All About Pocket Knives

Quick Steel wrote:I don't know how much .357 you shoot,

Not much. When you live in town, especially in a state with gun laws as restrictive as those for Illinois, you don't get much chance to shoot unless you know someone with some acreage or can afford to belong to a gun club. This is my second Mod. 19 (sold the first one in the mid-'80s) and I don't remember if I've even put a round through it since I bought it. My shooting experience was with the first one and I didn't put a ton of ammo through it.

Funny Jerry, here is a great hunting dog

Miller Bro`s wrote:Dale,

It's called a Last, not an Anvil, it is used in both making shoes and repairing them in the cobbling trade.

Yours looks to have been made around 1900-1930`s

Thank you Dimitri.
I figured someone here would know the proper terminology.

I have another one somewhere and the stand that holds it.
I wonder if anyone collects these things?
I would be open to trading it for something sharp.

orvet wrote:

Miller Bro`s wrote:Dale,

It's called a Last, not an Anvil, it is used in both making shoes and repairing them in the cobbling trade.

Yours looks to have been made around 1900-1930`s

Thank you Dimitri.
I figured someone here would know the proper terminology.

I have another one somewhere and the stand that holds it.
I wonder if anyone collects these things?
I would be open to trading it for something sharp.

Just re-handle it and put it in your store or on Ebay and advertise it as most rare shoe knife!!

Paulsvintage: That photo provided a laugh out loud moment. G. Shepherds are my favorite. This one is a clearly superior specimen.

Somebody posted an old, brass railroad key a while back. I had put these up but thought they might be worth showing. The old locks were buried. I found them with my metal detector. I got all 3 cleaned up and they actually still work great.

Left...Both shackle and steel key are stamped "T&P RR(Texas and Pacific)". Lock was made by Yale...

Center...Front of shackle is stamped "MO PAC(Missouri- Pacific)SWITCH". Back of shackle is stamped "fraim". Back of lock body is stamped, Pat./ Mar.5,/ 1929. Brass key is stamped "MOPAC".

Right...Front of shacle is stamped, "MOPAC RR". Back of shackle is stamped "SWITCH" and "1934". Badly worn brass key with RR stamped in it.

Of course the keys weren't found with the locks. The whole bunch of keys belonged to my Wife's Grandpaw that was an old railroader...

Kewl old locks!

tjmurphy wrote: Just re-handle it and put it in your store or on Ebay and advertise it as most rare shoe knife!!

Those locks are really neat Bill.
Is CCBill short for Choo Choo Bill?

They are nice locks. The elongated one on the left really has my attention.
I think the CC is for "coochie-coochie"

Dang T.J. You guessed it...
CC Bill...

this one is for FRJ...
turquoise spider lapel pin...navajo construction.

OOOH! Thanks for that Gringo, that is pretty neat. I really like turquoise.
I'll have to look up spiders and Navaho.

http://www.indianlegend.com/navajo/navajo_002.htm


enjoy...

sent a pm to you FRJ

Thank you Donald, I printed it. Will read it soon.

gringo wrote:jewelers use them a lot...sometimes bending over a large, or small, bench mounted vice is tedious.

I think I have a twin brother to that one somewhere in my junkberg.

Here is a buttonhook I picked up at an estate sale some time back.
I am not sure if it is bone or ivory. It is hard to tell on this one.

Beware the Moose!!

The odd couple. Mr. Greenjeans would not approve.

I'll bet the Captain isn't thinking kiddie show thoughts.

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Here's a cool pic my Sister took outside the Clubhouse ........I call them "Tucson Tulips"...

hummm..looks like that tulip is a male...


nice button hook dale

TripleF wrote:Beware the Moose!!

so there are moose in florida???

Old sKool lighter.


Anudder version.


What NOT to do in a crane.