All About Pocket Knives

Here is a beautiful belt buckle/knife made by Nolen Knives in the 1990s. I've never seen another one like it. I've seen an ivory model at an auction site, but never a German silver and turquoise one. The blade is marked "NOLEN". My amateur photo doesn't do this buckle/knife justice. It is beautiful. My understanding is that both Nolen brothers died a number of years ago, and one of their sons is now running the business. I am also showing a photo of a small fixed blade Nolen knife with wood scales, and that one is marked "NK".

A beautiful buckle to be sure! I'm not 100 percent sure, but that may have been made by Steve Nolen; Jim Nolen's son. Steve is a very talented knifemaker from Longmont Colorado. I spoke with him years ago when I had him verify a bolo tie w/knife(unmarked) I bought on e-bay. Here is a pic of the bolo & my Nolen Bros. belt buckle I've had since the 1980's. By the way; is the wood handled one another knife?

I think the Nolen brothers used whatever buckles they could get to effectively mount their knives to. Mine is much more plain than the 2 buckles pictured above.

Here is a Nolan buckle I've had for many years along with a buckle that I made. Anacotes brass works made the buckle to my design. Inspired by the Nolen buckle I made 26 of these buckle type knives.

Beautiful work Wayne! . That Nolen buckle looks tn be from the mid-1970's; thanks for showing it & yours!

Wow, very cool guys! Thanks for the education and photos. The knife buckle always gets a lot of attention when I wear it.