All About Pocket Knives

Thank you, Tony Wood, for your suggestions re: the Puukko issue.I will use them with my OLD Hackman Puukko ...

Oil versus Water: A friend to my dad advised me to use water; he used his sharpened tools to work with wood and said oil would leave stains and water would not leave stains; water washes away the metal bits more quickly; many decades ago, Pop. Sci. or Mechanics magazine did an article on sharpening ...

I have a bunch of the Cold Steel knives made with their "Carbon V" steel.One of them, a Master Hunter, took apart a 4 year old moose in good shape and could still shave forearm hair afterwards.// I saw where there is still a demand out here for the "Carbon V" steel knives even th...

these wire frame knives were sold as a set also with a wire frame fork and also a spoon all together in a leather case with a fold over flap with one snap which secured the utensils.//They were for Boy Scouts. The Schrade set had date 1942 on one side of the knife...Hope this is helpful...

Thanks for your post.//there are some repros out now which are split backspring whittlers with the names Kabar,Winchester,& United Cutlery on them.Most of these are Sunfish knives but there is also a sleeveboard jack which might fit a smallish hand better than a sunfish.thanks...

Thoze "dimples" have other names...;their intent is to reduce friction between the blade and the substance being cut.?? I have found them to be effective when slicing dense,moist,& sticky foods.

ANYONE KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS KNIFE?HAS ACORN SHIELD;TAPERED, bare head jack...

My first Kodiak was purchased in 1965 and it has a stag grip on it. The other 2 Kodiaks , damascus and Shaw-Lebowitz. also have stag grips too. The pics in ref. books all show stag grips.// if the grip is gold, you maybe got a great deal!!!

My first Kodiak was purchased in 1965 and it has a stag grip on it. The other 2 Kodiaks , damascus and Shaw-Lebowitz. also have stag grips too. The pics in ref. books all show stag grips.// if the grip is gold, you maybe got a great deal!!!

A very long time ago an edition of Pop. Science or Pop. Mechanics magazine had an article about sharpening in which they showed micro-photographs of sharpened tools. The pics showing the best edges were of blades which were repeatedly done with stones washed alot with water consistency liquids , whi...

Lanskey has now come out with a "pull-thru" type bevel setting device which uses the common 2 pieces of carbide with 4 pairs of them set at bevel angles starting at 17 degrees and then going to 20, 25, & 30 degrees.//This is great for a quick reset of the bevel although it does feel a ...

The W.W.II (earlier) version of their "gravity" knife has wood grips on it. //Look carefully at the springy blade retention device if you find one of these!!! The metal is almost always cracked right near where one of the pins goes thru it; the blade will still work(come out of the handle ...

re: discussion about these knives; I have a United Cutlery whittler pattern sunfish w/ ?white bone? scales which appears identicle to the Kabars...