All About Pocket Knives

royal0014 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:19 am This oddball Case lept from the cobwebs into my pocket tonight.
Can you spot the discrepancies .. .. .. ?

royal0014 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:19 am This oddball Case lept from the cobwebs into my pocket tonight.
Can you spot the discrepancies .. .. .. ?

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:35 pm

desert.snake wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:04 am
The spring on the small blade is very stiff, my nails hurt after opening it 3 times
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/549 ... b96c_c.jpg

I fixed your picture.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:38 pm Totin' a Russell to round out my workweek Barlows. Will there be more?

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:54 pmBear MGC

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:35 pm

desert.snake wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:04 am

I fixed your picture.

woodwalker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:09 pm Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:25 pm Here's a cool old one I picked up at a flea market yesterday. It was painted totally ROYAL BLUE!! Yes, you read that properly. It was so rusty, I had to scrape the tang to see what it was. This is what I found underneath! A Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport Cigar Jack with great bone handles! If you look very closely, I left a smidge of the blue paint on the edge of the shield, and a bit on the pile side on the top left. You can't see it until I blew up the pictures.

Walk and talk is still awesome, half stops work great, and it is sharp as can be. And what patina! Man, I love old knives!

Challenge equal end Jack Mark 1.JPG
Challenge Equal End Jack Pile side1.JPG

woodwalker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:09 pm Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:19 pm

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:54 pmBear MGC

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:12 pm

woodwalker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:09 pm Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

That one should be right at home in your new knife case, Kev! What an old beauty!

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:26 pm

woodwalker wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:09 pm Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

Awesome art work, is it ivory?

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:16 pm

royal0014 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:19 am

Well, the secondary blade should be a pen blade, not a sheepsfoot. But, I like it!

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:36 pm

That Sheepfoot secondary looks odd to me, and was this mystery pattern made in Delrin?

desert.snake wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 11:04 am

royal0014 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:19 am

One blade is stainless, the other one is not stainless

Knives-of-france wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 4:05 pm Aurillac in horn
IMG_5809.jpeg

royal0014 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 9:30 pm
Y'all are pretty slick. The main is stainless while the secondary is carbon. And I have it on
good authority from Mr Phieffer that Case never made this pattern with a sheepsfoot secondary.
Someone did a good job of cobbling it together ....

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:25 pm

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:25 pm Here's a cool old one I picked up at a flea market yesterday. It was painted totally ROYAL BLUE!! Yes, you read that properly. It was so rusty, I had to scrape the tang to see what it was. This is what I found underneath! A Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport Cigar Jack with great bone handles! If you look very closely, I left a smidge of the blue paint on the edge of the shield, and a bit on the pile side on the top left. You can't see it until I blew up the pictures.

Walk and talk is still awesome, half stops work great, and it is sharp as can be. And what patina! Man, I love old knives!

Challenge equal end Jack Mark 1.JPG
Challenge Equal End Jack Pile side1.JPG

Thanks, and that was an awesome find.

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:35 pm

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:19 pm

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 12:54 pmBear MGC

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

Knives-of-france wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 4:05 pm Aurillac in horn
IMG_5809.jpeg

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:11 am

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:35 pm

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 1:19 pm

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

Hey fingers,

I'm pretty sure MGC was the name of the original company. It was the last initial of each partner.
When Ken Griffey (the current owner) purchased it from the partners in 2004 it became Bear and Son.

Fingers wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:21 am

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 2:11 am

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2026 2:35 pm

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

Hey fingers,

I'm pretty sure MGC was the name of the original company. It was the last initial of each partner.
When Ken Griffey (the current owner) purchased it from the partners in 2004 it became Bear and Son.

Thanks. I guess I was just too lazy to look it up myself. In another post I learned they used a dot system for dating the year of manufacture. For example, this one has 7 stars subtracted from a base year of 2020 puts its year at 2013.