Flea Market Knife Haul: Scoring Hidden Treasures in Smith Station, Alabama! 

Man, you remind me of my father. A keen eye for something old and well-made. He’d walk right passed something new and flashy for an old beat up knife or tool that just needed a little work. Old wood planes, old knives, things you don’t find anymore other than at a flea market or garage sale. He was an old craftsman and camper, a fisherman and writer from Kentucky. He wrote about “down home” a lot when we lived in Chicago when I was just a little boy. After a lot of years not growing up with my dad since the divorce, his promise to me came true. We lived on his sailboat in California and were planning to sail around the world. During this time, we’d go to flea markets where he’d spot a rusty old something he just needed to have and bought it for nearly nothing. Fixed it up, got it looking brand new again. At the San Jose Flea Market (capitalized because it’s just famous and huge), he was really into this particular stand that had a bunch of really old knives. We were looking for a couple boat knives and this stand had some. The owner was an old salty sailor from Sweden. Everything he had was old. Some newer knives from the 60’s, but most much older than that. Dad and this guy started talking sailing and my 18 year old ass was getting bored. (As usual) Eventually, my dad decided he wanted this really old sheath knife without a sheath, that had a four inch blade and a god-awful red painted wood handle. Yawn. Not sure what he paid for it but I’d guess less than a dollar. He bought me an old Case rigger’s knife with the one blade and the fid that folded out the other side. I still have that knife, but back then, he thought his ugly Swedish knife was better than my Case. (I didn’t know world-class steel like he did) Dad spent a lot of time on that old knife, doing really fancy rope work on the handle and polishing the blade to a mirror shine. Made a fine sheath out of scrap leather. Wow! Incredible knife now! He showed me the Swedish maker’s stamp on the blade and described the steel as some of the very best in the world. “It’ll rust but no man lets their knife rust.” Dad died about 6 years ago and I miss him terribly. We sailed all around the South Pacific and settled in Hawaii. One of the very few things I have left from him is his old Swedish boat knife. Sorry for the long story, but you triggered a fond memory of mine. Thank you. Peace and aloha to you and yours always. 🤙🏼

Nice finds, $2 for that Buck lockback would have been the winner for me, those 500 series lockbacks are really nice and when they are all shined up they look great.

Very cool. That Buck knife is really nice, good find.

Love looking for old knives to clean up! I especially like Victorinox! I'm a Zippo fan too but I only have one at the moment.. LOL.. great channel!

Great finds from the flea market thats one of my favorite thing to do too! Thanks for sharing!

I have that exact hammer, it's my favorite. Had it for years.

I have one of those little Victorinox knives in my pocket right now. I never go anywhere without it. Perfect for opening parcels at work etc.

Some good finds there. I like that small Buck lock back. Great deal.

Great lucky punch! 👍

That Gerber pays for most if not all of those knives , awesome and a Buck for 2 bucks . Scored .

you got a good haul there

Great finds..love the antlers great handle material 🇺🇸💪

In fact, such popular markets are filled with many good things, hand tools, and even cool equipment, the quality and real value of which many people are unaware of. Indeed, it is an excellent deal... All the best to you.

Dec 1994, I went in the Marine Corps. Cool finds. Semper Fi brother.

I enjoy good grabs on knives too. At last count I have around 45 knives. New or old, they all have a home with me. Great video brother. Semper Fi.

Very nice that's some great finds!

Brother, I really enjoyed your video. I wish I had good flea markets near me. I visited many when I was up north and found great stuff back in the day.

Love finding copper hammers for flintknapping

Subscribed. Hope to see many more videos on your channel.

You were practically in my back yard! Don’t live but a few miles from that place!

I had one of those "Camp King" knives in my youth it was a cheap to buy knife but it was better quality than much of what is available now.

Nice flea market. Thanks for sharing that.😊

That's a good haul. Always good to have a lightweight ball peen hammer for detail work.

Actually the HILTI is a swiss army knive from Victorinox. HILTI is a professional tools company from Germany which sometimes brand knives from Victorinox like Bosch or Würth.

That buck is a cool find. From the 1960's I believe. Congrats. Great haul!

Nice finds! My Dad taught me to look at flea markets and such for good deals like this also. You never know what might turn up. I dig your outro also to be like a good knife and stay sharp. 👍🏻

Cool finds looking forward to seeing these knives getting some tlc and coming to life

I think they sold that hooked blade victorinox knife as a grafting knife, like for grafting fruit trees. I used to work for this farmer who had acres and acres of apple trees, and he would buy fistfuls of those and give them to us kids as like a bonus if we were working hard.

Thanks for sharing, brother 👊

Great info and perspective, thank you

That hawkbill victorinox looks like a gardener model

I have a Sodbuster Jr. Those are nice little knives. They last forever if you don’t abuse them. You should send yours to Case and get the broken blade replaced. They might do it for free. And if they don’t getting it repaired is still cheaper than buying a new one. I also like that Buck 501. That’s another great knife. You got a hell of a deal on that thing. Especially considering the fact that’s it’s a pre date code knife which means it’s over 37 years old. $2 was an absolute steal for it.

Love them mini victorinox knifes, used to get them for free from our diesel supplier at my old job.

Nice haul! 😊

I just found you on here. I enjoy doing the same as you collecting and repairing old knives. I will definitely check out more of your videos. I'm in NC where are you from?

Very nice finds,cool find on the trick knife

Good little haul there . The Swiss knife is pronounced Vit Tri No . My business partner and I just got done with a storage locker we paid 8 grand for . So many knives it's unbelievable . Almost made my half back already and now most everything is profit . I will be listing knives online for the next 2 years from this deal and keeping several mint hunting knives for my collection . One day I would like to fix knives like you are doing as I try to save any good knives I find in my business .

Great finds! I recently got into collecting traditional slipjoints, and have decided to take the hobby into the restoration side of it. Got myself a vertical sander with grinding wheel, small anvil, ball peen hammer, and a few other small tools to help me. Watching vids like yours, really inspires me to keep going. I think taking apart and learning how to fix/build these old knives, is best to do with the cheaper American made ones like imperial, colonial, hammer brand, cuz there’s plenty of them for cheap. Once I get it down, I will move on to more expensive, American made ones like Camillus, Kabar, shrade. You’ve got a new subscriber here, looking forward to learning from guys like yourself, who have been doing this for a bit.

Love this channel you got a good eye too,that white little imperial was a good find.buck too.

Thanks for the video. I like knives, and Damon I like to collect old things, and the exhibition looks great. Greetings to you.😀

Good flea market right there

really enjoy the videos..keep em coming!

Loving your vids, just discovered you. Over here in the U.K Steam Fairs are a great place to find knives and tools, I always come away with a pile of stuff when we go to them.

Nice scores!

Great video!! Love a good find at the flea market too. Subbed and looking forward to seeing more!🤘💜🤙

That Buck is actually worth some good money 👍🇺🇸

That Gerber knife was a find for sure.

nice haul and pretty cheap too. i envy you though. but i am glad you got it.

I don’t have any change , that old chestnut

Love flea markets. The one down here in south Florida Swap Shop has really fallen off since the pandemic started in 2020.

Nice loot.

Old timers are a real popular knife 🔪 in Australia 🇦🇺 🎉

I bet your an amazing grandfather/dad 👏

Great video and nice score!I just subscribed your channel.Thank you for sharing 😊🔪👍

Good haul!

I love flea markets and yardsales for finding cool knives! Just bought 2 Spydercos at an estate sale for CHEAP! You have a new subscriber!

When I worked at the City we had a local dump days where everybody cleaned and dropped off junk, I always check tool boxes or tackle boxes, well my co worker popped open tackle box there laid an older case single blade hunter stag or bone brown, still had plenty of life left, you would be surprised what people throw out, if I remember the blade was a tad short or worn, but still worth cleaning up.

Awesome score on the Antlers, that Buck knife was a great deal. I collect knives Especially Old Timer Hunting knive. My prized knife is Red Stag Horn Old Timer that my Grandpa carried in ww2 then my dad in VietNam 66-69. When I turned 10 that was my BDay gift from my Dad an Old Timer Red Stag Horn hunting knife that i wear proudly every chance I get. Case makes a good knives or use too but the past 10 or so years they turned to Pooh qaulity wise. For a pocket knife I carry a Barlow. Qaulity steal an holds a edge for awhile an just a classic design. I even use it for a skinner knife for squirrel an rabbit.

very enjoyable!

Nice finds! Never seen a trick knife before...cool. Looking forward to a few like the Kershaw and Camillus brought back to their glory.

Two years ago I went to a flea market in central VA walked up on an older man selling old tools and knives. He said I might like "that old Rambo knife " he had in a bucket of fixed blades. Most were priced around five or ten bucks. This one had a piece of tape across a familiar looking sheath. $25. I handed him 40 and picked three other pocket knives the "Rambo knife " was a buck buck master 184. COMPLETE Including spikes. Blade was in great shape. Sheath had some minor scratches.

You must live off of HWY 80 or 280. All your repair videos has HWY noise lol . I enjoy your videos 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️

Nice vidéo

Semper Fi. USMC Summer 1969-Winter 1978. Texas.

Nice video!

Hey brother, just found you, I do the same thing as you!! Love your channel and content!! Just subscribed today!!! I'm I Georgia about 2 hours from the flea market you are at !! Have not been there yet but I will!! I go to Macon, Albany and Tifton flea markets!! Plus antique shops!! Thanks for sharing brother and have a great day 😀

That knife in the first box that had the aluminum handles with eagle claw pommel is blackforest German worth about 200

Love this! Def subscribe

I never seen a trick knife. That's pretty neat.

Just subscribed, I’m 20 minutes away from the Lee County Flea market . I’ve come across some good deals there . Stay safe ..

I will start my collection

Somebody burglarized a top secret facilty.

Awesome finds, how do you clean the knives up? I have some I need to refurbish. Thanks for sharing

The first Vic is a garden knife, pruning and harvesting produce in your garden.

You could have taken the craftsmen wrenches in and gotten new ones for free. Very rarely see them around here for that reason. I used to live a town over from the biggest flea market in Wisconsin but the one in Denver I went to later was open on weekends and Wednesdays. I think it was at least fifty acres maybe even bigger

I like to carry a cheap or knackered* knife for two reasons. Firstly, I might damage it and secondly i'll lend it to someone who WILL damage it ! ( I'm in UK/England. Knackered means 'worn out/not working/tired etc

I believe that case will fix that knife free.

Never had much luck at the Lee county flea market myself

Great finds brother I’m like you I hunt for gems in the junk pile. I’ve found some pretty amazing stuff for cheap and turned a good profit on it. It’s the thrill of the hunt. 😂

I believe that Kershaw is called a Kershaw Justin made in Japan. Cool knife

Send the Sodbuster back to case for warrenty repair . I hear their Warrenty is pretty good .

HEY MAN....YO......Chicago Knnife Works has SCHRADE family blades, NEW, never installed for sale, like 1$ each !! Go buy a box and KEEP BEING AWESOME !

I believe Victorinox has a lifetime warranty. Usually they will replace the knife outright. Look into it...

Man, I wish I had flea markets where I live, even when there's flea markets they barely have pocket knives and the best you'll find is some abused swiss army knife, most of the time it's chinese knock-off swiss army knives where you can bend the blades with two fingers. This may sound weird, but if I ever go to the states I will be on the lookout for every flea market around.

New sub here! Looking forward to catching up on your channel. 👊🏻

Bought a victorinox Sd for 5 bucks. Cleaned it bought new used scales for 3 total 8 bucks and looks brand new. They cost now $20USD.

I found a Buck 112 Ranger , 1980 and the blade has never been sharpened and no small scratches, never got used looks like the brass got some kind of tar on it but its brand new, what would you suggest to clean the brass with?

It's a victorinox pruning knife I believe

New sub looks awsome channel . London England Thank You

First time on the channel and you have a new subscriber already. Very good finds, here in UK it's left only traders in this type of markets and they sell close to the brand new price. Can you tell me, what type of watch strap you have, looking very good. Cheers

The victotinox is there chisel grind pruning knife

Fue una buena casería ....

Do you ever find any knifes from Sheffield England? The steel city very well known for making little knifes like that

You cant go wrong with a buck knife

#PureEnvy G'day from Australia 🇦🇺

maybe i have weird taste and not good at judging value but that little Kershaw made in Japan was my favorite lol

Fill that ZIPPO UP and put it in your pocket

Hey from over the pond in England, I enjoyed this video and subscribed. I love knives, but UK knife laws are ridiculous. We are only allowed to legally carry a slip joint that the blade is less than 3 inches long!! You can't even carry a fixed blade unless it's for a good reason. Like wild camping or bushcraft. I do have many flippers, lock knives, flick knives, fixed blades, balisongs etc but nearly all of them have to stay at home. Anyway, enjoying your channel and will watch dome more. Lee

I found a $200 bench made knife for $5 at a garage sale I sold it on eBay for 120$

I want to be there..