All About Pocket Knives

Yes fellas, My mistake... I have a Trapper on the hook atm but this one is the Stockman, and the SR IS Smooth Rose bone. I get a lot of comments on these SR handles. More so than most others except the real special bone or Stag.

Steve... Normally I would have to charge a fella for ecucation. At least a token amount but seeing as I owe a lot to this forum, and you already placed your 2 cents in... I owe you one sir! Thanks!!!

I'm still learnin', Ken. Just makin' sure I was getting it.

Heck, I typed it, and didn't spot it.

I HATE FLEABAY... I went nutz tonight.

A no name (Philippines?) Tanto w/ great file work, and handles, plus a wood scabbard .
A Western Fillet knife w/ sheath
A couple older Kershaws
A new Rough Rider, and something else... I forgot.

I like the Tanto for myself. The rest are all retail items for me. In fact the Western, and the RR are already sold.

Oh boy. I think I've got the bug.....!
Went ahead and ordered a Spyderco Salt 1Yellow StreightEdge for myself!
I can really only appreciate knives that can hold up to the test of time along the coast. H-1 steel is extremely sweet!
Must... resist... buying... more pocket knives!

BeastyArtemis wrote:Oh boy. I think I've got the bug.....!
Went ahead and ordered a Spyderco Salt 1Yellow StreightEdge for myself!
I can really only appreciate knives that can hold up to the test of time along the coast. H-1 steel is extremely sweet!
Must... resist... buying... more pocket knives!

Didn't you get the memo?

Ken: For some reason I couldn't enlarge your photos. But I have several Tantos and your looks very good. What is the handle material?

Quick Steel wrote:Ken: For some reason I couldn't enlarge your photos. But I have several Tantos and your looks very good. What is the handle material?

Garry, the pictures were that size when he posted them. As you have discovered, they won't enlarge.

The RR Tobacco bone liner lock Trapper is a Great knife. You could field dress a deer start to finish with ease with this knife. I know because i have done it.
kj

Quick Steel wrote:Ken: For some reason I couldn't enlarge your photos. But I have several Tantos and your looks very good. What is the handle material?

Sorry about the image size... I just grabbed them from the confirmation emails.
I bought the Tanto because it does look like a very well made knife, and my guess is 1970-1990. Just a guess. Here is the sellers description...

"Knife comes from the Philippines, or Malaysia. The knife handle is wood, and the scabbard is wood. The handle has hand file work all the way around it. This is a nice little tanto, no makers mark, which is the norm for Asian knives. The knife measures 7 1/2" long tip to tip. I don't know what the blade is made of."

I have to guess at the wood as well... Rosewood? Ironwood? Epay? Less than 30 bucks so nothing lost.



Joe, I don't know about dressing a deer but I do know a thing or three about un-dressing my dears...

I'm guessing Narra wood for that handle, but don't place any bets on that.

gsmith7158 wrote:

Steve Warden wrote:

americanedgetech wrote:One more...

CASE XX SR6347 1/2 SR Trapper.
I'm diggin' the smooth red bone case knives. There are still enough of them around to keep them affordable.

Pretty, but educate me.
I thought the 47 is a stockman pattern. The three blades lead me to that assumption, also.
I thought the trapper pattern to be a two bladed jack.

I'm thinking the SR stood for Satin Rose. Kind of a kissing cousin to appaloosa bone. Most definitely a stockman and not a trapper.

Smooth rose (bone). A few of them have been showing up lately (I think AmericanEdgeTech stumbled across a nice one the other week). Late late 1970s-early 1980s. I should get a group shot of mine when I have a moment. They're nice and you'll probably never find two with the same dye pattern.

And that is indeed a stockman, not a trapper.

Thanks T. for adding to the knowledge base.

There is soooo much I do not know about Case knives BUT I was told by a fella that makes his living on swapping, selling, trading knives that CASE IS the number one brand to deal in.
Personally I do not care for 90% of Case knives (seller be-ware) It is a pattern thing just like the fellas that do not like modern knives. Anyone can make a knife in any pattern.
Case has never done "it" for me. BUT these red bone handles, and the few Case Stags that I have seen are "A" number-Uno in my book.

Maybe it is due to market saturation, and the era that I grew up in (60-80's) but I never thought that a Case knife could command a royal fee.
My red,(SR) and stag collecting has just begun! Those handles do "IT" for me.

Forgot... sorry for double posting.
A few more that I picked up, and I need to know about this Case. Is this a DR. knife?

The other is a second RR knife that I bought last night. Same bone but a two blade trapper...

Quick Steel wrote:I'm guessing Narra wood for that handle, but don't place any bets on that.

Triple post... my bad!
If you want, I can send you this knife. Evaluate it, and decide if it is something you may want or not, and I will pay shipping both ways. Like a pre paid return box...
If you like it, I like folders. We can trade! PM me... I just buy what looks nice, and is fair on price.

americanedgetech wrote:Is this a DR. knife?

Yes. Usually two blades with the secondary a spatula, sometimes the secondary is a pen blade. Usually the cap end has bolsters, square across the end but sometimes it's a bare end like yours. Usually 3-5/8" closed but sometimes shorter. Not a typical Doctor's knife but still a Doctor's knife.

Here are some variations. The first is most common.

Thanks Jerry,
Now I have to ask... Is a DR's knife like a Fisherman's knife or a Cattlemans knife, where the pattern name is just a name or did Dr's actually buy them for use.
The idea of this scares me.

Edit:
Those are some BEAUTIFUL examples!!! I'm GREEN!!!

americanedgetech wrote:Thanks Jerry,
Now I have to ask... Is a DR's knife like a Fisherman's knife or a Cattlemans knife, where the pattern name is just a name or did Dr's actually buy them for use.
The idea of this scares me.

What is it about that that scares you?

Ken,
The book says the square end of the doctors knife was used to crush pills, the long slim blade could reach into a medicine vial. I guess yours is a 6185.
That's a fine lookin' Case knife, in my book!
Treefarmer

jerryd6818 wrote:

americanedgetech wrote:Thanks Jerry,
Now I have to ask... Is a DR's knife like a Fisherman's knife or a Cattlemans knife, where the pattern name is just a name or did Dr's actually buy them for use.
The idea of this scares me.

What is it about that that scares you?

Leeches, Bleeding, cutting, ect... My Grandmother spent 20 years in Grasslands, NY.. Doctors do not mean much to me.

I get the old days where an ingrown toe nail meant death to a traveler. I get it BUT I/WE live in a different time.
IF a Dr. used a knife to do Dr's work... I don't want it. Too freaky for me. Did Dr's use them or is it just a pattern?

This is another knife that I think slipped under the radar, and I'll be happy to trade it for anything.

treefarmer wrote:Ken,
The book says the square end of the doctors knife was used to crush pills, the long slim blade could reach into a medicine vial. I guess yours is a 6185.
That's a fine lookin' Case knife, in my book!
Treefarmer

That is some crazy stuff TF,
I can't figure why a Dr, would need a spatula?

The pill smashing end (I'll lick them all) makes sense.
I am thinking that doctors did not buy them any more than Congressmen bought Congressman knives. I just dislike titles, and I am trying to understand why patterns are named what they are.

Just 'cause?

Ohhh. Spatula,,, Sliding pills into a jar. Got it!
Pharmacists knife... no one knew how to spell it!

Now I get it

americanedgetech wrote:A few more that I picked up, and I need to know about this Case. Is this a DR. knife?

The other is a second RR knife that I bought last night. Same bone but a two blade trapper...

As Jerry pointed out, that's probably a USA-era 6185, though I believe most of those were bone and I think the pictured one might be brown Delrin (more common in the 1970s dot-era). The "jigging" looks too uniform in profile, like a few of the other synthetic "jigged" handles I have from Case, but the photo isn't clear enough to be positive either way. Regardless, that's a nice old knife you don't see much and I think you might find that doc knives have a way of getting under your skin. While I don't have anything to match Jerry's AGRs or his other beauties, I have developed a soft spot for the pattern. Doctors of years past actually used them as pillbusters, pill-cutters, and spatulas for pill bottles/dispensing (some even have a second or third spatula blade).

That RR is a nice one. I'm a fan of their smooth tobacco bone and the knives are cheap and well-made enough to warrant a niche in my accumulation. I have a dogbone jack in the same bone that gets EDC consideration.

Busy days...
This stag Praddel

Ohh this Paki damascus...

Edit:
I HAVE to say that I love little fixed blades. To me they are the revolvers of the knife world. Always there, and always reliable.

Nuther... Who knows whom this maker is?
John Thomson?
I'm thinking he is a modern "Forged in Fire " guy. Like always... just a guess...

Tsar Bomba wrote:

americanedgetech wrote:A few more that I picked up, and I need to know about this Case. Is this a DR. knife?

The other is a second RR knife that I bought last night. Same bone but a two blade trapper...

As Jerry pointed out, that's probably a USA-era 6185, though I believe most of those were bone and I think the pictured one might be brown Delrin (more common in the 1970s dot-era). The "jigging" looks too uniform in profile, like a few of the other synthetic "jigged" handles I have from Case, but the photo isn't clear enough to be positive either way. Regardless, that's a nice old knife you don't see much and I think you might find that doc knives have a way of getting under your skin. While I don't have anything to match Jerry's AGRs or his other beauties, I have developed a soft spot for the pattern. Doctors of years past actually used them as pillbusters, pill-cutters, and spatulas for pill bottles/dispensing (some even have a second or third spatula blade).

That RR is a nice one. I'm a fan of their smooth tobacco bone and the knives are cheap and well-made enough to warrant a niche in my accumulation. I have a dogbone jack in the same bone that gets EDC consideration.

This one? With the lanyard, and whistle?
I'm a BIG fan of their Tobacco bone. 12 bucks, and NOT Buck knives. 12 dollars!

Thanks for filling in on the Case because I figured it was a forgotten step kid. I'll post a picture of the tang when I get it (after I lick the smasher, and recover)

There are too many knives to learn...

Lovin' it all!!!

That's the same pattern in RR's sawcut brown bone. The smooth tobacco bone DBJ has the same acorn shield as the other knives in the series plus the same etch as the pictured knife. It's really an excellent size and complements a lot of my usual EDCs well. I really wish RR would release a Barlow in smooth tobacco bone.

That would be nice...
They make soooo many patterns/combos that I wouldn't be surprised if they took "requests".