All About Pocket Knives

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:45 am This one's on the way from Knifeaholic. Thanks for the deal, Steve..

Fairmount Cutlery equal end jack. Made by Camillus..Fairmount.jpg

Nice! I think I have a Camillus cattle knife that looks like it uses the same frame for three blades (74? I think)

Got the Fairmont cleaned up. This will make a great EDC.. Thanks Knifeaholic..

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:16 am Got the Fairmont cleaned up. This will make a great EDC.. Thanks Knifeaholic..

Nice Job! Looks great!

cody6268 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:15 am

TPK wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:37 pm Just as info, crossed arrows is a symbole of friendship.

https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/nativ ... symbol.htm

If anyone has an idea what the pictures on this knife represent I'd be glad to here it.
Thanks for looking friends!

Nice ones! Love the ornate handles.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:45 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:37 pm Just as info, crossed arrows is a symbole of friendship.

https://m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/nativ ... symbol.htm

If anyone has an idea what the pictures on this knife represent I'd be glad to here it.
Thanks for looking friends!

That's a pretty little knife TPK. Great desk knife!

Thanks for looking! Appreciate your comments guys!
I'm a sucker for small knives with a bail! Love to find a small Case with a bail some day!

TPK wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:28 am
I'm a sucker for small knives with a bail! Love to find a small Case with a bail some day!

Do you mean something similar to this?

toomanyknives, that one will dress up your pocket.

Jerry that is a very sweet little knife.

Tis indeed Floyd. I got it for the scissors. I wanted a quality small jack with scissors (not a SAK) and that one fit the bill quite nicely.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:16 am Got the Fairmont cleaned up. This will make a great EDC.. Thanks Knifeaholic..

That one really cleaned up nicely, looks to be a great EDC. I'm carrying Jeffin built Schrade USA jackknife today. OH

Thanks for the nice comments guys.. That Schrade is a winner, Old Hunter. Jeff does great work. That's a slick little case, Jerry!

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:52 am

TPK wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:28 am
I'm a sucker for small knives with a bail! Love to find a small Case with a bail some day!

Do you mean something similar to this?

A small Case with a bail & scissors! Man that's SWEET! Very nice knife Buddy!

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 6:11 pm

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:16 am Got the Fairmont cleaned up. This will make a great EDC.. Thanks Knifeaholic..

That one really cleaned up nicely, looks to be a great EDC. I'm carrying Jeffin built Schrade USA jackknife today. OH

VERY NICE LOOKING KNIFE!

I..., um, you know.

Amercan advertising, good condition, Hammer Brand "USA" stamp, talked him down to €17 shipped, it was a must have.

The "USA" looks like bold writing. Could be 1945-1955.

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Thanks for looking friends!

It appears to be a traveler. Congrats.

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:56 pm It appears to be a traveler. Congrats.

Thanks Floyd! It was like me, lost somewhere in Germany.

TPK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:01 pm

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:56 pm It appears to be a traveler. Congrats.

Thanks Floyd! It was like me, lost somewhere in Germany.

It is probably enjoying hearing English again.

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:14 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:01 pm

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:56 pm It appears to be a traveler. Congrats.

Thanks Floyd! It was like me, lost somewhere in Germany.

It is probably enjoying hearing English again.

LOL! This is the third old HOK knife I have bought with a company name on it as advertising. I then look online to see if I can find the company. Wouldn't it be cool to find a HOK knife from a real old company & then send it to them as a gift. A knife "Bomb". I know I'm strange but I think that would be a fun thing to do. But till now, I could never find a company with the exact same name as on the knives. Maybe it will happen some day.

I collect advertising knives (and belt buckles) but focus on my own regional area. That helps as both a source of information and quite often, a source of the knives themselves. I've often told owners/management of these companies--"If you ever do a knife up with your logo, let me know". Sometimes, that has paid off. The county Sheriff had a run of SAK-clones made up with his name and the agency phone no. on them, and I received one of them, as did my Granddad.

The good thing about it is, quite often, usually I know someone who worked at, or even owned the company. Years ago, I found a very nice Buck 301 for $15; marked "PMQC 1993" with a dragline shovel on the main blade at a pawn shop/surplus store here locally. I wracked my brain figuring out what "PMQC" meant. Then, it hit me a few hours later that "PMQC" meant "Pounding Mill Quarry Corporation", a group of three quarries owned for over a hundred years by the Hunter family; who sold it last year to a large Irish-based conglomerate who controls 75% of the quarry business in the US. Turns out, I ran into a guy whom I knew was a Pounding Mill retiree in Hardee's about the time I came to that conclusion (while I was eating lunch). Went to the car, got the knife, showed it to him, and he explained that every year, employees were given a dated knife with the company logo on it. I thought the pawnshop had other knives with that engraving, but I went back; only to find they were just beaten up cheap knives with no markings at all. The only problem is that those involved in those companies usually already have the knives, and quite often, were the ones who ordered them.

cody6268 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:43 pm I collect advertising knives (and belt buckles) but focus on my own regional area.

Cool story! Thanks for sharing that with us!

TPK wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:47 pm I..., um, you know.

Amercan advertising, good condition, Hammer Brand "USA" stamp, talked him down to €17 shipped, it was a must have.

The "USA" looks like bold writing. Could be 1945-1955.

viewtopic.php?t=21716

Thanks for looking friends!

Hey Tom ,nice old advertising knife! We live about 60 miles from Minneapolis, that thing sure has gone a long way to get over there . With the vertical USA does that indicate it’s made by Imperial? Seems that’s what have heard . Got several of those with 2 digit phone numbers, and one is from Standard oil in Minneapolis and the other Stanley Trucks in Wi. They were very popular pieces in there day .
Thanks for sharing that enjoy your day and stay safe.

Psssttt.... Tom....
"HOK knife" is redundant

Great to know being across the pond doesn't keep you from gathering up some wonderful knives!

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:36 pm Psssttt.... Tom....
"HOK knife" is redundant

Great to know being across the pond doesn't keep you from gathering up some wonderful knives!

Thanks Buddy!

This is the first ever Hammer Brand I have come across in my many, many years of collecting so it was almost a "must have" type of knife as it pleases me to have as many different American Branded knives as I can find over here.

Small ( 2 3/4 ) Coast knife with bone scales. €10 shipped. Not the "Ball Queen" but it should be a nice EDC.

Tom I’m thinking the COAST is a SFO for Coast to Coast Hardware (but I’m not sure). Looks like a decent pocketknife. OH

Very nice knife Tom. I think I have one stored somewhere in my collection.

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:04 pm Tom I’m thinking the COAST is a SFO for Coast to Coast Hardware (but I’m not sure). Looks like a decent pocketknife. OH

Thanks OH! Appreciate your comment!

Coast is a company from Portland, Oregon mostly known for making flashlights. They have over the years & still do also sell knives. The knives are contracted out & produced over seas. Used to be Ireland & Japan, but I guess now it's probably China. Was looking at a Coast flashlight just a few days ago in a hardware store over here & it was made in China. So I asked myself if they produce anything at all in Portland now days or just contract out all of their products. I have one other Coast Jack knife that I bought from the same seller many weeks ago. It was stamped with Ireland. The second Coast posted above is stamped with Japan. Here are a few pictures of the first Coast I bought.