All About Pocket Knives

I recently started selling again on AAPK. I believe that I used to get confirmation emails when my items got bids, but can't remember for sure on that. I definitely used to get confirmation emails when my items sold, but I'm not getting either now!? I've tried to contact the Administration 3 or 4 ti...

I can tell you for sure that it is not an original Aerial. I've been studying these knives for Many years and I have personally owned more than 25 of the reproductions and 5 original Aerial knives. I've been in contact with Jaeger family members, the family that owned Aerial Cutlery in the course of...

Ended up selling for 180, but I suspect it's not the last we'll see of this knife.

You dodged a bullet. That knife was sold on ebay awhile back and I was pretty sure that it would be returned when the buyer realized it had been customized/re-handled by a former owner. It does look interesting and I can see why some people were fooled by it. It has little real value. It would be wo...

The knife was actually made between 1939 and 1943 by the George Schrade Knife Company of Bridgeport, CT under contract with WR Case & Sons. George Schrade also made contract switchblades for Remington during the same time period. Your knife seems to be in very good condition and assuming that th...

That's what I call "Breathing new life into a dead knife"!! I'm inspired! Nice Job!

Do you do any work for others? If so, how much experience do you have and what would you charge? I have literally hundreds of old switchblades in need of repair/restoration. Mark

Hi, Just some friendly advice. You have a nice knife, but your expectations for a selling price might be a bit unrealistic. In that condition you might expect to get $100-150 for it in the current market. This advice is based on MANY years of collecting these knives, as well as buying/selling/tradin...

That is very helpful. Thank You! I had a bad photocopy of that page that I got somewhere years ago. It's nice to see it more clearly. I do believe that covers most of the PBK Co knives that were marketed under the Keen Kutter trademark, but I suspect that they may have had a couple of different patt...

Thanks. I went to the site, but all I could see was info from 1939 and 1950 Keen Kutter catalogs? Maybe I'm missing it? I'll check again.

I'm hoping that someone here might be the proud owner of a 1900-1927 Keen Kutter, or Simmons Hardware catalog?!? I'm doing research for a book and am looking for some information contained in some of those catalogs. I am hopeful that someone here on the forum can help me out!? I'm looking for catalo...

Schrade also etched many of their switchblade knives that were made between 1904 and 1956. Here are three of the etches that they used on their 8 3/4" open automatics: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/shursnap/IMG_18852.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/shursnap/Nonparielfull2.jpg ...

I thought you Case knife collectors might like to see a few pics of a great old 5171L that I've had in my collection for some time. I had always planned to keep it, but circumstances forced me to put it on the auction block. I hope you enjoy the pics and if by chance you're interested in owning one ...

First let me take a moment to introduce myself. I am Mark Erickson, author of the book Antique American Switchblades. Rich and I do indeed go back a few years, but apparently he doesn't know me as well as he thinks.... I am ANYTHING BUT normal when it comes to antique automatic pocket knives! ::ds::...