All About Pocket Knives

Here is my latest and I think it a rare one. A 4 blade Hatch, I have seen and owned 2 blades but have only seen 1 more 4 blade that was on ebay years ago that I missed on buying.

Mike

mike, very nice collectable there.
i read where hatch bought the automatic knife company of middletown conn in 1893. those were the sort of knives made during that time. but is that a real automatic?

Here is the patent . and no the blades do not fully kick open . Really Nice Mike!! I always look forward to see what you post next. I'll post my newest big double later
http://www.google.com/patents?id=fxRPAA ... &q&f=false

Thanks Wayne, I saw the knife on the SD site man is it a beauty!!! Post it here when you get a chance. Mike

Lone Wolf Lobo. I miss them already. Benchmade bought them and buried some of their best stuff

Thanks Mike I'm very pleased with the knives I found last month . I really like Press Button Knives and have bought a few Schrade Cut knives . In those I prefer the very early stamped ones as I like the jigging they used . I don't own any the hunters yet. I might one day try to ad a example or two of them. Scharde Cut made several different examples and I'm becoming a fan of there early 3 3/4" doubles in natural materials such as Pearl,Bone . Plus they offered several different blade combinations like PBKC offered on there 3 3/4"

galvanic1882 wrote:Here is my latest and I think it a rare one. A 4 blade Hatch, I have seen and owned 2 blades but have only seen 1 more 4 blade that was on ebay years ago that I missed on buying.

Mike

WOW! That is terrific!!!!!!!!!! When you press the levers do two blades pop out at once or does it have 4 levers? I can't tell from the picture.What a great knife! Thanks for posting it.

Looks like it has 4 tabs, one for each blade

Yes it has 4 tabs one for each blade. One end has some problems with the blades getting hung up so I can't open them at the same time. Still a great rare piece that I am thrilled to have.

fantastic

Finally got one I ain't ashamed to show.

[quote="Owd Wullie"]Finally got one I ain't ashamed to show.
Nice

Got a couple more.....I'm using bamafans (Chris) pics..His are way better than mine.
Top one is a Benchmade Balisong...its one of their first autos to be made.
The bottom is a Benchmade 3550....I plan on re-finishing the handles on this one.
Chris and I have made several trades...a very good Man to deal with.IMO.....Thanks Chris.


Nice Schrade, Wullie.

Here is a group shot of all my Press Buttons. I am still trying to find that darn flask!! Probably will drive me crazy looking for one and then hoping I can afford it!!!

galvanic1882 wrote:am still trying to find that darn flask!!

What flask Mike

Here is the Flask, it was posted earlier in the thread!!!

That was me this past Saturday night....

Shame on you!!!!

Well,,,,once again i posted this elswhere and moved it here have a nice weekend all.. Enjoy !

Very nice,wiseguy. ..I really like the guards on those.
I can't see the tang stamp....what era is that bad boy?

johnnierotten wrote:what era is that bad boy

Had to have been just before the ban in 1958.

That is a nice and pretty scarce knife

Thanks Dimitri.

Here`s the stamp Mr. Rotten Miller bro`s is correct in that the pat # was to Jacob L Schrade in the later years of the production and was an improvement to the locking mechanism for better lockup ? this is all from members sharing the knowledge they have with me Thanks Guys ! . i understand this dates late 40s to mid 50s-ish going by the patent ,,,,if anyone has more information on this feel free to share .

johnnierotten wrote:Very nice,wiseguy. ..I really like the guards on those.
I can't see the tang stamp....what era is that bad boy?

Thanks for the tang pics. ...She's a BEAUTY.

Various old American made switches..................