All About Pocket Knives

Today I'm adding these four pocket knives to my collection. All four are GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, wire handle/wire frame pocket knives. One is a hawkbill pruner and it has a blade etch (CORONA). All four were part of a group that I purchased (last picture). The spoon is NOT an original for the utensil kit. It is a monogrammed baby spoon. All four knives, actually everything needed a good cleaning. I cleaned what I could, took some pictures and here are the knives.

Today I'm adding these four pocket knives to my collection. Unlike the four wire handle/wire frame pocket knives I posted yesterday (previous post), these four pocket knives are the "big" boys. All four are GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, wire handle/wire frame pocket knives. Two of the knives have fish scalers on the spine and one knife doesn't have the "notches" in the handle/frame. All four knives needed some degree of cleaning. I cleaned what I could, took some pictures and here are the knives.

It's been awhile since my last group picture, the group has grown. An up-to-date group picture will be posted soon.

Group pictures time. These are all the wire handle/wire frame pocket knives that I've collected (so far). Included are the eight most recent wire handle/wire frame pocket knives that I've acquired and that I've posted the last couple of days (my two previous posts).

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:08 pm Group pictures time. These are all the wire handle/wire frame pocket knives that I've collected (so far). Included are the eight most recent wire handle/wire frame pocket knives that I've acquired and that I've posted the last couple of days (my two previous posts).

WOW.......just WOW!! Super Nice

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:15 am WOW.......

Thank you Smitty.

Magnificent group Skip. I pale in comparison. Someone could end up with a near complete pattern collection if they had these.

joeradza wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:42 pm Magnificent group.....

Thank you joeradza.

Both of you fellows are doing good. That one for explosives is always the eye catcher.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:49 pm Both of you fellows are doing good. That one for explosives is always the eye catcher.

And it's like new

Today I'm adding this pocket knife to my collection. It is ONE of my HOLY GRAIL knives. It's a GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, hawkbill, wire frame/handle pocket knife. It has a COPPER BLADE. Why a COPPER BLADE? Here is what Mr. Bill Schrade has to say about it.

bill schrade wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 4:10 pm Hi guys,
FYI those copper blades were made of Beryllium Copper. It was also used to make the springs in automatic knives. Beryllium dust is a known carcinogen and causes damage to lungs, liver and kidneys. It's safe in solid state. Blades of Beryllium Copper and Brass were used in the blasting field as they didn't spark causing an accidental explosion.

I gave the handles a little cleaning, took a few pictures and here it is.

***** A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to joeradza for selling me this particular knife. THANK YOU! *****

Wowsers Skip!!! Congrats!!?

It belongs in a collection Skip. I can't hog them all. Enjoy it.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:18 pm Wowsers Skip.....

Thank you Floyd.

joeradza wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:42 pm It belongs.....

Thank you again joeradza.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:11 pm Today I'm adding this pocket knife to my collection. It is ONE of my HOLY GRAIL knives. It's a GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, hawkbill, wire frame/handle pocket knife. It has a COPPER BLADE. Why a COPPER BLADE? Here is what Mr. Bill Schrade has to say about it.

bill schrade wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 4:10 pm Hi guys,
FYI those copper blades were made of Beryllium Copper. It was also used to make the springs in automatic knives. Beryllium dust is a known carcinogen and causes damage to lungs, liver and kidneys. It's safe in solid state. Blades of Beryllium Copper and Brass were used in the blasting field as they didn't spark causing an accidental explosion.

I gave the handles a little cleaning, took a few pictures and here it is.

***** A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to joeradza for selling me this particular knife. THANK YOU! *****

Very nice. Congrats on the addition!!

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:51 pm Very nice. Congrats on the addition!!

Thank you Smitty. Two "Grails" down, one to go.

Very interesting. Nice group. Thanks, J.O'.

'Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.'

joeradza wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:00 pm 'Perfection....."

BEAUTY joeradza!

Very knice my philosopher friend.

doglegg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:11 pm Very knice my philosopher friend.

I wish I was that insightful Skip. It's by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

joeradza wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:44 pm

doglegg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:11 pm Very knice my philosopher friend.

I wish I was that insightful Skip. It's by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

joeradza, that was doglegg.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:34 pm

joeradza wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:44 pm

doglegg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:11 pm Very knice my philosopher friend.

I wish I was that insightful Skip. It's by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

joeradza, that was doglegg.

I should've used a translation app.

joeradza wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:00 pm 'Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.'

Sweet!!

Today I've added this GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, wire frame/handle pocket knife to my collection. I am calling this particular pocket knife "The Mutant." I was doing my normal scrolling through page after page of pocket knives, looking for any type or pattern that I collect. This pocket knife made me do a double take and a pretty loud, W.T.F!! Something about it didn't look quite right. So, I bought it. Now that I have it and can examine it more closely, I'm 99.99% sure that the blade is from a completely different Schrade, non-wire frame/handle pocket knife. Maybe it's a wire frame/handle pattern pocket knife that I'm not familiar with, but I doubt it. I have compared it to every Geo. Schrade wire frame/handle pocket knife that I have. I can eliminate the Geo. Schrade, Scout utensil kit knives, as none of them have a nail nick. I can eliminate the Geo. Schrade pocket knife with the fish scaler on the spine. I can eliminate the Geo. Schrade pocket knives with the shorter handles, such as the hawkbill pruner. Also, the nail nick on this blade is very short/small (3/8") compared to the other nail nicks. It's obvious that the blade has been reshaped. Yes, it's ugly, it's grotesque and it's a welcome addition to my collection. So, what Geo. Schrade pocket knife was this blade originally a part of?

Here are my other other wire frame/handle pocket knives for comparison.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3137&start=435#p846269

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:22 pm Today I've added this GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, wire handle pocket knife to my collection. I am calling this particular pocket knife "The Mutant." I was doing my normal scrolling through page after page of pocket knives, looking for any type or pattern that I collect. This pocket knife made me do a double take and a pretty loud, W.T.F!! Something about it didn't look quite right. So, I bought it. Now that I have it and can examine it more closely, I'm 99.99% sure that the blade is from a completely different Schrade, non-wire frame/handle pocket knife. Maybe it's a wire frame/handle pattern pocket knife that I'm not familiar with, but I doubt it. I have compared it to every wire frame/handle pocket knife that I have (not the Scout utensil kit knives). I can eliminate the pocket knife with the fish scaler on the spine. I can eliminate the pocket knives with the shorter handles, such as the hawkbill pruner. Also, the nail nick on this blade is very short/small compared to the other nail nicks. It's obvious that the blade has been reshaped. Yes, it's ugly, it's grotesque and it's a welcome addition to my collection. So, what Schrade pocket knife was this blade originally a part of?

Here are my other other wire frame/handle pocket knives for comparison.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3137&start=435#p846269

Maybe, the blade got broken off and someone reshaped what was left of the blade.
Just guessing.

Beautiful knife Skip! LOL! Hey, it's original right? Nice find my friend!