The History of the Pocket Knife.

[Shooting Padre]

Still is the unanswered question, "Which came first, the pocket or the knife?"

 

[to9]

The pocket of course , otherwise it would be just a knife . You have to have a pocket to put it in to be a pocket knife .

 

[DeadAye]

I collect folders by the scale material. I'm a big fan of pearl and abalone. Mammoth Ivory is very cool. My daily carry is a Victorinox Camper or Huntsman Lite. I dismantled and inspected a Piper Cub with it one day when the pilot insisted that I did not have the authority to do so. Ask any LEO what his favorite four words are; "You can't arrest me."

Are you sure it isn't - "Free food at the diner! Hit the lights and sirens!" ?

Can I be the only one who statements like that from a cop makes his blood boil?

[Deleted because I'm not QUITE as mad now...]

 

[brucev]

My first knife was a Kamp King given to me by my parents when I was a Tenderfoot in the Boy Scouts. Next was a Boy Scout Whittler. Then a Old Timer 80-T Stockman. For many many years I carried a Buck "Duke" long after I no longer needed to have some sort of self-defense. A Buck pen-knife was in my pocket when in Montreal a little lady speaking french told me it was "contraband." I picked it up out of her tray and threw it hard to the lady at the Delta counter and told her to put it in my bags. The lady speaking french and the two fellows wearing police type caps didn't like it. But apparently they couldn't do anything about it. I still have the knife. In 1998 I was burned. For a long time I could not open a normal knife. I found and bought a little Benchmade Auto-Benchmite. Very cool. Excellent daily carry knife. Bought a Benchmade Presidio for heavier work. Very excellent knife.

On the day Gulf War II started, I began a trip with a group of pastors tracing the missionary paths of the Apostle Paul. We understood clearly that one could not carry any sort of knife through customs. I left my knife at home. Some of the other fellows didn't seem to get the message. They found out that in old Europe, things are different. Now the passage of time and the ruinous rule of those with a Chicken Little mentality has resulted in the prescribing of much in the name of "safety."

If and when I have to go into a place where a knife is not permitted, I just leave it at home or in the glove compartment of my car. It's no big deal. I don't like it as I find it inconvenient. I consider it overblown expression. But that's the way it is in modern life. You just have to deal with it.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

For the past year or so I have been carrying a Bench Made Sequel. It's not that big like some BM knives and very light. I wear bib overalls most of the time and carry the knife in a pocket on the bib. I have my carry gun in my left pocket and keys change and other goodies in my right pocket so the upper pocket on my bibs works good. My favorite pocket knife is Tree Brand and I have several of those. Don

BM 707 Sequel

 

[cass]

P&R Fan
I bet if you sent that 305 back to Buck they would replace it! They could say user abuse but more often than not, they just fix or replace it!.. Oh, and they will sharpen it for $7!

They sure will. My wife broke off the tip of my Ranchman opening a paint can ( she's still my wife). I sent it to Buck explaining how it happened - they returned a brand new one free of charge (although I'd rather have had the repaired old one). Good company, good product.

 

[TACC1]

Love my Buck!

I've carried a pre-Folding Hunter since '66. Sure wears out
a pocket, but it feels right to me,
and gets the job done, whatever that might be.
TACC1

 

[Texas Star]

This is an anniversary for the Buck 110. It was first marketed in April, 1963.

It is certainly one of the most copied knives in history.

 

[Iggy]

When my Dad put me to driving a team of horses on a scratch rake at the age of 8, he gave me a pocket knife "just in case". I've carried one ever since.

 

[phs3194]

Am I the only one who managed to break the main blade on his first knife trying to imitate Jim Bowie and using a telephone pole as a target?