Your "COOLEST" Knife?

[ISCS Yoda]

I have so many "cool" knives it is very difficult to choose. I chose this one because it's a recent addition, Matsata is selling them all over the Internet, it's easily as sharp as they say, and it looks like the big brother to one of my favorite knives that is currently buried in a box somewhere.



The knife I will eventually find was custom-made for me from rusty leaf spring steel. It was my decorative Cowboy Action Shooting knife, hanging from my gunbelt. The blade is a similar pattern to this knife, and we left the top of the blade unpolished. Clean, of course, but not polished, so the rust pitting remained. GORGEOUS knife! The handles were "pink ivory wood". Really pretty.

 

[Greyman50]

Not that it’s rare or unusual but I carried one just like this in Vietnam in my right boot. Only pulled it once in a “conflict” thank God. I gave the one I carried to an ARVN Lt. that I knew and told him, “ here, you are going to need this” right before I came home. Have wondered many times what happened to him and the Gerber…..

 

[max503]

This is my coolest knife. It's an old Craftsman. My sister gave it to me. It was in an old tacklebox she came across. It sharpens up good. The other blade is a hook remover/scaler. It is my EDC knife.

It has been sharpened so many times the blade is shortened.
If it could only talk - the stories it could tell... That's what I like so much about it.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Here is a knife I think is pretty cool, the Dexter-Russell Green River 4215 Fish Knife. Not expensive, under twenty bucks when I bought it. Carbon steel, maybe 1095, but more likely 1075. Once you sand the rough edges off the handle, it is very comfortable in my medium-sized hand. The 5” blade is good for a wide range of tasks in camp or in the kitchen. There is a modest cult following for the 4215 among hunters and knife enthusiasts who appreciate its simple utility. Well, not a cult, really, but if you know, you know.

 

[30-30remchester]

Not sure how to post larger pictures but here is a cool knife made buy Howard Cole himself during WW 2. This one of the rarest being his longer bladed 9 knuckle.

 

[CH4]

I have several “cool” knives, but as a cop I think my “Felony Stop” from Tops is notable.

3” 686-4
Longines Legend Diver
Tops Felony Stop

 

[30-30remchester]

Another rare one. Forgive my poor photography. Remington stag handled Baby Bullet muskrat from the 1920's.

 

[Max242]

It's not my coolest knife, but a fun story. I just wanted to see if I could make a fork and knife set by hand. I bought the knife blank but I hammered out the fork with a cold chisel, my small MC tank acetylene torch and a piece of 1/4" round stock. My wife still remembers me pounding on my garage vise to split and flatten it. I made the handles and quillion out of a piece of scrap oak and brass. I am by no means a professional, but I'm happy with the outcome.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

My Buck 112 automatic.............

 

[collector14]

 

[GregVS]

My "coolest" knife!
1. Because I have a Native American heritage.
2. Because I grew up ocean fishing in SoCal.
3. Have a B.S. in Marine Biology.

It's a Yellowhorse prototype. Scales are purple oyster shell.

 

[USMCR79]

I have a Marine Corps WWII Stiletto that was made in Australia and issued to Marines.

It has a heavy blade with the hilt welded and the handle is stacked leather washers like a KaBar

Bill

 

[Mike McLellan]

1902 32-20

 

[woodsltc]

Got two ...... not sure if they are cool or not, but they are what I use the most for hunting (field dressing & skinning), camping (camp chores & food preparation). Both are Bob Dozier knives that I've owned for many years. They have been used a lot and both show signs of the use. Don

 

[Dave Haynes]

 

[MikePotts]

Severtech auto. 9" open.
Heavy, expensive, brutal and takes a great edge...what's not to like ?

 

[jbtrucker]

I've decided for now my 1970's Camillus Trail Blazer high school buddy gave to me 1980. I threw back of dads workbench and forgot about it . Several years later found it again with handle and sheath black and molded . Cleaned it up and sharpened a little.

 

[ohioan55]

This is my coolest knife. It's an old Craftsman. My sister gave it to me. It was in an old tacklebox she came across. It sharpens up good. The other blade is a hook remover/scaler. It is my EDC knife.

It has been sharpened so many timesView attachment 770600 the blade is shortened.
If it could only talk - the stories it could tell... That's what I like so much about it.

This is the first I've seen another of these. I have one that was my Grandfathers. He took us fishing as kids and it is a prized possession.

 

[Mannlicher]

currently it's this brand new custom from Tim Olt. I designed it and he did his usual great job with the fabrication. The steel is S35VN and the Black Walnut scales were salvaged from a broken chair that was made in the 1880s with wood from our old farm up in SW Virginia.

 

[Cooter Brown]

Not sure if this is my coolest, but most any split back whittler is cool. It's a pattern you don't see made much anymore. A member on another forum found this at a garage sale and gave me a good deal on it.

It's a Craftsman marked Schrade 804. The Craftsman crown top logo etch is still visible on the blade. A little staining but other than that it looks like it sat in a drawer for 60 years. You can't really tell from the pics but you can still see yourself in the blades. What looks like a gap in between one of the springs and the tapered liner is staining. The Schrade collectors on another forum put it at around 1963. One of the guys sent me a Craftsman catalog page that shows the knife.

This is my first attempt posting pics with the new forum software--hope it works.