All About Pocket Knives

Nice Buck Pinnah! The Opinel is sweet too.

Overcast and drizzly in the Baltimore area today. Been listening to "Asleep At The Wheel" in the truck. Slow day at work. Carrying my Gerber multi-tool and these two.

RFP-clipped


LFP


Oh yeah! And a small Victorinox SAK in the watch pocket.

jerryd6818 wrote:Your knife was very likely made in the '40s or '50s by Ulster

Thanks for the info, Jerry. By the way, that's an awesome assortment of swell-center stockmans you have.

Lately I have been carrying this Benchmade Ascent,
What I really enjoy about this knife is that it does not have steel liners and thus is very light. Plus with a blade that is 3 inches, and ATS-34 steel, you get quite a bit of cutting capability. While I know that most people like steel liners for there durability (I do as well) this is a great carrying knife because of the lack of them. It reminds me of the Gerber LST (another great lightweight knife), but with a larger, more durable blade on it. Because of it's light weight construction, I'm reluctant to really push it as I like it so much, but for the every day stuff it is fantastic.

Nice collection Jerry!!
Beechtree, I like the looks of that Benchmade, very slick!

I want a friend to see it at work today.

Carrying one of my standard packages today. This combination of knives seems to be my current favorite.

Charlie, I think with that combination you have most situations covered. Anything you couldn't handle with that set would probably need a rather large Bowie or a short sword...

If I owned those Squach they would get some EDC time but I don't so these will have to do ::shrug::AN old Walter & Co in the pocket with this Kershaw clipped in the other pocket the Schrade ST2 rides in the watch pocket.. The old Walter is going to the old man in Northern Maine to be researched normally I don't carry her

smokepole wrote:Charlie, I think with that combination you have most situations covered. Anything you couldn't handle with that set would probably need a rather large Bowie or a short sword...

I keep my Randall Gilbreath Bowie in the map pouch of my truck and a Gerber machete in the tool box. Having been a Boy Scout and a Scoutmaster, I tend to be prepared!!! There's also a bow-saw and a camp axe in the tool bin under the back seat! I'm not over-doing it am I?

garddogg56 wrote:If I owned those Squach they would get some EDC time but I don't so these will have to do ::shrug::AN old Walter & Co in the pocket with this Kershaw clipped in the other pocket the Schrade ST2 rides in the watch pocket.. The old Walter is going to the old man in Northern Maine to be researched normally I don't carry her

Looks like those "will do" very nicely!! That old Walter & Co. jack is a real keeper!! The Kershaw is a tried and true workhorse......no doubt.

As you know, I've picked up the two GEC knives since I started posting here. I have really fallen in love with them and find it hard to rotate my EDCs as often as I used to!

Thanks Smoke. Thanks Dave. I'm up to 18 of them now Dave and still wanting more. It's getting down to a better one of this one or that one and oh, isn't that a tang stamp I don't have. I think I'm ready for a trip to rehab.

Thanx Sasquach,I gut to get me some GEC just can't make up my mind Every time I get some xtra bucks I go and buy a Buck or something old

Thanks SP, its a good knife.
I really like that big Tidiuote in the back pocket Squach, thats a SWEET carrier.

garddogg56 wrote:Thanx Sasquach,I gut to get me some GEC just can't make up my mind Every time I get some xtra bucks I go and buy a Buck or something old

Nothin' wrong with buyin' old knives! You'll buy a GEC when you're ready, it just takes the rite circumstances.

Beechtree wrote:Thanks SP, its a good knife.
I really like that big Tidiuote in the back pocket Squach, thats a SWEET carrier.

Here's a better look. I purchased the horizontal sheath separately.

That......is NICE!
Any idea what the wood is?

It's bocote, aka Mexican Rosewood.

Im stickin with this for the last few days

I can easily see why you would Gino! That is sweet!

I am a creature of habit, so the Sheffield Jack has RFP for the week.

Thanks Dave!

I am gonna carry this one tomorrow and have it in my pocket now. I found myself needing a screw driver a few times in the last couple days so I am going back to this for a bit.

I could see a use or three for that knife!

Just Plain Dave wrote:I could see a pint or three for that knife!

Fixed your typo for you

Wow Gino those are nice knives,I'm digging the black one

Gino, every time you show that #85 I just want to cry.....

Got this one in the mail a couple of days ago and it is already riding left front as an EDC - just waiting for some new scales:







If I decide to go with giraffe bone scales I'll probably take it apart this week and redo it. I might get some bone from Culpepper's though, in which case I'll have to wait a bit. For now I am just enjoying it - and the edge that the good old 1095 takes!

Just one man's opinion but I think the Culpeppers would be worth the wait.