All About Pocket Knives

That is a good lookin' Case there OH! And she showed ya some tough love right off the bat too! Making memories together already....

That's how ya know the wild ones...they bite back..

Nice one regardless!

Colonel, you need to post that in the "Cut Myself" thread.

That a boy Bruce......proud of ya....little blood in exchange for showing your excitement!!


Picked this itsy-bitsy up in last weeks haul....it would make a great neck knife!

found this little Queen pen knife.. 1935-55. Near Mint unused. Love it!

Gotta love the bone on that one, good catch!!

Nice Queen, John.

Very nice Queen - the tang stamp is pretty cool too. OH

I really like that Queen, John

Gorgeous knife bro!!

Based on your low post ount (only 19) I'm taking a shot here that you might be new to older collectible knives....with that in mind I'm going to suggest opening one blade all the way to relieve the pressur on the spring.
When both blades are on the same spring and opened at the "half-stop" point it places extra pressure on the spring and may lead to breaking.

I learned that here on AAPK just a few years ago when I delved into the vintage knife arena!

Move over and let me have a seat on the drool bench. I too think that Queen is a real beauty.

Very nice Queen, the stamp is very cool.

That is a nice old Queen, Accujohn!

TripleF wrote:Gorgeous knife bro!!
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When both blades are on the same spring and opened at the "half-stop" point it places extra pressure on the spring and may lead to breaking.
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I have read that too, but it seems that makers of knife display boxes do not know it. Recently I bought this Queen, and I am guessing that it has spent the past thirty odd years in this case. Some of the color from the liner material has leached over into the downside handle bone. No half stops, so the springs were at full tension. It still has good snap.

That's a well made knife!

I've never seen a nicer Queen! .......has a nice ring to it eh?

Here's 3 I found at the Flea market on Sunday.

Primble
Camillus 75th Anniversary Scout knife
Pal Utility(another one!)

rarreola wrote:That's a well made knife!

I agree, but I have taken it out of the case just in case!

Cattaraugus - great flea market finds! Now that the temps are cooler I need to start checking out my local flea market.

I think the "opening two blades on the same spring" comes from the CAMILLUS stainless steel military utility knife. With the U.S. utility, the spring did have a tendency to break. This is the knife I'm talking about:

Thanks! Never know what you may find Dinadan.
hey TJ,Those Knives really got used,I've seen quite a few of them really beat up.

Awesome scores dinadan and catt!!

Picked these up at garage sales today....

Goodness gracious dude you scored!

Thanks Dave!

Picked these beauts up at a garage sale today.....

Nice garage sale finds, Scott!

Very nice, Scott!

Thanks fellas!

I didn't show you this pile of imports.......