All About Pocket Knives

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:57 pm Interesting.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did turn out to be a keeper and it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a HAMMER BRAND, two blades, two tang stamps, 2 3/4" closed, a long main blade pull, two springs, pocket knife. The shield is missing. The main blade front tang stamp says, "HAMMER (over) BRAND" (with the flexed arm & hammer) and a vertical "USA" on the right side. The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "P 2170537 (over) 2281782" (the patent #'s) The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a SOFT half stop. The secondary blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT require any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
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Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it did turn out to be a keeper and it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a HAMMER BRAND, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/4" closed, a long main blade pull, two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "HAMMER (over) BRAND" (with the flexed arm & hammer) and a vertical "USA" on the right side. The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "PAT. NOS. (over) 2170535 (over) 2170537" (the patent #'s). This pocket knife definitely show signs of pitting. This does NOT cause me any concern. The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does have an OK closing snap. The secondary blade does have a WEAK half stop. The secondary blade does have an OK opening snap. The secondary blade does have an OK closing snap. This pocket knife is in FAIR condition. I did NOT try to clean it. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did turn out to be a keeper and it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a HAMMER BRAND, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/8" closed, a long main blade pull, one spring, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "HAMMER (over) BRAND" (with the flexed arm & hammer) and a vertical "USA" on the right side. The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "P 2170537 (over) 2281782" (patent #'s) The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a WEAK half stop. The secondary blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is still in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT require any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it did turn out to be a keeper and it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a HAMMER BRAND, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/8" closed, a long main blade pull, one spring, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "HAMMER (over) BRAND" (with the flexed arm & hammer). The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "PAT. NOS. (over) 2037943 (over) 2170537" The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a SOFT half stop. The secondary blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning. I just wiped it off.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 3:00 pm Not too recently, this pocket

That is a good looking knife, Skip!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:39 pm That.....

Thank you, Ike.

Very recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It has now become my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives just to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did turn out to be a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a HAMMER BRAND, two blades, two tang stamps, 2 3/4” closed, a long main blade pull, one spring, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "HAMMER (over) BRAND" (with the flexed arm and hammer) and with a vertical “USA” on the right. The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "PAT. NOS (over) 2170535 (over) 2170537" The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have a WEAK half stop. The secondary blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. This pocket knife is still in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT require much of a cleaning at all. Basically, I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Couple of small knives with grooming blades.

RalphAlsip wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 8:58 pm Couple…..

WOW!

RalphAlsip wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 8:58 pm Couple of small knives with grooming blades.

Somebody thought a lot of Bessie. Beautiful.

RalphAlsip wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2026 8:58 pm Couple of small knives with grooming blades.

Couple of beauties!

Very recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it did turn out to be a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is a HAMMER BRAND, two blades, two tang stamps, 3 1/2” closed, a long main blade pull, two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "HAMMER (over) BRAND" (with the flexed arm & hammer) and a vertical "USA" on the right side. The secondary blade front tang stamp says, "PAT. NOS. (over) 2170537 (over) 2281782" (the patent #'s). The main blade does have a SOFT half stop. The main blade does have a GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade does have an OK half stop. The secondary blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning at all.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

philco wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:06 am Here's an old Hammer Brand teardrop jack I recently acquired.

I have this same knife and it is one of my favorites ! I carried it in the 80s after I bought it from a friend in Lakeland, Fl .

Do you know what wood it is , by chance ?

Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Tue Jun 23, 2026 10:56 pm

philco wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:06 am Here's an old Hammer Brand teardrop jack I recently acquired.

I have this same knife and it is one of my favorites ! I carried it in the 80s after I bought it from a friend in Lakeland, Fl .

Do you know what wood it is , by chance ?

It's listed as ebony wood under the picture.

Ruffinogold wrote: ↑Tue Jun 23, 2026 10:56 pm

philco wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:06 am Here's an old Hammer Brand teardrop jack I recently acquired.

I have this same knife and it is one of my favorites ! I carried it in the 80s after I bought it from a friend in Lakeland, Fl .

Do you know what wood it is , by chance ?

I had to use the 'wayback machine' to look for that one. It has ebony handles as Steve pointed out above. I was amazed to realize I've now had that knife for over 15 years.