All About Pocket Knives

Any of you guys collect these?

I have just one. It's a cheap brass handled, Japan job I picked up a decade ago in a box lot I bought from SMKW. It's not even worth the time to dig it out of the cigar box of give aways to take a picture.

But you asked and I have one.

Sounds a lot like my only one...
Got it some 15 years ago. Since then Butterfly knives, or Batangas as they are usually called here, are no longer legal in my country...

Butterfly knives are illegal to carry, or I believe to even possess, here in Saskatchewan.

Dan

Here's a few:some old;some new;a couple unusual.

Who made the one in first pic all the way to the right?

glenn wrote:Who made the one in first pic all the way to the right?

Good question;those are all unmarked.Most of them came out of a collection I bought a LONG time ago;likely all of Philippine manufacture.

Was the knife in the center of the third pic made by Ken Largin of Kelgin knives? The knife on the far left of the first pic looks German...maybe Edward Zinn?

I have many of those same knives, including some of the Hemmings and Waltcos.

Roush428r wrote:Was the knife in the center of the third pic made by Ken Largin of Kelgin knives? The knife on the far left of the first pic looks German...maybe Edward Zinn?

I have many of those same knives, including some of the Hemmings and Waltcos.

Good call on the Kelgin;I didn't know that stood for Ken Largin.I've heard the name before but didn't connect it with that knife.

The stag scaled one is unmarked and appears to be of Philippine origin.I'm not sure if the red scaled ones are Waltco as they are unmarked as well.The all metal one is a Valor Ninja;the brown scaled one is a Taylor-Seto Manila Flder;the yellowish scaled one is a Frost Cutlery;the two all stainless ones are Benchmade Bali-SongsThe blue is the Hemming and the tiny ivoroid scaled one is marked,"Nippon"The rest are unmarked.

knife7knut wrote:

Roush428r wrote:Was the knife in the center of the third pic made by Ken Largin of Kelgin knives? The knife on the far left of the first pic looks German...maybe Edward Zinn?

I have many of those same knives, including some of the Hemmings and Waltcos.

Good call on the Kelgin;I didn't know that stood for Ken Largin.I've heard the name before but didn't connect it with that knife.

The stag scaled one is unmarked and appears to be of Philippine origin.I'm not sure if the red scaled ones are Waltco as they are unmarked as well.The all metal one is a Valor Ninja;the brown scaled one is a Taylor-Seto Manila Flder;the yellowish scaled one is a Frost Cutlery;the two all stainless ones are Benchmade Bali-SongsThe blue is the Hemming and the tiny ivoroid scaled one is marked,"Nippon"The rest are unmarked.

That Kelgin is a fairly high-dollar knife and probably the nicest bali I've ever handled. I've collected Kelgin knives for may years and mine was the only balisong I'd ever seen from him until now. The Hemmings have an interesting history as the Hemmings Bros. also invented the first automatic grinding machine. Some are still in use today! The red knives are almost certainly Waltcos.

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That Kelgin is a fairly high-dollar knife and probably the nicest bali I've ever handled. I've collected Kelgin knives for may years and mine was the only balisong I'd ever seen from him until now. The Hemmings have an interesting history as the Hemmings Bros. also invented the first automatic grinding machine. Some are still in use today! The red knives are almost certainly Waltcos.[/quote]

Thanks for the info;I wasn't aware that it had any value.Someone gave it to me a long time ago.The Hemming I got on e-Bay awhile back for relatively cheap money(about $15 as I recall).The others I have acquired through the years.

knife7knut wrote:

That Kelgin is a fairly high-dollar knife and probably the nicest bali I've ever handled. I've collected Kelgin knives for may years and mine was the only balisong I'd ever seen from him until now. The Hemmings have an interesting history as the Hemmings Bros. also invented the first automatic grinding machine. Some are still in use today! The red knives are almost certainly Waltcos.[/quote]

Thanks for the info;I wasn't aware that it had any value.Someone gave it to me a long time ago.[/quote]

If you'd like to pretend you're still not aware, I'll give you $50 for it! Actually, I bought mine within the past few years and I got it for under $40, as the seller didn't know what it was. Now my curiosity is piqued...I may call Ken and ask him when he made these, how many he made, and what they originally sold for. In the past he's been great about providing info on his knives and he loves to discuss them.

Here is a 1950s balisong from Sweden (Knivfabriken Gnosjö) and a Finnish Hackman.

The Swedish knife in the previous post looks somewhat familiar. Here are few of mine that I had nearby. The red knife in the photo with the Swedish knife is very similar to the Hackman but I haven't seen this particular knife before. It's marked "Allex".

Just what I needed -something else to collect!
I dont have any but some of those older ones look pretty cool!

I have "opted out" on these things. But do enjoy the pictures, and that's the closest I will get to one now I bet you can guess the rest of the story
I never knew they demanded such a high price until I researched them a while back!
Great looking collections guys!

................. Joe

Roush428r wrote:The Swedish knife in the previous post looks somewhat familiar. Here are few of mine that I had nearby. The red knife in the photo with the Swedish knife is very similar to the Hackman but I haven't seen this particular knife before. It's marked "Allex".

Nice balis, Roush428r!

Your knife from 'Knivfabriken" is the same as mine, the only difference is that yours is the model without the "bottle opener". They made different variations of this knife in the late 50s. There is an older version that looks pretty similar to the ones we have but the handles were hollow (folded metal) with black celluloid - not solid stainless handles. The older version also lacked the 'fish scaler'.

I have another one with white pearlex scales that is in beautiful condition. It will be featured in an article in a section about the "Knivfabriken" from "Gnosjö" - so I'm not posting the picture here.

I've never seen the red 'Allex'. I got my Hackman in a trade, don't know much about it.

Unmarked, stag handle.........