Hello The Gimp,
I have a few. One is a hand made hunting knife with a stag handle and a blade made from a timber saw. Another is a Gurkha that was given to be by a member of the Flying Doctors after he and his wife came back from a site in Tibet. I have a Buck and an Old Timer and a few others. It's fun to run across a nice one. I saw some great ones in Alaska. Happy Holidays, Bill
I have a few. One is a hand made hunting knife with a stag handle and a blade made from a timber saw. Another is a Gurkha that was given to be by a member of the Flying Doctors after he and his wife came back from a site in Tibet. I have a Buck and an Old Timer and a few others. It's fun to run across a nice one. I saw some great ones in Alaska. Happy Holidays, Bill
I don't collect pocket knives so much as lose them. I used to have one I quite liked, and there was a name for the particular blade design, but I can't remember who made the knife nor the name for that blade design. I'm pretty sure I left it in a pizza box one night, never to be seen again.
I have a small non-folding knife I got from Orvis some years ago, called a "trout and bird" knife, and it's around here somewhere. If I find it I'll take a picture.
I have a small non-folding knife I got from Orvis some years ago, called a "trout and bird" knife, and it's around here somewhere. If I find it I'll take a picture.
To me they are tools, not collectables. I have a BM710 and a Leatherman Skeletool CX. No need for any more.
They can be both same as my woodworking tools. I use my 70 to 100 year old collectible hand tools at work nearly daily.
I received a Chris Reeve Large Sebenza for Christmas close to 20 years ago and used it earlier today. It ended any interest in collecting knives.
The Damascus blade is a Hattori. It was a gift from a good friend.
I did make the chefs knife with the rosewood handle. We have a metal shop at work.
I did make the chefs knife with the rosewood handle. We have a metal shop at work.
I have quite a few.
I like sturdy knives, my favorite is a fixed blade, a Buck knife from Case.
I like sturdy knives, my favorite is a fixed blade, a Buck knife from Case.
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I quite like the pattern on the blade of this knife.
Making it was a bit too complicated if you are not a fan of working with hot steel for a whole day.
Damascus steel from Balls from the bearing. - YouTube
Making it was a bit too complicated if you are not a fan of working with hot steel for a whole day.
Damascus steel from Balls from the bearing. - YouTube
There is ony one knife. Victorinox swiss army Explorer model. 2 blades, a usable philips head, two flatheads, a magnifying glass and tweezers. Nothng better or smaller for doing what you need to do, including reading tiny labels on parts and looking at solder joints with the magnifier.
This video is misleading.
This is NOT Damascus steel.
Do you think, they had ball bearing balls at the time they invented Damascus steel ?
The true process is much more involved asking much more hard hand forging work.
This is NOT Damascus steel.
Do you think, they had ball bearing balls at the time they invented Damascus steel ?
The true process is much more involved asking much more hard hand forging work.
I do not "collect" them but have quite a few.
Very useful tools.
Specially the old style carbon blade ones.
Modern stainless?
Not that much.
They *may* take an edge (afterv some effort) but definitely don´t *keep* it.
Very useful tools.
Specially the old style carbon blade ones.
Modern stainless?
Not that much.
They *may* take an edge (afterv some effort) but definitely don´t *keep* it.
I don't collect knives, but a Leatherman Micra is in my pocket every day, and comes in quite handy.
Huh. For 20 years I carried the Victorinox Executive on the job. Very small. Does small straight, Phillips, small snipping picking and tweezing. Also trims and files fingernails. And peels oranges.
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I am not an expert on the style names of knives.
It was just the complicated way the guy went about getting the pattern on the blade that made me look it up and post the link.
I usually just rely on various cheap folding knives from dollar stores. My nicest knife is probably the attached, an engraved Victorinox that was a gift. The knife I most regret letting go is a Victorinox I bought in a Victorinox boutique in China that had an inlay handle with opera masks; I gave it away as a souvenir and I could tell the recipient did not appreciate it a fraction of how much I did!
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I am not a collector as a hobby but I have collected a number of knives over the years. At the bottom of my list my EDC a small Victorinox w/nail file, scissors, tweezers and toothpick. At the top of my list a Randall Model No. 5 hunting knife. I'm too lazy to hunt them all up for a photo.