All About Pocket Knives

dlr110 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:06 pm Very nice knife Tom. I think I have one stored somewhere in my collection.

Thanks David! If you run across it sometime I'd be interested in what it is stamped with. USA? Ireland? Japan? China? Just curious.

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:23 pm

dlr110 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:06 pm Very nice knife Tom. I think I have one stored somewhere in my collection.

Thanks David! If you run across it sometime I'd be interested in what it is stamped with. USA? Ireland? Japan? China? Just curious.

Sorry, my mistake. The one in my collection that I was thinking about is a small Craftsman.

dlr110 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:59 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:23 pm

dlr110 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 4:06 pm Very nice knife Tom. I think I have one stored somewhere in my collection.

Thanks David! If you run across it sometime I'd be interested in what it is stamped with. USA? Ireland? Japan? China? Just curious.

Sorry, my mistake. The one in my collection that I was thinking about is a small Craftsman.

Ok, thanks for looking anyways David!

Just found a Coast Lock Back knife on the Bay. It is stamped with Taiwan. Guess ya just never know where a Coast knife was made untill ya see it's stamps.

Think I need to stay off the Bay for a while.
Just bought my first Rogers.
Edit: Richards
(I'm also a Vet. from Operation Dessert Shield. No dessert in the world can get past me!)
Description: 85mm, half stops, good snap, no play, patina, no rust.

If anyone knows an age or age timeframe on this one I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

Only thing I know about it is I like it.

Tom, thanks for the information - your COAST knives are a new line to me then. By the way, Ann (Zoogirl) is the expert on Richards of Sheffield, she has shown quite a few over the years. OH

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:19 pm

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.

There is an old American company Called Lodge, they make cast iron cook ware, they bought out another company from Portland, and took over their factory and still make cast iron cook ware there. Hope this answers your question about anything still made in Portland.

Tom...your COAST folders look great. Nice little pocketknives. Last July, I picked up a sweet COAST fixed blade from Scott (TripleF). It has stacked leather handle with aluminum pommel. The blade is approx. 4.5 - 5" long.

Old Hunter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:19 pm Tom, thanks for the information - your COAST knives are a new line to me then. By the way, Ann (Zoogirl) is the expert on Richards of Sheffield, she has shown quite a few over the years. OH

Thanks for the tip. Just sent her a PM and asked her if she knows how old it might be.

KLJ77 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:43 pm Tom...your COAST folders look great. Nice little pocketknives. Last July, I picked up a sweet COAST fixed blade from Scott (TripleF). It has stacked leather handle with aluminum pommel. The blade is approx. 4.5 - 5" long.

Thanks LJ!

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:40 pm Think I need to stay off the Bay for a while.
Just bought my first Rogers.
Edit: Richards
(I'm also a Vet. from Operation Dessert Shield. No dessert in the world can get past me!)
Description: 85mm, half stops, good snap, no play, patina, no rust.

If anyone knows an age or age timeframe on this one I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

Hey there Tom,nice looking Richards! Let us know what you find out about it. Do you collect Richards?
Like your Operation Dessert shield statement!! Can relate

Tom, unless I'm sadly mistaken (and I often am. Someone please correct me if I run off the rails with this one.) that Richards is a Loomfixer. You scored yourself a real beauty there. (plus that's the first Richards Loomfixer I've ever seen).

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:40 pm Think I need to stay off the Bay for a while.
Just bought my first Rogers.
Edit: Richards
(I'm also a Vet. from Operation Dessert Shield. No dessert in the world can get past me!)
Description: 85mm, half stops, good snap, no play, patina, no rust.

If anyone knows an age or age timeframe on this one I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

That's a real winner, TPK!!

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:41 pm Tom, unless I'm sadly mistaken (and I often am. Someone please correct me if I run off the rails with this one.) that Richards is a Loomfixer. You scored yourself a real beauty there. (plus that's the first Richards Loomfixer I've ever seen).

Wow! Cool! Hope your right! I always wanted to say I have a Loomfixer. It was a "buy it now" deal and when I saw it, it just got me excited so I jumped on it without giving myself much thinking time and then I thought..., "Oh you idiot, I bet you paid too much for this one!" It was €40 shipped. If it's really a "Loomfixer" then I recon I did ok.

Thanks for the Info Jerry! Appreciate it!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:08 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:40 pm Think I need to stay off the Bay for a while.
Just bought my first Rogers.
Edit: Richards
(I'm also a Vet. from Operation Dessert Shield. No dessert in the world can get past me!)
Description: 85mm, half stops, good snap, no play, patina, no rust.

If anyone knows an age or age timeframe on this one I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

That's a real winner, TPK!!

Thank You Sir!

Ripster wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:49 am

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:40 pm Think I need to stay off the Bay for a while.
Just bought my first Rogers.
Edit: Richards
(I'm also a Vet. from Operation Dessert Shield. No dessert in the world can get past me!)
Description: 85mm, half stops, good snap, no play, patina, no rust.

If anyone knows an age or age timeframe on this one I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

Hey there Tom,nice looking Richards! Let us know what you find out about it. Do you collect Richards?
Like your Operation Dessert shield statement!! Can relate

Thanks JP! I guess I don't qualify as a "collecter" of anything. I just accumulate stuff.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:41 pm Tom, unless I'm sadly mistaken (and I often am. Someone please correct me if I run off the rails with this one.) that Richards is a Loomfixer. You scored yourself a real beauty there. (plus that's the first Richards Loomfixer I've ever seen).

What is the difference between a "Loomfixer" and a "Swayback Jack"?

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:01 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:41 pm Tom, unless I'm sadly mistaken (and I often am. Someone please correct me if I run off the rails with this one.) that Richards is a Loomfixer. You scored yourself a real beauty there. (plus that's the first Richards Loomfixer I've ever seen).

What is the difference between a "Loomfixer" and a "Swayback Jack"?

The Coolness! You got me Q!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:01 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:41 pm Tom, unless I'm sadly mistaken (and I often am. Someone please correct me if I run off the rails with this one.) that Richards is a Loomfixer. You scored yourself a real beauty there. (plus that's the first Richards Loomfixer I've ever seen).

What is the difference between a "Loomfixer" and a "Swayback Jack"?

Maybe it's how much sway is in the back or the blade(s) installed. These two are Loomfixers & it appears they have a slight bit of "swayback". Stop asking such hard questions ~Q~. You're starting to prove my ignorance.

Actually, jerryd, it's my own ignorance (and laziness) that has been exposed. After posting my question, I did a little research (which I could just as easily have done before posting the question and exposing my ignorance and laziness). Turns out there's an entire thread (that's fairly recent, BTW) called "Loomfixer Love: Show them if ya got them"

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67836

I discovered:
1) that I'm not the first to ask this question,
2) the difference between a Loomfixer and a Swayback Jack is...nothing, really. Choice of nomenclature may be more of a regional thing or simply a matter of preference. However, just as all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares, so too might it be said that all Swayback Jacks (with a sheepfoot-style master blade) are Loomfixers but not all Loomfixers are Swayback Jacks. See...clear as mud!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:19 pm Actually, jerryd, it's my own ignorance (and laziness) that has been exposed. After posting my question, I did a little research (which I could just as easily have done before posting the question and exposing my ignorance and laziness). Turns out there's an entire thread (that's fairly recent, BTW) called "Loomfixer Love: Show them if ya got them"

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67836

I discovered:
1) that I'm not the first to ask this question,
2) the difference between a Loomfixer and a Swayback Jack is...nothing, really. Choice of nomenclature may be more of a regional thing or simply a matter of preference. However, just as all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares, so too might it be said that all Swayback Jacks (with a sheepfoot-style master blade) are Loomfixers but not all Loomfixers are Swayback Jacks. See...clear as mud!

Thanks for clearing that up!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:19 pm Actually, jerryd, it's my own ignorance (and laziness) that has been exposed. After posting my question, I did a little research (which I could just as easily have done before posting the question and exposing my ignorance and laziness). Turns out there's an entire thread (that's fairly recent, BTW) called "Loomfixer Love: Show them if ya got them"

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=67836

I discovered:
1) that I'm not the first to ask this question,
2) the difference between a Loomfixer and a Swayback Jack is...nothing, really. Choice of nomenclature may be more of a regional thing or simply a matter of preference. However, just as all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares, so too might it be said that all Swayback Jacks (with a sheepfoot-style master blade) are Loomfixers but not all Loomfixers are Swayback Jacks. See...clear as mud!

WHAT???

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:40 pm Think I need to stay off the Bay for a while.
Just bought my first Rogers.
Edit: Richards
(I'm also a Vet. from Operation Dessert Shield. No dessert in the world can get past me!)
Description: 85mm, half stops, good snap, no play, patina, no rust.

If anyone knows an age or age timeframe on this one I'd appreciate it! Thanks!

Wow! I just saw this. That’s amazing. Very nice knife!

Did it again! Had to have this one because..., (see what I can come up with)

But seriously, I had to have it because it reminds me of my dad. KS stands for Kelly Springfield. My father used to work at one of their factories in Cumberland, Maryland. He worked there for about 10 years. When they closed the factory, we moved to FL. He was always proud of having worked there. I guess it was the best job he ever had. I know he always talked posative about his time there. I also have a KS Tire ashtray that was one of my dad's prised possessions.

I remember that sometimes when he worked the night shift at KS, I would go with him to work on friday nights. He would go to work & I would sleep in his truck. Then on saturday morning, we would go to the flea market where he would sell stuff and I would roam around the flea market / livestock market all day. Then he would let me get something small like some marbles, a match box car, an old coin or maybe even a chicken. Good memories are getting my eyes wet.

Anyways, it's 76mm long. When I get it and we are no longer on lock down, I will have it engraved with his initials and dates ( R.E.D. 1947 - 2016 ) or something like that & then add it to my EDC's. I'm happy that I got it. I almost let it go but I would have kicked myself for a long time if I had passed it up.

Thanks for looking friends!