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Knives!
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I'll post some photos later on. I've about 60 or more. My love is for traditional pocket and hunting knives, bone and stag handles. My favorite pocket knife is the barlow.
Strapped a bayonet to my backside for a couple years when I was a kid.
Daily carry now is a tiny little Schrade 8OT Old Timer Senior Pocket Knife in my jeans' watch pocket. Been carrying that for years as a general purpose edge.
Got a nice Buck 110 around somewhere in a leather sheath, and a new Buck 3 blade same size as the oldtimer.
Still got the bayonet somewhere.
Daily carry now is a tiny little Schrade 8OT Old Timer Senior Pocket Knife in my jeans' watch pocket. Been carrying that for years as a general purpose edge.
Got a nice Buck 110 around somewhere in a leather sheath, and a new Buck 3 blade same size as the oldtimer.
Still got the bayonet somewhere.
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It's a little embarrassing to show this one given all the high-dollar blades in this thread, but I've been carrying this little guy for years, and it gets a ton of work around the ranch. If I lose it (which I'm amazed I haven't yet) I'll get another one in a heartbeat:
The nice thing about a nice knife is that it doesn't need to cost a lot to be a nice knife.
Don't be embarrassed -- my EDC is a little freebie I received when I renewed my membership to be a big, well-known organization. It's a single-blade el cheapo... but it does have rosewood on the sides, I've sharpened it to a fine edge and it's got a nice old-school look. Hey, it does what I need it to... and if I ever break it or lose it, I won't get bent out of shape.
I've got some nice knives made by the big boy companies, but they're bigger blades.
My cheapie is tiny, but it easily fits in my pocket.
I've got some nice knives made by the big boy companies, but they're bigger blades.
My cheapie is tiny, but it easily fits in my pocket.
Had a couple Randalls, good strong knives with uninspiring steel, 2 customs from Ralph Dewey Harris ( a 14" tanto and a folder with desert Arizona ironwood scales), an Ontario fighter, 2 Cold Steels, a Gerber mark 2, a no name yet high quality butterfly, and more. My EDC for the last 10 years is the Outdoor Edge Magna, AUS8 steel, nice. But my Japanese chefs knives are the ones I can't do without. Takayuki slicer, a Misono chefs, 2 that have kanji characters and I forgot the bladesmiths. Just ordered a new HARUKAZE AS MORADO SANTOKU 170MM with super steel AS (Aogami Super).
....Okay, I've now spent about 2 hours looking at image searches and over 2400 individual ebay sales...
I found 2 that match the one in question, and neither had model info.
Anybody?
I found 2 that match the one in question, and neither had model info.
Anybody?
I don't know the model name, but based on its lines, that knife looks like it was designed by Pete Kershaw, who used to be a Gerber designer before leaving the company and starting Kershaw Knives. You can compare the resemblance of your knife to some Kershaw designs here: Kershaw Folding Knives - Assisted, Manual, and Flipper Knives
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Oddly enough, my current EDC of some time is a Kershaw, so the similarities may have subconsciously affected my decision to purchase... I hadn't considered that this may be a Kershaw design, but, it's definitely food for the search mill. 
Thanks.
Thanks.
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And a pair of Navaja's, which are one of the oldest style locking blades. Also called "ratchet knives". These were Spanish, often carried by gypsies (who were forbidden to carry swords) and bandits, and often got quite large.
The "caracaracara" ratchet sound was the 17th century auditory equivalent of a shotgun cocking. Pic is a bit blurry.
I've had the smaller one for dozens of years, used to be part of my Ren Faire costume.
The "caracaracara" ratchet sound was the 17th century auditory equivalent of a shotgun cocking. Pic is a bit blurry.
I've had the smaller one for dozens of years, used to be part of my Ren Faire costume.
I went around house collecting folders out of drawers and cabinets. This is the first time that they have all been together (the two Benchmade knives are autos). Then I remembered the small collection of mostly small Case folders I put together about five years ago. I think I have a Gerber Paul Series II Model 2 floating around here somewhere!
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