All About Pocket Knives

espn77 wrote:I went with my father in law. They talked, I had to buy them after my drool was all over them. Lol. Stop by and see them Greg on your way back from California.

I'm going to come by there one of these days when I am not so rushed. Growing season is over out there now so I been running down around Nogales, Az. And McAllen, Tx. Lately.

Just so you know. Your welcome anytime

Doing some cleaning & general collection maintenance the other day and I noticed these Scagel Fruitports & GEC Vipers looked like a good match.
~Q~

All handsome knives.

Great match Q, wow what some Scagel lookers. Not bad Northfield and Tidioute too. Love those through and through nicks. Merry Christmas.

How about a trio
Schrade Sharpfingers in Sambar Stag - Ram's Horn - Jigged Bone

Wow man, better than average stag, great horn, excellent bone. Got them all covered fabulously.

Once I observe a certain pattern, it seems to pop up everywhere I look (probably some type of pattern-related OCD). So, as I continued doing routine knife maintenance, I couldn't help but notice recurring examples of the Stag / White Scale matching pairs in my collection.
These last two Copperlocks are both Glennbad mods (elephant ivory & stag) and two of my all-time favorites. Great work by a consummate professional and true craftsman (as well as a genuinely nice guy!).

~Q~

Dweb;them sharp fingers are exquisite

Thanks Garddogg, Herman sure knows how to do a Sharpfinger
Here's a couple more sets from Herman
153's 152 and 51OT in Jeweled Abalone Acrylic

WOW

I'll play! Pairs or better.

Ken

Bowies...Royal Flush

Ken, I like your 6267's especially the long pull examples

RalphAlsip wrote:Ken, I like your 6267's especially the long pull examples

Thanks Jerry. The 06267 is one of my favorite patterns, and somewhat scarce from any era. I have a nice XX 06267 in rough black somewhere but it didn't make it into the pictures. As far as I know they all had long pulls until the XX U.S.A. era, when Case changed the clip blade to a slightly "fatter" shape, with a standard nail pull. I prefer the looks of the long pull versions too, but ironically the XX U.S.A. version is probably the hardest to find because it was only made a couple of years before it was discontinued.

Ken

Mumblypeg, EXXXXXCELLENNNNNNT. Great group.
Dweb, ditto that. How do you decide which to capitulate over to users? I couldn't do it. Fine looking group for sure for sure, gotta copy on that.

Took so much time and so much more dough than I wanted to use or admit to that I couldn't bring myself to even post these for a while out of sheer sheepish embarrassment. Ate some crow, took some time away, came back later with some fresh perspective and some water under the bridge and Wallah. 85 is one of my favorites for sure for sure. And then some.

Ivoryman, The value of a knife IMO is strictly up to the person that paid for it. I've come to the conclusion that what you are willing to pay for a knife can vary greatly depending on whether it's the first in a collection or the last one you need to complete that collection. Those are some great looking Teardrops anyone would be proud to own.

dweb1897 wrote:I've come to the conclusion that what you are willing to pay for a knife can vary greatly depending on whether it's the first in a collection or the last one you need to complete that collection.

IMO a very profound statement and an insightful look into the mind of the "collector".

Amen to that.

Thank you gentlemen, I am humbled by your words.
Doug

Here's a couple more pairs.

Ken

I would like to pick out some outstanding pairs, but i am sorry i can't. There are some really outstanding pairs among all these. A lot of them are exquisite and all the rest are sensational. Well done gentleman. Ah i lie, i can't go past dweb1897's Royal Flush. I don't know of anybody that can match that lot, and by the looks of them they are covered in Elk and Stag....Exquisite my friend.
Tony.

Would this be a match set, instead of a match pair?

Use to have the little brother of the clip point, but it came up missing after a break in of my truck.

You boys have certainly come up with some cracker pairs. It makes my mouth drool checking them out. Absolutely sensational.

These are some nice pairs i have from 1985. Into the Ark 2 x 2... Hope you like them.
Tony.

Schradenut wrote:You boys have certainly come up with some cracker pairs. It makes my mouth drool checking them out. Absolutely sensational.

These are some nice pairs i have from 1985. Into the Ark 2 x 2... Hope you like them.
Tony.

That is a fantastic set! I can only manage to find an 8OT so far, let alone a matching set.