All About Pocket Knives

You have many beautiful old knives Blade Runner. Thanks for sharing them and the history lesson as well. s-k

Just to illustrate my point here is an example of early Rodgers on a tested era knife. Sorry about the re-post.
Gary

This old knife is marked BUCK TOTMCTRD. The latter referring to Tottenham Court Road a famous street in London. Goins lists this as pre 1890. The handle is nickel. The blade on the left is thick and serrated but not sharp. It is for breaking the wire around champagne corks. s-k

Very interesting old knife SK, thanks for sharing it.
Gary

Here is a very rare 06267, once again handled in green bone. It is from the Tested era (c.1920-1940)
Gary

Here is an old Case. One of very few I own. I don't know much about it, perhaps someone here knows. It has carbon steel blades. Obviously the previous owner liked it as much as I do.

Dale

Looks like a 6347PU in red bone, Dale. Made between approx. 1950 and 1964. Nice patina, and real character! Widely travelled knife with stories to tell!

Hey Smiling Knife... we have something in common...., although mine seems a little worse shape! This was one of my dads - that he gave to me this past year, its priceless for that reason.

Ratchet

a few more of my dads knives passed on to me..... lucky me!

full view.... w orginal sheath...

Very nice ratchet. Your British military knife seems to have an extra feature, i.e., the bottle opener at the bottom of the can opener attachment. Even more special that it came from your dad. Thanks for showing those. s-k

A tested era (c.1920-1940) green bone. Pattern # 6214
Gary

hibbard-spencer-barlett and co 1/2 whittler

Nice tested BR

Here is a Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett split back Whittler my Dad gave me.

Dale

That's a beautiful sleeveboard, Dale! Looks NM! Your Dad must like you! Is he still around??

Thanks Charlie,
Mom & Dad are snow-birding it. They are in Phoenix, but plan to head back to Oregon next week.

Here is a Schrade 881Y that my Dad also gave me.

Dale

Dad always liked you best !

Of course I'm just fooling around !
Look what he gave me!!
Kidding, kidding!!

I guess an Older Knife thread is an appropriate place to post this knife.

This knife was made by my Grandfather, as well as the hatchet. The hatchet is the one he carried when he cruised timber for the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) during the Depression, (yes, Dad gave the knife to me, but he kept the hatchet).

My Dad carried the knife for years as his hunting knife. I cannot begin to count all the deer that have been dressed out by this knife.

I have cleaned up the knife since I got it. The pic was taken at my parents house when Dad gave me the knife. I wanted to get a pic of the knife & hatchet together. BTW, my Grandfather also made the sheaths. The initials on the hatchet sheath are Granddad's; RV

Dale

Sorry if this is a double post, I can't remember if I have posted it before.

way cool rig Dale! Do you know what type of steel he made th knife from?

The steel is carbon steel, probably from an old saw, as he worked in the timber & lumber industry. He was working in a foundry in Reedsport Oregon when he made them.

Dale

Good morning Folks ,

Here is an old one I have had for years.
I collected these knives for sometime, but held on to this one. The celluloid is bad for gassing on these, I will have to remove the sides/scales one day.

It had the oldest tang stamps of all, plus has a story all its own.
Can you read it?

9ball

The only thing I can make out is two pics of child on a chamber pot with a horse between them. About all I can see on the other side is possibly a puppy.

So, what is the story?
Nice old Knife. Is there a special name for that type of celluloid with pics in it?

Thanks,
Dale

Greetings Dale,

The other side is about faded out.
It is either a puppy or a cat (cannot tell for the pin), a gent & lady kissing and an old picture of Abe Lincoln.
I have always assumed due to the time frame;
This was the original owner’s way of saying they had it made. Each Vignos knife was made to order.

The (celluloid) handles at that point in time were said to be "indestructible" and every knife came with a warranty.
Frank Buster used to have a four blade swell center about five feet long open. It was suppose to be the largest working knife ever made.
The one shown here is four inches closed.

Rick
a.k.a.
9ball

Did this morph into the Novelty Cutlery Co? Or do I have it wrong?

There was a great story about old Abe (Vignos, that is) and his cutlery business in KnifeWorld awhile ago, IIRC.

Cool old piece Rick.

Bill

That is a very interesting old knife 9ball...thanks For celluloid, it seems to be holding-up pretty well. . Very happy to see you back on board. s-k