All About Pocket Knives

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 12:49 pm Where's all the Wharnheads at ? Looks like it's up to me to kick off this Wharncliffe Wednesday once again. Well OK then, that's not a problem...here we go...


This Schrade+ 175 has a bit of AAPK history (and a lot of frequent flyer miles). I purchased it from an AAPK store (NY to HI), sent it to muskrat man for a little makeover (HI to OH and back to HI), then bombed it on Ivoryman (HI to WA). I recently got it back from his estate after his passing (WA to HI).

It began its life with a plastic handle and a sheepfoot blade; muskrat man swapped out the ugly synthetic scales for smooth natural bone with a red spacer and reshaped the blade into more of a Wharncliffe profile.

bighomer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 06, 2025 4:00 pm Here's my poor attemp of a Lansky mod, when he showed some of his mods several years ago, I had seen three identical China Schrades on ebay with no bidders. They were muskrats with a gut hook blade, thought if I could get them cheap I could have some fun trying my hand at what he was doing.I low balled the seller a offer and he took it. I know it doesn't measure up to Lansky's work but I had my fun and it favors a warny to some extent.

Dinadan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:56 pm Nice way to start the morning, Q and Homer.

Here is another Bulldog. The handles are white. I have my suspicions about the material, but the person selling said the handles are white, so white they are.

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doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 1:27 am

Dinadan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:56 pm Here is another Bulldog. The handles are white. I have my suspicions about the material, but the person selling said the handles are white, so white they are.

I have one like it and the handles are elephant tooth.

Lansky1 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 6:49 pm Hey Bighomer - that wharncliffe mod looks just fine - always more fun to use a knife you've improved.

bighomer wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 12:58 pm I can't keep up with the fine blades you guys tote, but here's mine.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:20 pm I really look forward to Wednesdays to watch the Wharncliffe parade unfold. Like Floyd said, it's a great way to start the day and also a good reason to check back every few hours to see what new Wharnies come out of the woodwork

Sweet little shadow pattern MOP Wharnie, JP, both blade and body....doesn't get much better than that.....not to mention the history.....so cool

Love your beefy GEC Little Rattler, Tom, beautiful wood scales just begging to be coon fingered Although it looks brand new, I'm guessing that one has a little more history than meets the eye, perhaps even a light dusting of Ivoryman's DNA on it


Here's another one with a bit of AAPK history attached: 2007 Case 61549WL Copperlock Michael "T Bar K" Fisher double action automatic mod. It was love at first sight when I saw this one floating across the top of the AAPK home screen one morning back in 2017 and I knew I had to have it. The stag for the scales was salvaged from a 100 yr old butcher knife.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:20 pmI'm guessing that one has a little more history than meets the eye, perhaps even a light dusting of Ivoryman's DNA on it

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:20 pm2007 Case 61549WL Copperlock Michael "T Bar K" Fisher double action automatic mod

bestgear wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:41 pm

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 1:20 pmI'm guessing that one has a little more history than meets the eye, perhaps even a light dusting of Ivoryman's DNA on it

nope, this one came to me used from a Facebook live auction when impatience got the best of me waiting for our Kingwood AAPK knife.