All About Pocket Knives

Hey everyone doing the noob thing and introducing myself. Been into knives since I was a young boy, did the boy scout thing and my family was avid outdoors, hunting, fishing and whatnot. I'm military so I use knives almost daily for tasks and I'm never without a pocket knife. Grew up with Swiss Army knives but the Army introduced me to Benchmade so I am a huge fan and have recently started collecting old knifes from 1950s or before. Found the site on accident from a google search of Imperial tang markings trying to date a knife and was very happy with what I've found.

I'm currently stationed in Georgia, USA and am actually in the works of learning as much as I can about all knives and opening a store online doing used knives. I retire in 2 years and plan on making a physical store and carrying new and used kinda like a pawn shop for knives and some outdoor stuff. I hope to learn and contribute as much as I can here.

Thanks for putting together such a great community.

Howdy! Welcome Aboard, and THANK YOU for your service. Sounds like you'll fit right in.
Got plenty of former military here for 'ya

Georgia, huh.... Benning, Gordon or Stewart ???

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard. Grab a rack, stow your gear and get to posting.

What's your current rank?

Hi and welcome. I've been hanging around here for a couple years and have learned alot and even given my 2 cents worth a few times. You'll enjoy this site and you're gonna meet a great bunch of guys and even a few ladies. ____Dave

WolfSpring! Sounds like a plan, where do you hope to land when you retire?
Treefarmer

Hey WS, welcome to AAPK

Gordon, SFC and I will end up in Utah. Thank you for the warm welcome all.

WELCOME !

WolfSpring wrote:Gordon, SFC and I will end up in Utah. Thank you for the warm welcome all.

Thanks. Unless you complain, I'm gonna call you Gunny.

jerryd6818 wrote:

WolfSpring wrote:Gordon, SFC and I will end up in Utah. Thank you for the warm welcome all.

Thanks. Unless you complain, I'm gonna call you Gunny.

I'm Army though, not marine lol.

Welcome WS! Glad to have you aboard.

Thank you for your service.

WolfSpring wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:

WolfSpring wrote:Gordon, SFC and I will end up in Utah. Thank you for the warm welcome all.

Thanks. Unless you complain, I'm gonna call you Gunny.

I'm Army though, not marine lol.

I know but you're E-7 and wear the stripes. I was stationed at Ft. Bliss TX back in '64 going to HAWK CW Radar School. We had an SFC in our class, nice guy and I called him Gunny as sort of a joke but with respect. He never chastised me for that. If it offends you please don't hesitate to tell me.

In that case it's be honor not disrespect one of my greatest mentors was a Gunny.

There ya go. I (and most of the Marines I know) have a lot of respect for the ranks of Gunnery Sergeant, First Sergeant and Sergeant Major. They're the ones who actually run the Corps.

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