All About Pocket Knives

Picked up this little charter arms 22 mag 6 shot nib at a Texas gun shop out on one of our Gun Grip sales runs in St Jo tx swapped a knife for it , been needn a new bag gun i keep in my show bag an 22 mag is no joke of a cal. wanted a 327 mag but hey this will do till i get one , since i carry a S&a...

Covington Park lighting donation ,We donated this set made from a diablo saw blade 14in blade drawing to be held in the park 10/6/19

Thanks Guys for all the kind words , the green stuff is actualy died box elder burl i had scraps off a custom build a guy wanted ,I love making sheath knives , anyone on aapk can take a 15% discount if they send check or mo . for any knife in the store. i love making knives from scraps it forces me ...

We build allot of switchblades ,so i take the opertunity ocasionaly and build some sheath knives since i got a sewing machine now here are a couple i really enjoyed making 1 is 5/16 thick the other stag one is .205 thou thick steel both 440-C

Thanks Guys , sorry it takes me so long to get back i m usualy in the shop making stuff i was sure id not seen one like it an i figured someone fixed the point but who ever did it was very good at it , not sure of the length i just bought it in ark. a couple weeks ago , in a antique shop they had it...

i've not seen this blade before an was curious if its a knife that someone may have modified broke point an re-shaped or its just a weird bird any ideas ,t

I dont have a store per say ,i have a knife shop i work in but no display cases for my knives however I do welcome visitors an show what i have made up at the time if they wish to purchase something they can do that as well in shop . thanks for the compliments ,t

From time to time we invest a month in R&D when were slow , this is the smallest button fired auto I have ever designed an built call it my Tiny Trapper Dual-Action Auto made from 440-c with a RC hardness of 59 blade is .070 thou thick (1/16 in thick =.064) it has high tensil 1/16 stainless pins...

I have been friends with him many years now anyone know if hes still around here tbarknives@outlook.com if your on here bill

Here is a ongoing project Walt has going through me for the Blade show , this one was a pearl acrylic in short we changed the handles to imitation tortose shell , but here is everything we do to em to date , Nickel silver bolsters an pins squared to the liners an polished an soldered to liners the f...

I have done just about every way named here an shown but what i found to work best for me is a 3/4 in 30 deg dovetail cutter ,while the blade is still un ground except to shape turn it up-side down put it in the vice about .100 thou below the top (upside down ) set the cutter .010 thou above the vis...

Hello Guys , Here is a few ive done for Walt on his 5mm thick Latamas , the usual come in from Italy squared off looking new stuff with the ss crap safetys all of these i am doing get new hand made safety's with solid nickel caps old rounded handl looks ,some get filework some dont all get overhaule...

May be too late but as an extra measure to prevent re cracking flip to the back take a dremel tool with a thin cutter an cross the crack with a coulpe of lines use superglue an ivory dust finer the better an fil in both line accross the back side of the crack an re-sand flat ,it adds stabelization s...

Hello I got a knife from a guy in the belton gun show in nov an cant find the info i wrote down on him but the knife is ready he is on this forum send me a email to tbark44 at windstream.net an tell me what knife you give me so i will know its yours , thanks t

Hello folks someone give me a knife to make handles for at the belton gun show in nov 2017 an i lost the paper i wrote down his info on later when i got to the car so it is ready if you can tell me what it was an confirm the deal , t

Sorry but i dont get over here much ,trying to make knives for a living can be very time consuming i appreciate the person who made the pics show up on the page , i guess i havent learned to make that work for me yet . i have many case copperlocks in stock here if someone needs any more you buy the ...

Well i set retail on the base model at 419.95 sh included , as shown there 439.95 w/sh ,both of those sold in less than 6 days of completion i have 3 on the bench to finish up in 3 varient blade styles . i dont realy like making everything the same but i got 5 solid patterns i work with i can make j...

New or OLD ,I got mannnnnny new ones

Here is my new Pattern for 2017 i call it the Bull Ryder 3 3/8 blade 7 5/8 oal Automatic , it will open pushing the lever fwd or backward , works great backward really cool nice asian stag very dense this one is made with 440-C an stainless bolsters an liiners , as well as switch solid lock up sits ...

THE TANK, Mentioned here is NOT me at T bar K Knives , I have no current issues this threatening , alot of people only know me as Tank on here or switchbuilder44

Thank you all for the kind words , for about a yr an half i worked on a job for one dealer an didnt get to the forums much its hard to make the connections when your really busy , i just got back to doing my own thing for awhile . i have missed the independence of it , t

yes it is auto only lever open/close 95% of the knives i make are auto or dual-action ,thanks for the kind words ,t

Here is one i just finished up ,D-2 blade lever can be manipulated forward or backwards an work well , it has Rag Burl micarta handles nickel fixtures , approx 1/8 in thick, mini but built for use , hope you enjoy

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Hello Here is a project knife i got an order on a good while back , 154-cm blade lockbar.kickspring 416 ss liners bolsters.guards , Bark Mammoth blue handles , no filework wicked cutting sharp 11 1/4 in oal button is nickel with abalone inlet , solid nickel safety on.100 thou brass safetyslide dovet...

Post William F <bottaworks@sbcglobal.net> Squirrely A$$ Flake All you folks Know me most do anyhow ,, this Goofball contacted me to do some work for Him last Month he had 2 knives he wanted fixed up ,ok no problem , then tells me what all he wanted to do , Ok I can do most of that ,I mistakenly give...