All About Pocket Knives

WOW! I love the old New England stuff!

^ I know you do. Me to

This one is very early, has a stamped blade and nicely aged stag handles.

Nice pruner and grafting knives guys,you know I like 'em.

Just noticed I never posted my Case 61011 trio- 2 XX era and 1 Tested. The worm grooved green bone on the Tested pruner is amazing.

Beautiful knives John.

Thanks, Lyle, great talking with you today.

Looks like you've been holding out on us Redrider. Great set of knives you have there.

Thanks, Phil.

Here's a well-used C. Leonard pruner.

Great name in horticulture Dave.That knife is probably in Leonard's catalogs at the Biodiversity Library link below..This is an amazing source of horticultural information,lots of catalogs,mostly seed and plants,but some of the larger firms sold knives.

Like the Peter Henderson farmers jack I have,which is shown here:
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... &start=345

Here's the link for the Biodiversity library,where I found that catalog:

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/sear ... nk#/titles

Thanks, guys.

Very cool links with lots of information. Thanks for posting them, Lyle!

My latest pruner.

That thing is sweet Mike.

There can't be many with the etch intact still floating around.

Thanks Phil I was really lucky to get this one.

A+ Mike.

I love the curves especially when they say something.

Some really great knives shown within this thread.
Here is a fairly rare automatic model by Flylock with a corresponding ad which reads "Flylock knife for the nurserymen, linesmen and linoleum cutters". Flylock had a pretty short run of barely over ten years from 1918 to 1929.

That's an amazing knife Mason.

wlf wrote:That's an amazing knife Mason.

I agree. I don't recall ever seeing one like it. Congratulations on owning that one.

Outstanding piece Mason , I`d not seen that ad before here`s some similar , they were to be "paratrooper knives" but not accepted,..... would make good pruning / linoleum cutters but will remain cased.

Mason wrote:Some really great knives shown within this thread.
Here is a fairly rare automatic model by Flylock with a corresponding ad which reads "Flylock knife for the nurserymen, linesmen and linoleum cutters". Flylock had a pretty short run of barely over ten years from 1918 to 1929.

Thanks all, and very nice pair of examples wiseguy.

Couple new additions, Wostenholm I*XL and Wade&Butcher XCD, the Wade&Butcher is not marked England so maybe pre 1890, unfortunately has been well used with little snap and some blade droop.

The old stag on those two knives is amazing.