All About Pocket Knives

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 20, 2026 9:33 pm Mahalo Squach & Kevin

Nice Moki/blueberry pancake shot, Fingers.....that one could be a calendar shot for sure (or perhaps a "menu shot" at IHOP ). I gotta say, though, those pancakes sure don't look tough enough to warrant the use of a serrated blade


Out and about the village on a very fine Friday morn netted these pics of my new S&M Heritage Jack on the roots of a Hala tree

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As I was trying to get an acceptable shot, a curious little gecko came over to investigate

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Pretty soon, his nosey neighbors began to gather around to see what was so interesting. Anything to eat here?

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Suddenly, they all scampered away when their impromptu gathering caught the attention of someone a little higher up the food chain

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He gave me a serious side-eye stink-eye when he discovered there was nothing edible to be found in what I was doing

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Fingers wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:28 pm The first and one of the finest Geo. Schrade wire jacks I once owned along with figurines that my stepson made.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:36 pm Well, that winter storm activity has arrived! We have about four inches on the ground so far and it's still coming down. It's supposed to change to freezing rain later today. The forecasters are using words like CATASTROPHIC but it's just winter, no big deal.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 11:08 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:36 pm Well, that winter storm activity has arrived! We have about four inches on the ground so far and it's still coming down. It's supposed to change to freezing rain later today. The forecasters are using words like CATASTROPHIC but it's just winter, no big deal.

Sas, I was just thinking about you, as down here in the South (Southern AZ) we have had a cold snap it was down to 58 all day long and it was pretty tough on everybody, but today it is back up to 82 so still a little chilly but I will survive! ,,, Akso, I have been doing some research on you and I'm really amazed at what a colorful past you have had!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 26, 2026 4:57 am I like how this one turned out

Fingers wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:28 pm The first and one of the finest Geo. Schrade wire jacks I once owned along with figurines that my stepson made.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Tue Feb 24, 2026 5:40 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 11:08 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:36 pm

I've even been approached by the TV show "Ancient Aliens" wanting to investigate my "otherworldly" origins. Funny I thought I originated in the back seat of a 1953 Chevy Belair at rest stop on RT 66 near Flagstaff. Go figure.....

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:25 pm I was pleased at how well the grain in the ivory shows up in the outside light.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Feb 26, 2026 3:08 pm I love those old wire jacks.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:25 pm I rarely take this IXL out of my display case

Dinadan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:53 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Feb 26, 2026 3:08 pm I love those old wire jacks.

That is a really good photo, Charlie! I especially like the photos that take an older knife like that and show it off so perfectly.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:25 pm I rarely take this IXL out of my display case

I can see why you want to keep it safe: such a fine knife and with so much history.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:45 pm Conn. Cut. Co. Naugatuck, 1867 - 1883. I don't know if it is shown off perfectly but it is old.

Fingers wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 6:03 pm Rough Ryder bow trapper that I never carry for some reason, but it sure is photogenic

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:25 pm Mahalo, Squach I am always inspired to look for interesting backgrounds from looking at your photos.....and the background in your wire jack pic is no exception. Very cool

Mahalo, Tim Means a lot coming from a guy who knows how to coordinate colors in photos as you clearly do

I rarely take this IXL out of my display case, much less out of the house in my pocket, because its pedigree makes it much too special to me to risk anything happening to it. I bought it on eBay years ago and later traded it to my old Hawaii trading partner in crime, PCWizard. He had glennbad take off the black plastic “Scapa” advertising covers and replace them with gorgeous Mammoth Ivory. He then ‘Bombed’ me with it. It’s now one of my most treasured knives in my collection.

For some reason I felt compelled to pull it out and take it for a spin around my village this morning. I was pleased at how well the grain in the ivory shows up in the outside light. Such a sweet swayback; now I’m tempted to EDC it more often

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:45 pm one of the oldest knives in my collection, a jack knife made by Conn. Cut. Co. Naugatuck, 1867 - 1883. I don't know if it is shown off perfectly but it is old.

Fingers wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 6:03 pm Rough Ryder bow trapper that I never carry for some reason, but it sure is photogenic

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 01, 2026 8:32 pm Kind of a gray, overcast day here so I tried to find a little color to perk up my pics of this Case 107W Antique Bone Wharncliffe Mini Trapper

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:45 pm

Dinadan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:53 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Feb 26, 2026 3:08 pm I love those old wire jacks.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 27, 2026 9:25 pm I rarely take this IXL out of my display case

Here ya go Mel, one of the oldest knives in my collection, a jack knife made by Conn. Cut. Co. Naugatuck, 1867 - 1883. I don't know if it is shown off perfectly but it is old.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:18 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:45 pm

Dinadan wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:53 am

Here ya go Mel, one of the oldest knives in my collection, a jack knife made by Conn. Cut. Co. Naugatuck, 1867 - 1883. I don't know if it is shown off perfectly but it is old.

very nice Sas!!! .... Well, I pulled out some Case XX knives I made a trade for some other "over-stock" knives I had that were not exciting me too much anymore. You may not have seen this pattern before,... ... ... not a lot of people collect it these days, you just don't see them anymore.