Vintage Al Stohlman Swivel Knife Info

[maritimemoose]

Hello folks! 

I am looking for information on this Al Stohlman Swivel Knife, i've searched and have only found a few pictures and ebay sales but that's about it. Any info would be much appreciated!

-Cheers!

[Northmount]

Sold by Tandy 5 to 10 years ago.  Nice large diameter barrel.  Nicely shaped yoke, easy on the fingers.  Bought it because of the yoke and barrel diameter.  Not because of the fancy work!

Tom

 

 

[maritimemoose]

8 minutes ago, northmount said:

Sold by Tandy 5 to 10 years ago.  Nice large diameter barrel.  Nicely shaped yoke, easy on the fingers.  Bought it because of the yoke and barrel diameter.  Not because of the fancy work!

Tom

 

 

I was wondering as I purchased one recently, although wonderfully smooth, it's too large for me I was thinking of auctioning it on ebay to put towards a nice shorter barrelled knife. It's hard to say what they're worth, but from what I've seen on ebay it's between 150 and 250. Not much info out there.

 

Thanks!

[Northmount]

I'm surprised.  Sold for less than $50 when I bought mine.

Tom

[lonesome dove]

And you can buy the same knife at Ivan Leather in Taiwan. http://www.ivan.tw/index.php?route=product/product/detail&id=19001

I do not know what the price is, but they will quote it if you inquire through a contact email.

[immiketoo]

On 2/3/2017 at 11:44 AM, lonesome dove said:

And you can buy the same knife at Ivan Leather in Taiwan. http://www.ivan.tw/index.php?route=product/product/detail&id=19001

I do not know what the price is, but they will quote it if you inquire through a contact email.

Its not the same knife, its a knock off because the Tandy version was a limited edition Stohlman brand knife.  One thing I can say about this knife, is that Al never touched them, saw them or knew about them because he had passed long before this knife was introduced.  Its a nice knife but its more of a collector piece now days.  The new Tandy Pro series knives are just as smooth and not nearly so expensive.

[maritimemoose]

On 2017-02-04 at 5:38 PM, immiketoo said:

Its not the same knife, its a knock off because the Tandy version was a limited edition Stohlman brand knife.  One thing I can say about this knife, is that Al never touched them, saw them or knew about them because he had passed long before this knife was introduced.  Its a nice knife but its more of a collector piece now days.  The new Tandy Pro series knives are just as smooth and not nearly so expensive.

Kind of figured that link was a knock off, seeing as it was a limited run.  It's certainly not my style of knife, nor a good size for me, but it is smooth. I just picked up a short henley and will auction the stohlman likely to pay for the henley

[lonesome dove]

I could be wrong as I do not own one one of each, but I'd still bet it's very likely Ivan was supplying and custom branding the "Stohlman" knife for Tandy. I will certainly agree you can't go wrong with a Henley. Excellent knife with great blades.

[immiketoo]

On 2/10/2017 at 1:32 PM, lonesome dove said:

I could be wrong as I do not own one one of each, but I'd still bet it's very likely Ivan was supplying and custom branding the "Stohlman" knife for Tandy. I will certainly agree you can't go wrong with a Henley. Excellent knife with great blades.

That is a possibility I hadn't considered.  You might be right.  Still I'd pick a henley every time!

[laleyendabizzness]

Did you ever  sell the stohlman swivel knife? If you still have it I'm  interested 

BLESSINGS, JB