All About Pocket Knives

It's bad when the first PoS pics to be posted look better than most of my collection...

I recognize some of that sh........er, um, stuff!

Ken

steve99f wrote:I do have a question about one of the above knives. The Buck lookalike in front is a Sabre but made in the USA. Did Buck make theses? Seems very well made.

I have one of those USA Sabres like that, I think Colonial made them. There was a thread on that subject a while back.
What a haul you got there!!

Are they escapees Ken? Name them and you can have them back for a finders fee.

Well, our postal deliverer barely made it up the stairs without passing out. The dog didn't even try to run out when I opened the door! Lit 3 candles to help the house smell decent, and away we went. Real shame @ that Catt in there, this is some prime poo right here. But Olde Cutler gifted a pen he made, and it almost looks like a baseball bat, my 4 year old loves it too!
Ken98k, a bomb is headed your way, check your pms for tracking...

bestgear wrote:Doug (rexstubbins) - The "dirty dozen" will be making it's way to you later today and it should be there by Thursday unless the postal inspectors find it too offensive. I've worked hard to set aside what I consider to be world-class POS but you'll have to judge that for yourself. Thanks for playing and please don't hold these against me, I'm sure they can be used in future POS roundtables.

Greg - I look forward to your shipment as I've never come across a POS that I couldn't hoard until the next POS Roundtable

Jerry - Thanks again for organizing this "Spring Cleaning" event, your efforts are very much appreciated!

They must not be too bad if they are the Dirty Dozen. Great Movie. Well on second thought perhaps I shouldn't draw parallels. Looking forward to the arrivals??? Maybe.

@TwoFlowers - Your front porch should smell of roses today. Looks like the package was delivered.

Curious as to why the German made Russell Barlow is a POS? Perhaps a broken blade? I live in an area where finding used knives of any type is difficult, so the barlow looks pretty good.
JV

Gunslinger#81, it's headed your way, a nice ole pile of s#%t. Should be there in a day or so.
Ken

TwoFlowers, I want to thank you for the fine assortment you sent me. That wobbly Case stockman will probably make a halfway decent EDC in my work environment. Thanks again, Ken

Okay galvanic1882, your box has been filled. Got to go into town tomorrow so it should be on its' way to Arizona tomorrow evening. Hoping you're not having to deal with the wildfires I noticed on the news this afternoon. I'll post the tracking number for you tomorrow.

steve99f, just noticed your post, I'll keep watch over the mailbox, if the blowflies are swarmin' I'll know it's time to look for a box of poo.

Treefarmer
Tracking # for Mike:9505 5108 3692 8121 0996 70 expected delivery: 05/04/2018

Glenn,
I’m sorry buddy but it’s on the way! Tracking number 9405503699300226516254
I recommend you don’t open it in the house. If there is an abandoned building the next county over that might be a good spot to open it.
I know you can work magic with nasty old knives, we’ve all seen it many times but I think these are beyond even your help, all 4 pounds and 6 ounces of them!

I felt so bad about sending them that I had to send another package: tracking # 9500113191518120089110.
Maybe it will help ease the terrible pain in your nostrils!

I doubt anyone can match the sheer poundage of worthless poo that is in that first package!

Good luck with it, (I hope are still friends.)
Dale

Jody744 wrote:Well, our postal deliverer barely made it up the stairs without passing out. The dog didn't even try to run out when I opened the door! Lit 3 candles to help the house smell decent, and away we went. Real shame @ that Catt in there, this is some prime poo right here. But Olde Cutler gifted a pen he made, and it almost looks like a baseball bat, my 4 year old loves it too!
Ken98k, a bomb is headed your way, check your pms for tracking...

Jody, let's see more of the blue patriot Kirinite swell center.

steve99f wrote:Did someone request pictures? There is an old Camillus rope knife in there, a TL 29, Case mini, German made Russell Barlow, the butterfly, the lockback single, scout knife, SAK knockoff and some penknives. Note the tie tac in the second pic. That will go on my AAPK ballcap when I get one.

I don't think Cal has figured out what constitutes a POS.

Well, after getting this huge pile from rexstubbins, I'm surprised there are any more knives in the world for the rest of you... Holy box of BM Batman!

You really know how to drive a guy that has a compulsion to research & catalog every knife in his possession completely insane! I'm going to spend the next month trying to figure out the brand name & country of origin on some of these.

I am also absolutely overjoyed with the Case Doctor's knife. That's cheating - no one told me sending a knife that the other person really likes was part of this game!

Suitcase, a nice knife is not mandatory and not everyone does it but there are enough who do to make it not uncommon. What makes this Roundtable so enjoyable is there are only a couple of conventions (and they're not rules); please no pile of rust and please no bag of parts - those are not knives.

Love the Doc and that Sabre Fruit knife looks pretty sweet too. In fact there are several in that bunch that would end up in my pile.

jerryd6818 wrote:no pile of rust

Good to know, would have been better to know BEFORE I went to the Post Office yesterday

bestgear wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:no pile of rust

Good to know, would have been better to know BEFORE I went to the Post Office yesterday

Tom, re-read the OP. Unless you're yuk'in it up there.

jerryd6818 wrote:However there are some conventions. It is requested you don't send a pile of parts, whole knives only (tipped or used to death blades are okay). Also nothing that's so rusty you can't get the blades open. Those are not knives, they're just scrap metal.

Just yuk'in it up Jerry, I would never send a pile of metal that once resembled a pocket knife......... or would I?

bestgear wrote:Just yuk'in it up Jerry, I would never send a pile of metal that once resembled a pocket knife......... or would I?

Who knows? The Shadow does.

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Well, after getting this huge pile from rexstubbins, I'm surprised there are any more knives in the world for the rest of you... Holy box of BM Batman!

You really know how to drive a guy that has a compulsion to research & catalog every knife in his possession completely insane! I'm going to spend the next month trying to figure out the brand name & country of origin on some of these.

I am also absolutely overjoyed with the Case Doctor's knife. That's cheating - no one told me sending a knife that the other person really likes was part of this game!

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Sorry for the rest of it but I thought I'd throw a bomb and get rid of some over ripe pieces at the same time. I believe the ebony jack is a re-gift from a previous POS if I'm not mistaken. Enjoy

The little brass pen above the ebony jack made me laugh. I'm a Catholic School survivor, so once I had it under a loupe and found that it says "St. Christopher Protect Us" around the shield, I laughed out loud. I wonder if the nuns at my old school would have still confiscated the knife if I told them I needed it to protect me on my travels around the playground?

The melon knife is marked ATCO, Japan with a "4" on the back of the tang. The little bit of research I have done so far indicates ATCO was an importer of many different products from Japan, including knives, telescopes, loupes & magnifying glasses. There is another Atco in that picture, it is a 2-blade small stockman with brown bone handles in the upper left, 3rd from the top. Was Sabre the mfr for the ATCO imports?

Doug: now do you see what you have done? I'm down a rabbit hole trying to research the origins of a silly import knife.

THANK YOU! I am enjoying every minute!!

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Was Sabre the mfr for the ATCO imports?

Possibly. I have a Sabre that looks just like that one, which is why I thought it might be a Sabre. Unless someone knows for certain, I doubt there's a way to verify that.

I am about to run out to the post office.
Here is a sneak peek of my package bound for Wyoming. I believe this one now called SOS (shingle) since I taped it all to some cardboard.


Stretch

Scott,

I apologize for the delay in getting your "package" mailed out. I was waiting for the forms to come back from the EPA. Apparently, there is some silly regulation regarding the shipping of raw sewage across state lines. It took awhile for the waivers to come through, but by golly, we made it happen.

There's a load headed your way, tracking # 9505515854748121235462

Sorry, buddy...

jerryd6818 wrote:

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Was Sabre the mfr for the ATCO imports?

Possibly. I have a Sabre that looks just like that one, which is why I thought it might be a Sabre. Unless someone knows for certain, I doubt there's a way to verify that.

I just found what appears to be a draft of a 2008 article from Bernard Levine for Knife World where he says:

"Yet even some of the commoner mystery brands of the 1950s and 1960s still elude us. For example, who and where was R. J. RICHTER, an importer of Scandinavian and German knives in the early 1960s? His main claim to fame was importing the first fantasy Nazi pen knives, evidently made for him by Olbertz of Solingen. Other mystery markings include ATCO, ALAMO, BEST, COLES, ERMA, IMCO, L.A. Co., ORIENTAL, and PASTOR ALEMAN (probably a Mexican import brand)."

If Levine can't figure out ATCO, I haven't got a chance!