Chicago Cutlery sharpens up so good...the folding knife is cool!

Sweet!! A folding steak knife!! Walking into a steak house like you own the place :)

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I have a factory sealed Chicago Cutlery 4" lock-back blade knife that I picked up at a church rummage sale for under a couple bucks maybe 5 or so years ago. The back of the package reads 1983. I can't get myself to rip open the shrink wrap to open the box and get my hands on it. Kind of sad just sitting in the box not being used. I'm happy to run across a video like yours and see what it's all about.

Excellent as always have a great day

Great video, and also your video on the impact steak knives had on the serrated blade! My favorite carry steak/food knife to bring to a restaurant, backyard bbq or minimalist camping for that matter has become the Rough Ryder Carnivore Jack as it has both serrated and fine edged blades and strikes the perfect balance between useful blade length and comfortable carry!

It always makes me sad to see/hear about these old American companies that went to Chinese production.

LoL! I also have my parents Chicago Cutlery kitchen set... when I got married in '93, my wife wanted a new set..my answer? why? this set works just fine! still have them today, of course the wife left 4yrs ago, but the knives never disappoint😂 This traveler is so cool

I can see where Lynn Thompson got his ideas for cold steel knives. It's nice to see something that is not the norm mate 👍😁

Such an amazing knife.

Nice review of an interesting piece of knife history. Looks really well made, like I wish more knives were made.

Beautiful knife!

I remember this knife, probably even sold a few back in the day. I seem to recall them in a countertop display at the hardware store. Cool to see some old friends, thanks Tobias. Good show.

The traveler is a excellent folding knife for fish. I used one for years. I have 2 of them one out of the bolster pack and one in the bolster pack

Never seen one before.👍 GT great video Tobias. Cheers 👋

Прикольные ножи, таких не разу не видел, деревянные рукоятки, замок баклок одним классика. Особенно понравились фелейники, потратить ими рыбу наверное одно удовольствие.

Nice video and interesting knife, looks like a hybrid knife, maybe a slimline sodbuster.

What a great looking older knife Tobias! Thanks so much for sharing!!

The small serrated section on the fish knife is for removing fins. I love my razor sharp fish knives and now make sure that my son's offshore fisherman is well stocked with sharp knives even when I am not on board.

Very cool. Something you don't see every day. I've also got chicago cutlery knives in my kitchen, wanted to get a new knife set for my girlfriend awhile back (she likes to cook) and that was the set she picked out. Pretty good kitchen knives. Thanks for the look at this one, buddy.

I remember seeing Chicago knives in the local General store when I was a kid. That knife to me looks like a folding boning knife. Most meat cutters keep one knife on their belt all the time. And most carry a boning knife. It is sort of the do everything knife. It is a meat cutters utility knife. That may be the idea of this one too; just in a folding model. They work for trimming meat too Most times the big butcher knives are only used to break down big sides of beef and pork. The bulk of knife work is done with knives the size of that one. Only they are fixed blades. Wood isn’t used anymore for commercial food processing knives; because it is more likely to transfer germs and disease. They still sell them but professionals can’t use them unless they have a tested seal of approval technically. I believe there is no folding knife that could pass the testing requirements; I know of. If I was invited to a barbeque; I would have a Case Slim line Trapper or Muskrat in my pocket. They sure don’t look as good; as the fancy handle ones you have. However; I am pretty sure I could still fill my belly using one.

It was a fille knife.i bought a stockmen in the 90s at a hardware rember seeing it..in 79 bought a 110 style lockback..yes they are stainless...great vidio.

It's nice to see the old knives once again and so far as I can tell they where really cared for. My choice as as a steak knife would be a large toothpick though. (more classy) And I allways carry a sodbuster where ever I go. As a filetknife it would surely do but I allways use a fixedblade because it's less messy and easier to clean.

Not sure which came first, but these look almost exactly like the wooden-handle folding filleting knives that were made by EKA in Sweden (the older version without the finger grooves).

Thanks for the video, now I need to eat a steak!

When I treat myself to a steak, I always take my " For eating use only " 152OT Sharp Finger. I dont go in for long and spindly knives, but that's just me

Very cool...I too love those wooden scales. This is the first time I’ve ever anything like these knives. I presume you found them on FB or someplace like that. Thanks for the video...

Love it.

I think it would make all the difference if the blade width was an extra half inch wider

I quite like the look of it! But yeah, definitely more of a fillet knife than a steak knife.

Interesting! A few years ago, we were tickled to find a USA made Chicago Cutlery set that had been gathering dust, on the closeout shelf at a rural hardware store.😀👍 The next time we were at that store, we saw a nearly identical new set, made in China. 😥

Does look very much like a stretched out Sodbuster. A great looking knife.

folders are hard to clean after food prep or eating a sharp finger makes a great steak knife also with all the new carry laws in nys a 4 in fixed blade wont get you in trouble

The Chicago Cutlery Traveler is a good looking knife. They are definitely slim like a fillet knife. Guess it would work to filled and cut a steak. Wasn't impressed with the Schrade ones made in China they looked cheap. Too bad that Chicago Cutlery is no longer making these available. Looks very well made. Like the big brass pivot pin.

Sadly the only thing left from my Mom is her Mass card. It would be nice to have something like this to honor her and the efforts it took raising us kids!

Actually the Renagades from Wal-Mart, both folding and fixed, hold an excellent edge and they are cheap. Just rinse off the salt water and apply oil, they will rust.

Interesting video. I ran across a sealed P25 on ebay with sheath. It had an Al Lindner (Pro Fisherman) endorsement on the package. Can you do a video on the other Chicago Cutlery locking blades. The L36?

I'll have to check in my foot locker I'm pretty sure I have one of those.

Do you polish your steak knife? My carbon steel Old Hickorys patina'd pretty good very quickly!

What make was the sod buster please.

Hi Tobias. I've always wanted a svord peasants knife, any thoughts or experiences with them?

I have the Chicago cutlery kitchen set

Hello Tobias. The blade is very similar, as you said, to that on the Opinel Effilé though the Opinel model is more recent. I use the smaller ones as steak knives and the longer ones as filet knives. Photo on my instagram @haggisman54. (Shameless plug). Lol. All the best.

Harvard cutlery bought them..no longer made in chicago..or that area.