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How about a thread with our favorite lyrics! I thought of this today while listening to some great music on Sirius XM station Willie’s Roadhouse, so the first that come to mind are some humorous ones I heard today. Feel free to post song lyrics - funny, thoughtful, clever, whatever, from any musical...

In the TESTED XX era the 090 was a small lobster pattern, or alternately a 3-3/8 inch scout/utility “Junior scout” in both a three-blade and four-blade version. I don’t think the 090 existed at all in the XX era through the 1980s, then was re-introduced as the frame for the Case Jr. scout pattern at...

Sorry to say I believe it’s a “frankenknife” at best, and a counterfeit. The tang shows evidence of having been grinded down to remove the original stamp, so the Case Tested stamp could be applied. The corners of the letters in the tang stamp are not sharp and square, so it’s likely a “cold stamp” (...

Welcome to AAPK. Glad you found it. Post your pictures and duscussion in the General Knife forum, not in this tang stamps thread. Instructions for how to post pictures can be found in the AAPK Tips & Tricks FAQ Forum. Recommend you go here https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/ to fam...

Something most of us missed: the Rangers and D-backs gave their clubhouse personnel full shares of World Series money. For the Rangers attendants it was over half-million dollars each! https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/world-series-champs-made-sure-beloved-clubhouse-attendants-got-a-505k-bonus-li...

It is indeed an odd one. Somewhere I have one of these red fiberloid Case scout patterns with a bolsters and a clip master blade. Pretty rare to see a scout/utility pattern with a clip master, so I’ve always been skeptical of it (else I’d claim it as being a rare find). :lol: I think I posted it som...

Just my nickel's worth. Here's an ULSTER cattle knife with really nice, peach seed jigging. J.O'. J.O., I’m not a Schrade expert, nor Ulster either, but I believe that your peach seed Ulster was probably made in the Schrade factory. As I understand it, after Schrade bought out Ulster, in the late 1...

Great finds. I’ve often wondered why more physician’s knifes were not made with corkscrews, given that so many medicines back in the day came in bottles having stoppers.

Ken

Right here on AAPK in the "Research" section. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... tification
Scroll down through the stamps by decade to find yours.

Ken

I have one like it, with red “fiberloid” covers, but mine has no bolsters (and no punch). One with bolsters recently sold on eBay for $154. https://www.ebay.com/itm/276410102836?itmmeta=01HVCM7MMN83YS2JEY31PANE1W&hash=item405b537434:g:egcAAOSwbxtmDY7c&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0LXcgUsu%2BFi5u0uoi...

Some interesting info about last night’s Astros/Rangers game. I’ve seen a lot of baseball - Angel Hernandez has to be the absolute worst umpire in history. How he keeps a job is a mystery. He single-handed called Wyatt Langford out with the bases loaded, when not a single pitch was anywhere near the...

Nice find! Too bad it’s in such poor condition but it’s a fairly obscure stamp, dates to 1872-1888 according to Goins’ Encyclopedia of Cutlery Markings . The Naugatuck Valley in Connecticut was once a hotbed of cutleries, due the ample availability of water power energy necessary at the time to run ...

I can't recall seeing a Catt with peachseed jigging, at least not any that resembles Schrade peachseed.

Ken

We had some intermittent cloud cover here but got to see glimpses of the eclipse in between clouds. Didn’t have anything but a phone for pictures. The dogs were not impressed!

Ken

Just saw an old movie with Henry Hull playing the part of the mayor. He was another prolific character actor, appeared in over 70 films, plus television and stage acting.

Ken

Sorry to hear of your ordeal Mark but glad you figured out the problem. In my experience the best resource for medication side effects and possible interactions is a good pharmacist.

Ken

I had a similar tool that was part of my Dietzgen draftsman instruments set in the 1960s. Used for erasing on ink drawings. Eventually of course manual “drafting” was replaced by computer graphics but that was not until many years later. Not saying your “eraser” isn’t that old.

Ken

Stuff is blooming in Texas. Wildflower season is going strong here now too.

Ken

Thanks! That makes sense. Maybe it’s different in the big cities but (at least around here) I rarely see folks wearing lapels. I see lots of hats, though. :lol: Our pastor wears a suit or sport coat jacket but otherwise what I see at church or elsewhere is “business casual” or casual. Limited to “la...

Dale, both of you know the prayers of all here are lifting you up to our Lord for healing, strength and comfort.

Ken

Just curious, were those marketed as lapel pins, or hat pins? Nowadays you don’t see many lapel pins but lots of hat pins.

Ken

Welcome to AAPK. Nice old “hobo” knife, but unusual handle covers. There are some folks here who know a good deal about KA-BAR and Union Cutlery knives (I’m not one of them). Hopefully someone that can tell you about the knife will be along. Read here for answers to your questions about cleaning it....

That looks like the same fixed blades stamp chart found on the Case College site. https://www.casecollectorsclub.com/college/tang-stamps/. A similar version is posted here on AAPK, in the Tang Stamps thread. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?p=386847#p386847 https://www....

Welcome to AAPK. I used to have a couple of knife tie clips. I passed them along a few years ago in one of AAPK’s POS swaps. Can’t recall who the lucky recipient was!

Ken

There is an entire subforum on the topic of shaving and razors. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... m.php?f=70

Here’s a thread within that forum about shaving products. https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... hp?t=43037



Ken