All About Pocket Knives

BFORSE wrote:

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

BFORSE wrote:
Will do. The ones without the cap lifter seem to be harder to find

If they were easy to find, it wouldn't be any fun.
Also, you could collect these by tang stamp variations.
Check this out (it's safe): http://collectors-of-schrades-r.us/arti ... 20Jack.pdf

That would be awesome; I wonder if anyone has done that yet?

I'm trying. Oh, I literally just bought this one seconds ago.
The rust should come off fairly easily.

New Windsor! You must have just about every variation!
Do you already have a display for all those wirejacks?

BFORSE wrote:New Windsor! You must have just about every variation!
Do you already have a display for all those wirejacks?

Every variation?!?! NOT EVEN CLOSE! Have you looked at the previous posts?
Start on page 1 and read the posts and l@@k at ALL the pictures. I'm nowhere
near having every variation, pattern or tang stamps.
No, I don't have a display for them. I keep them in a case. I can easily take them out,
"play" with them and return them to the case. Seeeeeee, isn't this FUN!

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

BFORSE wrote:New Windsor! You must have just about every variation!
Do you already have a display for all those wirejacks?

Every variation?!?! NOT EVEN CLOSE! Have you looked at the previous posts?
Start on page 1 and read the posts and l@@k at ALL the pictures. I'm nowhere
near having every variation, pattern or tang stamps.
No, I don't have a display for them. I keep them in a case. I can easily take them out,
"play" with them and return them to the case. Seeeeeee, isn't this FUN!

That is still a very impressive collection!

BFORSE wrote:

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

BFORSE wrote:New Windsor! You must have just about every variation!
Do you already have a display for all those wirejacks?

Every variation?!?! NOT EVEN CLOSE! Have you looked at the previous posts?
Start on page 1 and read the posts and l@@k at ALL the pictures. I'm nowhere
near having every variation, pattern or tang stamps.
No, I don't have a display for them. I keep them in a case. I can easily take them out,
"play" with them and return them to the case. Seeeeeee, isn't this FUN!

That is still a very impressive collection!

Thank you. It's only going to get bigger and better.

I’d really like to get another spear point without the cap lifter; sort of a throw down that I could use in my EDC rotation.

BFORSE wrote:I’d really like to get another spear point without the cap lifter; sort of a throw down that I could use in my EDC rotation.

I understand. I want the same style also. That's why I search the internet
almost all day and almost every day. You have to be fast or someone else will get it.
You also have to know that some of these seller's (on eBay & other sites),
don't know what wire jacks are. They list them as just "pocket knife" or
as something else equally vague. You have to look at ALL the knives.
I don't know where you live, but check the thrift shops, pawn shops, flea
markets, garage sales, etc., etc. Put a want ad on this site. You never know.
Keep hunting and eventually you'll find it.

Thanks for the tips

Yep. When I have time to kill I search for knife. Ending soonest. Then start scanning the adds as fast as possible. Just getting through an hours worth is a challenge.

I think eBay is on to me though. Now they mix in results that end in a few days. These are sponsored adds. People pay to show up no matter how you filter the results.

I used to get good deals a lot. Not many lately.

eveled wrote:Yep. When I have time to kill I search for knife. Ending soonest. Then start scanning the adds as fast as possible. Just getting through an hours worth is a challenge.
I think eBay is on to me though. Now they mix in results that end in a few days. These are sponsored adds. People pay to show up no matter how you filter the results. I used to get good deals a lot. Not many lately.

I look at ending soonest first, then newly listed and then the rest.
I get mixed results. Bottom line, if I want it and my wallet agrees,
I get it or at least try to get it.

You can search newly listed then click “buy it now” only.

When eBay first opened the search wasn’t as good. You’d have to search common misspellings of what you were looking for.

At one time there were no pictures on the search results you had to click on the listing to see pictures.

Then sometimes someone would list a knife as Grandpas old knife. Click on it and it would be a desirable knife, or not. It was like a treasure hunt.

I could have made a decent living, buying knives with badly worded titles and flipping them with accurate titles so they came up in searches.

I bought this Geo Schrade wire jack a few minutes ago. "Should" receive it between ? and ?
I can't figure out what is going on with the blade guard/spacer. It looks like it's reversed, with
the red on the inside, not the outside. Will figure it out when I get it. I will clean it and re-post
the pictures here.

I've got the fish knife and a Scout set with the ever so elusive spoon. You can look at 20 of these sets and see a different spoon in each one. Is mine original? Who knows.

Got this little Boy Scout mess kit off Etsy. Evidently it belonged to David Hall of troop 112. I always wonder what was the proper spoon or were there various? Appears that someone took the knife to a buffing wheel.

Very nice group guys!
This one arrived today.

doglegg wrote:Got this little Boy Scout mess kit off Etsy. Evidently it belonged to David Hall of troop 112. I always wonder what was the proper spoon or were there various? Appears that someone took the knife to a buffing wheel.

1967redrider wrote:I've got the fish knife and a Scout set with the ever so elusive spoon. You can look at 20 of these sets and see a different spoon in each one. Is mine original? Who knows.

These are the only 2 spoons that I have that came from utensil kits.
The top one says STAINLESS U.S.A. and the bottom one says STAINLESS BY WALLACE.
As far as I know, they are the originals that came with the utensil kits that I have.
But more recently than the ones you guys posted.

Thanks N W NY, the one in mine says 'Deluxe Stainless Taiwan' and then a little symbol and 'the first years'. It is similar in size to yours. But I have seen several with slight differences but about the same size. They all kind of remind me of baby spoons. By the way you are racking up quite a group of wirejacks. Thanks for the pics.

doglegg wrote:Thanks N W NY, the one in mine says 'Deluxe Stainless Taiwan' and then a little symbol and 'the first years'. It is similar in size to yours. But I have seen several with slight differences but about the same size. They all kind of remind me of baby spoons. By the way you are racking up quite a group of wirejacks. Thanks for the pics.

You're welcome doglegg.

This one arrived today.

Cool!

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

doglegg wrote:Got this little Boy Scout mess kit off Etsy. Evidently it belonged to David Hall of troop 112. I always wonder what was the proper spoon or were there various? Appears that someone took the knife to a buffing wheel.

1967redrider wrote:I've got the fish knife and a Scout set with the ever so elusive spoon. You can look at 20 of these sets and see a different spoon in each one. Is mine original? Who knows.

These are the only 2 spoons that I have that came from utensil kits.
The top one says STAINLESS U.S.A. and the bottom one says STAINLESS BY WALLACE.
As far as I know, they are the originals that came with the utensil kits that I have.
But more recently than the ones you guys posted.

The spoon I have looks most similar to the one posted on Page 1.

1967redrider wrote:

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

doglegg wrote:Got this little Boy Scout mess kit off Etsy. Evidently it belonged to David Hall of troop 112. I always wonder what was the proper spoon or were there various? Appears that someone took the knife to a buffing wheel.

These are the only 2 spoons that I have that came from utensil kits.
The top one says STAINLESS U.S.A. and the bottom one says STAINLESS BY WALLACE.
As far as I know, they are the originals that came with the utensil kits that I have.
But more recently than the ones you guys posted.

The spoon I have looks most similar to the one posted on Page 1.

Is it maker marked?

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

1967redrider wrote:

New_Windsor_NY wrote:
These are the only 2 spoons that I have that came from utensil kits.
The top one says STAINLESS U.S.A. and the bottom one says STAINLESS BY WALLACE.
As far as I know, they are the originals that came with the utensil kits that I have.
But more recently than the ones you guys posted.

The spoon I have looks most similar to the one posted on Page 1.

Is it maker marked?

I think it just says STAINLESS but I will check tonight for sure.

1967redrider wrote:

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

1967redrider wrote:
The spoon I have looks most similar to the one posted on Page 1.

Is it maker marked?

I think it just says STAINLESS but I will check tonight for sure.

I'm slightly curious as I don't ever remember seeing an older scouting utensil kit spoon with a maker mark.

Well, this arrived today and I have no idea what to do with the handle spacer/blade guard. It looks like it was filled in with some sort of material that hardened as it dried, almost like plaster. That is what the sides of the handle look like. The bottom looks like it was filled in with a different material because it is a different color. What do I do? I don't want to leave it the way it is. Any ideas how to remove the material(s) without having to chip away and damage the handles? There are 8 pictures. The first 4 are the knife in question. The last 4 are of the same (proper) style knife that I already had. ANY help would be appreciated.