All About Pocket Knives

Forensic Jim wrote:I can't date it, but are those ivory handles or celluloid?

I'm going with celluloid handles Jim. Sorry Big Mike I can't help with it's age or value. It sure is a nice keep sake by being from your Dad or Grandfather. That's makes them priceless the way I see it.
H.T.S.

I know this has probably been talked about before on here and it may sound more like a poll than a question. Do you consider an unused knife that's been polished by hand with any brand of polish to still be in mint condition or a mint knife? A shiny polished blade looks like new but with a good glas...

GEC is still a young company. I'm not saying their rookies but I do think when they get things lined out they are going to be hard to beat. The F & F and pattern designs may be a little problematic at first but they have got the blade steel down pat! I've gotten brand new knifes out of the box o...

I would say anything is possible Phil. I'm sure there's been an error or 3 that's gotten by Case's Q.C. The reason I said a blade replacement is not only the wrong pattern number but the angle of the blade in the open position. Where the blade meets the back spring it has the blade pointed in a more...

Orvet, you have a fine looking grandson there! He must have took his looks after his Grandmother. :wink: I have no way of posting a picture but I look a little similar to you. A little more hair on the top, not as much grey in the mustache, tattoo in same place but on the left arm, and I only wear m...

For cleaning up an old rusted knife, I use a fine scotchbrite burnishing wheel on my baldor buffer. The tangs can be cleaned up eaisly with a dremel tool and scotchbrite wheels (available from any jewelry supply - I buy them 10-30 at a time on ebay) As I do a lot of these, the dremel tool, with var...

I'd say that Johnnie is right. The 6235 1/2 is Case's small swell end jack knife. It's one of the patterns I collect. My guess would be that barlow has had a blade replacement.

Good find T_T. Most folding hunter patterns come with the large clip blade in the back, yours has it in the front. Did the secondary blade come with it's point like that as well or was it modified? Your lucky, I've lost a few before that I'd really like to find.

Inside toilets?

The shield indicates post 1974 also doesn't it?

Sorry guys, I aint no help on your Ka-Bar knifes. I figured since everyone was talking Ka-Bar on this thread I'd ask a question about a couple that someone might know the answer to. The knifes in question are the Ka-Bar lock back with wood handles that looks like a Schrade LB7 and the Ka-Bar with wo...

$4.00 Each!? ::dang:: ::dang:: The buck creek knives were made by Kaufmann and sohne up until they were bought my taylor cutlery I think in the late 80's early 90's. They had a very limited range of patterns. So far I have recorded few patterns compared to most cutlery manufacturers. 4 different st...

Phil your reply of meat packing fits in any direction you go on this one........
I'm sorry, I couldn't help my self.

upnorth wrote:Here are two, both straight line. One with "CHICAGO", and one without. I've never seen the curved one either.

You guys are showing some great knifes. Charlie, you never fail to amaze me with the knife examples you post.

I have to agree with muskrat man. If it will shave the wife's beard I put the rocks away.

I'm thinking the M M is a Queen or Camillus production.

The long pull spear blade is what I like most about the looks of the new EO, even if one isn't needed it still looks good on the knife. The down side is the big etch on the blade and it's small size. 3 3/4 to 4 in. is the sizes I think would be nice with this pattern.
H.T.S.

Well Gringo this is the Off Topic Discussion forum and surely you don't have anything against anyone stating their own personal opinion do you? If I personally said anything to offend you, please let me apologize. If I said something that you just don't agree with, I'm sorry but that's just the way ...

Was any other well known German Cutlery companies involved or connected to Buck Creek knifes? I had a few Buck Creek knifes but they weren't in the patterns I was looking for so sadly, I sold them to buy some knifes that were in the patterns that I collect. The Buck Creek knifes seemed to be good qu...

Super knife! One of my all time favorite patterns and a pattern that I collect. Who ever wins this one is getting a great big handfull of quality knife. Thanks Don. Good luck to everyone.
H.T.S.

That fake Case Brothers pattern looks like a Cripple Creek pattern knife i had once. I like the pattern but don't care much for the fake. I wonder what that frame was from originally?

muskrat man wrote:I carried a mt. man for a while and was quite disappointed in it's edge holding ability (or lack of it)

Was that Mt. Man in D2 or carbon muskrat man?

I don't know if it could be called a sharpness test but there's a guy somewhere on youtube that take one hair and splits it two or three different times.

A very honest and good post Phil. When I talk with other folks about this subject, I use VA. Tech for an example. It was and is a gun free place, look what happened. Could the out come that day have been different if one of those people on that campus was carrying they're personal weapon legally? Ye...

I totally agree with you muskrat man. The future I see with this new administration is it's not going to be gun friendly. But if you take into account my ammo supplies and I'm really small scale compared to most of my friends, imagine what the ammo supply would be with what they have. It would not b...