All About Pocket Knives

RedRaiderRick wrote: ↑Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:17 pm I.....

A similar Uncle Henry.
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... hp?t=82074

Found a bunch of (except for the camo one, surprisingly decent) knives on clearance for less than $4 each at my Walmart. Basically, this is one each of the current Ozark Trail selection that isn't behind glass at my store.

The Tanto is very nice quality--light, slim, and smooth. Fixed blade--locks in sheath well, great handle, and rotating/removable belt/waistband clip. Blue and silver assisted openers--a bit heavy, and needed break-in, but OK. Really only wanted the sheepsfoot, but both have a really easy to operate spine safety, unlike the tiny slider on Kershaws. Black one nees burrs removed from serrations--but "just the right size" for me and opens fast without an assist. Camo--cheap flimsy "mall ninja" crap. Basically just gonna live in the truck.

Some have nice knives on sale. Heard some stores have the Kershaw Blur for less than $20. Mine didn't.

New here but seems like a great forum, figured this would be as good as any for my first post. I picked up quite a few at an estate sale last week. Some I plan to add to my collection and couldn't pass them up. Could only add 10 photos, but a couple fixed blade winchesters also, nothing special. All new mint condition, never sharpened, used or even carried by the looks of them. With the exception of the Cheetahs, the Boker and the Case Hunter all in the factory boxes/tubes.

thekidd76 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 4:28 pm New here but seems like a great forum, figured this would be as good as any for my first post….

Wow what a first post! Great group of knives and great find. I never get that lucky at estate sales.

C-WADE7 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 12:29 am

thekidd76 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 4:28 pm New here but seems like a great forum, figured this would be as good as any for my first post….

Wow what a first post! Great group of knives and great find. I never get that lucky at estate sales.

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Well said C-Wade ... Very kniiice group Kidd, and welcome to AAPK!

Great knives Kidd
Welcome to the forum

C-WADE7 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 12:29 am

thekidd76 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 13, 2025 4:28 pm New here but seems like a great forum, figured this would be as good as any for my first post….

Wow what a first post! Great group of knives and great find. I never get that lucky at estate sales.

Beautiful group of knives, but your first post is gonna be like a first album that goes to the top of the charts, It's gonna be tough to top it with the sophomore release/post.

Thanks all for the welcome, glad to be here. And yea it'll be tough to top that haul.

Found these at the little flea mkt.yestiddy, had to do some wrangling to get them down where I could still buy dinner. I'm in love with the Queen farmer's jack.
I don't know anything about the Buck Creek, says it was made in Solingen Germany on it.
Need a shield but for 3 bucks it seems to a be well built hok.it took some elbow grease to get down through the crud and a quart of oil to get it snapping, it will go into the edc's after I hone the blades are bit.

RedRaiderRick wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:00 am ... So chinese you think?

Definitely Chinese. Most have the Chinese stainless alloy that starts with 7Cr but the $20 packs of three different Schrades in Wal-Mart and similar stores have their stainless alloy that starts with 3Cr. The first number is tenths of a percent carbon. The 7Cr alloy is supposed to be equivelent to 440A in edge holding. When you're buying the 3Cr is best passed over for a better knife.

bighomer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:59 pm Found these at the little flea mkt.yestiddy, had to do some wrangling to get them down where I could still buy dinner. I'm in love with the Queen farmer's jack.
I don't know anything about the Buck Creek, says it was made in Solingen Germany on it.
Need a shield but for 3 bucks it seems to a be well built hok.it took some elbow grease to get down through the crud and a quart of oil to get it snapping, it will go into the edc's after I hone the blades are bit.

Congratulations, bighomer, that's a good one!
Treefarmer

Thanks Farmer, it's sweet, looks to me like it's never seen a stone. I can't find a crack anywhere on the bone handles there is a little extra pin spin mark as is seen on several older Queens .

Number 28 Queen, nice knife! Harold

Thanks for the kind words Harold I'm sure tickled with it.

The sheath says jackmaster hammer brand, but the stamp says Viking. I think this was made by Union Cut in the 30's.

Found at an antique mall.

Edit: appears Colonial also made knives with the Viking stamp, maybe Utica too. Seems more like a Colonial or Utica.

Good afternoon TWKG,
If someone doesn’t chime in. I will check the copy of Goins I have.
Steve
When I get home at the present time I am trapped at work big storms running around

Nice score ,
I don’t believe it was made by union , probably IKCO or imperial or possibly colonial ,from the late 1930s .
Edit , after looking it up in Levines he states it as a union cut brand , I do have my doubts on that though .
I’ve seen this stamp on the lesser quality folding hunters with similar celluloid handles .
Mike

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:47 pm The sheath says jackmaster hammer brand, but the stamp says Viking. I think this was made by Union Cut in the 30's.

Found at an antique mall.

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:47 pm The sheath says jackmaster hammer brand, but the stamp says Viking. I think this was made by Union Cut in the 30's.

Found at an antique mall.

Edit: appears Colonial also made knives with the Viking stamp, maybe Utica too. Seems more like a Colonial or Utica.

Goins says EW Viking

bighomer wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:59 pm Found these at the little flea mkt.yestiddy, had to do some wrangling to get them down where I could still buy dinner. I'm in love with the Queen farmer's jack.
I don't know anything about the Buck Creek, says it was made in Solingen Germany on it.
Need a shield but for 3 bucks it seems to a be well built hok.it took some elbow grease to get down through the crud and a quart of oil to get it snapping, it will go into the edc's after I hone the blades are bit.

What a Queen!! Congratts!!

Thanks WW.

VIKING was a retai brand in NY City by Eric Wedemeyer. According to Levine, and Price, they were made by UNION.
Here's a VIKING with an OLUT (UNION). Exact match. J.O'.

Y’all are posting some cool finds, Cody, thekidd, LKS, Bighomer, TWKG and Ridgegrass!

Thanks for the input fellas.

Here's my antique mall haul from yesterday. 5 each except for the Utica, it was 12, and the red and picture handled were 4. The little celluloid with a bow tie is a Wabash, and the little fob is Miller Bro's.

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 4:14 pm Thanks for the input fellas.

Here's my antique mall haul from yesterday. 5 each except for the Utica, it was 12, and the red and picture handled were 4. The little celluloid with a bow tie is a Wabash, and the little fob is Miller Bro's.

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