All About Pocket Knives

Here's a nice old Buhl Sons swell center jack that has a few miles on it. They were a hardware in Detroit.

No attempt was made to grind the springs to the liners which are just shy of the springs. A money saving measure I guess.
A well made knife with good springs, half stops and no wobble. 3 3/4". Not a stamp you will see often.
Thanks for looking.

Beautiful old swell center jack!

Thank you, Mark. Any thoughts as to who made it.

Nice old knife!

No idea on who made it, but all of the Buhl and Sons knives I've seen seem to be of high quality.

Thank you, Randy.

Thanks again, Mark.

S-L-I-C-K. Man that's a good looking knife. Half-stops and no blade wobble? That's like winning the Sweepstakes!!

____________
Mike

What a beautiful knife! Is the wood really as orange-ish red as it appears in the pics? Fine old piece of cutlery there...

I like that one a lot. What's the closed length of it? Looks like Osage handles to me. I've got a Colonial with the unfinished liners/ backsprings.

Thanks, Mike - XX Case XX. It's true, there is a lot of wobble out there.

Mike - 313 Mike, thank you, actually I had my camera adjusted for some other shooting and it did affect the color of those knife handles.
I toned the camera down and took another picture. Glad you mentioned it. I didn't pay attention to the picture. SteelMyHeart85420, the knife is 3 3/4" closed. Colonial and Imperial and maybe others made knives like that. Thank you.

Just got this dandy 3 1/2" dogleg and was about to post under "hardware knives", but found this old thread from 2016, and decided to bring Joe's 8 year old post back to the forefront!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2024 6:14 pm Just.....

That sure is one GORGEOUS piece of pocket cutlery, Ike.
And KUDOS for reviving an old topic or thread!!

Wonderful knife!

Ike,

Ken

Thanks, Ike.
That's a great knife you have there.
Beautiful dogleg!
I'm glad you opened the hatch on that old thread the cob webs were getting unbearable.

Great looking knife Ike!! And Joe!!

Congratulations Ike.

wlf wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 12:59 pm Congratulations Ike.

You oughta see the Buhl Farmers Jacks I got too!

Thanks, Skip, Floyd, Ken, Joe, Kevin, and Lyle.

That's a beautiful dog leg, Ike. Reminds me of an Empire that I had at one point.

ObsidianEdge wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 8:25 pm That's a beautiful dog leg, Ike. Reminds me of an Empire that I had at one point.

Thanks, Mike!

That Empire memory sounds like a wistful one. I'm sure it was a looker!

Here is another Buhl doggie.

Here is another recent purchase Buhl, 3 1/2" of quality craftmanship, thanks Roger,

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 6:19 pm Here.....

Just simply GORGEOUS, Ike.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2024 6:19 pm Here is another recent purchase Buhl, 3 1/2" of quality craftmanship, thanks Roger,

Oh man, that thing is just beautiful.
It's got everything!
Good on you, Ike, you've got a special knife there.

You've raised the bar in another thread.