All About Pocket Knives

Lssenn wrote:Is there anyway someone can tell me a value of a couple knives ive picked up..send me a pm and ill send pics...thanks

I think you would be better served posing your question in it's own thread in this forum along with pictures ---> viewforum.php?f=4

This is the thread that has instructions for posting pictures. ---> viewtopic.php?f=98&t=50258

jerryd6818 wrote:This video is a 19 minute introduction to pocket knives and the terminology you will see folks on the forum using when talking about their pocket knives.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuRiJrNqGI[/youtube]

I would love to watch this video, but don't know how to open it. Could you help this old poop, and tell me how to open it?
Sut Tatersaul

When the forum software was updated, the "youtube" feature changed how it handled links to videos (for the better). The task of going back through this thread and re-posting every video was so daunting that I just couldn't get up the umph to do it. Maybe I'll have a spurt of energy and redo them a few at a time. Until then, here's the one that's been asked about.

Case Knife Patterns



How It's Made - Swiss Army Knives



How It's Made - Pocket Knives



Two Short Videos Demonstrating Blade Snap





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The making of a (French) Laguiole knife. This is the top notch FONTENILLE PATAUD brand. It's a good video and the manufacturing steps are very similar for any knife.



A review of the Fontenille Pataud, Laguiole Nature, Laguiole knife.



About Elephant Toenails, Sunfish and Sleeveboards: GEC Northfield UN-X-LD Watch Pocket Sunfish (Great Eastern's take on the subject)



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Here's a video first posted in another thread by Mitch Rapp. It's all about how Topps Knives (fixed blades) are made. About ten minutes long, I thought it was pretty interesting and also belonged here. Thanks Mitch.



If you have the time, the second video about Ernest Emerson is pretty good too. Also about ten minutes.



GEC factory tour showing the steps it takes to make a complete pocket knife. Part one is 19 minutes long.



Part two is 18 minutes long. I'm glad to see that in part two, they finally got some safety glasses on "Dwayne".



The final step, part three is nine minutes long.



What Every Gun & Knife Owner In America Needs To Know!!



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Great info thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the info and video, you can never have enough info. Bill

Thanks for those new links and new videos! A pleasure to watch!
Mike

Sut Tatersaul wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:This video is a 19 minute introduction to pocket knives and the terminology you will see folks on the forum using when talking about their pocket knives.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuRiJrNqGI[/youtube]

I would love to watch this video, but don't know how to open it. Could you help this old poop, and tell me how to open it?
Sut Tatersaul

Until all the links are changed over, you can copy the link between the square brackets "[ ]" so this link that you couldn't get open:
"[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuRiJrNqGI[/youtube]": would then be"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuRiJrNqGI". Notice that the square brackets containing the word "youtube" are removed. Then paste the altered link into the search bar at the top of whatever browser you use. Oh and you only copy/paste the link, don't copy the quotation marks.

That's probably as clear as mud for you.

Some of the more frequently asked questions here on AAPK concern cleaning of knives. "Should I clean my knife?" "How much should I clean my knife?" "How do I clean my knife?"

These or similar questions are frequently asked by new collectors. Here are links to some threads that address these questions. As you will see there are occassional differing opinions. Read these posts, and then decide what is right for your knife. Additional posts may also be found by using the AAPK search engine.

"Should I clean my knife?" viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51009&p=548642&hilit=Cleaning

"How much should I clean my knife?" viewtopic.php?f=2&t=48441&p=503723&hilit=Cleaning

"How do I clean my knife?" viewtopic.php?f=37&t=50318&hilit=Cleaning

viewtopic.php?f=38&t=47909&p=495555&hil ... e+cleaning

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote:Some of the more frequently asked questions here on AAPK concern cleaning of knives. "Should I clean my knife?" "How much should I clean my knife?" "How do I clean my knife?"

These or similar questions are frequently asked by new collectors. Here are links to some threads that address these questions. As you will see there are occassional differing opinions. Read these posts, and then decide what is right for your knife. Additional posts may also be found by using the AAPK search engine.

"Should I clean my knife?" viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51009&p=548642&hili ... ng#p548642

"How much should I clean my knife?" viewtopic.php?f=2&t=48441&p=503723&hili ... ng#p503723

"How do I clean my knife?" viewtopic.php?f=37&t=50318&hilit=Cleaning
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=47909&p=495555&hil ... ng#p495555

Ken

Ken how about copying this post, naming a new thread "knife cleaning" or some such and posting it in it's own thread in the Tips & Tricks forum. Won't hurt at all for it to be in two places. Just a suggestion. If you see some fault with that logic, feel free to fire away. Yeah, I could do it but it's your post.

jerryd6818 wrote: Ken how about copying this post, naming a new thread "knife cleaning" or some such and posting it in it's own thread in the Tips & Tricks forum. Won't hurt at all for it to be in two places. Just a suggestion. If you see some fault with that logic, feel free to fire away. Yeah, I could do it but it's your post.

Thanks Jerry. I did as you suggested. I had always thought of the "Tips and Tricks" forum as being guidance on how to navigate around the forum. I think this will be the first "Knife Tips" thread posted there. Breaking new ground, I guess.

BTW I learned something in the process. Simple copy and paste didn't re-create the URL, I had to re-insert the "htpps" and stuff that follows it to make the links work. And the "#" and numbers following it at the end links to a specific post within the thread. If you want to link the entire thread from its beginning you need to delete the # and all that follows it. You probably knew all that but I had to figure it out the hard way.

Ken

Yeah, we should probably have a "Frequently Asked Questions" forum.

What I've found that works without all that messin' around is to do a quote post, copy and paste the unposted contents of that into the new location and remove the [quote][/quote] so it shows up like a regular post. Now back out of where you were quoting the post so that disappears. Hope that makes sense

jerryd6818 wrote:Yeah, we should probably have a "Frequently Asked Questions" forum.

What I've found that works without all that messin' around is to do a quote post, copy and paste the unposted contents of that into the new location and remove the

so it shows up like a regular post. Now back out of where you were quoting the post so that disappears. Hope that makes sense

Now you tell me!

Ken

Time to take off the training wheels.

Mumbleypeg wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:Yeah, we should probably have a "Frequently Asked Questions" forum.

What I've found that works without all that messin' around is to do a quote post, copy and paste the unposted contents of that into the new location and remove the

so it shows up like a regular post. Now back out of where you were quoting the post so that disappears. Hope that makes sense

Now you tell me!

Ken

Now THAT was funny...

Thanks!

great info! Is a PICKBONE handle really bone or plastic?

nativek wrote:great info! Is a PICKBONE handle really bone or plastic?

Bone.

Great to have links to all those videos in one place! Thanks

I have a Buck Creek congressman bobcat knife on the badge it has the deer antlers and says solingen. Does any one have any idea what it might be worth or what year it was made?

Welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard.

I suggest you start a new thread here ---► viewforum.php?f=4 and ask your question there so it gets more exposure. AAPK is not an online appraisal service but occasionally there are folks who may be willing to opine on the value of a particular knife. Searching eBay's closed and sold auctions is the commonly suggested method of ascertaining the current value of individual knives. Good luck.

Edit: The Tips & Tricks forum located here ---► viewforum.php?f=98 is a good place to learn how to navigate AAPK and get things done on the forum.

I am new here to your AAPK Forum. I am hardly new to pocket knives though, because of the addiction to pocket knives for maybe 57 of my 66 years.

However, I am new to learning the terms and nomenclature of pocket knives. I am keen to study the histories and origins and all about the people who made them.

I can remember the glass side tables in what you blokes call the dime stores. I vividly recall the absolute cornucopia of pocket knives displayed there and trying to get my mum to stop at a table so I could look at the treasures displayed. Now, I have about a 100 or so different pocket knives of one sort or another, purchased new and second hand or received as gifts.

Reading various posts, so far, I reckon I have found "home" as far as pocket knives go. Your Forum appears to me as a very natural friendly and non-pretentious environment.No inane comments about what EDC I am carrying or descriptions of "tactical" anything.

I just love it, It is all fair dinkum stuff. Thumbs up boys I am glad I joined. You are very friendly and helpful people.

I just had a prostate surgery a week ago, so I and am looking at a therapy of pocket knife repair as a hobby to keep me out of strife.I have got all the relatives looking for damaged or non functional traditional pocket knives for cheap in the flea markets.

I am glad to find you blokes.

Oz

Oz, welcome to AAPK. Glad to have you aboard. "glass side tables" Is that an Aussie name for a display case?