All About Pocket Knives

I've posted a couple of these before but thought I would group all my "Matching Pairs" together.

Not a big fan of etched blades, but I am digging that Camillus cartridge

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gwelker62 wrote:Not a big fan of etched blades, but I am digging that Camillus cartridge

Thank you "gwelker62"
I clean that blade very carefully, the etching is very fine.
Wish I had the rifle that shell fit in.

"Matching Pears!!" Funny!!

Yeah, Dan's (Old Folder) humor is subtle but funny. I like it. He makes you think.

Hey, Dan. Do you accumulate Doctor Knives?

Old Folder I hadn't laughed yet today until I came to your matching pears. Then, LOL. Thanks.

jerryd6818 wrote:Yeah, Dan's (Old Folder) humor is subtle but funny. I like it. He makes you think.

Hey, Dan. Do you accumulate Doctor Knives?

Thanks Jerry. "Humor is the Best Medicine"
Only have the above posted "Doctor Knives" but three Spatula Knives, Some Fleams, mid-1800 folding medical instruments by Tiemann I believe.
(Have to get them posted soon)

Quick Steel wrote:Old Folder I hadn't laughed yet today until I came to your matching pears. Then, LOL. Thanks.

Thanks Yehuda & Garry;
When I took the "Pears" from the fruit bowl my wife followed me, she asked me why I wanted two pears. As I was trying to explain what I was doing with my camera, she just looked at me very funny without any facial expression, shook her head left to right, turned around, and walked away.
I"m fortunate to have understanding friends here at aapk.

Hahahahaha!! That made my day!

Old Folder wrote:

Quick Steel wrote:Old Folder I hadn't laughed yet today until I came to your matching pears. Then, LOL. Thanks.

Thanks Yehuda & Garry;
When I took the "Pears" from the fruit bowl my wife followed me, she asked me why I wanted two pears. As I was trying to explain what I was doing with my camera, she just looked at me very funny without any facial expression, shook her head left to right, turned around, and walked away.
I"m fortunate to have understanding friends here at aapk.

When I saw the pears my mind went to boobs!

jerryd6818 wrote:Winchester USA Toothpicks.

Hey, I can do that!
Apologies if I've already shared this photo, I didn't realize it was taken as long ago as it was.

Ivoryman wrote:Northfield 77s

As much as I love the traditional Barlow, I have found over the last few weeks that the extra quarter inch or so on the 77 makes it fit my big meatpaws every so perfectly. I haven't been able to put mine back up...

Ivoryman wrote:And good investment, I see these going on the bay for about double what they were new.

This is the reason I only have the one I got as a new run through a dealer. And probably the reason GEC won't be running more 77 Barlows any time soon.

Bomba, what little business acumen I have would tell me that if something like a 77 Barlow was that popular, selling for that much over retail, then it would make good sense for GEC to make more of such a good seller, no? What am I missing here? Why is that why they probably won't do another run anytime soon? I don't get that.

Yehuda wrote:When I saw the pears my mind went to boobs!

That tells me more about you than any knives you've ever posted, than any words you've ever written. Good one Bro.

Ivoryman wrote:Bomba, what little business acumen I have would tell me that if something like a 77 Barlow was that popular, selling for that much over retail, then it would make good sense for GEC to make more of such a good seller, no? What am I missing here? Why is that why they probably won't do another run anytime soon? I don't get that.

Supply and demand. I imagine GEC feels that if they were to flood the market with more 77 Barlow runs (or 15 TC Barlows, or 14 Lick Creek Barlows, etc.) that it would damage the secondary market so many of their customers take part in. If you've noticed, the 15s go for 250-300% markups almost immediately after they come out, as they're all essentially short run SFOs, and stay at that level for quite some time. If suddenly everyone could just reserve him or herself a TC Barlow with new yearly runs, the secondary market would reflect that with lower prices over time. GEC is smart and they know that many of their regular buyers are depending on those price increases to make their initial investments worth it.

As someone who just wants to buy and use GEC Barlows, it drives me nuts. But I've got my 77 and my 15 so I can be happy until the next "lolly scramble" comes about.

Ivoryman wrote:

Yehuda wrote:When I saw the pears my mind went to boobs!

That tells me more about you than any knives you've ever posted, than any words you've ever written. Good one Bro.

Well, I'm a guy, so....

Just picked up this, ( LE. "RED" BROWN )
to go with another one i have , i believe these
are done in the late 70s or early 80's .. 81 being the last year he made knives ..

still not able to find much info on him...

Here's a couple of pairs you don't see every day.

Here's a pretty close matchup.

A Robeson and a Case in a 3" jack pattern.

The Robesons bolsters are a tad thicker which makes the bone covers thicker which makes the knife a tad heavier.
A little too much information, but I'm not paying for the ink.

Joe the bone on that Robeson is stellar!

gsmith7158 wrote:Here's a couple of pairs you don't see every day.

Greg you ain't playing around. Your picking up some sweet knives.

espn77 wrote:

gsmith7158 wrote:Here's a couple of pairs you don't see every day.

Greg you ain't playing around. Your picking up some sweet knives.

Keith thank you my friend, that pearl handled lockback is a sight to behold.

Thank you, Greg, and I agree with espn77. That is a beautiful knife and so are the others.
Wish I had commented on them before.

FRJ wrote:Here's a pretty close matchup.

A Robeson and a Case in a 3" jack pattern.

The Robesons bolsters are a tad thicker which makes the bone covers thicker which makes the knife a tad heavier.
A little too much information, but I'm not paying for the ink.

Fantastic bone on the robeson.