All About Pocket Knives

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:38 pm I don’t go in for fixed blades often but I saw this one scrolling across the top of the screen the other day. A new seller here on AAPK, I believe, called GKnives. I was impressed with the sellers description of this knife, so rather than mangling that part of this I will just copy and paste what he put in the listing: “All hand made, forged and designed for hard use, excellent edge retention. Finnish traditional knife in the Puukko tradition. This type of knife is versatile, from chore work, carving, fishing, skinning/field dressing game, truly all purpose, I use one everyday. The blade is forged from a W2 steel offering tool steel hardness (W2 is used in drill bits) ......expect great edge retention. The grind allows no secondary bevel, so honing/sharpening is easy and straight forward. (If needed!) The tang extends though the handle and is secured by West Systems long set epoxy as is the 1/4” nickel silver pommel. The handmade sheath is 2-3 oz. veg. tanned leather, with British Saddle Tan color, polished with Neet foot oil to renew the leather and add moisture protection. This sheath is all handmade and custom fit, including a wooden last inside. The sheath alone took many hours to fit, cut and sew. (no machine).”
This knife came hair shaving sharp and has a great feel in hand, I just want to cut something with it every time I handle it. There are small imperfections in the blade that give it character. You can still see some of the grind lines that weren’t polished out, but I think it adds to the beauty of this knife. I am particularly fond of the pommel and how it contours with the stag. When my wife saw and held this knife, it reminded her of her father who use to be a machinist as well as a carpenter. He made some things with metal that resemble the way this pommel was made. I got this to use and I might just put it where she can use it the most. This seller only has one other knife listed here on AAPK, but he says that he sells on Ebay also. I hope we see and hear from him more.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:48 pm Thanks for the compliments on the fixed blade.

Got in these two Marbles for my collection. I already have a blue rope jigged Congress but just couldn’t pass it up when offered another one. The whittler with blue rope jigging is new for me. I love this handle material and it looks best on this smaller knife.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:13 pm Just visited your store Mark. Didn't see the new Marbles posted. Will you be offering them or keeping them?

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:48 pm Thanks for the compliments on the fixed blade.

Got in these two Marbles for my collection. I already have a blue rope jigged Congress but just couldn’t pass it up when offered another one. The whittler with blue rope jigging is new for me. I love this handle material and it looks best on this smaller knife.

dlr110 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:57 am

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:48 pm Thanks for the compliments on the fixed blade.

Got in these two Marbles for my collection. I already have a blue rope jigged Congress but just couldn’t pass it up when offered another one. The whittler with blue rope jigging is new for me. I love this handle material and it looks best on this smaller knife.

Good gracious those are beautiful knives. I love that shade of blue, it's almost the color of the ocean a couple of hundred miles off shore. Where did you buy them or did I miss that info?

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:49 am A friend gave me this one. Although it's not even close to the type I collect (or carry), I do like the 'Owl Head' logo but that's about the only thing I like about this POS knife (just trying to find something positive to say about a knife I really have no interest in ). Not sure where it was made; pile side tang stamp shows Munich, however, based on the build quality (i.e., piss poor: edges are not very sharp, practically no snap on any of the three blades, dinged bolster, cheap/flimsy blade steel, etc. ), I would have to guess China. If I recall correctly from an Owl Head stockman I bought a number of years ago, this brand is owned by SMKW (TBH, my Owl Head stockman was much better than this Saxon Whittler.) Oh, and when I took it out of the box the shield fell off so I had to glue it back on.

Has anyone else had any experience with an Owl Head brand knife?


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Always difficult to explain to a friend who knows nothing about knives why I collect the specific knives that I do.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:38 am Yes, I had a red handle trapper by Munich Iron works which had the Owl heads logo. Both blades were weak, and the main blade had wobble. I gave it away.