All About Pocket Knives

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:03 pm

BFORSE wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:59 pm I have been carrying this one now, almost everyday, for about 3 weeks. When I first got it I was somewhat timid to put something that old in my pocket. It now ranks, in my opinion, as one of the best overall EDCs ever made.

If you have one give it a try!

Press Button Knife Co., No. 510, 4” Business

I would probably be surprised if someone pulled that out as an EDC. A very beautiful old knife.

Good point, I think it would definitely depend on what you do every day as to what would be an acceptable EDC.

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:38 pm 20191011_102426.jpg

That is a sweet Boker.

Last Monday I stumble upon this table of what appear to be custom knives. According to the lady behind
the table that's what she said they were.

I scored this little small fixed blade with bone and teakwood chunks for the handles for $19.00 I love the size and that it
was made of carbon steel.....wow, hardest carbon steel I've ever worked on. Took me a couple days and about 45 minutes all, to
get an edge on it. And it's ok, but not like I like sharp.

Love the sheath too!!

TripleF wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:22 am Last Monday I stumble upon this table of what appear to be custom knives. According to the lady behind
the table that's what she said they were.

I scored this little small fixed blade with bone and teakwood chunks for the handles for $19.00 I love the size and that it
was made of carbon steel.....wow, hardest carbon steel I've ever worked on. Took me a couple days and about 45 minutes all, to
get an edge on it. And it's ok, but not like I like sharp.

Love the sheath too!!

Different without being gawdy or useless, excellent blade shape. And I don't think you'd lose your hold on it under any circumstance.
I like it.

Rotten wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:45 pm

geocash wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:22 pm Queen Cutlery #63 Railsplitter with D2 & bone (& DFC stamp) & 1978 Case #6308 Small Split Back Whittler with CV & bone

Love that railsplitter!

Thanks Trace!

Camillus #33 Easy Open Jack with carbon & bone & Case #6227 Small Premium Jack with CV & bone. Camillus 1946 to '50, Case 1965 to '69.

Sod Buster and a 6347

geocash wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:48 am

Rotten wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:45 pm

geocash wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:22 pm Queen Cutlery #63 Railsplitter with D2 & bone (& DFC stamp) & 1978 Case #6308 Small Split Back Whittler with CV & bone

Love that railsplitter!

Thanks Trace!

Camillus #33 Easy Open Jack with carbon & bone & Case #6227 Small Premium Jack with CV & bone. Camillus 1946 to '50, Case 1965 to '69.

That Camillus #33 sure is a sweet knife.

I had this nice old Imperial with me today.

DM11 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:01 am Sod Buster and a 6347

Just my humble opinion but that is the perfect pattern pairing.

FRJ wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:31 am I had this nice old Imperial with me today.

Joe that IKCO is beautiful! Do tell, is it all original?

Rotten wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:29 am Joe that IKCO is beautiful! Do tell, is it all original?

Yes, Trace, I'm sure it is original. It has unusual covers that I was told might be celluloid.
It's very thin and a great carry. 4 1/4" closed.

FRJ wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:46 am

Rotten wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:29 am Joe that IKCO is beautiful! Do tell, is it all original?

Yes, Trace, I'm sure it is original. It has unusual covers that I was told might be celluloid.
It's very thin and a great carry. 4 1/4" closed.

Thanks for the extra pics.

Rotten wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:01 pm

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:38 pm 20191011_102426.jpg

That is a sweet Boker.

Thanks ,
It's got a few freckles, takes a nice edge.

All the green and red it looks like Christmas.

Last week:
Stagurday Schrade stainless from Sheffield...

geocash wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:48 am

Rotten wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:45 pm

geocash wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 3:22 pm Queen Cutlery #63 Railsplitter with D2 & bone (& DFC stamp) & 1978 Case #6308 Small Split Back Whittler with CV & bone

Love that railsplitter!

Thanks Trace!

Camillus #33 Easy Open Jack with carbon & bone & Case #6227 Small Premium Jack with CV & bone. Camillus 1946 to '50, Case 1965 to '69.

Geo, that Camillus EO is a beautiful pocket knife. Love it!!

Appreciate that about the Camillus #33 Easy Open, doglegg & David. I'd looked a while for what I considered to be a "good one" since I probably will only have the one. I like the S&M Easy Open Jacks that are on ebay but I don't like their prices, & I'd rather have an old knife anyway.

In memory of Pete Gerber.

1976 Gerber Classic:

Nice geocash!
Garry, what is that?
I like to carry this 82881 for those times I don't anticipate needing a knife but want the reassurance of having one. Who needs a worry stone when you have a Boker in your pocket?

I guess if one is going to talk about a lnife, it helps to show the picture!

Ike, That is a RR Canoe with original scrimshaw by Alaskan artist David Sims.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:09 pm I guess if one is going to talk about a lnife, it helps to show the picture!

I've got something like that, but it's the three-blade Stockman version. One of the smaller blades is broken (I think the pen blade), and it's got tarnish and pitting from sitting close to an outgassing celluloid knife my Granddad had. Small Stockmen/Penknives are really good for backups--I often carry one when I've either got a Folding Hunter-type knife on my belt, or a modern tactical clipped to my pocket. Usually the Case 6333 or Schrade USA "Minuteman" frame knives (104OT, 106OT, 108OT).

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:25 pm Ike, That is a RR Canoe with original scrimshaw by Alaskan artist David Sims.

Absolutely gorgeous scrimshaw work on that one!


George Wostenholm Wireless Knife. About 1/4" bigger than a TL-29; and much heavier built. I do not think it's military at all; since there is no Broad Arrow (unless one may have been stamped into the scale at one point?). One and two blade versions were made by lots of manufacturers with MOD stamps, however. The name I learned from an old ad from the '30s I saw on BladeForums. Handles appear to be wood fiber, and the liners are steel. I'm thinking it was made in the late '40s-early 1950s. Beartrap snap on both blades, and the screwdriver has a really good file (for electrical contacts, mostly). One of my favorite electrician-type knives. Took me ages to find one. This was actually all I carried today.

Carrying an old friend today.