MitchWerbellsGhost87
UZI Talk Life Member
Another member shared their collection and included a pic of one of the Atchisson 4 blade “throwing hunter” knives that were sold by RPB and SWD throughout the late 70s into the early 80s.
They are really cool novelties. I have collected most every variety with the exception of the earliest pre-RPB “W.A.K” marked version that Atchisson sold through Bingham Ltd in the late 70s.
RPB marketed the knife around the same time as “Bingham LTD” starting in around 1977 and offered them with a variety of different sheaths from black to camo to leather.
RPB industries Advertisements 1978-81:
SWD advertisement circa 1984/85:
At some point around 1985-86 SWD decided the throwing knives weren’t a big seller and started hacking them up and making MAC bayonets out of them (far left green sheath) they milled Atchisson’s throwing knife patent off the blades for this application.
The MAC bayonets threaded directly to the barrel and were offered in 5/8x11 (.380 M11) 3/4x10 (9mm M10/M11) 7/8x9 (.45 M10) and a carbine version that utilized a 5/8x24 threaded nut to hold it on the end of the barrel
Lots of variety with the knives (just like the guns) from RPB to SWD, different color sheaths, different logos embossed on the leather, different logos stamped on the blade themselves, different rollmarks on the blades etc… everything “Cobray” is fun to collect because the variations are endless, they never made the same thing for more than a few months without changing something to make it cheaper to make.
The SWD version of the knife was recently being sold by FTF on their website as “new old stock”. Given the condition of the knives they’re selling, I believe they are newly manufactured from original components. They sold out at least twice but keep “finding more in the warehouse”and restocking. They’re selling them for $150 but show them as out of stock at the moment, if you watch the site they may “find another box in the warehouse” again sometime soon.
They are really cool novelties. I have collected most every variety with the exception of the earliest pre-RPB “W.A.K” marked version that Atchisson sold through Bingham Ltd in the late 70s.
RPB marketed the knife around the same time as “Bingham LTD” starting in around 1977 and offered them with a variety of different sheaths from black to camo to leather.
RPB industries Advertisements 1978-81:
SWD advertisement circa 1984/85:
At some point around 1985-86 SWD decided the throwing knives weren’t a big seller and started hacking them up and making MAC bayonets out of them (far left green sheath) they milled Atchisson’s throwing knife patent off the blades for this application.
The MAC bayonets threaded directly to the barrel and were offered in 5/8x11 (.380 M11) 3/4x10 (9mm M10/M11) 7/8x9 (.45 M10) and a carbine version that utilized a 5/8x24 threaded nut to hold it on the end of the barrel
Lots of variety with the knives (just like the guns) from RPB to SWD, different color sheaths, different logos embossed on the leather, different logos stamped on the blade themselves, different rollmarks on the blades etc… everything “Cobray” is fun to collect because the variations are endless, they never made the same thing for more than a few months without changing something to make it cheaper to make.
The SWD version of the knife was recently being sold by FTF on their website as “new old stock”. Given the condition of the knives they’re selling, I believe they are newly manufactured from original components. They sold out at least twice but keep “finding more in the warehouse”and restocking. They’re selling them for $150 but show them as out of stock at the moment, if you watch the site they may “find another box in the warehouse” again sometime soon.
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). He was very friendly and shared what info he could remember. I had scanned several documents and pictures he had, but somehow they got deleted from my laptop ?.
