All About Pocket Knives

Both beautiful and unusual.

Ken

That knife is a beauty and really unique .... No doubt took some skill to carve that MOP... if what I had read is correct these pen knives were more expensive back in the day than the big old jacks and more difficult to make as well... I would also bet that not many were made like this beauty you posted!

Terrific knife,you are on a roll.Keep your eyes open for the occasional farmers jack.

Looks just like a sharks head. The positioning of the pin and blades coincide with the eye and fins.

I have this Pearl Doctor's knife simply marked ELECTRIC,1873-90, an early mark of Friedmann & Lauterjung. Found it in a bunch of Pearl knives I bought.
Thanks for looking.

Tom

PS. Mike, the Pearl Fish knife is a great one for sure!!

Yep sure is. Great knife you have there!!!

Here is an early Electric that I recently acquired.

Here's one I was very pleased to find. This old pruner from Friedmann & Lauterjung is likely 128 years old or older. She arrived today.

Very nice knife, Greg. Congratulations.

Good pickup Greg!

Thanks Joe and Roger!

Ok guys. Nerd alert! Nerd alert! Sorry, just can't help myself but these old knives really get me excited and I am very pleased every time I get a shot at one. A new acquisition for me in this pre 1890 Electric Ebony jack.

No apologies necessary; That is a fine old, honest old knife.

FRJ wrote:No apologies necessary; That is a fine old, honest old knife.

Thanks Joe!

Greg

Super nice knife, Greg.

Tom

Roger and Tom thanks guys. Those are intriguing knives to me. It would be interesting to find out who actually made those for F&L.

Terrific Greg! I would be excited to find one like that too

Thanks Lloyd!

Fine looking jack Greg ... many of us on this subforum love old knives - you’re in good company - getting pumped up from getting an old knife is something many of us do ...

I don't think you have to be a nerd, to like that one. She's a beauty!

LongBlade wrote:Fine looking jack Greg ... many of us on this subforum love old knives - you’re in good company - getting pumped up from getting an old knife is something many of us do ...

Thanks Lee! I do feel right at home.

Doc B wrote:I don't think you have to be a nerd, to like that one. She's a beauty!

Doc my wife says you are wrong. Anybody who sits on his tail all day long sorting through boxes of knives is a nerd. I think she just doesn't know what "FUN" is.

"Doc my wife says you are wrong. Anybody who sits on his tail all day long sorting through boxes of knives is a nerd. "

Oops, I stand corrected...I didn't realize, that was the definition of a knife nerd. Guilty as charged

Here is an amazing Friedmann & Lauterjung swing guard lock-back I recently picked up. The knife truly appears unused. The last three photos show another example I have, albeit in much worse condition (missing swing guards, handles on back side). The curious thing about this lesser condition knife--it has a "Well Known" logo on the reverse of the tang where the excellent knife does not.

Great knife I have the same one marked Electric Cutlery Newark NJ. The Well Known mark is one that Fabyan Knife Co used. Thanks for showing them. Mike