All About Pocket Knives

Wondering if anyone has any knife lapel pins lying around. I collect mainly Spyderco ones, and missing a few. These were mainly given away and blade / shot shows etc. If you have any in your drawer you want to sell or trade, please let me know!

In any case, maybe folks could post their pins or pin collections, would be fun to see what’s out there.

I’ll have to remember to check when I get home, but saw this one advertised recently….

Welcome to AAPK. I used to have a couple of knife tie clips. I passed them along a few years ago in one of AAPK’s POS swaps. Can’t recall who the lucky recipient was!

Ken

Thanks!

Here’s the current state of my Spyderco pin collection, still missing a few

alexirt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:00 am my Spyderco pin collection

I like it!

alexirt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:00 am Thanks!

Here’s the current state of my Spyderco pin collection, still missing a few


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Very cool collection

Just curious, were those marketed as lapel pins, or hat pins? Nowadays you don’t see many lapel pins but lots of hat pins.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:29 pm Just curious, were those marketed as lapel pins, or hat pins? Nowadays you don’t see many lapel pins but lots of hat pins.

Ken

Technically, they were never marketed, but rather given away for free by Spyderco - in shows, possibly with their packages etc.

With that said, the manufacturer marketed these and similar as:

FINE PEWTER
DOUBLE POSTED PIN
FOR YOUR HAT, VEST, TIE OR LAPEL

Thanks! That makes sense.

Maybe it’s different in the big cities but (at least around here) I rarely see folks wearing lapels. I see lots of hats, though. Our pastor wears a suit or sport coat jacket but otherwise what I see at church or elsewhere is “business casual” or casual. Limited to “lapels” equates to “rarely seen”.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:32 pm Thanks! That makes sense.

Maybe it’s different in the big cities but (at least around here) I rarely see folks wearing lapels. I see lots of hats, though. Our pastor wears a suit or sport coat jacket but otherwise what I see at church or elsewhere is “business casual” or casual. Limited to “lapels” equates to “rarely seen”.

Ken

Yep. My guess is that 99% of folks who got them put these in a drawer, with a small fraction of folks collecting/displaying them, and even a tinier fraction wearing them

A few.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:01 pmA few.

Why am I not surprised. Amazing little knives!

knife7knut wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:01 pmA few.

Nice!!

We call'em hat pins I've got several hat pins but to my knowledge this is the only knife shaped one,
It be a Buck.

This pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin arrived this morning in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. This pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin now becomes my first post under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin. However, as it turned out, it is a keeper. It now becomes the latest addition to my general, pocket knife ephemera collection. It is an UNBRANDED, approximately 3/4" X 1", pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin. The pin itself has NO markings on it at all. I DO NOT KNOW if the "butterfly clutch" (pin back) is original to the pin. Probably not, but who knows. It is stamped or marked "PAT. NO'S. (over) a five pointed star with ? in the center (over) STERLING (over) 2308412----2308424" This pin is in VERY GOOD condition. It did NOT need cleaning at all.
I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
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This pocket knife hat, lapel, or tie pin arrived this afternoon with a pocket knife that I bought. This pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin now becomes my most recent post under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the pocket knife to obtain this pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin. But, it did turn out to be a keeper. It now becomes the most recent addition to my general, pocket knife ephemera collection. It is a WESTERN, approximately 5/8" X 1 1/2", pocket knife hat, lapel, or tie pin. This pin is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need cleaning. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:30 pm This pocket knife hat, lapel, or tie pin arrived this afternoon with a pocket knife that I bought. This pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin now becomes my most recent post under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the pocket knife to obtain this pocket knife lapel, hat, or tie pin. But, it did turn out to be a keeper. It now becomes the most recent addition to my general, pocket knife ephemera collection. It is a WESTERN, approximately 5/8" X 1 1/2", pocket knife hat, lapel, or tie pin. This pin is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need cleaning. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Cool.

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 12:29 am Cool.....

Thank you, Floyd.