All About Pocket Knives

Todays Haul:
Imperial Cub Scout 3 blade press lock
Camillus #20 Bone handle Muskrat
Old Timer 32OT

Badwolf,
You'll discover knives like the three you found recently are sometimes reffered to as HOKs, Honest Old Knives here on the forum.
Of the three, the Camillus Muskrat gets my vote. I've found that pattern to be very useful.
Treefarmer

dlr110 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 3:58 am On my day trip up to Bowie, TX today I found 3 knives and bought 2. The first one was on the side of HWY 81 going into town. It wouldn't fit in the car.

David, I would forget about trying to haul off that big old Bowie knife ... ... after closer analysis of the picture with my sophisticated computer equipment, I noticed the makers mark stamped on the tang.... at a higher resolution it turns out that knife might not be worth the trouble strapping it to the top of your car and hauling it home....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:06 pm

dlr110 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 3:58 am On my day trip up to Bowie, TX today I found 3 knives and bought 2. The first one was on the side of HWY 81 going into town. It wouldn't fit in the car.

David, I would forget about trying to haul off that big old Bowie knife ... ... after closer analysis of the picture with my sophisticated computer equipment, I noticed the makers mark stamped on the tang.... at a higher resolution it turns out that knife might not be worth the trouble strapping it to the top of your car and hauling it home....

Ahh, ha, ha, ha, one of your best, Dog.

A shop friend of mine gave me the 8OT. All factory edges, just a few spots that should clean up.
Found the yachtie in a regular haunt in Snow Hill,MD. Un-resharpened, A-1 condition. Good day! J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:11 pm A shop friend of mine gave me the 8OT. All factory edges, just a few spots that should clean up.
Found the yachtie in a regular haunt in Snow Hill,MD. Un-resharpened, A-1 condition. Good day! J.O'.

Good score, J.O.' I really like the 8OT. I have a couple, and they make great EDC's... Keep on pickin'!

Both of those are keepers! Way to go!

Thanks, Amigos.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:11 pm A shop friend of mine gave me the 8OT. All factory edges, just a few spots that should clean up.
Found the yachtie in a regular haunt in Snow Hill,MD. Un-resharpened, A-1 condition. Good day! J.O'.

The Camillus marlin spike is a very useful tool around Starvation Plantation. That spike makes it so much easier to undo knots in ropes and straps that have gotten a bit too tight.
Works well on the farm and in the woods as well as the water.
Treefarmer

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:11 pm A shop friend of mine gave me the 8OT. All factory edges, just a few spots that should clean up.
Found the yachtie in a regular haunt in Snow Hill,MD. Un-resharpened, A-1 condition. Good day! J.O'.

2 nice ones

Got these at the Pleasantville blade show. real nice queen and a Schatt 1 0f 30. Chickenman did good as did my bro. Lots of Queen made knives and many other great knives. Rookie was set up along with a bunch of old Queen collectors.

robpa wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2024 1:55 pm Got these at the Pleasantville blade show. real nice queen and a Schatt 1 0f 30. Chickenman did good as did my bro. Lots of Queen made knives and many other great knives. Rookie was set up along with a bunch of old Queen collectors.

Man, those are gorgeous, Rob! Great finds!

Robpa: The Queen is a really special knife with a great story about how Queen's boss said Randall couldn't produce enough of that type, so Queen would make their own. It's an interesting tale. I'll try to find it and post it to you. Did you get the sheath? Congratulations. J.O'.

Rob: Google queencutleryguide.com Scroll down to the article about the "largest" knife, the Queen 78. Seems all the blades were forged at the same time for the entire series. Interesting. Good luck with it. They are beautiful knives. J.O'.

Thanks. I am on the Queen history alot. I see the guys that write that at the show in pleasantville every year, just yesterday in fact when I picked up the stag model. The guy I got the Queen from had maybe 60 Randalls to scope out. here is my other in Winterbottom. 1/2" shorter blade.

Wow! I've never even heard of the Winterbottom one. I know there were "pakkawood" and the rare, leather-stack after the Sambar stag ban. Are the blades the same on those two? I was offered pretty good $$$ for mine but I still like it so...
J.O'.

Robpa: The Queen is a really special knife with a great story about how Queen's boss said Randall couldn't produce enough of that type, so Queen would make their own. It's an interesting tale. I'll try to find it and post it to you. Did you get the sheath? Congratulations. J.O'.

Duh. Don't know how that happened ?

"I don know what happened? yeh, well I run into that alot!
The blade on the WBB are 1/2" shorter and if you look at the finger slice youll see there is a slight differnce in depth. It has been lightly buffed at some time and I date it at %8 to 60. Just a bit before they went to the stag and then the linoleum and possibly leather?? There is just so much you can gather from catalogs and verbal history.I rally want to dig into things more but its hard. Nobody really has ahandle on this stuff and I am fortunate to be able to talk to these older collectors. There are things they just dont know.. Even long time employees from floor workers to ramrods, a lot of unknown stuff went on.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:11 pm A shop friend of mine gave me the 8OT. All factory edges, just a few spots that should clean up.
Found the yachtie in a regular haunt in Snow Hill,MD. Un-resharpened, A-1 condition. Good day! J.O'.

That's a great pair, J.O'., nice catch.

Rookie made me an offer I could'nt refuse at the Pleasantville Show. Naponoch prototype Rooster knife. How could someone called Chickenman not have a Rooster knife?

How indeed, C-man, very nice congratulations.

Wowww ... you guys picked up some quality knives at that show! Superb would be the word ... Congratulations!!

Picked these three at the flea market today...
Ontario Old Hickory Trapper (70s Queen Contract Knife I Believe)
Khyber Japan 2604 User Knife
Mint 1981 Western USA S-524 Sheath & Box / Nice Bone

Marco,

CCC: that Western is a bomb! J.O'.