All About Pocket Knives

After the demise of the original Kinfolks and then Robeson, the only two entities to use the Kinfolks stamp were Parker and then Case after they re-registered the trademark. The OP knife is obviously NOT one of the examples made by Case. Parker had Kinfolks knives made by Olbertz and by Queen. The O...

That is one of four patterns of slipjoints made by Case on contract for Rigid in 1982.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116127546971

Trapper:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/116127549273

The other two were a small penknife like a Case '033 and a mini trapper like the Case '07.

The knife was made by Bear & Son...formerly known as Bear MGC.

Thank you everyone; I appreciate the detailed replies.

Those are pretty common. You can improvise a tool to safely tighten and loosen/remove the nut without damage (bending and forking an old screwdriver to have 2 prongs is one way). But the tang itself also has a shoulder stop built-in, so sometimes when the handle material (especially leather discs) ...

This is one example but I have had others - fixed blade knives with concealed tangs and what seems to be an odd fastener at the end. These usually have guards/knobs that are loose and can be moved back and forth by hand. I have tried and tried but can't figure out if there is a way to tighten the wh...

USA era frame/handles with a bad fake Tested blade.

SCHRADE CUT CO WALDEN NY - double button auto knife in the hard to find 3-3/4" closed length. Both blades fir strongly. Both lock up properly when open. The large blade slide lock for the blade when closed does not work 100% - can pop open even with the blade closed and the slider locked. Each ...

Regarding the OP knife;

Bone is too new.

Frame and blades appear to be old, but handles replaced and the stamps don't look right, blades are too rough, not fully finished.

Cody I believe Cooper owns that trademark now, which seems so ridiculous to me as he's in Ohio and has zero relationship to NY Knife Co. I know Imperial kept the Hammer Brand trademark up but I don't know if they ever used the New York Knife Co name themselves. Eric ISC used the New York Knife Co t...

Not a Case, IMO. Superficially looks like an 01 pattern, but enough differences to lead me to believe not made by Case. More likely made by Queen City.

I have owned a number of those Kutmaster rope knives, some serrated edge, some plain edge. Here is one that I sold recently on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256357814796 You'll se a lot of various brands of rope knives with WALL ROPE advertising. This one also has PT JUDITH FISHERMANS COOP etched ...

I have owned a number of those Kutmaster rope knives, some serrated edge, some plain edge. Here is one that I sold recently on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256357814796 You'll se a lot of various brands of rope knives with WALL ROPE advertising. This one also has PT JUDITH FISHERMANS COOP etched o...

Fake...made most likely out of Queen parts. Very similar to the fake Tested doc with Christmas tree handles that someone posted on AAPK recently.

I would have to see pics with the blades open, but it appears to be a Queen made knife. Queen made the only four-blade congress pattern that was sold by Moore Maker. Odd because the handles look like yellow Delrin, not smooth bone. Queen made very few Delrin handled knives for Moore Maker and the on...

The "round toe" leather belt sheath that eveled described is the older style, circa late 50's til 1977. Case switched to the sheath shown in the original post - "square toe" basket weave in 1977-78 for all large folders, including the Shark Tooth, Hammerhead, and the 6265 folding...

eveled wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:19 pm How was the new venue? Any good finds?

It is an excellent venue, nice room. Convenient to several restaurants and other services, easy to get in and out of. Tables were sold out, not sure how the door traffic was.

I just picked up two Coppersmiths - the small "pinch" lockback and the fixed blade.

Does anyone know the steel type used on these?

I have a copy of the 2002 and 2003 Blue Ridge knives catalog. The knife is listed in the 2003 copy as: BO-2051 Titanium Handles Retail $109.95 CPM 440V stainless blade with thumb stud. CPM 440V is a high alloy content specialty steel with Superb wear resistance, edge holding capabilities and stain ...

I just picked this up, seems like it has no model #, but the steel type I assume is the CPM-T-440V?

Wondering about the model number, age, and is there anything special about this knife - is the frame titanium?

It is about 4-1/2" long closed.

To me the blades and tang stamps look ok, the rest...not so much.

I'll be there.

After that in '76, '77', '78, '79 and onward they produced annual limited run stag sets. The key here is that in 8/70 stag handled pocket knives were discontinued from the standar d Case product line. All my stag handled 5207 mini trappers were produced between 1980 - 2020, so would they all be con...

This "last model" is the most commonly found - made from '66-'67 until August 1970 when Case discontinued all stag handled knives. I assume you mean that Case discontinued all stag handled Bulldog knives, since obviously Case produced many other patterns with stag handles post 1970. Well ...

Case introduced the 5172 with the BULLDOG blade etch and wooden box in early 1962. These early ones with have CASE over XX on the front tang, 5172 on the back tang , and HAND MADE IN USA deep etched on the blade black. This variation was made from 1962 til the end of 1964. The way these were stamped...