Traditional knives…

[holo]

And some of my favorites

 

[Mister Coffee]

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I have many pocket kniives. The one I have carried all over the world is a Buck 501. I have two and as you can see one has had the most use.

I have several knives, but my Buck 501 is "my knife" in a way that the others cannot replace.

One day in ca. 1980, a buddy of mine called me in my office in New York City and said, "What are you doing for lunch?" I said, "Nothing." He said, "Meet me at Paragon Sporting Goods on Broadway. I want to buy a knife." We looked at various things in the case, and my friend asked to see the 501. Mumbing to himself, and for the most part ignoring me, he said, "You don't really need a big knife most of the time." We both bought 501s.

 

[Mister Coffee]

After I had bugged him quite a bit, my father finally bought this Boker Tree for me. This was in a small general store in a very small town in southern Maine in 1965. The back spring on the knife is so strong that it is almost impossible for a kid to open the blades. I'm pretty sure that's why he chose it. He had a gift for messin' with me.

 

[ameridaddy]

The Case is pre 1940 maybe a lot older. The Sears was likely made by Utica, fifties maybe. Very nice old Cattaraugus Barlow pattern, is there a pattern number stamp on the other side (called the pile side) of the blade?

Thanks for the info! The Catteraugus has 2139 on the short blade, same face as the Catteraugus logo on the main blade. That Catteraugus spring is so heavy, I tore a fingernail opening the small blade, and I find it scary to close either blade using only my fingers.

I'm pretty sure I recall my grandfather using the smallest Buck pictured in the 1950's to peel his apples in a continuous spiral pattern that fascinated ~10 - 15 year old me. He alleged the acid in the apples wore the curve in the cutting edge.
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[Tommezgun]

I have carried a pocket knife since I was in the 2nd grade. I am now on the down side of 71. This is a pic that I posted on face book when someone asked about knives carried or near by. These were all within 6 feet of my desk at the time. The Case folding Hunter is similar to the one that my father carried when we went fishing, (His fell overboard) I usually buy the knives for the utility and sometimes just because I like the way it looks or fits. The 2 similar knives at the right are what I carry most often. They are AG Russell "One Handed" knives. I was surprised to see it in one of their last catalogs for $325. I bought 3 of their different styles the first time I saw them way back and didn't pay that much for 3 of them combined. These are not all of my pocket knives or knives in general but these were close at hand.

 

[Jerry in SC]

Thanks for the info! The Catteraugus has 2139 on the short blade, same face as the Catteraugus logo on the main blade. That Catteraugus spring is so heavy, I tore a fingernail opening the small blade, and I find it scary to close either blade using only my fingers.

I'm pretty sure I recall my grandfather using the smallest Buck pictured in the 1950's to peel his apples in a continuous spiral pattern that fascinated ~10 - 15 year old me. He alleged the acid in the apples wore the curve in the cutting edge.
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The Cattaraugus could be a 40's knife but that's a guess. The blades are in good shape. The Case is a 6214 pattern, a swell end jack.

 

[AJ]

Not as many as some, and probably more than others. Post #8 has my usual pocket knives, Some of these are TL's that I was issued over the years and some are just ones that I have picked up here and there. More of an accumlator than anything.............

TL's I was issued on active duty.


WW II USMC pocket knives.



My Grandfather's pocket knives.

 

[Greyman50]

The free give away advertising knives that many companies and businesses used to give out are cool. Pick them up when found if in good condition.

 

[ferider]

Hey Ferider, what's the knife second from right on that last picture? I kind of like that!

Morning.

The four Schatt & Morgan knives are part of a series done in Titusville in the early 2000s ("File & Wire Tested", Series 5-II Worm Groove Bone, ATS-34 Steel). From left to right: Harvester, Swayback, Texas Toothpick, and Elephant Toe.

Thanks!

Roland.

 

[Richard Simmons]

View attachment 785700Queen Country Cousin. From back when there was two kinds of knife steels. stainless and carbon.

My version is D2 with the yellow scales. Love it but took a bit of work to get it sharp. IIRC Queen shipped there knives with pretty dull edges or perhaps it was just my example but once I had it profiled it was good to go.

 

[gunbarrel]

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Here's my Grandfather's Knife.
He used it for many purposes for a long time!
He chewed Cake Tobacco and used one blade exclusively for tobacco cutting.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Carried one every day for about 40 years....... the last 25 have been ones I can open one-handed,
Mostly a Benchmade "Northfork" or a Kershaw "Blur"

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Don't remember where I got this knife.
Pretty sure I never paid any actual money for it.
It's got 'Clint' melted into the scales.
So if your out there Clint, I got your knife!

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Speaking of Marine Utilities-
Not sure if they changed the design or the assembly folks got sloppy.

 

[Jerry in SC]

Here's my Grandfather's Knife.
He used it for many purposes for a long time!
He chewed Cake Tobacco and used one blade exclusively for tobacco cutting.View attachment 786095

I could see a man cutting' a plug of "Day's Work" with it.

 

[fatcat3]

My version is D2 with the yellow scales. Love it but took a bit of work to get it sharp. IIRC Queen shipped there knives with pretty dull edges or perhaps it was just my example but once I had it profiled it was good to go.

That was my experience with the yellow D2. Bought a diamond stone to sharpen it with. JMHO the slight edge retention over the old "Queen Steel" isn't worth the effort. Nice looking all dressed up in yellow though.
I should add that that image was taken from the web. Mine has a cracked scale, fixed with a bit of super glue, and distinct 15–20-degree downward cast of the blade when fully open. Doesn't affect its usefulness though so who cares. I suspect it was the first knife assembled after a long 4th of July weekend by someone that might have been a little hungover still.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I am not getting about 80% of the photos in this thread. They just show up as large blank spaces, sometimes with an id number, as "10002431webp". Is there any way I can get these photos to appear?

 

[Sam2511]

I've moved on from GEC to Cooper Cutlery slipjoints. They are masterfully crafted, made in America on the old Shatt & Morgan machinery. The fit & finish is first rate and they are beautiful. Here is one in my collection done in abalone.

 

[AJ]

Speaking of Marine Utilities-
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