All About Pocket Knives

Thanks Tom!

Stanwade wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:51 am Skip,G2T—nice finds!

Here’s a Sabre Monarch USA, should be here in a couple days… I recently acquired an interest in these as A cheap way to expand my collection with some good EDCs.

Great find! You don't see those early USA Sabres that often.

I think those were Schrade (and I think Ulster too) at one point. I have the 231 Stockman, which is the same as a 1960s Schrade 881. And they are good EDCs. Excellent quality, and some of the nicest Delrin I have seen used. That was the knife that finally made me actually want to retire my 34OT which I'd had since I was 10.

Cody— I have an early stockman also.. I love it..I am bidding on a early saber USA barlow right now also… Quality knives cheap… I’d rather carry a good old pocket worn knife than a modern Chinese made one any day..I like carrying old Camillus Scout knives also that I get cheap and restore a little bit

Stanwade wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:51 am Skip,G2T—nice finds!

Here’s a Sabre Monarch USA, should be here in a couple days… I recently acquired an interest in these as A cheap way to expand my collection with some good EDCs.

Nice!
Just shows to go ya that cheap in cost doesn't have to mean cheap in quality.

Stanwade wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:10 pm Cody— I have an early stockman also.. I love it..I am bidding on a early saber USA barlow right now also… Quality knives cheap… I’d rather carry a good old pocket worn knife than a modern Chinese made one any day..I like carrying old Camillus Scout knives also that I get cheap and restore a little bit

And you might find this hard to believe, but I was able to get mine from a local eBay seller (who, I later learned, reading the newspaper, was the band director for UVA-Wise) for only a dollar. He'd listed a bunch of knives that was a mix of coal mine safety awards and used/carried (but not trashed/abused/worn out) knives from the 1960s-1970s period; none of them seemed to get a whole lot of bids; thus I got them CHEAP. I got two Frontier by Imperial Westmoreland Coal Co. knives for my collection ($5 each) and two users, the Sabre and a Boker USA 3588 Serpentine Pen (both at a buck each). The Boker, by far, sees the most use, due to being slim, and having that tough 1085 steel.

Cody—great pick ups ya know?

Just won this one today… I don’t care if it’s a little beat up ..I’ll clean it up, sharpen it and carry it…the seller had it listed as USA made but I could see the tang stamp said Japan but that’s fine with me..

IMO that will clean up nicely. A Boker barlow I have looked about like that and it responded to some attention really well.
Can't beat the price!

EeDeCe wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:55 pm IMO that will clean up nicely. A Boker barlow I have looked about like that and it responded to some attention really well.
Can't beat the price!

Yep..

Stanwade wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:32 pm Cody—great pick ups ya know?

Just won this one today… I don’t care if it’s a little beat up ..I’ll clean it up, sharpen it and carry it…the seller had it listed as USA made but I could see the tang stamp said Japan but that’s fine with me..

Congrats Ryan! Great deal! That will be a great EDC!

I just picked up a Carl Schlieper 56 Congress.
Thanks for looking!
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Good snag on the little Barlow Ryan.

Tom that is a very beautiful knife and looks new. I like the blade choices and its slim profile. Excellent pick up.

Thanks Floyd!
The price wasn't a steal but I think it was fair. The seller described it as "New". Wish I knew how old it is.
My wife is still talking to me so all is good. LOL!

Tom, Your Schlieper looks to be in very good condition. Will make an excellent edc.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:34 pm Good snag on the little Barlow Ryan.

Tom that is a very beautiful knife and looks new. I like the blade choices and its slim profile. Excellent pick up.

Thanks Floyd!!

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:49 pm Tom, Your Schlieper looks to be in very good condition. Will make an excellent edc.

Thanks QS! EDC

Beautiful lking knives guys!

I just obtained, for best offer, this Camillus 72, 3 blade, swelled center, short line, "whittler" pocket knife. It will receive a once over when it arrives. I'll take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:39 pm Beautiful lking knives guys!

I just obtained, for best offer, this Camillus 72, 3 blade, swelled center, short line, "whittler" pocket knife. It will receive a once over when it arrives. I'll take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).

That's a "Honey-Caramel-Cutie" Skip! I'd talk to her every time I walked in the door. "Honey, I'm home!" LOL!

TPK wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:03 pm

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:39 pm Beautiful lking knives guys!

I just obtained, for best offer, this Camillus 72, 3 blade, swelled center, short line, "whittler" pocket knife. It will receive a once over when it arrives. I'll take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).

That's a "Honey-Caramel-Cutie" Skip! I'd talk to her every time I walked in the door. "Honey, I'm home!" LOL!

Thank you Tom.

Very sweet old 2nd generation you have Skip. Those old knives have soul. It will soon be in a better place with it's friends.

doglegg wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:35 pm Very sweet old 2nd generation you have Skip. Those old knives have soul. It will soon be in a better place with it's friends.

Thank you Floyd.

I just obtained, for best offer, this Imperial, "Deer Head", camping/scouting style pocket knife. It will make a wonderful addition to the zoo. It'll get the once over when I receive it. I'll take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).

One of those items I'd been meaning to get for a long time, but just now got around to it. I got the email that it shipped this morning; so It's In The Mail. It is a bigger knife, 4 3/4" closed with a just over 3.5" D2 Tool Steel blade. While I normally pass on knives made by clothing companies because they are crap (5.11 Tactical really comes to mind); this one seems to spec out quite well, with a quite thick D2 blade, G-10 handle, and is made in Taiwan, not China. MSRP is $60, I paid just over $30 from the company's website factoring in shipping.

First Tactical Krait Spear. I had to go with a screenshot. Despite being JPG images, they just wouldn't work here or even on my IMGUR account for use on another forum. I suspect they've done something to the images to prevent unauthorized reposting/reuse.


I haven't had a horse in close to ten years. I've always liked hoof knives for some reason. I'd been watching this particular Frosts (Mora) for quite some time, as I felt it would be a good utility fixed blade as well as it doesn't have the special blade shape or handle of most you see. Seller sent me a "special offer" knocking the $16 shipped price down to $10, so I bit immediately. Mora's MSRP is $22. We have sheep; so it can be used on them as well. I plan to modify that unsharpened area between handle and blade into a choil.

Frosts (which merged with Eriksson to form Morakniv; but survives as Mora's line of "trade" knives) Toeing Knife 330.

I just purchased this "unbranded", 2 blade, "Deer Head" pocket knife. Another great looking acquisition for the zoo. I'll give it the once over when I receive it, although it looks like it is in fantastic condition. I'll take some pictures and post them in the appropriate location(s).
***** A special thanks to Scott, aka knifegnome for selling it to me. *****
***** A special thanks to Ryan, aka Stanwade for the heads-up regarding the knife. *****

You’re Welcome Skip!

Just purchased these two tonight For my kitchen knife collection…… Going to clean them up a touch when I get them and I’ll repost them in the Keen Kutter thread…

Stanwade wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:42 am Just purchased these two tonight For my kitchen knife collection…… Going to clean them up a touch when I get them and I’ll repost them in the Keen Kutter thread…

Nice knives Ryan. My favorite is the top/left one.

Me too, Skip.. That’s why I purchased them for that one but I got the other one as a bonus I guess ..I love that blade…