All About Pocket Knives

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 12:09 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 11:53 pm From flea market today

Scott, in addition to the pleasure of meeting you in person and shaking your hand, I would love to accompany you to the flea market and observe your bargaining techniques.

Oh that would be something my friend!! Any Monday.....just let me know!!!

Found these two Sabre's yesterday in Snow Hill, MD. The hawk is Japan, perfect, never resharpened and the 2-3/4" pen is German, also perfect and never resharpened. Just have to clean them up a bit. J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 1:27 pm The Olson and Boker are nice.

Jerry, Can I tag along? J.O'.

Sorry, that's never going to happen. It's just wishful thinking. I'm in no condition to make a trip like that. But if it were real, you would be welcome to tag along.

TripleF wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 9:58 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 12:09 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 11:53 pm From flea market today

Scott, in addition to the pleasure of meeting you in person and shaking your hand, I would love to accompany you to the flea market and observe your bargaining techniques.

Oh that would be something my friend!! Any Monday.....just let me know!!!

We missed each other back in my younger days when I was down there and we planned to get together. Sad face -

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 3:19 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 11:21 pm Just picked this one up .... A Boker 440 Stainless hunting knife... I call it my "CxIII Pick of The Day" in honor of CxIII inspired knife finds.... also referred to as "SICK" ... AKA: Stainless Inspired CxIII Knife)

Yeah that thing is pretty sick. I've been looking for knives from Central and South America lately, I didn't know that Boker had an Argentinian outfit. That's cool.

Thanks KTWKG and JO' ... The Argentinian made knives have had some nice stag in the ones I have bought or seen and handled. They make a Gaucho knife as I recall that is pretty cool and I think I have an AG Russel F.B. in stag from years ago from their Argentinian maker.

Nice day at the flea market, came away with a decent haul. 1940-64 barhead jack - 1977 copperhead -1972 Large toothpick and a 72 Barlow razor.

Dansword wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 4:20 pm Nice day at the flea market, came away with a decent haul. 1940-64 barhead jack - 1977 copperhead -1972 Large toothpick and a 72 Barlow razor.

Nice work.

I love that toothpick

Went antiquing this afternoon and found a Russell Green River Works Navy knife with "Navy" stamped out on the blade.____Dave

Very knice!

Dansword wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 4:20 pm Nice day at the flea market, came away with a decent haul. 1940-64 barhead jack - 1977 copperhead -1972 Large toothpick and a 72 Barlow razor.

Nice knives from great periods!! Congratts!!

Sweet Russell! J.O'.

Anyone ever seen an error on a German eye ? Got this 1 a while back It’s a half congress cracked ice 3 eye but the main blade has Germany stamped on back of the tang upside down. Any input would be appreciated.

Dansword wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:43 am Anyone ever seen an error on a German eye ? Got this 1 a while back It’s a half congress cracked ice 3 eye but the main blade has Germany stamped on back of the tang upside down. Any input would be appreciated.

Looks off center and janky too. Looks like a bona-fide factory error. Cool knife. Are the bolsters pinched or is that a reflection?

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:54 am

Dansword wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:43 am Anyone ever seen an error on a German eye ? Got this 1 a while back It’s a half congress cracked ice 3 eye but the main blade has Germany stamped on back of the tang upside down. Any input would be appreciated.

Looks off center and janky too. Looks like a bona-fide factory error. Cool knife. Are the bolsters pinched or is that a reflection?

Yes it has the pinched / rolled bolsters. The upside down Germany is quite janky. Almost looks to be double stamped wrong lol

djknife13 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:14 am Went antiquing this afternoon and found a Russell Green River Works Navy knife with "Navy" stamped out on the blade.____Dave

Wow! My kinda' knife!!! Great find!

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:41 am

djknife13 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:14 am Went antiquing this afternoon and found a Russell Green River Works Navy knife with "Navy" stamped out on the blade.____Dave

Wow! My kinda' knife!!! Great find!

Yeah me too. I like larger wood or stag working knives and this one fits the bill.____Dave

I bought a pretty sizeable handful of beater/workhorse knives at my local antique store today. Despite it being about $30-ish total (most were under $5 each) looking at the price tags, I only paid $10 for all of them.

Nothing particularly nice (though there are a couple $20-ish ones I had my eye on, as well as a nice Consol belt buckle I'm going back for next week), but they're usable workhorses for the most part.

Frost 3" hawkbill.

Not something I'd normally buy, but quality (at least compared to all the other Frost products I have, save for one Steel Warrior Trapper that's as good as Rough Ryders) is great, and the lockup is actually better than the Klein. Plus, the previous owner did a decent job sharpening it, so it's gonna see a ton of use as my EDC around the farm.

Shield is marked "Frost Cutlery, 1972-2001 Chattanooga, TN". Guessing it's from around '01 then?
Victorinox Classic SD. I already have a ton of these around the house. $1 price was on it.

Pretty much new--toothpick and tweezers still in there, and blade still has the factory edge.

Still not sure which Pulse Electronics is being advertised--the first is a distributor of components out of CA (and got bought out by the Chinese...), and the second is an engineering firm for industrial applications.
Case 6375 in absolutely junk condition. Bought A: to have some beater to through in the UTV, secondly, I plan to use it to practice disassembly and reassembly.

Can hardly read the tang stamp (and you have to yank the stump out with pliers), but it's roughly an '80-81.

Imperial BSA Chow Kit Fork. Found in the mess kit/camping stuff. Now I really need to complete the set with the pouch, knife, and spoon.

Patent Applied For, thus possibly an early one?

Imperial Serpentine Jack with the Turkish Clip. Personally, one of my favorite shell handle patterns.

Still needs some cleanup.

Camillus Demo Knife, USMC on scale. 1996 date (so as old as me!)

Some dunce took the blade to a bench grinder at one point, but at $5, I happily added it to start the pile I came out with. Definitely not one I'm carrying, but adding it to the case alongside my 1961 Imperial and early Kingston US Marine Corps-marked Demo knives.

I think the USMC, USN, USAF, etc. knives were all regular releases in the '80s and '90s.

cody6268 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 10:18 pm I bought a pretty sizeable handful of beater/workhorse knives at my local antique store today. Despite it being about $30-ish total (most were under $5 each) looking at the price tags, I only paid $10 for all of them.
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You got some good deals there!

Great catch, Cody, there's something in there for lots of occasions.

Has anyone else found the new Barehead Trapper Case is offering? I think it's a Shepherd Hills exclusive.