All About Pocket Knives

muskrat man ; O well. Its a hard act to fallow after Mossdancer's RMS Franconia super find.

I am woundering what jfarmer ( the CELL KING ) is going to post here next.

Heres a Shapleigh D-E that I have.The blades are worn out but the handles are still beautiful.

I love those old knives with the marked rear bolster.

Some more great old knives folks.

johnnierotten, my friend, even Sid Vicious would like that beauty.

Bill

Hi Johnnierotten;
Nice looking knife, I have never seen one marked on bolster like that.
Really neat.
wb

Thanks guys,I just wish the blades were in as good of shape as the handles.I see alot of these in the same type of condition.You would think the handles would show more wear....Good old knives!!

johnnierotten wrote:Thanks guys,I just wish the blades were in as good of shape as the handles.I see alot of these in the same type of condition.You would think the handles would show more wear....Good old knives!!

Not neccesereily, when people buy dad a pocket knife for christmas when he really wanted a prybar

I merely meant, alot of those old knives had blades broken becuase they were used to pry with, my poor attempt at a lame joke

mm, i thought it was funny . i've seen plenty of knives with a "pry bar" blade.

I knew what you meant, sometimes he wanted a screwdriver. Man, how many times have I seen that on great old knives.

Autopoint
CHICAGO
USA Is the tang stamp. I think its from about 1950. ..........Ken

petesknives Thats one sweet little girl that say a lot.

Did you just get her?
You might want to add it to my collection?
She is talking to me!

gott keep this thread goin'.
This is one I am still working on. I's an old imperial Courtesy of PAknives. It was pretty dirty when I got it, tore it down tonight and cleaned it out and put it back together. The blades still need to be cleaned up a bit more, but figured I would go ahead and post it now.
Thanks PA!
this oughta make a great carry knife

muskrat man ; Yes this tread is kool.

I see you fixing many old knives to be good users. But I do not see you make the blades real shinney or resharpen the blades. WHY is that?

I think a good user needs to be sharp to work well, and if the blades are polished they cut smoother. Am I wrong again?

Please let me know your felling on this.

That one realy look KOOL. neet handle. Can I buy this one when you are done with it? Or is that wrong to do here too?

Carbon knives just patina after you use them for a while, so I don't bother polishing them up, I just leave them a matte finish. I figure it's just a waste of time to polish them up real shiney if you are going to use them, becuase they are just going to tarnish back up. Nothin' wrong with askin though!

I sharpen them too, it just may not be visisble in the photos, right now that little imperial will split a hair. I think I'm gonna keep this one, I really like the handles, and there isn't a whole lot of cell that I like, thanks for the offer though.

Here is one I polished up real purty to ease your mind .
All the Best

RATS

Yes that shinny.

I DO plan to clean the blades up on that imperial better though, as they have some pretty deep scratches, looks like file scratches almost, I don't know. I'll post more pics when it is fully complete. I have 4 rebuilds going on right now, so it may take a while

keep the thread going........... Ken

Seems like a good day for striped Imperials.....

Bill

I am working on takeing photos with my new camera.

Well this is my first photo so if you have any comments Fell free to add them.

This is a C. Platts' Sons blue ice trapper.

The blue in the ice looks super but not in my photo. Its only blue at one angle .

nice knife, and not a bad picture either

an early shell imperial I picked up today. I also have pics of the scales removed if anyone is interested in seeing how the handles attach.

a couple schrades I picked up at an auction this evening, a walden and cut co.

ok, how about a mini?
Hey PA, does this one look framiliar?

I realy like that one Schrade with the brown swirl.

About that mini I am going to stick my neck out here and say it was made in 1990 $$$ was I close ?