All About Pocket Knives

This pocket knife is the latest addition to my "All Metal Handle Knives" collection. It's a GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, wire handle/frame, hawkbill pruner pocket knife. Although the blade tip appears bent, it isn't. It needed a very minor cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

Today I add this knife to my "general" pocket knife collection. I honestly don't know why I bought it, but I like it and it was only $5. Not including the working man's punishment fee and shipping. It's an unbranded, single blade, fork, bottle opener/cap lifter and corkscrew, take apart "hobo" pocket knife. It separates into two sides. The blade and corkscrew on one side and the fork with bottle opener/cap lifter on the other side. It can be assembled so the blade and fork open from the same end, or so the blade and fork open from opposite ends. The fork being closed locks the sides in place. The only marking or stamp says "STAINLESS STEEL." It could possibly have been made in the U.S.A., but I believe the country of origin is Japan. I could be wrong. It did not need any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

Skip, i have done the same thing, many times: neat knife, wow, low price, o.k. i'll buy it. I have lots of many metal handle 'neat knives'. I especially like ones with scissors that work, i.e. cut my thick fingernails.
kj

Back in the 1980's, I found a Mercator pocket knife under a house I was working on. That was my very first, all metal pocket knife that I owned. I made it one of my daily carry knives because, although it was beat to hell, it kept an edge. Some years later I decided to sell it and I did sell it, just prior to joining AAPK. After some time, I began to miss it. I recently decided to replace it and I did, with the Mercator pictured below. For what I paid, I have no complaints. It will be added to my daily carry rotation.

Interesting post, Skip. What is the size of this knife?

I knew nothing of Mercator, and did some quick research after your post. That looks like it would be a good, quality EDC for my purposes.I am putting a Mercator on my "watch list"....or maybe I should go crawl around under some houses nah, too old for that crap!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 5:31 am Interesting.....

Thank you Ike.
It's 4 3/8" closed and 7 7/8" open.
Neither is including the bail.
There are quite a few of them on eBay for around $25.

Today this pocket knife got added to my collection. It's a GEO SCHRADE, single blade with fish scaler, wire handle pocket knife. It needed very little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.

Today this pocket knife became my latest addition to my "All Metal Handle Knives" collection. It's a CAMILLUS, single blade, "WHAT-A-KNIFE" pocket knife. It didn't need any cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
This is NOT the same CAMILLUS, single blade, "WHAT-A-KNIFE" pocket knife that I posted on the previous page.

I posted this in the Robeson Forum this past week, but not everybody visits there and it is an all metal handle knife.

I came across it on Ebay. It has a high starting bid and may well get it as it has interest to Breweriana collectors as well as knife collectors. I've seen that happen before with a Robeson made Budweiser knife.

I find this 3 1/2" knife interesting in that the back of the master spear is the lifter portion of the built-in cap-lifter.

Wonder who thought of that?

On another Robeson all metal knife, that function is performed by an extension of the back-spring upon which the corkscrew rides.

Knife dates from 1911 - 1921, I think.

Charlie Noyes

I cannot recall seeing a knife handle with a cap lifter end. Rather rare i think.
Re: Mercator knife above: i have the same knife with a long lanyard and use it in the garden. Excellent knife, very sharp, edge holds very well and it is slim and light weight, very easy to carry.
kj

These two pocket knives definitely qualify for posting under this topic.
A 1949 (first 5 pictures) and a 1959 (last 5 pictures), CAMILLUS, single blade, 3 tool pocket knife.
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My latest all metal handle pocket knife, is this GEO. SCHRADE, single blade, hawkbill pocket knife. It still has, although VERY faint, the remains of an ATLAS BISON blade etch. I gave it a minor cleaning, took some pictures and here it is.
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This is a recent arrival to my all metal handle knives collection. It's a THE W & H CO. - USA - NEWARK NJ, single blade pocket knife. According to the GOINS book, "c 1870-1959 Whitehead & Hoag was founded in 1870. They went out of business about 1959. This was an advertising specialties firm; the knives were made for them by a variety of cutlery manufacturers." But with the advertising on the handles of the pocket knife, the date of manufacture can be narrowed down to circa 1930. There is a serial number(?) stamped into the handle. It looks like the last digit was originally stamped a "2" followed by the stamping of a "3" on top of it. It measures just a hair under 2 1/4" closed and just a hair over 3 1/4" open. It is completely magnetic. I don't collect advertising pocket knives per se, but besides being all metal, it advertises a bank during the depression era and I also have a direct connection with the town/city of Poughkeepsie, but not with a bank. It needed a bit of cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
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doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:55 pm

Thank you Floyd.

Here’s an oldie, Brooklyn NY company Lever Cutlery. Sterling handles have some dents but still a rare little knife. Not a switchblade but a lever opening knife.

Wow g, I don't think I have ever handled a lever opening knife. Would love to find one. Very sweet!

Very nice find, Mike!

I have this sterling handled Keen Kutter lobster. It is a salesman sample, also with an etched pattern number, but, was unfortunately the victim of some bad storage.

danno50 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:33 pm I.....

That's a NICE looking pocket knife Dan.
It's a shame that it was exposed to harmful elements.

Recently this pocket knife joined my all metal handle collection. It is one of my "GRAIL" pocket knives. It is a CASE, single blade pocket knife, with a cap lifter/bottle opener. I haven't decided if I'm going to replace the missing blade guard/spacer in the handle. This particular CASE pocket knife pattern was manufactured by Schrade in the Bridgeport, Connecticut plant. I gave it a minor cleaning, took some pictures and here it is. The last picture is from a 1934 catalog and explains the three CASE wire handle/frame patterns. Now to find the other two CASE patterns. They are pictured here: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3137&start=495#p879646

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Thanks guys, great knives Dan and Skip

galvanic1882 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:02 am Thanks.....

Thank you Mike.

Picked up this brass Remington easy open jack, love the fat spear.

I like everything about it. Great pick up.