All About Pocket Knives

Nice Ken. I love wooden handles. I will have to look into those Finch knives. I see them in some emails I get from dealers but never bought one. I know you have great taste in knives so this makes me curious.

Thanks, Mark. I've got many flipper knives, but none of them are as smooth as this Finch. I'm not sure what the nomenclature is, but I have no doubt it has ball bearing pivot joints. With practice, the liner-lock release is so smooth and subtle, one can close the blade with one hand. There is no 'snap' in closing the blade, it's just a smooth walk all the way closed...just like opening. The Snakewood is awesome. I'm considering picking up the white Ox bone when it comes back out. The blade is 154CM and came razor sharp...as it should.

PS: Traditionalpocketknives.com is where I got mine. They're the only ones that still had them...and the price point is the same no matter where you find them.

KLJ77 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:54 pm Like BH, Q, and Dan, I really like the Wharncliffe blade. When I saw the Finch "Holliday" posted by Dan, I drooled for several weeks...and then pulled the trigger. I wanted the Ox white smooth bone, but they were out, so I humbled myself and went with the Snakewood. Man, am I impressed with this knife. Smooth as butter on opening & closing. What a well designed knife with outstanding aesthetics. THIS is my new EDC.

Just a gorgeous knife Ken, congratulations! I too have been drooling over them ever since I first saw one, but previous financial commitments have kept me from pulling the trigger, but those will be cleared up shortly and then, watch out! I'm partial to black ebony wood, so that's the model I'll wait for. Again, nice knife and I hope you enjoy it! P.S.-Have you seen the shield in the dark yet?

Thanks, Mark...you won't go wrong in picking one of these up. And you're right, that black ebony is nice. Hope your situation works itself out and you're able to get one.

As to the shield in the dark...I did take it into a pitch black room (bathroom), but the shield did not glow. Maybe I didn't give it enough time to 'lite up' or I got a shield that doesn't shine in the dark. It's all good, though. I don't get lost in the dark.

KLJ77 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:54 pm Like BH, Q, and Dan, I really like the Wharncliffe blade. When I saw the Finch "Holliday" posted by Dan, I drooled for several weeks...and then pulled the trigger. I wanted the Ox white smooth bone, but they were out, so I humbled myself and went with the Snakewood. Man, am I impressed with this knife. Smooth as butter on opening & closing. What a well designed knife with outstanding aesthetics. THIS is my new EDC.

That is slick, KLJ!

LJ !!
John

Thanks, TMK & John.

That pattern is a fine blend of traditional and contemporary styling.

Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Terrific looking quad set, JP.

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Great pick ups!

My addiction has be raging this week.
Picked up a Schrade 498 and a 499 as well as this wonderful little Pheasant Hunter. Also aquired a Schrade "Tennessee" Lockback, a K-bar coke bottle, and a Schrade scrimshaw folding hunter. And then theres a moose and a bow trapper from Rough rider, a lg Marbles cattlemans jack, and lastly a NOS Schrade 293 trapper.

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Holy Cow! Those look great JP!

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:16 pm

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Great pick ups!

My addiction has be raging this week.
Picked up a Schrade 498 and a 499 as well as this wonderful little Pheasant Hunter.
498-499-pheasant.jpg
Also aquired a Schrade "Tennessee" Lockback, a K-bar coke bottle, and a Schrade scrimshaw folding hunter.
schradetennessee-kbarcoke-schradehunter.jpg
And then theres a moose and a bow trapper from Rough rider, a lg Marbles cattlemans jack, and lastly a NOS Schrade 293 trapper.
moose-bowtrapper-cattlemans jack-nosschrade293.jpg

Super haul, Ken!

Hey JP that third knife looks like a WW 2 Army Air Corp pilots knife, but I'm no expert and the 2nd one is that a model 12 or 16? With the bone handles I think it would have been made right after the war. All super knives but those two WOW.

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:16 pm

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Great pick ups!

My addiction has be raging this week.
Picked up a Schrade 498 and a 499 as well as this wonderful little Pheasant Hunter.
498-499-pheasant.jpg
Also aquired a Schrade "Tennessee" Lockback, a K-bar coke bottle, and a Schrade scrimshaw folding hunter.
schradetennessee-kbarcoke-schradehunter.jpg
And then theres a moose and a bow trapper from Rough rider, a lg Marbles cattlemans jack, and lastly a NOS Schrade 293 trapper.
moose-bowtrapper-cattlemans jack-nosschrade293.jpg

Ken98k your addiction sure found some jewels. Those fixed blades are fabulous! And the rest aren't slouches. Great pick ups.

Ken, I doubt that the Oak Island treasure will be as fine as your acquisitions.

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Terrific acquisitions JP!

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:16 pm

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Great pick ups!

My addiction has be raging this week.
Picked up a Schrade 498 and a 499 as well as this wonderful little Pheasant Hunter.
498-499-pheasant.jpg
Also aquired a Schrade "Tennessee" Lockback, a K-bar coke bottle, and a Schrade scrimshaw folding hunter.
schradetennessee-kbarcoke-schradehunter.jpg
And then theres a moose and a bow trapper from Rough rider, a lg Marbles cattlemans jack, and lastly a NOS Schrade 293 trapper.
moose-bowtrapper-cattlemans jack-nosschrade293.jpg

Congrats Ken! Great looking finds!

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Gorgeous foursome J.P.! Ya done real good on that deal, congrats!

ken98k wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:16 pm

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:56 pm Morning folks, just got a recent purchase in the mail . Worked a deal with seller on these 4 . They’ve been polished,but edges are not buffed heavily. All handles ,Fand F , Half stops where appropriate,good tight pins and movement. Very pleased , price was very good. Will oil them up and maybe have to post in appropriate threads .
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying there weekend thus far .
Take care and stay out of trouble out there

Great pick ups!

My addiction has be raging this week.
Picked up a Schrade 498 and a 499 as well as this wonderful little Pheasant Hunter.
498-499-pheasant.jpg
Also aquired a Schrade "Tennessee" Lockback, a K-bar coke bottle, and a Schrade scrimshaw folding hunter.
schradetennessee-kbarcoke-schradehunter.jpg
And then theres a moose and a bow trapper from Rough rider, a lg Marbles cattlemans jack, and lastly a NOS Schrade 293 trapper.
moose-bowtrapper-cattlemans jack-nosschrade293.jpg

Wow Ken , super nice looking bunch of Knives.
The fixed Shrades and little Case are dandies. And there’s a few folders you have there ,Super nice.
You done good feeding the beast this week
Have a great weekend up there

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:25 pm Hey JP that third knife looks like a WW 2 Army Air Corp pilots knife, but I'm no expert and the 2nd one is that a model 12 or 16? With the bone handles I think it would have been made right after the war. All super knives but those two WOW.

Floyd,LJ,TMK, Tom, Marco, Thanks for the compliments on these 4 . Had to work a little to get the lot split up and get a fair price,well worth it .
Floyd,The 3 blade with That shield and the steel liners are correct to be the WW2 Army Air Corp knive. Have to confirm the 3 blade configuration though to completely verify . And the 2 blade short line Jack is the #12. So far very pleased . The #10 short line and #50 long line Barlows are going in the pockets for a few days,have never really carried a Barlow much, so good time to try .
Hope you all are having a great weekend .
Take care .

Thanks for all the compliments guys. There's also a 'Brother 1502' on its way from Taiwan.

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:14 pm

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:25 pm Hey JP that third knife looks like a WW 2 Army Air Corp pilots knife, but I'm no expert and the 2nd one is that a model 12 or 16? With the bone handles I think it would have been made right after the war. All super knives but those two WOW.

Floyd,LJ,TMK, Tom, Marco, Thanks for the compliments on these 4 . Had to work a little to get the lot split up and get a fair price,well worth it .
Floyd,The 3 blade with That shield and the steel liners are correct to be the WW2 Army Air Corp knive. Have to confirm the 3 blade configuration though to completely verify . And the 2 blade short line Jack is the #12. So far very pleased . The #10 short line and #50 long line Barlows are going in the pockets for a few days,have never really carried a Barlow much, so good time to try .
Hope you all are having a great weekend .
Take care .

I think that 12 was only catalogued one year after the war. What a wonderful group of 4 knives. Jackpot!!!!

Here are a couple of mine: a Case U.S. Navy Mini Blackhorn and a "pocket-worn" Case Peanut with harvest orange corn-cob jigged bone handles.

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:35 am Here are a couple of mine: a Case U.S. Navy Mini Blackhorn and a "pocket-worn" Case Peanut with harvest orange corn-cob jigged bone handles.

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I have one of those Mini Blackhorns up on my love me shelf only it's Marine Corps of course. Dropped it and the side flew off and I had to glue it back on.