All About Pocket Knives

Open Range-19 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 2:15 am Early style of Channellock Pliers by Champion DeArment. Eventually changed their company name to Channellock after the success of their pliers:

Cool information.

The cool thing about these hard used pliers is they are:
OXWALL TOOL CO. FORGED
GERMANY-BRITISH ZONE

OSCAR wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:03 pm My favorite and most used tool. A limited edition beer opener made by Craftsman many years ago. I couldn’t make up my mind at the time but I am very glad I decided to buy it.

Love that beer opener!

Nice Channellocks!

Open Range-19 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 2:19 am The cool thing about these hard used pliers is they are:
OXWALL TOOL CO. FORGED
GERMANY-BRITISH ZONE

Sweet! Sometimes I buy tools just for the maker's mark... like I don't have too many tools already ...

OSCAR wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:03 pm My favorite and most used tool. A limited edition beer opener made by Craftsman many years ago. I couldn’t make up my mind at the time but I am very glad I decided to buy it.

That's my most used tool as well!

Unk wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 4:25 pm Bob Ross! That who owned it! There are no mistakes, just happy accidents!

I did put some mineral oil on it this past weekend. It did seem to hydrate the stag and also darkened the bark just a bit, which I like.

I think the darkened bark makes it "Pop" ... Hmmm What would Bob Ross say about that?

"Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning." -Bob Ross

Thanks dl, gsptp and unk. Knives, guns and tools have their attraction for us boomers.

Open Range-19 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:58 pm Thanks dl, gsptp and unk. Knives, guns and tools have their attraction for us boomers.

That they do!

I had a casualty in the shop yesterday. Accidently knocked my miter gauge off the table saw.

Cast metal and concrete don't mix well.

Nooooooooo!!!!! Noooooooo!!! ...

Dang, that’s a disappointment.

Does it run in a 3/4x3/8 straight slot? I have a spare I could send you.

Parker

catspa wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 3:17 pm Dang, that’s a disappointment.

Does it run in a 3/4x3/8 straight slot? I have a spare I could send you.

Parker

Thanks Parker, but I already ordered one from Amazon. Went with a Incra V27. Got good reviews, so we'll see how it does.

Okay, keep us posted.

Parker

Would the Flaming Bomb Stamp Make this a Military Used tool? Maybe WWII or before?

I think that is definitely a U.S. army ordnance mark. The Smith and Egge Manufacturing Co., - founded in 1874 - went out of business in 1932, so that would have to be WW1 or earlier. Very cool tool!

Some info on the company, with some advertisements showing the punch:

https://mycompanies.fandom.com/wiki/Smi ... ng_Company

Unk wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 11:36 pm I think that is definitely a U.S. army ordnance mark. The Smith and Egge Manufacturing Co., - founded in 1874 - went out of business in 1932, so that would have to be WW1 or earlier. Very cool tool!

Some info on the company, with some advertisements showing the punch:

https://mycompanies.fandom.com/wiki/Smi ... ng_Company

Thanks Unk! Maybe it was with the Calvery...? They would have lots of leather straps that might have needed to be punched.

The ordnanced marked leather punch is a nice find. I use a modern knock-off of it. Also enjoyed the vintage ads of the manufacturer.

Top Dog,

From Google: There were 52,137 draft mules and 9,240 pack mules used by the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during WW1, but not all of them came from the U.S. Nine thousand were from France, 16,600 came from Spain, and 6,800 came from England. Between 1914 and 1918, the US sent almost one million horses overseas, and another 182,000 were taken overseas with American troops.

I inherited this punch from my Uncle about 25 years ago. It is made by Sampson Tool Mfg Co from Newark, N.J. Not sure when it was made, but I am guessing 1930s to 1960s. The handles are solid cast metal.

I use this to punch a new hole in my belt on the very rare occasion that I lose weight.

Unk, appreciate your posts. That was alot of mules, horses and tack. Your leather punch looks like a solid chunk of a tool. Dug out my punch for it’s first photo op:

Open Range-19 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:44 am Unk, appreciate your posts. That was alot of mules, horses and tack. Your leather punch looks like a solid chunk of a tool. Dug out my punch for it’s first photo op:

Thanks OR. That's a nice old punch you got there.

Open Range-19 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:44 am Unk, appreciate your posts. That was alot of mules, horses and tack. Your leather punch looks like a solid chunk of a tool. Dug out my punch for it’s first photo op:

O.R. that is nice! I always buy "Made in England" when I can afford it (also Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Germany etc...etc...).

Here is an example of one made in England .... maybe a little embarrassing, but from England none the less)

Aside from the reference to the monarch , rather unique marking “BRITISH MADE”.

Open Range-19 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 4:25 am Aside from the reference to the monarch , rather unique marking “BRITISH MADE”.

Yeah, I have never seen the marking “BRITISH MADE” before.

British Standard Whitworth
Whitworth and BSF spanner markings refer to the bolt diameter, rather than the distance across the flats of the hexagon (A/F) as in other standards. Confusion can arise because each Whitworth hexagon was originally one size larger than that of the corresponding BSF fastener. This leads to instances where for example, a spanner marked 7⁄16 BSF is the same size as one marked 3⁄8 W. In both cases the spanner jaw width of 0.710 in, the width across the hexagon flat, is the same.


The name reminds of the Austin Powers movies:

A few I’ve restored recently and tools I use