All About Pocket Knives

I joined AAPK just a couple weeks after Jerry did in January 2009.Has with others he fixed my avatar for me .R.I.P old friend.

wlf wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:01 pm That Pc handled knife is very indicative of Jerry. I love that Glenn. Here's a pic I saved of Jerry and Dave at the Badger Show I believe.

Thanks for posting this. It reminded me of some better times that I really do miss._____Dave

He was a really good man...
Почивай в мир Джери!

How about Jerry's initials added to the others under the AAPK marquee?

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:09 pm How about Jerry's initials added to the others under the AAPK marquee?

The admin team is working on it David.......but thank you

bestgear wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:15 pm

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:09 pm How about Jerry's initials added to the others under the AAPK marquee?

The admin team is working on it David.......but thank you

Tom, could you please post the names that go with the initials?
Or lead me to where it's posted.

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:58 pm...could you please post the names that go with the initials?

bestgear wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:10 pm

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:58 pm...could you please post the names that go with the initials?

Thank you Tom

Thank you, Tom.

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:15 pm

bestgear wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:10 pm

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 5:58 pm...could you please post the names that go with the initials?

Thank you Tom

FRJ wrote: ↑Sun Feb 15, 2026 6:22 pm Thank you, Tom.

Tom, add my thank you to this.

Ray

David, Joe and Ray - you are most welcome!

On the chart Tom posted above, it shows the last post by Johnnie Fain made in 2015. That post would have been made by his widow who continued posting under his name from time to time. Johnnie passed away in 2009 sitting at his computer logged in to AAPK.

philco wrote: ↑Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:23 am On the chart Tom posted above, it shows the last post by Johnnie Fain made in 2015. That post would have been made by his widow who continued posting under his name from time to time. Johnnie passed away in 2009 sitting at his computer logged in to AAPK.

We should all be so lucky.

Ray

Went out to dinner this weekend of course. Had to take my LF&C from jerryd of course. BTW I had glennbad knock this down to a single blade for me. Same size as GEC 14

Jody looks like you’re living large.

I liked the names from the initials to.

I remembered Tom , Tank, and CC BILL more than the others.

I'm late to this thread. Very sorry to hear of Jerry's passing. He was always a pleasant person to talk with. I had a lot of respect for him. Condolences to his family and friends.

In the 2021 POS exchange I organized, I never received a box from the person assigned to me.
If you look at the thread for that, you see that an anonymous person sent me a package. That was Jerry, who had already sent a box that year to someone else.
It had a beautiful Case trapper in it. He claimed he never liked the pattern, which is probably true, but it was a very generous knife to send in a POS exchange.

Oh, Man. That is very sad news, indeed.

We never met, but he was a good friend.

I remember making a “Jar Head” comment to him one day that he took extremely well.

We are going to run out of room on the website header.

Kolvir wrote: ↑Fri Feb 20, 2026 7:44 pm In the 2021 POS exchange I organized, I never received a box from the person assigned to me.
If you look at the thread for that, you see that an anonymous person sent me a package. That was Jerry, who had already sent a box that year to someone else.
It had a beautiful Case trapper in it. He claimed he never liked the pattern, which is probably true, but it was a very generous knife to send in a POS exchange.

That was the Jerry. He liked knives and people here on the forum.

Bob

RIP Jerry

I'm just seeing this thread due to extenuating circumstances.

I was saddened to see that Jerry passed. He was, and is, one of the GREATS of AAPK. I recall, when I first joined AAPK, I only perused the threads for the first several months. Whenever I saw a post by Jerry, I incorrectly judged him as some old cantankerous dude who gave everyone a hard time. I didn't know how to interpret his character and personality. However, over the months, I realized that; "that's Jerry"...and that's who he is. Over the years, I gained a lot of respect for Jerry, for I discovered how his expertise on AAPK helped hundreds, if not thousands of other members, to learn how to navigate the forums, explain how to do this or that. Jerry was a "every knifers" guru that every member could rely on to guide them. I will miss his posts and his direct commoraderie with everyone...and I mean everyone.

Condolences to his loved ones and friends. May Jerry RIP.

Good Evening

It’s taken me almost 3 weeks to be able to read all of the posts on this thread. I am moved by all of the messages. I love my Dad very much and to see others had so much respect and love for him makes my heart smile. Thank you all for your memories and kind words. He loved AAPK and one of my “tasks on the grizzly list” (per Dad) was to login and let everyone know he passed. I didn’t have to do that because his buddies on this forum care. Thank you all.


Jerry Downen’s very proud daughter,
Jenni

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 3:32 am Good Evening

It’s taken me almost 3 weeks to be able to read all of the posts on this thread. I am moved by all of the messages. I love my Dad very much and to see others had so much respect and love for him makes my heart smile. Thank you all for your memories and kind words. He loved AAPK and one of my “tasks on the grizzly list” (per Dad) was to login and let everyone know he passed. I didn’t have to do that because his buddies on this forum care. Thank you all.


Jerry Downen’s very proud daughter,
Jenni

O, wow! Made my keyboard go all blurry. May God bless you girl.

Ray

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2026 3:32 am Good Evening

It’s taken me almost 3 weeks to be able to read all of the posts on this thread. I am moved by all of the messages. I love my Dad very much and to see others had so much respect and love for him makes my heart smile. Thank you all for your memories and kind words. He loved AAPK and one of my “tasks on the grizzly list” (per Dad) was to login and let everyone know he passed. I didn’t have to do that because his buddies on this forum care. Thank you all.


Jerry Downen’s very proud daughter,
Jenni

So sad for your loss. He was a valued member here. Take care.