All About Pocket Knives

TripleF wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:27 pm Presidents Day haul...

You've got to be kidding me!!! ... Why don't you try buying lottery tickets instead With luck like that you should be able to win a couple of Power balls...

well my haul is almost as good as TripleF's ... almost...

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:16 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:27 pm Presidents Day haul...

You've got to be kidding me!!! ... Why don't you try buying lottery tickets instead With luck like that you should be able to win a couple of Power balls...

Never looked at it like that.....maybe I will.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:18 pm well my haul is almost as good as TripleF's ... almost...

GSPTOPDOG, your haul reminded me of a similar bucket I bought several years ago. I'll venture my bucket hadn't been full of water as long as yours had. The man that runs the local antique mall told me he had a bucket with knives and rust. He explained the bucket was in an old van and the back window in the door got broken and the rainwater filled the bucket before he realized the problem. Fortunately, I was able to salvage quite a few of the knives. Looks like you have your work cut out for you. Some of that stuff might clean up enough to be useful again. It would be neat to see what you do if you salvage any of those goodies.
Her's what my pile looked like: Treefarmer

TripleF wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:35 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:16 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:27 pm Presidents Day haul...

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Never looked at it like that.....maybe I will.

You must have some kind of lucky rabbits foot or something You pick up more metal than that giant magnet at the local scarp yard

treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:35 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:18 pm well my haul is almost as good as TripleF's ... almost...

GSPTOPDOG, your haul reminded me of a similar bucket I bought several years ago. Her's what my pile looked like:4-23-13 2045.JPG
Treefarmer

T.F. looks like that was a pretty good haul I got a buddy that cleans up estates and he gets so much stuff he can't go through it fast enough and a lot of stuff sits outside and just like this bucket I ended up with it fills up in the rain and sits and sits... until the next rain...

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:37 pm

TripleF wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:35 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:16 pm
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Never looked at it like that.....maybe I will.

You must have some kind of lucky rabbits foot or something You pick up more metal than that giant magnet at the local scarp yard

ROFLOL!!!!

I found a pretty beat up hori-hori knife and a few other odds and ends

(A Hori Hori is a Japanese gardening knife usually with a wooden handle. They either have a smooth or sometimes serrated blade and the blade is usually on a curve or beveled. Usually, they are made of carbon steel which can be cleaned, sharpened and maintained for years).

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:35 am I found a pretty beat up hori-hori knife and a few other odds and ends

(A Hori Hori is a Japanese gardening knife usually with a wooden handle. They either have a smooth or sometimes serrated blade and the blade is usually on a curve or beveled. Usually, they are made of carbon steel which can be cleaned, sharpened and maintained for years).

Those Hori Hori knives are sure useful tools even when very used.

That's a heck of a group there!

Haven't been to this flea in a couple months....decided to go today...found a couple...

Knice haul, Scott!

On the way to the UP of Michigan this weekend; A Chas Hall sleeveboard ivory pen from between 1836 to 1872 in really nice condition, a lightly used Uncle Henry lockback hunter in it's sheath, a trio of promotional Beretta items including a money clip, a small fancy folder and a bigger wharncliff bladed folder, all three mint. Whole package for $60.____Dave

djknife13 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:27 pm On the way to the UP of Michigan this weekend; A Chas Hall sleeveboard ivory pen from between 1836 to 1872 in really nice condition, a lightly used Uncle Henry lockback hunter in it's sheath, a trio of promotional Beretta items including a money clip, a small fancy folder and a bigger wharncliff bladed folder, all three mint. Whole package for $60.____Dave

Very cool Dave. I really like the pen.

Nice finds there, DJ!

Dj nice haul and a bargain imo

doglegg wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 2:15 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 5:35 am I found a pretty beat up hori-hori knife and a few other odds and ends

Those Hori Hori knives are sure useful tools even when very used.

I am hoping to clean it up and put it too good use

djknife13 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:27 pm On the way to the UP of Michigan this weekend; A Chas Hall sleeveboard ivory pen from between 1836 to 1872 in really nice condition, a lightly used Uncle Henry lockback hunter in it's sheath, a trio of promotional Beretta items including a money clip, a small fancy folder and a bigger wharncliff bladed folder, all three mint. Whole package for $60.____Dave

Knice haul brother!! If I ever find a Civil War era knife that'll stay in my collection!!!

Found a Craftsman 9555

What a cool find!

I’m a fan of a Craftsman, and you certainly found a nice one, Dog!

Found this little beaut in an antique showcase.
Found this out from under the hammer and anvil in the shop. All reclaimed materials: brass push plate, and forge welded cable.

Ended up at another flea I haven't been to in a while....scored these...

Knice pick-ups!

Been working on cleaning out the outbuilding.

Just oddly laying by itself, I found my great-grandfather's old safety razor, a Gilette Model 134. Not sure where in the production date code list it is, as the alphanumeric system was reused twice. It has an "A4" date code, I think from what I've found, it's ca. 1955. Prior to that, he used a Clauss straight razor (which I also have).

Been wanting one for myself for a long time, since Gillette hasn't made this model in the US in decades (though they did bring a Chinese-made version back recently in the "King C Gillette" line, but it is junk).
I don't think the blade is of any help in dating it, but it appears to be from the '80s.
Everything's "MADE IN USA". Today, you've got the Chinese-made reproduction 134s Gilette sells, with Russian-made blades. I use a German Merkur with German-made Wilkinson (whose coating makes them more comfortable) or Japanese Feather blades.

I plan to put it in my display case, leaving it the way he had it when he last used it, but I'd like to find a 134 for my own use--these are really nice razors. Still opens and closes smoothly. I'm tired of taking my Merkur 23C apart to change the blade and clean it, and the Food Lion-branded 134 copy I own is terrible.