All About Pocket Knives

I bought this at a flea market today. It was a two blade jack that looked like a hunk of rust instead of a knife. Anwya, I cleaned it up a little. Not all that interesting, except whats on the butt end. 4 perfectly cut notches in the spring. The owner must have did this. Now is the time to let our imaginations run wild. What did these 4 nothces represent? The number of perople he cut with it? the number of deer he killed? how many times he lost and found it? I love old knives like this. I think the man who put the notches in that spring would be happy to see his old knife got a new lease on life. the pic doesn't show the notches very well, but they were clearly intentionally put in there, and it wasn't factory.

That's the number of wives he had.

redferd wrote:That's the number of wives he had.

LOL

I like the wives idea. Any way... cleaned-up very nice. Looks like a good user. s-k

Maybe the number of children he had?

the number of wives he "had"

muskrat man wrote:the number of wives he "had"

Ahem 4.5 notches

maybe it is the number of times the blade has been replaced