All About Pocket Knives

Well, I was doing a little yard work and the Post Lady stopped by with this month's Knife World and right on front was this Case Trapper. So I decided it was "Break Time".

The first thing I thought of was ole Blade Runner, Yep.......He has been at it again

where is my postman?

Him, Lyle and the Kinkmeister are out back pastin' de jug and pickin'.

And I'm justa grinnin'

well tell my postman if he don't get going, mr. lovett and the next tejas gov. will find themselves a new podnah in crime.

Dog gone it 9ball, I haven't even received a copy yet and you already have yours. Well anyway this was one Friday the 13th that was pretty lucky. Hope you had a nice break from the yard work and enjoyed the article.
Gary

i finally got mine. it's a goodun'

if you read this, gary great article on second cut stag. very informative. i don't suppose you could show those knives to us here, in color? i'd sure like to see them again.

Thanks Johnnie, I'm glad you enjoyed the article. I will post three of the knives that I own. The rest belong to other collectors and I don't want to post them without their consent. Here is the Trapper that was on the cover, it has a muskrat blade.
Gary

Here's the burgandy/wine colore second cut stag, often marked with a 6 but not always.
Gary

Finally, Here is an example of the 1980's second cut stag, this one with the standard jigging style.

Take Care
Gary

Thanks for the pics. I really enjoyed the article in Knife World.

James

Well done, Gary.

And, thanks for sharing the pictures.

Bill

thanks gary, that was great, beautiful knives.

Once again Gary has provided us with an outstanding article on CASE knives. Congratulations. I found the information very valuable and no doubt others will too. I encourage others to take the "leap of faith" provide us with you insite and knowledge. The only way we can learn to continually update our info. Again, nice job on the article, I hope to see more from you Gary.

Thanks, James, Bill, Johnnie and David and to whoever else I haven't mentoned. David I not only hope to see more of your work I know I will because your knowledge is unsurpassed, look forward to you book and future articles.
Gary

Just got my copy the other day. Great article Gary. Thanks again for providing the knife community with great reading material

Bryan

Blade Runner or Gary ; The photos of your knives are SUPER.

I am waiting for Knife World to tell use What and How to take better photos. I want to get a camera real bad for Christmas. I do not know what to get yet. I have been waiting now for about 3 months for this to come out in Knife World. I can't remember who worked with this new up coming article. Was it Bryan?

If you know what is a real good camera to get can you tell us?
I don't want to buy one and then return it a month later to get the right one. From what I see you have the right camera. Can you tell us what you are using?

I see you are using the trick to hold your blades open.

Hi Justold52,

I believe Mark Z. from knife world is putting together the article you are referring to. ....I hope he is still planning on doing it anyways...?

I am also in need of help in this area bad. Real Bad

Gary's pictures are as good as they get IMO Not as impressive as those older second cut stag knives though

Bryan

Bryan, thank you for providing the place for us all to get together. I visit other forums, but this place is home. There's not a better bunch of folks anywhere.
Gary

OK Guys I might get in trouble here but I talked to Mark Zalesky the other day and I wont say exactly when, but his photography article is real close at hand and I mean real close so be watching Knife World. Justold52 my camera is a Kodak Z700 digital. You need one that has manual settings. There are alot of other good cameras too.
Take Care
Gary