Classic American '50's Shur-Snap "fishtail" by Colonial, Providence, RI leaf spring side-opener. Not a high quality knife, though it remains in fair-to-good condition and functions as intended. Blade is surprisingly good steel and retains its original shape, more or less, despite heavy use and repeated sharpening. I've had this one since I was a Boy Scout. I think these originally retailed for about $5.
Wow, that brings back memories, tktoo. I had one just like that at around the same time in my life, although I didn't treat it very well -- first one of the scales broke (my dad molded a resin replacement) and then a couple years later the latch wore out and would no longer hold the blade closed. Oh well.
Here's the pocket knife I've been carrying for the last ten years: Spyderco's Caly 3, designed by Sal Glesser. Scales are carbon fiber, blade is ZDP-189 laminated between two sheets of 420J2. The knife opens one-handed, quicker than an automatic, and can be quickly closed one-handed, too. Feels good, cuts well, stays sharp, built like a tank, fits in any pocket, no sharp edges to snag... Really nice design.
(Stock images, since I can't take a decent photo of anything shiny)
Knives form Mom, Dad and wife
1. Buck® Knives Deuce pocket knife 375
2. Buck® Knives Lady Buck (White Knight) 506 Slimline 500 series pocket knife 1978
3. Buck® Knives Muskrat 313 pocket knife for Colonial Pipeline
4. Buck® Knives Treasury Executive 527 pocket knife (birch wood)
5. Kaicut pocket knife for Kai Cutlery
6. Schrade Uncle Henry 807UH pocket knife
7. Ulster Knife Company Old Timer 580T pocket knife
8. Wüsthof Dreizack pocket knife
I bought the Buck® Knives Hunters Axe 106 upon issue. The potential to "command respect" in a non-positive situation as expected. The solid billet of stainless steel with simple Micarta handles is above average in form and function (my opinion).
Every time I see this thread I'm reminded of the time I was helping out with my son's FIRST robotics group when he was in high school. I was helping a some younger ones (brainy future engineer types, very nice kids) with something or other and they needed to cut some cord or something but there was nothing handy. I said, "Oh wait, I've got a knife!" and they got very nervous because of course knives were not permitted at all on school grounds. Then I pulled it out and everyone cracked up.
I have since lost it and I miss it. It came in very handy once in awhile.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Mark. And don't get me wrong, I love my cigars, too, but I take them out of my mouth every once in awhile.
Objet, that stick doesn't look very, um, persuasive. My great grandfather's brother was a city cop. My brother has his London bobby-style helmet, badge, and billy club ca.1910. That one is perhaps a little longer, considerably stouter, fashioned of hickory, filled with lead, and is fitted with a leather wrist strap.
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