Hammer Automatic Toothpick???

[WestKentucky]

There are 4 knives in this world that I am crazy about. They are, in order, toothpick, canoe, sharpfinger, ulu. Never, in my meandering flea markets, reading, and auction site browsing, have I stumbled across an AUTO toothpick. I went into a frenzy of trying to get in touch with the seller, but no luck for me. So, now I have an entirely new item to chase.

I feel like a hundred bucks might have been a good price. Seems the specimens online have asking prices well north of that number.

 

[hso]

$100 is cheap for that toothpick switchblade.

 

[WestKentucky]

$100 is cheap for that toothpick switchblade.

I tried but no luck. He wanted cash and I don’t have a local bank yet. I don’t collect, and I wouldn’t carry the knife, but I did take a swing at trading him a marlin 60.

 

[Speedo66]

I had an auto one with plain steel grips made by Sure-Snap, but gave it to a friend who coveted it.

Nice slim carry knife.

 

[DaggerBlade]

 

[Speedo66]

I remember hanging cards of knives like that in my local candy store as a kid in the Bronx in the 50's. Also remember the older kids standing in front of the building playing with them.

Thanks for digging that up!

 

[kBob]

OK its in sad shape but here is the one I posted a few years back along with another then cheapy.

My son was being forced to read "The Outsiders" at school and since I read any books my kids are assigned I had it inflicted on me. I actually took these knives into my son's small private school with permission of the English teacher and principal.

The teacher asked me why I had knives like teen semi deliquents had in an small rural town in Oklahoma in 1971 in the book.....I explained that being a high schooler in a small rural Florida (real Florida not that tourist stuff) town in 1971 was much like the book as well. I did not really care for the book.

Got the black one from a bud and the knife this post is about from an Uncle.

-kBob

 

[WestKentucky]

Kbob, If you ever decide to sell that rusty old thing...

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I remember having one of those black handled "el-cheapo" ones in 1970-71 too.

 

[hso]

A little cleanup and they'll be great additions.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Over Thanksgiving a friend asked me to clean up her late Grandfather's old knife. From the looks of it it is a fixed blade Hammer brand that looks like a folder.
If I can figure out how to post a picture I'll start a new thread. Neat little knife.