All About Pocket Knives

knife7knut wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:33 am Although these 2 knives were acquired several years apart, they do share a commonality in my mind anyway.
The KA-BAR folder is one l have coveted since the early 1970's. A co-worker had a near mint one he insisted on using to gouge out Bondo to do auto body repairs! I offered to buy it and give him another to use. He refused and continued to use it for this purpose.
What ties these two is he also had a JOHN EK MODEL 6 that his dad had carried in WWll. That he never would have sold and l would never have attempted to buy it.
I often wonder what happened to them as he died quite suddenly awhile back.
My KA-BAR I found at an antique store. It was advertised for $ 225 and l hesitated for a day. Thinking l would likely never find another in my lifetime, l went back the following day and bought it.
The EK was gifted to me in appreciation of my appraising a large lot of knives for an older gemtleman l met at a yard sale. I told him what it was worth, but he insisted l take it.
And those are my stories. The next one will be of my seventeen dollar CASE V 42!

knife7knut wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 7:29 am When l used to troll e bay, one of my favorite viewing areas was the letter opener section. It was amazing how many people would list old daggers and bowies as letter openers! I missed out on an 1840s era A. DAVEY & SONS that sold for 25 dollars because l refused to bid more than 20 bucks for anything! Last time l did that!
Anyhow one day l spot an ad for a letter opener and 2 knives from a shop in Florida. Did a quick check on them and see they have several hundred items advertised but no other knives or letter openers. Looking at the pictures, l spot the tell tale thumbprint mark of the V-42! The handle is a lump of plastic similar to a bowling ball. The blade looks rusty but full. The other knives are a German stag hunter and a newer KAI.
As l dont use paypal, l contact them and asj if they will accept a postal money order. They say yes. I bid forty dollars and win! Total with shipping is 51 dollars for the 3 knives.
When they finally arrive, l find that the dagger is unsharpened, has a slight bit of rust(removed with a #2 pencil), the pommel nut is missing the skull crusher point. I remove the old handle and temporarily fit one made of clear LEXAN. One day l hope to find the correct thickness of leather to make a proper handle. And that is the story.

knife-nut wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 5:27 am I hope that wasn’t your last post. I enjoy the stories. Seeing pictures of your vast collection makes me wonder how many knives you must own. Wow..

glennbad wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:59 pm Some wonderful knives and stories recounted so far!

I've shared this before....this Case hunter belonged to my grandfather (dad's dad). I only met him once, when our family drove across country from NH to CA to visit. 2 adults, 4 kids, and a Great Pyrenees. We stayed in KOA campgrounds along the way, and had a cool adventure. Anyways, they would send us Christmas gifts, and more than once I received Queen pocketknives. That was quite exciting as a young lad. This particular knife was one my dad got when my grandfather had passed. He had returned to Montana to help his mom(stepmom) with some of the estate stuff, and came back with a bunch of his possessions. (I also ended up with 12-string guitar of my grandfather's. Not an expensive model, but still priceless to me) Anyway, here is the knife...

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