Post a Picture of a Traditional Pocketknife

[kwselke]

My thoughts are traditional means two hand opener without a pocket clip, and maybe include multiple blades. I believe some exclude stainless steel, locking blades, one hand opening, and pockets clips. Hey, knives are mostly tools and very primitive weapons at best so here's some of what I have.

A Shrade Old Timer slip joint hunter dating to the early 1970s. USA made with carbon steel. Pictured with an A.G. Russell slip joint pill splitter. Japanese made with VG-10 stainless steel.

A Fox spear point lockback. Italian made of 440 C stainless. A Case Mini-Copperlock. USA made with Case's proprietary CV a carbon steel. A Buck 503 Prince. USA made with 420 HC stainless.

What I had in my pockets when I first read this post was a Spyderco Positron. Taiwanese made flipper. USA made Crucible CPM-S30V stainless blade steel. Carbon fiber handle/scales, and I have no idea of the source country of the carbon fiber. I also was carrying a Spyderco Manbug on my house key ring. The Manbug is Japanese made with a fiberglass reinforced nylon handle. The blade steel, HAP-40, is a laminate made by Japan's Hitachi. It has carbon tool steel core and cutting edge with a softer more rust resistant outer layer of 410 stainless.

Traditional in my mind is sharp and pointy, I do not get too hung up on when the first cutting tool was created.

 

[les.b]

Here's an "Uncle Henry", one of the older ones, that I carry about every day. It's hanging out with my Baby Chief and a 1970s Regulation Police...good company!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Marshwheeling]

Sodbusters, Opinels, Moras, yellow knives

 

[Chubbo]

QUIT FISH’IN!!!??? I did not think profane utterances were allowed on this forum!?

John:

You wouldn't even believe some of the things, I've had to give up, in the last year or so. It's even got me looking forward to "Givin' up Livin' ".

Chubbo

 

[Marshwheeling]

Victorinox Mauser German army knife.

 

[gregintenn]

Here's a few.

 

[loc n load]

At this stage of life, trade the corkscrew for a metal file.

At this stage of my life, I still pull a cork occasionally. But usually don’t need a corkscrew to accomplish that. So the metal file would be fine. Cheers.

 

[Loyaljeeper]

 

[nachogrande]

HAD ONE TOO...

This old KA-BAR "Fish'in" was part of the tackle in my fish'in tackle box, for about 65 years, until I quit fish'in.

Chubbo

NEVER used that one useless "blade" to scale a fish, or remove a hook. A Marlin spike would make more sense for a fishing/boating type knife IMO.

 

[Chubbo]

Ultimate Uses

This one, the "Victorinox Swiss Champ Deluxe SOS Kit", puts all other knife offerings to shame with it's number of uses, and accessories to do them with. I've had this one for 33 years, and haven't used 10% of it's blades, gewgaws, hoopykacks, and accessories, or found many emergency applications that it couldn't handle, within reason.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

NEVER used that one useless "blade" to scale a fish, or remove a hook. A Marlin spike would make more sense for a fishing/boating type knife IMO.

Marlin Spike?
On a knife?
This is stock photo.
But I do have some in my Mil Collection.
US Navy issue.

 

[nachogrande]

I STILL HAVE DAD'S

Marlin Spike?
On a knife?
This is stock photo.
But I do have some in my Mil Collection.
US Navy issue.

A thin, easy to pocket carry "Currey Lockspike Bo'sun". The marlin spike comes in handy for more than knots/rigging. Putting a vent hole in the top of a beer can, +1.

 

[shouldazagged]

I've carried at least one knife every day for seventy-two years, and can't imagine being without one.

Almost all of the ones I've owned have been traditional slipjoint designs with carbon steel blades. There have been Case, Camillus, Moore Maker, Cold Steel's Country Classics in Carbon V, Buck, Queen City, Henckels, Böker, and lots of Schrade Old Timers. There have also been Victorinox Swiss Army knives and Opinels (carbon steel).

Over the years I've found myself more and more attached to the real, U.S.A.-made Schrades, and coming back to them. If I could only have one traditional pocketknife it would be the U.S. built Old Timer 8OT, the four-inch-closed stockman. I frequently carried the metal-scaled SAK that actually was issued to the Swiss army troops for a long time. That was for the tools, especially the fine awl, which I used a lot for scraping wire insulation, punching holes in leather, etc.

Now, with the hand problems I've so often mentioned on these pages, I have serious difficulty opening a slipjoint knife that has decent springs. For a long time I carried a SAK with a SOG Flash II assisted opener or, more often, a Spyderco Endura. I still carry the Endura frequently, but lately have dropped a Kershaw OSO Sweet assisted opener in a front pocket or clipped in a hip pocket.

Getting old and arthritic is a whippin', but thank goodness for one-hand-opening knives. They protect me from the unthinkable heresy of not carrying one I can use.

 

[garddogg56]

EDC a Case 35 1/2 prettiest a Bulldog sowbelly in stag scales

 

[jbtrucker]

One of my grandpas 1960's top( still very sharp) and dads 1970's and the Medium Stockman? dad gave me sometime 1980's . Pearl handled Imperial found walking to school . I carry dads and the Imperial sometimes. My dad and Pa' had several knives given away to cousins and nephews. Updated my post with new CRKT for my birthday , found a heavy Old Timer I had packed away

 

[M29since14]

Here's an "Uncle Henry", one of the older ones, that I carry about every day. It's hanging out with my Baby Chief...

Les, the Uncle Henry pattern you show (I don’t know what it’s called) I remember was the favorite of my Grandpa, who will forever bear the burden of instilling in me my fondness, perhaps an inordinate fondness (), of the 1911 .45 Automatic. A year or so ago a widow bought a small box of pocketknives into the local gunshop to dispose of. In it was a like-new Uncle Henry just like yours, and Grandpa’s, which I promptly bought for my son. He was too young to remember his Great-Grandpa, so maybe some day if he thinks about it the knife will mean something to him.

 

[DJINCO]

I have had one most of my life. My first was probably a Cub Scout pocket knife.
I even carried my pocket knife with me when I visited the Soviet Union in 1976.
I remember the very stoic customs officer asking me if I thought that I could kill someone with my pocket knife. I stumbled, and then he laughed and gave it back to me. I was 16, almost 17.
Old Hickory, Schrade, Case, Wegner, Victorinox. Now I carry a Spiderco folder and a Victorinox; one in each front pocket.
Truly my EDC.

 

[shouldazagged]

Les, the Uncle Henry pattern you show (I don’t know what it’s called) I remember was the favorite of my Grandpa, who will forever bear the burden of instilling in me my fondness, perhaps an inordinate fondness (), of the 1911 .45 Automatic. A year or so ago a widow bought a small box of pocketknives into the local gunshop to dispose of. In it was a like-new Uncle Henry just like yours, and Grandpa’s, which I promptly bought for my son. He was too young to remember his Great-Grandpa, so maybe some day if he thinks about it the knife will mean something to him.

I think that model is a medium serpentine stockman, but I don't recall the UH model number. I gave my late brother one just like it over thirty years ago, and he used it till he died. His son has it now.

I believe the Uncle Henry line was 440A steel, but well treated. I prefer the carbon steel Old Timers, but either of the ones made in this country was a heck of a bargain for the buck.

 

[les.b]

Guys, I'm pretty sure that this is one of the old, US made ones, I just snapped this picture...this is my most used blade, and it holds an edge very well...

The knife was given to me years ago by a family friend whose husband had passed away. She wanted me to have it as a keepsake. I have a couple others that she gave me as well, but the size and shape, and looks of this one just please me. And I have a bunch of others to pick from, including automatics (Benchmade and others), and case, ka-bar, boker, etc. I'll try to post some others later.

Here you go:

Best Regards, Les

 

[boykinlp]

Now this thread is rolling! There are too many great posts to single any one out, but suffice it to say, you folks have some super nice traditional pocketknives. I really like stag and found this set of case knives at the last gun show I went to. They are from 1981 with awesome stag and scrolled bolsters. I know many people collect red bone, green bone, and even Rogers bone Case knives. Looking for knives has made flea markets and garage sales interesting again. A few of you mentioned scout knives. These have also interested me lately. There are so many makers of them and seeing them brings back good memories. I have no idea were my scout knives are now, but I am on the lookout for some. One thing about them is usually when you find them, they are well used. Most weren't expensive knives when new anyway. Keep up the great posts and memories!