All About Pocket Knives

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:23 am

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:04 am Don't know what you paid or what they are worth, but QTCut5 better known as Q, has traded these to some local pig hunters/fisherman in Hawaii. I hope he will chime in. I think the hunters love them for hunting and I think for corrosion resistance in moist even salt water environs. Looks like a stout, tough, all around hunter butcher knife that folds up.

Good memory, Ivoryman. Although it's been a few years since I had any Gerber Gators, the local hunters and fishermen here still ask me if I have any more to trade every time they see me...they really liked that knife, especially the drop point fine edge model which was perfect for skinning the wild boars and scraping the hides. The Gator's fat, textured, soft rubbery handle provided excellent purchase even when covered with blood and slime. For a period of time there I was trading 3 or 4 Gators per week for all kinds of fresh produce such as: bananas, papayas, mangoes, pineapple, avocados, figs, macadamia nuts, lilikoi, lychee, poi, tomatoes, sweet potatoes as well as locally grown & roasted Kona coffee, grass fed beef, pork and of course whatever catch-of-the-day the fishermen showed up with. Some hunters even wanted to trade wild goat meat (which I tried...once...but just couldn't stomach--very tough with a strong "gamey" taste). The best deal I ever made was two Gerber Gators in exchange for 10 lbs of fresh sashimi-grade ahi tuna (which sells in the local fish market for about $25/lb).

garddogg56 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:42 am Cody them shell Imperial are good knives with great steel

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:30 pm thumbnail_20200718_155816.jpgthumbnail_20200718_155928.jpg

garddogg56 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:33 pm Up ta camp all week these were my go to carries

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:24 am Relaxing on the weekend with a touch of class: My Boker Barlow.

richard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:15 pm Marbles 1920 canoe knife.thanks to ryan . the april draw.
carrying it first time today.
i made the sheath. and belt.from old leather parts i had .

geocash wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 2:02 pm A 1976 Case #63047 Premium Stockman with CV & bone & a 1987 Winchester #W15 1924 Toothpick made by Queen with carbon & old bone:

Ivoryman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:30 pm thumbnail_20200718_155816.jpgthumbnail_20200718_155928.jpg

Tsar Bomba wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 1:19 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 3:24 am Relaxing on the weekend with a touch of class: My Boker Barlow.

I have the whittler from that particular Tang Stamp Series run, great little knife. If you ever get tired of that Barlow, let me know.

After 2 weeks of Case bone, I decided to switch it up a little and pocket some micarta.

Stanwade wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:25 pm Sweet EDCs guys! I just sharpened these four to carry the next few weeks... A Camillus boy scout knife, a Queen '76 barlow and two Sabre Japan barlows ..it's funny how your taste changes over the years... I used to dislike barlows for some reason .. now they're my favorite EDCs next to my trusty Cub scout knives..