All About Pocket Knives

Wow Gino!!!!!!!!!!! What a great group of knives. That Crandall is spectacular! Talk about rare. Slim

Man, I like this thread, some beautiful examples of an elegant old pattern. I only have one I recently got on ebay. Edward Barnes and Sons. Slim

now that's a beautiful knive Rick!!! Slim

Crocus finish front and back, though it was buffed quiet a bit. Slim

Mighty fine Wharnnie Dragunski!!! Slim

Lisa, I am deeply saddened to hear of Johnnies passing.My condolences to you and your family. He will be missed greatly by his extended family here at AAPK also. Rest in peace Johnnie Samples.Slim

Thank you kindly Beechtree. It was my first old knife. Slim

Here's my New York Wharncliffe pen. Looks similar and I'm pretty sure it's as it was made.Slim

Thanks Bill. Kamagong, that rigger looks 100% better with the ebony Slim

Man, that's a stunner TJ!!! I've never seen a folder with a blade grind like that. Slim

Picked this little quill knife up on e-bay recently. Edward Barnes & Sons, 1853-65. The pearl is better than my pic shows and has half-stop and great snap . Best of all, got it for $35. Slim

Colonel, I'm using an old Gateway PC with Windows XP. I'm long over-do for an upgrade. Slim

Scott, I have a Kutmaster with a V under the stamp and a faint etch 'vanadium steel' so maybe it does as bdev said indicate type of steel. Still doesn't answer your question though does it. Excuse poor pics had to use flash. Slim

Thanks for the tips fellas. I think I was probably just slow on the draw, along with not making a high enough max bid. That's what I get for trying to steal. It was a Chas A Langbein baloon whittler with typographer's punch. Levine's shows one marked William Langbein , Charles son, in the special pu...

O.K., I gotta ask this from some of you who may bid on e-bay frequently. I was bidding on a knife and had high bid up till about 47 seconds left when I was out bid. I immediatly went to increase bid and when I went to enter an amount higher, my screen started freakin' out, blinking on and off and do...

Good eye Rick! You were able to penetrate the glare and see the beauty beneath. Nice one. Slim

Goins has them listed 1890 to present, specializing in horticulture knives. Slim

Here's my #89 in primitive bone.Shoulda got the stag when I got this one too.Slim

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRITISH-ENGLISH-SHEFFIELD-ENGLAND-1946-MILITARY-FOLDING-POCKET-KNIFE-/120785922169?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item1c1f66e879#ht_3237wt_806. Here's a link on ebay to one like IH is refering to similar to yours. John Clarke & Son were in buisness in Sheffield from 1848 ...

Beauty Tim!! Love that stag Slim

That was hilarious Charlie. You might not get any candidates for the Mensa club on that boat but them boys got quick reflexes Slim

Yep fellas, as fake as you can get. I was embarrased to open all the blades, one if the pen blades is convex on one side and hollow ground on the other. Sorta like maybe a spoon pen. But heck, everybody knows a Tested congress can be worth thousands I've learned some since then.Slim

Ax, here's a Tested version of the same knife I picked up many years ago . Has all the various "qualities" of that one. I'm sure there are others here who have similar "gems". Slim

Wow Tom, that's a rare stamp. Looking thru Witchers book ran across that stamp and it seems Jean, John , and Andrew Case contracted C Platts and Sons in Gowanda to make knives 1896-97. A rare find to be sure Slim

Great lookin' Rooster Tim. I been searching for a while for any of the Rooster lock-backs. No luck Slim