All About Pocket Knives

What are your favorite fixed blade knives that should be any collection? Here's a few of my choices.
1. Nessmuk
2. Kephart
3. Marbles Ideal
4. KaBar USMC
5. Buck 119
6. Camillus USN Survival
7 Schrade 148
8. Puukko
9. Bravo-1
10. Fallkniven F1

I think everyone should have at least one of each of these.

• Mark 2 Combat knife - Ka-Bar, Camillus, Case, Ontario, you pick
• A Randall - any pattern
• Jet Pilot's Survival knife
• Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife
• Marbles - Gladstone Michigan
• Buck - USA made any model
• Case - any model
• Western - any model
• Gerber Mk-I or MK-II
• Blackjack - Effingham
• Bark River - any model
• Edited to add -- Puma White Hunter (Thanks Rangerbluedog)

For general use like camping or an extended hike.
1. A large camp knife with an 8 or 9 inch convex ground blade.
2. A Bark River Bravo 1
3. Puukko
For collecting.
1. Older Marbles
2. Bob Loveless
3. Bill Moran
4. Custom puukkos

Here's what I have in Dry-dock. My Buck 119 is out in my tool box.
wazu013

I'd say the Bark River Bravo 1 is a modern day classic.

I'll leave the exact model up to each individuals taste (of course I don't mind sharing my favorites), but I would include one from each of these groups:

US issue bayonet or fighting knife (I'll take a M-1 bayonet and a M-3 Trench Knife).
Buck Knife (make mine a 105).
Case
Marbles
Randall (I like the #26)
Schrade (Sharpfinger)
Western (F66)

I'll leave out the custom knives because those are usually specific to a need.Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order.

Bench Made
Browning USA
Case
Cattaraugus
Garcia
Gerber
Hubertus
Kershaw Germany
Rigid
Puma

Three more:
Olcut
Ontario SP10
Smith & Wesson

jerryd6818 wrote:I think everyone should have at least one of each of these.

• Mark 2 Combat knife - Ka-Bar, Camillus, Case, Ontario, you pick
• A Randall - any pattern
• Jet Pilot's Survival knife
• Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife
• Marbles - Gladstone Michigan
• Buck - USA made any model
• Case - any model
• Western - any model
• Gerber Mk-I or MK-II
• Blackjack - Effingham
• Bark River - any model

What JerryD said - 'cept I'd eliminate the Marbles & Western and add:
John Ek Commando knife
Puma Great White Hunter
Boker pattern 015
oh, and a M3 (any maker)

Blue - I think they made some of those Ek knives in Effingham so the Blackjack covers it for me (although I wasn't thinking Ek when I listed that. )

I agree on the Puma White Hunter. I should add that to the list. In fact, I think I will.

Great knives and choices guys! I do agree the Bravo-1 is a classic as well and a must own. Those are some great German knives as well. And I have to have a Quartermaster ! Love that knife. Any suggestions on where to pick up one?

Love the Bark River, but I prefer the STS5 over the Bravo1

For me, it would be the 'Gunny' in green canvas Micarta.

The Gunny is a great EDC.

Did someone say fixed blades?

My top would be Buck, followed by vintage Marbles, then Case, Puma, Hen & Rooster (sneaking that one in there), then Ka-Bar, Solingen hunting knives like Anton Wengen's Othello and Ideal Shirt knives plus Edge Brand & Robert Klaas, then some classic military knives including Ontario and Cattaraugus. Yes, I like fixed blades a little.

Drooling here!

1967redrider wrote:Did someone say fixed blades?

My top would be Buck, followed by vintage Marbles, then Case, Puma, Hen & Rooster (sneaking that one in there), then Ka-Bar, Solingen hunting knives like Anton Wengen's Othello and Ideal Shirt knives plus Edge Brand & Robert Klaas, then some classic military knives including Ontario and Cattaraugus. Yes, I like fixed blades a little.

OK now WOW WOW WOW WOw Wow wow................

What a gorgeous set of knives Garddogg !!! Especially the Marble's Ideal's
Fixed blades make up 65% of my collection versus the folders
My top ones would be
98 Marble's Ideal (52/100B carbon steel)
Marble's Expert
Ruana
A unnamed pattern old KA-BAR (Union) from 1930's
and a old Case Knife-Axe combo I just can't leave to deer camp without
Stag
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Stagman;those fine knives arn't mine they are 1967 Redriders I was useing them in a quote.

Thanks guys! I have as much fun finding and collecting fixed blades as I do folders, even have a few hatchets and safety axes too. And one user machete I keep on my ATV.

See what happens when ya get old
Redrider has got compliments from me before on
his Marble's knives, he has the same collection likes
as myself...and that sure is a pretty group of knives !!!
Will

Great thread.
I will have to take some pics!

Wow, some great knives here, reflecting great taste and great folks. Here are 4 of mine. I may have more....

I will stay with eight favorites for now. BTW, my scanner doesn't understand when blades are mirror bright, but sometimes they are.

They are all nice

How long is the blade on the Remington?