All About Pocket Knives

Aimus Moses wrote:Tim or Jerry, are those Boker auto's blades made of 440C stainless steel like most of the stainless steel Boker Solingen Germany marked knives?

Aimus

Aimus, I'm Mr. Clueless when it comes to blade steels, however I did find this posted on a web site -- "Blade Steel: 420 Stainless"
and this on KnifeCenter.com -- "A bead blasted 3-3/8" hollow ground blade of 420 stainless steel, hardened to 54-55 Rc"

Aimus,
I don't know the answer to your question, maybe Ricky will chime in.

Nice knife cato


Tim

Scott,What is that lockback in that group??

I've should have learned by now to stay away from the knife display case in the local hardware store, but I just had to look and see what was behind the glass. The "Old Red" handles on this Case Pocket-Worn Mini Trapper just looked too nice to leave in the store; afterall, it could end up with someone who wouldn't appreciate it like I will (justification) - it's mine now.

Knice score Bruce!!

Nice mini-trapper, Old Hunter, that red pocket-worn bone is sweet!

Well, I decided $65 was reasonable for this knife so I picked one up. Should have gotten a user to go with it at that price. Tony Bose does great work and this knife rivals Case Classics if you ask me. I'll post some more pictures in the Case thread. Shepherd Hills has the best deal I could find.

That is a lot of pocketknife there Red Rider, great color too.

I love that 5 blade Case. Sweet! Here are my latest finds:
Western Cutlery Germany, long pull and look at that stag!
Next is from Sheffield made by Harrison Brothers & Howson Cutlers to His Majesty. Nice stag on this one too!
And last we have a High Carbon U.S.A.

Knice knives Randy!!

Thanks Scott! The high carbon jack is pretty cool. Its in very good shape and I think I am going to try it out as an EDC. But those two pen knives really got me excited! I believe that the Sheffield knife was made during the the reign of Edward the vii which according to what little research I have done dates to the early 1900's. The Western according to Goin's is dated to about the same time. Maybe that's why they look alike. Any one know when Camillus used the High Carbon Steel U.S.A tang stamp?

Randy, your High Carbon Steel equal end jack is very nice - jack knives are right up my alley. According to a listing I have in the 15th Ed. of Collector Knives by Price/Zalensky, that branding dates from 1928-1940 and were made by Camillus for Sears and/or Montgomery Wards.

Thank you Old Hunter. I put an edge on her last night and she's wicked sharp and riding in the front pocket today!

goldpan wrote:Thanks Scott! The high carbon jack is pretty cool. Its in very good shape and I think I am going to try it out as an EDC. But those two pen knives really got me excited! I believe that the Sheffield knife was made during the the reign of Edward the vii which according to what little research I have done dates to the early 1900's. The Western according to Goin's is dated to about the same time. Maybe that's why they look alike. Any one know when Camillus used the High Carbon Steel U.S.A tang stamp?

Randy -- Early 1900s is probably spot on for your knife. Those two are very similar to a 1916-1928 Baldwin green bone Senator I have.

And a 1907-1914 H Boker & Co's Improved Cutlery Senator I had. (Gone to the east coast now)

Nice knives everyone

This Ole Weidmannsheil and a Crane brand came today...........


Tim

Tim I love the handles on that Weidmannsheil and Crane is awesome! Jerry aint it funny how those knives all look similar and very cooool!

Randy

Thanks Randy,

I love the scales on your Western cutlery. I know there's a name for them but i can't think of it.

Tim

Randy - I'm not a big fan of small knives (under 3-1/2") but for some reason those Senators trip my trigger.

Tim - Depending on the size, most likely a Senator or Eisenhower.

The name of the handles Jerry

Tim

Oh.

Shuttin' up now boss.

It's OK Jerry

Tim

Had one of those great days out knifing today - found a place, tucked away off the main road, that was full of knives. I bought these four for a very reasonable amount of money and plan to go back next week and get some more. All of these are essentially NOS knives, pretty dirty, but never used that I can tell. The two stainless knives cleaned up to be nearly perfect (the Camillus fish knife and the Craftsman stockman) but the Case Appaloosa half whittler and the I*XL dogleg jack have carbon blades and have suffered from sitting around for years doing nothing - got some staining on them, but everything is intact and functions just fine; plenty of snap opening and closing. Cannot figure out what company made the Craftsman; the main clip blade looks more like an Old Cutler, nothing like the Schrade or Camillus knives I have to compare to. This sure is fun!

Nice haul OH

Love that Case Appaloosa half whittler

You now have yourself a new secret fishing hole Colonel. You're up for Super Sleuth of the Month. Great finds. That Craftsman anniversary is especially intriguing. I saw some handles like that recently. I want to say they were on one of the Austrailian's Schrade made knives but I could be wrong. What sticks in my memory was, what ever thread I saw them in, the handles had been advertised as being 'soft'. I could be way off base here. My mind plays a lot of tricks on me these days.

Jerry, you are right about the handles, they feel like rubber to me, wonder how they hold up. Australian Schrade - that is a new one on me, but the tang is marked USA. The place I went was amazing, full of little booths owned by different dealers; one guy had $40.00 to $50.00 per knife on some old Schrade OT's and Camillus Delrin handled knives, etc., (I mean 1990's era knives) and then on the other side I find this guys booth. I bought all four knives for $30.00 - that is the best deal I have ever gotten on used knives - I probably pay too much most of the time (I don't do the garage sale and flea market searches) these knives average my collection down just a little!