All About Pocket Knives

Very nice jerryd, I see that they are the 72 pattern. Why am I not surprised that you have two. Very cool, I will have to keep an eye out for the other models. Thanks for sharing.

bdev, I well remember the card board knife displays. Had them at the dime store as well. Owned and lost several as a kid.

Yean, Doctor knives were my first love but the 72 pattern is my most passionate love. Keep your eyes open. McGrews pop up on occasion. In fact, there's a stockman on eBay as we speak ---► https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-McGREW ... SwdTJaX4W5

This weeks haul...

A pair of 8OTs... because... I don't have enough 8OTs.
A minty 108OT

A minty 285UH with the Schrade over Stainless stamp and jimped liners. Been hunting for a long time to find one of these in minty shape w/ box. Don't think this box is correct for it however, but I do have one that I think is correct.

Nice pick up gewelker. Good score.

Oh, almost forgot about this one for this past week's acquisitions.

885UH w/ Schrade+ over USA 885UH stamp that is serialized. Been hunting for one of these for a while too that have a serial#. I'm sure there were a bunch made, but they've been a bit elusive for me.

New pick-ups here.

A Schatt & Morgan Sowbelly pattern 033160 made in 2014. Got it from Risner. Torched Stag handles. Three springs.
PS.....don't tell anybody but he's running a sale on these.

A GEC 81 Bull Moose with Smooth Appaloosa Bone handles. I'm really likin' this one.

Jerry....great looking knife. I'll bet you'll be carrying that one on the 4th of July.

I'll at least be posting that one on the 4th of July.

Gorgeous knives fellers. Way to go Jerry × 10. This is what happens when you open mouth on a best offer, at least it was a bottom feeder offer of 3 bucks.

bdev I like the blades on the sowbelly, but oh the handles on the 81. Two nice knives. Jerryd I had to stand up with my hand over my heart when I saw your newest. Bighomer at least it was only 3 dollars, usually my foot goes in my mouth for a lot more.

Here's a PAL 3 3/4" cattle knife. A bit rough but still a nice knife.

doglegg wrote:bdev I like the blades on the sowbelly, but oh the handles on the 81. Two nice knives.

Thanks. I never saw a blade set up like that before on a sowbelly.
I'll tell ya. GEC really knows how to build a knife. But we all know that already.

bighomer wrote:Gorgeous knives fellers. Way to go Jerry × 10. This is what happens when you open mouth on a best offer, at least it was a bottom feeder offer of 3 bucks.

You did good for 3 bucks.

Yesterday's delivery

Gerber Shard
SOG Key Knife
Kershaw Cinder

Bruno, that old Pal ought to fine one to carry once it is tuned up!
Treefarmer

These three showed up in yesterday's mail.
The Blue Case Classic Coke bottle came from Knives Templar, Thanks Tom.
The Western trapper is a liner lock version of a trapper I recently received.
The Ganzo Firebird is a surprisingly well made knife for $20.

Ken, do you have any of those Ganzo "Auto-Magical" knives?

treefarmer wrote:Bruno, that old Pal ought to fine one to carry once it is tuned up!
Treefarmer

Not really. The main blade has both up and down and side to side play once opened. It's a shame cause the main blade is really full.
The ebay seller thought the tang stamp read M.I. Cutlery. I could not find any info on that manufacturer so I bid low just to see what it was all about.
Turns out, after cleaning it up, it was a PAL.

jerryd6818 wrote:Ken, do you have any of those Ganzo "Auto-Magical" knives?

No, but this is my 3rd Ganzo axis lock. They seem to be well made knives but as with most asian pocket knives, the temper of the steel is the unknown factor.

I have several Ganzo autos. They open with authority and lock-up with no blade play. I'm planning to buy a few more - if I can stop buying old beat-up ebay knives long enough to do it. Of course, I can't *carry* the Ganzo autos in my great state of Kommiefornia. I think my favorite (so far) is the F7582-AL. You can see a picture of it here: viewtopic.php?f=86&t=55609#p624827

I love the "Protech-like" blade shape.

I thought this one made two of these but it turns out the one I already had is a 4" and this one is a 3-3/8" which fits right in with my small collection of medium jacks. Half stops on both blades, the pen blade on this little devil is a certified nail breaker.

That's really nice Jerry! I was not familiar with the Anvil brand, so I had to do some googling - and now I have learned something! Thanks!

Do they have a date range?

TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Do they have a date range?

I do not. They just happen to please my eye and that's as far as it goes for me. I'm sure if Bonfire bob were still alive, he could spit it out without giving it a seconds thought.

Doing a little research on AAPK, I found:

By orvet ---► The Anvil line from Colonial Cutlery. Goins says they started about 1972.

By Bonfire bob ---► Anvil Brand, early 70's and up...

By Steve Paolantonio Colonial Knife Corp. ---► introduced into the Colonial line of products during the 1970's the Anvil brand series was designed by the students at the Rhode Island School of Design. there were the standard three size, small med. and large all three blades.
The Anvil series was manufactured until the year 2000.