all is well with you- have been reading about Germany having a tough time with COVID again. Take care.
@@HobieonRU-vid yeah man its bat 💩 crazy over here.. I still have not gotten Covid or anyone else in my social circle...but its all people talk about now. Still planning to come to NC this month, we will see how it goes 🙃.
It seems brown bone is a color you see on a lot of older model knives. It sure looks nice on these two. It reminds me of a melted Hersey Cholate bar. The main blades looks more like a drop points than spear points normally looks like. I only mention this because of the Remington knives Camillus made for Remington. The spear points on them look more like spear point than these do. There are lots of recipes for making stainless steel; the most resistant ones a magnet will not stick to. You can temper it to be hard but; it all tends to be chewy you could say. Making it harder to break a burr cleanly from the edge than other steels. Its name stainless steel is a tell too; it still will rust just not as easily as other steels will. It however; doesn’t discolor as carbon steel does. I believe older knife blades had better forging processes than many modern ones may have now. That makes them easier to sharpen and hold an edge longer than modern ones do.🎁🎄😊
I never really considered it, but brown is by far the predominate color for old bone handles knives. Why not some other colors I wonder? Brown must have been easier to work with or to get consistent results from. There are a lot of variations of brown for sure-sometimes on the same knife from front to back
And I’m no expert on steels (thanks for sharing your knowledge of them) but I can put a better edge on carbon much easier than stainless although having new carbon steel knives always makes me a little nervous about their condition!
At one time, I thought I’d like to collect scout knives but upon further reflection, I realized that I’d have to buy hundreds of knives and adds - and still would not know what you know. So, I just watch your videos instead. Thanks for all the information.
It’s my pleasure! Maybe start a sub- collection of scout knives of some sort? I’ll never see them all but I enjoy it anyway! Thanks for watching the vids.
I have seen other 2008 knives with plain not serrated main blades advertised. Can you help a novice here with a dumb question? Is the plain main blade also an official knife or is it a commercial replica for the public and not issued? Thanks much.
Non serrated blades would not be Soldier knives as made so far. There was a non serrated Trekker which someone could be putting soldier type scales on I suppose. Thanks for watching.
When doing tabletop videos and having a camera at a set point from the surface, turn off auto focus and just let it set to a fixed point at about 2-4 inches from the surface of the table. This is especially so when filming objects with a lot of reflective surfaces or when moving objects in and out of frame or in just about any direction.
Moin Stefan, heute ist ein Jahr vergangen, nachdem Du uns verlassen hast. Meister Röhrich* würde sagen: "Eckhard, son Schitkroam, is nix mehr im Lot". Wohl jeden Tag bist Du trotzdem immer noch bei uns und wir erfreuen uns an den Erinnerungen mit Dir. Stefan, mach´s gut, Karin und Walter *Stefan kannte und liebte "Brösels" Szenen mit "Meister Röhrich, Eckhard und Wernää"
The etching “Böhler” on the blade is the name of a big company supplying outstanding quality steel for generations. I believe they have supplied the steel for this knife.
Not a "left handed" knife. Just closes from the left. Easy for right or left handers. When I was a kid we often enough closed a slip-joint by pressing the blade on our body. Simple, safe and practical with this Soldier knife, too. It is not a tactical or weapon-intended knife. Switzerland is no more left handed than the rest of the world. 10%.
Stephan was a very kind and generous person. I have only known him personally for the last 6 months. In that time he became aware of a physical hard ship I was having due to an accident and he mailed me free of charge some wenger advertising that I was in talks with him about buying. It was a very thoughtful gesture of him and surprised me very much when I received it. He didn't want any money for it,he expressed it was a gift and I told him that I was very greatful and I decided to send him some unique items as a thank you. Needless to say I had them packaged up and was ready to mail them when I heard the news. I will send something to the family to show my condolences. He was well known in the SAK community and his absence will be felt world wide. I had recently done a refurb on a rare wenger tahara of which I always like to show and get feedback from us collectors in this group.I was very flattered by his comments that he had left on the knife and it really ment a lot to have gained his respect for what I have done. Stephan you will be dearly missed and thank you for touching my life in a profound way.
Stefan was so helpful with our Swiss knife hobby . I only came in contact with him this year . Life is so short . RIP Stefan . And thank you Hobie for sharing
I have already missed his correspondence greatly in just the three weeks since his passing. I learned more from him than from anyone else, and there was never a knife he hadn’t seen or a question he couldn’t answer. He had a sense of humour also, and over the years sent me unexpected gifts like a vintage Wenger Tahara carving set that will be used for every turkey dinner for the rest of my life, and then passed down in my own family. He sold me countless of my rarest knives, including my black first shield Wenger, several type 1897 Vic officers, an extremely rare WW2 era Victorinox officer with a crossbow shield (shown in this video), a first shield Wenger type 1908 (shown in this video), and a mint condition Rothlisberger soldier (shown in this video) which he said was “the nicest knife he ever sold”. Several of these knives are featured in Hobie's video, and I will be keeping them safe and carrying them often. My enjoyment of these knives will be bittersweet, because Stefan is gone, but certainly not forgotten. thank you Hobie for this video. I know Stefan would like seeing it bring the collector community together
WOW! Sorry to hear this. I purchased a Victorinox type 1946 officer's knife from him last year. He helped me to identify several knives including an Erinox Röthlisberger officer's knife and a older fibre Victorinox with uncommon tang stamps. He is the one who directed me to Hobie's channel and I am glad he did. Stefan had a wealth of knowledge on Swiss army knives. If I couldn't get the answers I needed from those sites we all know, Stefan would have the answer. R.I.P. my friend.
Hello Errol. Stefan was the most knowledgeable and helpful with all of us, for sure. can you please email me I want to ask you something. thank you d.arnold.gmg@gmail.com.
I was lucky enough to buy one of Stefan's jewels in March. We emailed back and forth a few times, I related to him that he was sorta a rockstar in the Swiss knife collecting community. I would have liked to have gotten to know him better. Very pleasant and knowledgeable gentleman. I am very sorry to hear of his passing.
i do not know much about him, other than the high regard that you have for him, and his knowledge of all things SAK. Thank you for being the conduit between him and us. my condolences to his family and friends. :-(
@@HobieonRU-vid thanks, I've waited so long cuz I typically don't like larger SAKs and prefer the corkscrew. But I don't plan to carry this one, for collecting purposes only
I really enjoy these videos and subscribe... I have noticed that many RU-vid guys, including yourself have been very negative about the back tool Phillips driver... I personally enjoy the inline Phillips much more but find that the back tool Phillip's when used for the light duty task it was intended like removing a door knob or tightening a cabinet door it works well and has never caused me any problems. I don't plan on changing out a Buick transmission with my SAK anytime soon. lol .Thanks again for all your informative videos Pal and I hope your thumb has healed.
Thanks Rick. I'd rather have a Phillips over a corkscrew any time, but on my dream knife it would stick out the end, haha. The nail is off the thumb and it is getting better thanks, but I am keeping it covered with a band aid on the videos because it is pretty ugly! Tfw
@@HobieonRU-vid I remember the nail coming off yuk ... My nail came back thicker but great for my guitar playing ... I have 2 inline Phillip's knives they are great but heavy models 👍
