All About Pocket Knives

colonials. pretty good shape. black one is tight, good lockup, sits deep. good snap.
white or cream one's handles have schrunk but works great.
hey LT, i think these are variation of ones in your book.

Nice autos Johnnie. I wish I had more of those.

Very cool snaps Johnnie I like that 1st one a bunch.

Singin46

thanks smoke and perry. i been playin with em from the gitgo.

LT, can you put a time frame on these?

Nice "buttons" johnnie! Don't wear 'em out now!

thanks charlie, i'm tryin to show some restraint!

ya can't help it man!


Singin46

Shur snaps similar to colonial, edgemaster ect were mostly 40tys knives here are a few pics of some I have which you might enjoy. I included a full candy store board original ( knives and board ) this is how they were sold back then for a dollar or two a piece. I was not sure which of these was a better pic so I included two basicly of the same shot. LT PS there are a couple of other knives not pertaining to these companies but were in the composite. PPS I have another display board from this overall display which I am adding now since it shows some other variations from these companies and others.

thanks LT, great pics. i used your book to help me pull the trigger on em!

sweet!!!!

Cooool Snaps LT, I never knew there were so many. I love this site man.

Singin46

hey LT, how do you suggest storing them, open, closed, half open?

OPEN OPEN OPEN PLEASE. ALWAYS . This rule is for all domestic and most euro or imports Italian stilletos almost every thing. The main possible exception are double full spring mechs since either way there is pressure on one spring or the other an example of these would be the import OTF models. For the most part this mech was used on inexpensive knives that now with the internet seem to abound however much like a bottle of scotch during prohibition ( whose repeal just celebrated its 75th ann ). Another idiot law which in a large part came from giving women the right to vote. ( An act of stupidity which I am sure will only be surpassed when we have one in the White house. . Shes On the way.)
In any event these inexpensive imports actually used to be difficult to obtain ( way back when the federal government was not to scaird to enforce the import laws against our new buddies the communist Chinese. Now it would seem auto laws of any kind are only enforced upon american firms who would compete with our buddies the commys. You could get them in Mexico at the risk of being detained or worse. However then a company called Edge came up with a plan to circumvent these idiot laws ( in the erly 80tys) and started selling these knives as kits, parts to be assembled by the buyer. They did quite well with ads in most sporting and similar magazines and eventually had one of the greatest ( artwork ) catalogues (which if any one has an interest I would try to post) . They also sold alot of knives. There were several problems first these knives at best were inexpensive ( well I guess the word is cheap because edge charged top dollar ). However these knives when made in a factory had a high percent of faulty ones. When assembled by inept people such as myself there failure rate was even worse. Now you can get them assembled and fairly inexpensive. They loved to put neat military words on the sides Nato military, special forces ect, ( these knives had nothing to do with the military ). In fact these knives would for the most part have induced death to the wielder. If held against any object tougher than a sheet of toilet paper the blade would bounce loose in the handle like a man with a prostate condition. In fact given the choice I would prefer a shard of glass or sharpened nail in a fight. Now I mention all this because I have included a pic of the mechanism with double springs that I mentioned at the beginning of this post which was part of the assembly instructions which came with the knife.. However I wanted to explain what you were looking at. Being as you know a bit of an extremeist on this subject I also included some pics of the type of knife I am referring to as well as 3 of the unopened original edge kits in there unopened plastic bags. Eventually the feds since they could not get the Edge company for any thing else brought them up on the usual catch all, Tax charges it is usually that or the Rico act when they cannot get anything else. So edge went under and now thousands of these toys come in to this country every day unimpeded by the feds well it is only right I means they are chinese imports and it seems rules only apply to Americans. So there is a very long winded answer to the question which really only need a simple " As a rule of thumb store open " LT PS these knives do make a great sound when you open or close them the straight out or reverse back in effect is also quite dramatic so as a result you will often see the knives which were virtually useless as weapon being used by villians in movies frankly a razor knife to any one who knows is a lot more frightening of course all this continues to villify this simple tool. So that we can have more idiot laws. it just shows what bad press can do.

Now THAT is some cool history to go along with all these knives!!

Thanks for sharing that here in Knife Lore.

Bill

thanks, LT!

Definitely store them in the open position.

Here are several other examples of storage. LT

lt632ret wrote:Here are several other examples of storage. LT

Absolutely FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And you have a cutlass too!!!!

wow LT! thanks. i will store them open, but i don't think i'll get the same effect you have achieved.

Actually those pics are older, those displays have since been added to and I am in the process of a couple more it is as we all know a consuming study however I must say that even though it is expensive this stuff appreciates better than most investments. So you might say it is kind of like an addiction that dosent harm, saves a bit of history and in the end is profitable. I guess there are worse endeavers. I keep saving crown royal empty bottles in the hope that there will be a demand for them. However while just as enjoyable that hobby does not seem to mandate the same monetary return. As far as those couple of shur snaps you just picked up if you display them together you will find that in a while there will be others in the display either by your addiction of as I have always maintained because they propagate now I know this happens for often while under the affect ( influence)of my other aformentioned hobby I often hear them in the act. I am contemplating having marriage ceremonys so that these displays are not confiscated as displays of ill repute.

Most impressive Lt! That has to be the finest collection of autos I have ever seen.................

Gary

Thanks I really have to update it I have gotten some really strange stuff over the last few years. It allowed me to fill in some holes . LT

More history! I LOVE this site!!

Thank you LT. Keep the lessons coming.

Dale

LT said it, I believe it and that settles it! What a great display of knives.

I grew up in the eighties - me and a friend ordered one of those switchblade kits and we never could get the damn thing put together right!

I've always thought it was ridiculous that autos are illegal - even more so now days with the abundance of 'assisted openers'