All About Pocket Knives

Hi Everyone,
I have just recently joined and realised I had not said gidday as yet,

I am Ozwelder and started as an apprentice Boilermaker welder and finished my career as a trade training teacher and, instructor.


I have this addiction to traditional folding knives. The combination of polished wood, steel, brass and other shiny stuff gets me every day.

I have been lusting after pocket knives for nearly 60 years and surprisingly only have managed to have collected about a 100 or so.

I hope to buy old knives and repair them. I was introduced to this forum by Brumby, an onya mate, for that.

This forum seems fairly unique as I have not found much info in other knife forums about the repair of old or damaged old traditional knives.

Thanks for having me here.

Ozwelder

Ozwelder wrote:Hi Everyone,
I have just recently joined and realised I had not said gidday as yet,

I am Ozwelder and started as an apprentice Boilermaker welder and finished my career as a trade training teacher and, instructor.


I have this addiction to traditional folding knives. The combination of polished wood, steel, brass and other shiny stuff gets me every day.

I have been lusting after pocket knives for nearly 60 years and surprisingly only have managed to have collected about a 100 or so.

I hope to buy old knives and repair them. I was introduced to this forum by Brumby, an onya mate, for that.

This forum seems fairly unique as I have not found much info in other knife forums about the repair of old or damaged old traditional knives.

Thanks for having me here.

Ozwelder

Well Ozwelder, welcome, inspite of dropping names like 'Brumby' we will let you stay any way. And there are some super knife mechanics here. It is a privilege to see their before and after pictures. Maybe you can post some of yours. Welcome, look forward to future post.

Welcome to the forum, Ozwelder.

Welcome! Glad you're here!!

Welcome Sir.

Welcome aboard. Any idea what shipping charges are from US to Australia? I have some broken knives from the latest collection I bought that I will have to figure out what I want to do with them one of these days.
Mark

Hello from California!! Glad to meet you Ozwelder. Hope you stay a while. Good bunch of guys here.

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Mike

Ozwelder, glad you'r with us mate. We can never have enough Australians.

Ozwelder wrote:Hi Everyone,
I have just recently joined and realised I had not said gidday as yet,

I am Ozwelder and started as an apprentice Boilermaker welder and finished my career as a trade training teacher and, instructor.


I have this addiction to traditional folding knives. The combination of polished wood, steel, brass and other shiny stuff gets me every day.

I have been lusting after pocket knives for nearly 60 years and surprisingly only have managed to have collected about a 100 or so.

I hope to buy old knives and repair them. I was introduced to this forum by Brumby, an onya mate, for that.

This forum seems fairly unique as I have not found much info in other knife forums about the repair of old or damaged old traditional knives.

Thanks for having me here.

Ozwelder

Hey mate. Gday from Gympie. Just joined myself and saw another aussie introduction. So what a surprise to find your a Boily. Like me. Live in Qld. Like me. And have a thing for old blades. Like me. Like you I too couldnt find anywhere Oz side that caters for the folding collector in the way of forums. I am however new to restoration and repair. Hope to learn a bit here.
Cheers