All About Pocket Knives

Since the passing of Johnnie Samples (johnnierotten) several members have said they would like to auction off a knife and give the money to Johnnie’s wife Lisa. I volunteered to run such an auction if the person would PM me with the info & pictures of the knife.
So far I have received PMs from 12 different people wanting to donate a knife to auction. I expect there will be more PM as well.

I intend to run these auctions about 5 at one time. In the past I have observed that if we run more than 5 auctions at one time, then the auctions take money away from one other. Of course the object here is to raise as much money as possible for Lisa to help with her expenses.

Here is how the auctions will work:

I will list the knives in the order in which I receive the pic of the knives via PM. The sellers have these knives and will mail them to the winner of each auction when it is confirmed that the payments have been received. If you want to include a $5 bill with your payment for the seller to help with the shipping, I have no doubt it would be appreciated.

1) When a winner has been declared for each auction, I will notify the winner with the address of where to send the payment.
2) For the sake of simplicity and security we are asking all payments be made by money order and made out Pay To The Order Of: Lisa Samples.
3) When I have received the money order for the auction I will notify the seller and give him/her the winner’s mailing address. At that point the seller will mail the knife to the winner.
4) At the conclusion of each set of auctions I will forward the money orders to Lisa.



This first knife up for auction is from Gino (gino). The auction is for a 2007 Case Stag Small Toothpick, in the tin. If anyone has questions about the knife Gino can describe it in more detail as he still has the knife.


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When The Auction Ends

This auction will end at 12 Noon, Pacific Time Friday June 21, 2013, if there have been no bids within 1 hours of that time. If there have been bids, the auction will continue until such time as there are no bids for 1 hour. At that time the high bidder will be declared the winner.

Payment by money order only please.
Make the money order payable to Lisa Samples.
Upon receipt of payment the knife will be shipped.


I want to say a personal word of “Thanks” to all the AAPK members who donated their knives for these auctions to remember Johnnie and to help Lisa. Also I would like to say “Thanks” to all of the AAPK members who are bidding on these knives.

The members of AAPK are the heart & soul of AAPK. It is because of your care and concern for one another that we are known as the “Friendliest knife forum on the web.” Your friendly attitude and genuine concern for each other makes this forum unique in the knife collecting world and makes it a place where people can form lifelong friendships as well as a place to share info and trade knives.

From the bottom of my heart I want to thank each of you for being a member and thank you for the contributions you each make to the AAPK family!

Dale Vincent
Administrator, AAPK

Like most members on here I had never met the man, but saw many of his posts. He must have been a very knowledgeable collector. I'm very sorry to learn of his passing. Is there a specific forum on this site where news on members is posted and updated? I'll bid $40.00 to start the knife off.

just bob wrote:Like most members on here I had never met the man, but saw many of his posts. He must have been a very knowledgeable collector. I'm very sorry to learn of his passing. Is there a specific forum on this site where news on members is posted and updated?

News or inquiries about members, their health or where abouts, etc are usually posted in the General Off Topic forum.
Thanks for getting the bidding started Bob!

I'll bid $50.00

Well the first round of auctions for Johnnie Samples is over.
This auction was won by Don (DRS).

I will send each winner instructions for payment via PM.
When the money orders are collected I will forward them to Lisa.

I would like to personally thank all of the AAPK members who have donated so generously to these auctions!
I would also like to thank the bidders and winners of these auctions who have given such generous bids, it really shows the caliber of character and the generosity of people who are members of AAPK!

God bless you all,
Dale Vincent

I also would like to thank all donaters, bidders and winners! And if the donaters and winners would please message me their addresses I would greatly appreciate it!

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