All About Pocket Knives

dlr110 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:58 pm

edge213 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:36 am

dlr110 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:06 am Here is one I picked up today at a local antique shop. It is stamped I.K. CO. (over) U.S.A.
Single blade, very good handle/bolster shell made of tin. I have some of these type knives
mostly made by Imperial but this one is very clean for it's age and the blade has a better
snap to it than some new knives and it even has a half-stop. It is a cool little knife I plan
to use as an EDC. Has anyone heard of that company?
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IKCO is Imperial Knife Company.

Thank you sir! I thought Imperial made most of those type of knives. When I looked at the initials that entered my mind but I didn't want to make any assumptions.

You are quite welcome.

Not much Friday...

TripleF wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:26 pm Not much Friday...

Hardly worth the effort to get out of bed for that little pile.

No offense intended.

Found an interesting little folder at Lowe's today (actually, last week on the website while planning today's trip).
At $25, I figured it was worth a try as a work knife, as I prefer the 4" or under frame size. I think it is just as well made as an entry level CRKT or Kershaw. Only a three-year warranty compared to the lifetime on those, however.

I thought the handles were aluminum, but no, they are steel. I do not know why they went with steel handles on BOTH this one and the bigger AXIS lock tanto blade model. It more than doubles the weight. Fiber-reinforced nylon plastic or G-10 would've been better.

Just a cool old knife
Stamped acme on back
F.Westpeal Austria in front.
I believe is what it says

Nice one Mike!
I found this no namer in the bottom of my dads gun cabinet. No idea who made it or what country it came from. Definitely got blades!

Oledadsknives wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:56 am Nice one Mike!
I found this no namer in the bottom of my dads gun cabinet. No idea who made it or what country it came from. Definitely got blades!

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It was made in Japan. I have seen a couple of different sizes of these. They are kind of clunky in their design, but solid. Cool knife!

Thanks reverand, I kinda thought Asian but you never know. The pins are not hammered down very well at all but the blades open and close very good. I’ll have to clean er up a bit.

From 2 Flea Markets today....

That's a nice haul Scott...

Scot,
Always interesting to see what you come up with!
You must have gone to Bevilles corner to hit two in one morning.
Treefarmer

dlr110 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 3:50 pm That's a nice haul Scott...

TY

treefarmer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 03, 2023 5:14 pm Scot,
Always interesting to see what you come up with!
You must have gone to Bevilles corner to hit two in one morning.
Treefarmer

Yes sir!!

That’s quite the haul there Scott!

Oledadsknives wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:56 am Nice one Mike!
I found this no namer in the bottom of my dads gun cabinet. No idea who made it or what country it came from. Definitely got blades!

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Japan?

Pawn shop finds.

Made to one of our local antique shops today.
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dlr110 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:07 am Made to one of our local antique shops today.
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Looks LIKE A GREAT HAUL! Especially that Craftsman!

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:25 am

Oledadsknives wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:56 am Nice one Mike!
I found this no namer in the bottom of my dads gun cabinet. No idea who made it or what country it came from. Definitely got blades!

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Japan?

Yea Reverand thought Japan also, thanks!

Oledadsknives wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:53 am

You're welcome. ... I have one that is a spitting image of yours and it has a very, very faint Japan mark/tang stamp on the large knife blade, very hard to make out, but there...

Nice finds, guys! I’m very envious of all of you guys and your great finds. No flea markets near me - difficult area here to find knives. The best I can do is check the supply of Case knives at a couple of hardware stores - which ain’t huge! I visit my brother in Sevierville, TN, a couple of times a year and we hit the flea markets there, but it seems dealers want to charge the price of a new knife for their used and sometimes poor condition knives. Hope y’all are getting good deals! Maybe I’m just cheap!

tvic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:56 pm No flea markets near me - difficult area here to find knives.

I'm very surprised Tim, I would have thought your neck of the woods would have tons of flea market type places. I know you have a lot of antique stores all over the state and that's where I find lots of knives. You're right about the prices and I turned down several yesterday because they were priced at or above normal retail. If they were 50 year old knives in excellent condition that would be different but these were less than 10 years old. I guess we all look at it in different ways. Take care...

tvic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:56 pm Nice finds, guys! I’m very envious of all of you guys and your great finds. No flea markets near me - difficult area here to find knives. The best I can do is check the supply of Case knives at a couple of hardware stores - which ain’t huge! I visit my brother in Sevierville, TN, a couple of times a year and we hit the flea markets there, but it seems dealers want to charge the price of a new knife for their used and sometimes poor condition knives. Hope y’all are getting good deals! Maybe I’m just cheap!

I have some good finds now and then, but the big problem for me is at the flea market there is a HOARD of buyers/pickers/resellers that swarm all over the place trying to root out any knife in any space. Somedays there are more buyers than used pocketknives in the entire market. The 2nd problem is everyone with a damn "smart" phone thinks their old junker is a TOP $ one-of-a-kind eBay treasure If I hear "I looked it up on Flea-Bay" one more time ......

From an antique shop earlier today...
Browning & S.W. Cut.

Outstanding finds Scott...

dlr110 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:07 am Made to one of our local antique shops today.

That's a good antique store haul! What model number is the Craftsman?