All About Pocket Knives

Sometimes you just get lucky. Lady at a local church thrift store saves any knives for me. . New, untouched , still in the wrapper with Info sheet. $5. (I gave her $7.00) J.O'.

A banger, a Wenger and an A.W. Wadsworth & Son with wood handles. And the metal block there for bangin on. All for 15 bones.

Quite a deal John ... she blessed you greatly! And you also TWKG ... I like the Wadsworth!

Scored these Camillus.....

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:52 pm Sometimes you just get lucky. Lady at a local church thrift store saves any knives for me. . New, untouched , still in the wrapper with Info sheet. $5. (I gave her $7.00) J.O'.

Very nice, J.O.' That was my late father's choice for an EDC. I have his, and always remember him cutting tape and cleaning his fingernails with it.

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:30 pm A banger, a Wenger and an A.W. Wadsworth & Son with wood handles. And the metal block there for bangin on. All for 15 bones.

Nice batch there, TWKG!

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:49 am Scored these Camillus.....

Some good EDC"s there TOPDOG!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:15 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:49 am Scored these Camillus.....

Some good EDC"s there TOPDOG!

Thanks, TMK! I was a wheel-en 'n a' deal-en.... and I also picked up some nice new (old) bones... not mint blades but good EDC and smooth bone to rub with the fingertips and say "Ahhh, back in the good 'ol days..."

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:18 am

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:15 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:49 am Scored these Camillus.....

Some good EDC"s there TOPDOG!

Thanks, TMK! I was a wheel-en 'n a' deal-en.... and I also picked up some nice new (old) bones... not mint blades but good EDC and smooth bone to rub with the fingertips and say "Ahhh, back in the good 'ol days..."

My kinda' knives!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:13 am

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:30 pm A banger, a Wenger and an A.W. Wadsworth & Son with wood handles. And the metal block there for bangin on. All for 15 bones.

Nice batch there, TWKG!

Thank you sir. You wouldn't believe the sawdust i dug through to find these. The guy also sells live edge wood beams

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:41 am

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:13 am

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:30 pm A banger, a Wenger and an A.W. Wadsworth & Son with wood handles. And the metal block there for bangin on. All for 15 bones.

Nice batch there, TWKG!

Thank you sir. You wouldn't believe the sawdust i dug through to find these. The guy also sells live edge wood beams

It was worth the dig!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:24 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:18 am

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:15 am

My kinda' knives!

Thanks, TMK, I am still out there hunting, just taking a bit easier lately. I stopped going to the local Pawnshops and Fleamarket for the past 6 months, just a yard sale now and then and the local knife shop. I got tired of bumping elbows against 12-15 other knife collectors for a few pitiful broken tipped rusty old Imperials and cheapo Chi-Com knives. The flea market days out here aren't what they used to be....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:50 am

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:24 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:18 am

My kinda' knives!

Thanks, TMK, I am still out there hunting, just taking a bit easier lately. I stopped going to the local Pawnshops and Fleamarket for the past 6 months, just a yard sale now and then and the local knife shop. I got tired of bumping elbows against 12-15 other knife collectors for a few pitiful broken tipped rusty old Imperials and cheapo Chi-Com knives. The flea market days out here aren't what they used to be....

I have decent luck at the monthly antique mall near me. There are usually a few decent finds there each month, but they usually need some cleaning if they're affordable. The really clean stuff is out of reach most of the time. I don't mind, I like cleaning them up and totin' them around!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:55 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:50 am

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:24 am
My kinda' knives!

I have decent luck at the monthly antique mall near me. There are usually a few decent finds there each month, but they usually need some cleaning if they're affordable. The really clean stuff is out of reach most of the time. I don't mind, I like cleaning them up and totin' them around!

Me too, I like cleaning them up and making them AAPK friendly again

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:49 am Scored these Camillus.....

You scored big.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:02 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:49 am Scored these Camillus.....

You scored big.

Thanks D.L. ... I also picked up a couple of Keen Kutters with Bone scales. I've to get them out and take some pictures. .... so many knives ... so little time ....

Nice hit on those Camillus Topdog

TMK: Hope all those memories are good ones. J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:38 pm TMK: Hope all those memories are good ones. J.O'.

Thanks, J.O. They are..

Found this nice Masonic knife in Berlin, MD. The blades are Colonial and the scale-tips have a tiny mark, "KLITZNER". I'm Guessing that's the jeweler's mark. It appears to be nickel-plated brass from the slightly yellow appearance in places where its worn. My paternal Grandfather was a very high Mason. He was buried in Masonic dress with his apron etc. I'm not familiar with Masonic activity so I can't say exactly what he was but I know he was a "Grand Master"(?) of his lodge. J.O'.

Not mine, but my brother-in-law just tested me a picture of his $1.50 yard sale find. 1980 Case XX USA 10 dot electricians knife. How lucky can one get?

Gtrclktr-351 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:47 pm Not mine, but my brother-in-law just tested me a picture of his $1.50 yard sale find.IMG_3789.jpeg

1980 Case XX USA 10 dot electricians knife. How lucky can one get?

That's a prize for a buck and a half! The beauty of going to a yard sale. I usually get there too late they say, " yeah we had several knives and guns but they sold 1st." Your brother in law did good!
Treefarmer

Found this little Okapi made in Germany folding knife at an antique store today for $15. It has an exposed blade spring that has a pivot in the cherry wood handle. These little knives have been made in South Africa since 1988 or so, but Okapi started in early 1900s in Germany.
- 3" blade / 7 3/8" OAL ... 1055 carbon steel / excellent snap

That's a beauty, Tony.
When you described it in your PM I was picturing the usual Okapi knife, but this one is completely different from those.
I really like the shape of your knife, it looks great!

treefarmer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:00 pm

Gtrclktr-351 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:47 pm Not mine, but my brother-in-law just tested me a picture of his $1.50 yard sale find.IMG_3789.jpeg

1980 Case XX USA 10 dot electricians knife. How lucky can one get?

That's a prize for a buck and a half! The beauty of going to a yard sale. I usually get there too late they say, " yeah we had several knives and guns but they sold 1st." Your brother in law did good!
Treefarmer

I don't get up early and drive all over town to go to yard sales anymore. I just lay in bed and play a recording over and over that says; " Well, yeah we had several knives and guns and lots and lots of boxes of ammo, but they sold 1st. It's ALL gone" .... I save a lot on gas that way....