All About Pocket Knives

This is NOT the PASTOR ALEMAN pocket knife that I posted back on Friday, January 17, 2025.....

Recently, my visit to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my "South Of The Border" collection. This pocket knife "brand" is part of the Imperial and Colonial, Mexico story or connection. It is a PASTOR ALEMAN (German Shepherd), one blade, one blade/tool (a cap lifter or bottle opener), one tang stamp, 3 7/8" closed (not including the bail), two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "PASTOR (over) ALEMAN" With the profile of a German Shepherd's head, to the left. The main handle side has an embossed image of a deer's head. The other handle side also has the embossed image of a deer's head. The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does NOT have a closing snap. The secondary blade/tool does have a WEAK half stop. The secondary blade/tool does have an OK opening snap. The secondary blade/tool does NOT have a closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did need a little bit of a cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
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***** Here is the link to the GREAT article that Jason (jxr1197) wrote on the
Imperial and Mexico connection in the April 2020 issue of Knife Magazine. *****
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... cianas.pdf

This is NOT the PM ATLAS pocket knife that I posted back on Friday, January 24, 2025.....

Recently, my trip to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my "South Of The Border" collection. This pocket knife brand is part of the Imperial and Colonial, Mexico story or connection. This specific brand of pocket knife does NOT make an appearance too often. It is a PM ATLAS, one blade, one blade/tool (a cap lifter or bottle opener), one blade/tool stamp, 3 7/8" closed (not including the bail), two springs, pocket knife. The blade/tool front stamp says, "P. M. ATLAS" This style of blade/tool stamp is only the second PM ATLAS blade/tool stamp, in THIS PARTICULAR STYLE, that I possess. My other five, PM ATLAS, blade/tool stamps are ALL the same style. The main handle side is white and has dominoes on it. The other handle side is black and has dominoes on it. Overall, this is is my seventh PM ATLAS pocket knife. My other six PM ATLAS pocket knives, have ALL been previously posted, under and throughout, this topic or thread. Four of the other six PM ATLAS pocket knives have horses on the handles. Two of the other six PM ATLAS pocket knives have dominoes on the handles. The following information regarding PM ATLAS was provided by Jason (jxr1197), in a previous post, under this topic or thread, back on Saturday, May 30, 2020. "PM Atlas (Productos Metalicos Atlas - or Atlas Metal Products) was a business in Monterrey MX that bought knives either from the Associated Spring version of Imperial Mexico or from Cuchilleria Monterrey, maybe both." The main blade does have a CRISP half stop. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The blade/tool does have a CRISP half stop. The blade/tool does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The blade/tool does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. This pocket knife is in EXCELLENT condition. This pocket knife did NOT need cleaning. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** Here is the link to the GREAT article that Jason (jxr1197) wrote on the
Imperial and Mexico connection in the April 2020 issue of Knife Magazine. *****
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... cianas.pdf

A couple of days ago, my visit to the post office produced this pocket knife. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. It also became the latest example to be added to my "South Of The Border" collection. This pocket knife brand is part of the Imperial and Colonial, Mexico story or connection. However, this specific brand of pocket knife does NOT make an appearance all that often. It is a DOS CIERVOS, one blade, one blade/tool (a cap lifter or bottle opener), one tang stamp, 3 7/8" closed (not including the bail), two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "DOS CIERVOS (over) HECHO EN (over) MEXICO" The main handle side has images of dominoes. The other handle side also has images of dominoes. DOS CIERVOS translates into English as TWO DEER. HECHO EN MEXICO translates into English as MADE IN MEXICO. This is my third DOS CIERVOS pocket knife. My other two DOS CIERVOS pocket knives, BOTH with images of a deer's head on the handles, were previously posted by me, under this topic or thread. The main blade does have a CRISP half stop. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade/tool does NOT have a half stop. The secondary blade/tool does NOT have an opening snap. The secondary blade/tool does NOT have a closing snap. The handles show some wear. This pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need cleaning. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

***** Here is the link to the GREAT article that Jason (jxr1197) wrote on the
Imperial and Mexico connection in the April 2020 issue of Knife Magazine. *****
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... cianas.pdf