All About Pocket Knives

philco wrote:My POS package arrived while I was away on a road trip to Florida to get fresh oysters. Today was the first chance I had to photograph my treasures. Knifeslinger sent me three knives, only one of which I'd qualify as a POS. I'll start with the biggest one, a Camillus jack with French Ivory handles. It's a big ole knife that still has a lot of use left in it. The only real issue I noted was a secondary pen blade that's not very snappy. Otherwise it's a great HOK.

Next is a nice little wooden handled jack with an unreadable tang stamp that came with its own leather pouch. I believe the handles are rosewood, although I'm not 100% positive of that. They might be ebony but I'm betting on rosewood. Whatever the handles are, this is a fine little knife. It has obviously been used but it's still fully functional and I like it enough to put it in my pocket and pack it some.

The third POS in my package turned out to be worthy of the title POS. I'm calling it the Angel Of Death. It is a little no name pen knife with lovely Christmas Tree celluloid handles that are outgassing badly. The bolsters are turning brown where they border the handle material, the shield is totally browned down, and the tops of both blades show corrosion damage. I'm not sure where this one will end up, but it's not going into storage with the rest of my collection. No way, not how!

When I unwrapped the first two knives, I wondered if Paul understood what POS stood for. After opening the third one, I had no doubt he did.

Thanks Paul, this was fun.

jerryd6818 wrote:I thought Ken might be volunteering to do the grunt work on the Roundtable this year but he quick like a bunny disabused me of that notion. Dale, is it possible you're volunteering to put it on this year?

Is there an intrepid soul amongst us who is willing to volunteer to Captain the 2019 POS Exchange.

I would really like to take a break this year and participate by simply picking, packing and shipping.