All About Pocket Knives

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

Old Folder wrote:Here is my collection of: Prest-O-Lite Keys.

Just when you thought you've seen everything imaginable that there is to collect.........!
Now I have to look to see if I have any of those in my father's stuff. VERY nice collection Old Folder.
Thank you for sharing!

Well I looked through the box of my father's stuff and this is all I could find.
I don't know what it is or what it was used for. One end looks like a wrench, the
other end is open and square in shape. It is approx. 2 1/2" long overall.

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

New_Windsor_NY wrote:

Old Folder wrote:Here is my collection of: Prest-O-Lite Keys.

Just when you thought you've seen everything imaginable that there is to collect.........!
Now I have to look to see if I have any of those in my father's stuff. VERY nice collection Old Folder.
Thank you for sharing!

Well I looked through the box of my father's stuff and this is all I could find.
I don't know what it is or what it was used for. One end looks like a wrench, the
other end is open and square in shape. It is approx. 2 1/2" long overall.

Question answered, mystery solved. It's an old roller skates key. It's pictured on the right side of the
picture in the first "newspaper" article Old Folder posted (with a chain or string attached). I didn't see it at first.
(I posted the "newspaper" page again and the item in question) Thank you Old Folder!

Skip as soon as I saw the photo I knew that was a skate key. Somewhere back in the dim recesses of my memory I recall having one of those as a kid and having it on a string around my neck. No telling how much hide I left on the sidewalks using the skates that old key went to. If they weren't adjusted perfectly (and sometimes even if they were) those skates would slip free of my shoes and send me stumbling and crashing at a high rate of speed. How did I ever survive my childhood ?

philco wrote:Skip as soon as I saw the photo I knew that was a skate key. Somewhere back in the dim recesses of my memory I recall having one of those as a kid and having it on a string around my neck. No telling how much hide I left on the sidewalks using the skates that old key went to. If they weren't adjusted perfectly (and sometimes even if they were) those skates would slip free of my shoes and send me stumbling and crashing at a high rate of speed. How did I ever survive my childhood ?

I've wondered the same thing, especially my teenaged years.

I'm 20, and suffering from bashing myself around yesterday for 4 hours. Mountain Biking on a real MTB Mountain. Crashed bad twice...
Scraped my left knee, left thigh, left belly side, left forearm, bruised left rib cage, overstretched left arm. Bruised left side of skull. Scraped both shoulders bad, and bruised right rib cage.
But had a total blast!

I'm going to do it again! And probably break something in the process.
Show me guys what you got. Can you take it?

philco wrote:Skip as soon as I saw the photo I knew that was a skate key. Somewhere back in the dim recesses of my memory I recall having one of those as a kid and having it on a string around my neck. No telling how much hide I left on the sidewalks using the skates that old key went to. If they weren't adjusted perfectly (and sometimes even if they were) those skates would slip free of my shoes and send me stumbling and crashing at a high rate of speed. How did I ever survive my childhood ?

If it belonged to my father (highly doubtful), it's from the mid 1920's to the early 1930's.
If it belonged to my mother (highly likely), it's from the very early 1930's to the very early 1940's.
Either way, it's over 75 years old and a nice piece of memorabilia.
Thank you Phil and samb1955 for your personal input.

Volunteer Fire Department & Volunteer Fire Company Fund Raising Mugs & Glasses.

Why? Because I was a volunteer firefighter from 1974 to 1978.
I had some that were shaped like hose nozzles & boots, I sold them.
These surviving mugs & glasses are from New York & New Jersey.
They are as follows, in no particular order.

Walker Valley Fire Company, New York, 1974
Col. Bradley Hose Company #2, Walden, New York, 1975
Montgomery Fire Department, New York, 1976
Fair Lawn Fire Department, New Jersey, 1975
Waalkill Engine Company #6, Middletown, New York, 1975
White Horse Fire Company, New Jersey, 1974
New Hampton Fire Company, New York, 1975
Circleville Fire District, New York, 1975
Winona Lake Engine Company #2, Town Of Newburgh, New York, 1977
Mechanicstown Engine & Chemical Company No.1, Town Of Wallkill, New York, 1975
Protection Engine Company, Fishkill, New York, 1973
Sullivan County Volunteer Firemen's Association (SCVFA) County Parade, Hurleyville, New York, 1974
Otisville Fire Department, New York, 1976
Rombout Fire Company, Fishkill, New York, 1975
McQuoid Engine & Ladder Company No.3, Middletown, New York, 1974
Wallkill Hook, Ladder & Hose Company, New York, 1975
Wallkill Hook, Ladder & Hose Company, New York, 1977
Bullville Fire Company, New York, 1975
Orange County Volunteer Firemen's Association Annual Convention, Mombasha Fire Company, Monroe, New York, 1975
Ocean Beach Fire Company #3, New Jersey, 1975
Mt. Lodge Park Fire Company, New York, 1977
Suffern Fire Department-Hook, Ladder & Hose Company, New York, 1975
Harriman Engine Company, New York, 1978
Chelsea Fire Company, New York, 1976
Orange County Volunteer Firemen's Association Annual Convention, Vails Gate Fire Company, New York, 1976
Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association Annual Convention, Saugerties, New York, 1977
Hillcrest Fire Company No.1, New York, 1975
Orange County Volunteer Firemen's Association Annual Convention, Pine Bush Hook & Ladder Company, New York, 1977

-------- Firemen! --------
Here's to firefighters all,
Always at your beck and call.
Vigilant and unafraid,
Volunteer or city paid.
Scientific men are these,
Fighting fire, a dread disease.
Challenging a flaming hell,
At the ringing of a bell.
Unknown heroes, clad in blue,
They give up their lives for you.
Pray for them as they go past,
Every ride may be their last.

Well ...... this is kind of embarissin'.
For years as a carpenter I would, on occasion, when the right board would appear, knock the knots out of lumber.
I haven't carpentered for years so I quit knockin'.
I saved the knots thinking they would make a good piece as a fire starter and they probably would. It's just that I never built any fires.
I don't collect these but I think they are kind of neat from my trade perspective. Some of them would make a fair coat hook.

FRJ wrote:Well ...... this is kind of embarissin'.
For years as a carpenter I would, on occasion, when the right board would appear, knock the knots out of lumber.
I haven't carpentered for years so I quit knockin'.
I saved the knots thinking they would make a good piece as a fire starter and they probably would. It's just that I never built any fires.
I don't collect these but I think they are kind of neat from my trade perspective. Some of them would make a fair coat hook.

Soooo....., we can tell your paneling and trim projects, .... because all the knots are missing?_____Dave

Well, no .... these knots are from 1 1/2" lumber mostly.
You could tell my trim joinery because it looked like it grew there.

FRJ wrote:Well ...... this is kind of embarissin'.
For years as a carpenter I would, on occasion, when the right board would appear, knock the knots out of lumber.
I haven't carpentered for years so I quit knockin'.
I saved the knots thinking they would make a good piece as a fire starter and they probably would. It's just that I never built any fires.
I don't collect these but I think they are kind of neat from my trade perspective. Some of them would make a fair coat hook.

I recently hollowed out a piece of driftwood and made a quite decent kazoo for using at uke club.
That looks like a pile of unborn kazoos to me!
No, I don’t want ‘em. My German Stock and my Walden are still recovering, muttering something about not being drills...

That sounds like clever work, Ann. I'll bet it looks nice.

I used my big German Premium Stock to do the flared hole and my Schrade Walden to do the smaller ones. The ‘reed’ is part of an envelope window. Unfortunately I had to just tape it.
It sounds pretty good, actually!
I keep it in the case with my banjo uke.

That is really nice, Ann. Good work.
Those knives are pretty cool too.

zoogirl wrote: I recently hollowed out a piece of driftwood and made a quite decent kazoo for using at uke club.
That looks like a pile of unborn kazoos to me!
No, I don’t want ‘em. My German Stock and my Walden are still recovering, muttering something about not being drills...

zoogirl wrote:I used my big German Premium Stock to do the flared hole and my Schrade Walden to do the smaller ones. The ‘reed’ is part of an envelope window. Unfortunately I had to just tape it.
It sounds pretty good, actually!
I keep it in the case with my banjo uke.

Very cool and unique, you collect kazoos! I had a plastic one when I was a kid.
Most of the time I just used a comb and wax paper. I forget how that actually worked.
Let's see the collection!

Old Folder wrote:Here is my collection of: Prest-O-Lite Keys.
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Nice set! I’ve wanted one of the pocket knife ones for a long time. I have the baseball player one. It is so well done the square is part of the picture and doesn’t look out of place.

As a welder and a plumber and HVAC tech I’ve used acetylene a lot. There is still a market for those knives.

Have you ever seen the one on the reamer on a RIDGID pipe cutter?

It’s the only current product I can think of that has the acetylene hole added on to it.

This is the mini pry bar that lives on my work keys I opened up the hole with a square file to double has my spare acetylene key.

*** LOGO GOLF BALLS ***
When I would go search for my ball that just refused to find the fairway, I would emerge from the woods, the rough, or wherever, not just with my ball, but usually with quite a few "extras." I no longer play golf and haven't played since 2007. I have since sold all the balls that I found (200+), except these logo golf balls. I've held on to them for some reason, don't really know why. I keep them in empty egg cartons, which hold them perfectly. I do not display them, but every once in a while I'll take out a carton and just look at them and reminisce about where and how I found them. ALL of them were found on various courses throughout Orange, Ulster and Cortland Counties in New York State. Click to ENLARGE the pictures.

I think I’d have more fun looking for golf balls than playing golf.

Nice collection you have there.

eveled wrote:I think I’d have more fun looking for golf balls than playing golf.
Nice collection you have there.

Thank you. I didn't actually "play" golf. I'd go back to New York to visit and if I wanted to see my friends, that's where they were, on the golf course. So I bought a cheap set of clubs, hit the driving range to "practice" and I joined them (I only "played" when I went back to visit, never any other time). We would rent a cart, load it up with beer (didn't help my game, didn't hurt it either) and go play 18 holes. I never broke 100 on 18 holes. It was "fun" but I never really took it seriously. I did have more fun retrieving lost balls than playing.

They named it 'golf' because all the other 4 letter words were taken.

royal0014 wrote:Played 'real' golf twice in my life ....

If it goes left it's a hook
If it goes right it's a slice
If it goes straight it's a miracle

My ball went further when a gust of wind knocked it off the tee, than when I "hit" it.

***** Vintage Marbles & Marble Shooter *****

I never played marbles, these belonged to my mother. I do not collect them.
I found the marble shooter under a house I was working in.

***** WHEAT PENNIES *****
***** INDIAN HEAD PENNIES *****

Wheat Pennies were struck from 1909 to 1956. Indian Head Pennies were struck from 1859 to 1909. I don't collect these per se, I would and still do, go through my pocket change (when there is any) and very often (1960's-70's), I would get lucky (not so much nowadays) and find some. ALL the Wheat Pennies & Indian Head Pennies shown below have been pulled from my pocket change over the course of many, many years. I do not buy them, trade for them or get rolls from the bank to search. Sometimes there have been a few exceptional examples that show little to no wear at all. There have even been a few Steel Wheat Pennies (1943) in the change. I have not searched through my main group to see what's there. One of these days..........! Maybe I'll find that elusive 1943 Copper Wheat Penny (BIG $$$$$). Click the pictures to ENLARGE.

First picture-the whole group of Wheat Pennies
Second picture-the 1943 Steel Wheat Pennies
Third picture-"exceptional" Wheat Pennies.
Fourth & Fifth pictures-truly "exceptional" Wheat Pennies, front & back.
Sixth picture-the Indian Head Pennies group.