All About Pocket Knives

KJ and Jerry, thanks for the replies. The knife will never be sold but I wanted to find as much information about it as possible. My grandfather was a woodworker and woodcarver by trade. He actually handmade guitars for Jimmy Driftwood....singer of "The battle of New Orleans". In fact, Dri...

Welcome to AAPK. Your knife is a "Doctor's knife" aka "Physician's knife". The flat end cap could be used to crush tablets or clumped powders when mixing up a salve. The long blade can be used to move pills aside when counting them. The handles look like jigged bone. It is a kni...

My 82 year old father gave me his Uncle Henry LB5 yesterday. Dad worked 43 years for the United States Forest Service. "As he recalls" he bought this knife in the early 1980's. Not sure how accurate this is. Dad's memory isn't what it once was. However, This knife has fought forest fires f...

First post. And I humbly ask for help... ::shrug:: My mother gave me this knife yesterday stating it was her fathers. I have been searching the web ever since. I have seen several like it but not this one. The tang stamp (too rough to get in pics ) says this Providence Cutlery Co On the reverse side...