December 18, 20241 yr 42 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: I have a bag like that for all my cheap skinners (mostly uncle henry). Call it my OJ-Bag I'll see myself out.....
February 25Feb 25 Just spent probably too much on a little buck to finally quiet the voice in my head saying “I wish I still had that little buck”. (yeah time for a new mousepad) the new one is the 505 Knight on the top. Then the 55 that has ostensibly (but rarely since 2020) been my daily carry and the 110 I used to carry for whatever reason in college lol they don’t just sell the 505 anymore, you order it from the custom shop. I didn’t really want any customizations, but it’s got some nice looking wood and a mirror shine, for now I’ll see how long I can carry this before it slips into a seat cushion and is lost again to time Edited February 25Feb 25 by Celery Man
February 26Feb 26 6 hours ago, Celery Man said: Just spent probably too much on a little buck to finally quiet the voice in my head saying “I wish I still had that little buck”. (yeah time for a new mousepad) the new one is the 505 Knight on the top. Then the 55 that has ostensibly (but rarely since 2020) been my daily carry and the 110 I used to carry for whatever reason in college lol they don’t just sell the 505 anymore, you order it from the custom shop. I didn’t really want any customizations, but it’s got some nice looking wood and a mirror shine, for now I’ll see how long I can carry this before it slips into a seat cushion and is lost again to time I like Bucks quite a lot. Their 420HC is a bit above Case's and most everyone else's.
February 26Feb 26 19 hours ago, Celery Man said: I’ll see how long I can carry this before it slips into a seat cushion and is lost again to time There is a direct cosmic correlation akin to gravity and the laws of motion that the more expensive a pocket knife is, the quicker you will lose it.
February 26Feb 26 12 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: I like Bucks quite a lot. Their 420HC is a bit above Case's and most everyone else's. I love the knives. I do not love sharpening them. These days when I'm making a trip to Bass Pro, I pay the old dude at the knife counter a buck or two (no pun intended) to sharpen mine on the wheel/belt sharpener.
February 26Feb 26 I should ask dad if Peepaw always carried a Buck. Dad did, and so those knives are basically what a pocket knife “is” to me. I have a couple of those kershaw shuffles in the house that I like for a handy utility knife, I have that blur and I’m sure that the spyderco and more tactical looking knives are great and everything, but it’s that buck with the wood on the handle and the simple locking mechanism that I want in my pocket. And right now I’m not regretting finally ordering another 505 - it didn’t take that long to get, and the size is right. I can’t feel it in my pocket without reaching for it. They also have the 503 and the 501 (the 501 being the biggest) which I’ve carried at various points. The 503 I think is the same size as the 55.
February 26Feb 26 Just spent probably too much on a little buck to finally quiet the voice in my head saying “I wish I still had that little buck”. (yeah time for a new mousepad) the new one is the 505 Knight on the top. Then the 55 that has ostensibly (but rarely since 2020) been my daily carry and the 110 I used to carry for whatever reason in college lol they don’t just sell the 505 anymore, you order it from the custom shop. I didn’t really want any customizations, but it’s got some nice looking wood and a mirror shine, for now I’ll see how long I can carry this before it slips into a seat cushion and is lost again to timeNeed a 112 to firm up that collect of Buck folders A buddy carried a small folder like that 505 for a long time. Seen him clean several deer and a ton of catfish with it.
February 26Feb 26 6 hours ago, BabaYaga said: I love the knives. I do not love sharpening them. These days when I'm making a trip to Bass Pro, I pay the old dude at the knife counter a buck or two (no pun intended) to sharpen mine on the wheel/belt sharpener. Yeah, I have no experience with "supersteels," other than 440C and D2, which don't really count anymore. But yeah Buck steel is hard to sharpen, like the aforementioned. I'm a retrogrouch and see sharpening as an inevitability, so as far as I know, I'd rather just do it more often with a steel that I know I can get sharp af pretty quickly. Then again, I don't use my knives all that hard. Also, check out how that satin finish appears to to go evenly over the edge, like it was sharpened then given a final finish. Edited February 26Feb 26 by TwiceHorn
February 26Feb 26 1 hour ago, davidg said: A buddy carried a small folder like that 505 for a long time. Seen him clean several deer and a ton of catfish with it. Texted my buddy and asked about that knife and he said I’ll pull out of my pocket and send you a pic. A little Puma lockback he said he bought in 1980 . Not bad for a 45 yo daily carry.
March 3Mar 3 1 hour ago, huge said: Seems like there are better tools to get after a deer with, but who am I to judge? I think we've all used weird items when the need is there. I once caped a doe with a little red Swiss army knife I had on my keychain because the little blade was so sharp. Also used a kitchen knife once. My favorite are small Rapala fishing knives. Super sharp and they resharpen easily.
April 22Apr 22 Got these for my sister and husband as wedding presents. Gonna need to get another Launch 7 for myself. Kershaw Launch 7 (his) Kershaw Launch 4 (hers)
April 23Apr 23 Dont need one of those, have too many of that ilk. First time in a while that this thread gets bumped and I didn't buy something. But the day is relatively young
April 23Apr 23 Still loving this little buck. It’s small enough to not feel in my pocket, so I carry it all the time now.
April 23Apr 23 Still loving this little buck. It’s small enough to not feel in my pocket, so I carry it all the time now.I have one, too. It’s a favorite.
April 24Apr 24 I don’t know much about knives but I plan to carry them in my shop. What are some “bespoke” brands? Limited production? Folding and fixed blades. I don’t want bench made or spyderco or whatever. $300-$1000 per range.
April 24Apr 24 On 2/25/2025 at 12:52 PM, Celery Man said: they don’t just sell the 505 anymore, you order it from the custom shop. That makes absolutely no sense. I would think they would sell more of that size than all the larger ones combined.
April 24Apr 24 I don’t know much about knives but I plan to carry them in my shop. What are some “bespoke” brands? Limited production? Folding and fixed blades. I don’t want bench made or spyderco or whatever. $300-$1000 per range. Chris Reeve?
April 25Apr 25 11 hours ago, SurlyGator said: That makes absolutely no sense. I would think they would sell more of that size than all the larger ones combined. Tacticool knives are all the rage these days. And, they are handy with their fancy locks and flippers and assisted opening and such. But so many are just so damn huge, bulky, and heavy, you really do need the clip to keep it from weighing your pocket down. And the blades are often too thick for my taste.
April 25Apr 25 6 minutes ago, Handcruser said: Yes - exactly. Damn good suggestion. Maybe Great Eastern slipjoints. https://greateasterncutlery.net/blog/ Lionsteel, an Italian company, makes some interesting knives that are easy enough to find online, but probably look pretty good in a display case. https://www.lionsteel.it/en/ Bark River sells a lot of fixed blades that are popular among bushcrafters and hunters. https://barkriverknives.com/ Something that would be cool and kind of old-school, but probably hard to stock would be Randall knives. https://randallknives.com/ Geezus, delivery time on a custom order is seven years. Edited April 25Apr 25 by TwiceHorn
April 25Apr 25 On 4/23/2025 at 9:27 PM, Handcruser said: I don’t know much about knives but I plan to carry them in my shop. What are some “bespoke” brands? Limited production? Folding and fixed blades. I don’t want bench made or spyderco or whatever. $300-$1000 per range. Oh man, first look at Montana Knife Company - they sell out in minutes upon every release. Think guys waiting to click the refresh button ala Taylor Swift tickets. Half-Face Blades is another. Super large following. Winkler is pretty damn popular Helm Forge is a local Texas guy Toor Knives RMJ T.Kell Knives
July 12Jul 12 It's been difficult to resist buying some kind of edged tool during Prime Days. That's all I've got to say about that.
July 12Jul 12 I have this absurd desire for a Wenger/Vic Delemont model SAK. One year, a Swiss Army Knife was my Dad's big Christmas present. This would have been sometime in the 70s before they were as ubiquitous as today. That meant a considerable amount of shopping and comparison of Wenger and Victorinox generally and their various models. Dad ended up choosing Vic and later I did too, and of course, that's all there is anymore. But, the Wenger scissor design is arguably superior and the blade has more belly. I am a low-key now high-key SAK fanboi. A Cadet is a knife I reach for more days than not, our kitchen knives are Victorinox. I suppose I am a cutlery cheap date, but they just work and don't break the bank for (to me) dubious incremental improvements. Edited July 12Jul 12 by TwiceHorn
July 12Jul 12 10 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: I have this absurd desire for a Wenger/Vic Delemont model SAK. One year, a Swiss Army Knife was my Dad's big Christmas present. This would have been sometime in the 70s before they were as ubiquitous as today. That meant a considerable amount of shopping and comparison of Wenger and Victorinox generally and their various models. Dad ended up choosing Vic and later I did too, and of course, that's all there is anymore. But, the Wenger scissor design is arguably superior and the blade has more belly. I am a low-key now high-key SAK fanboi. A Cadet is a knife I reach for more days than not, our kitchen knives are Victorinox. I suppose I am a cutlery cheap date, but they just work and don't break the bank for (to me) dubious incremental improvements. The Victorinox kitchen knives are a great value IMO. The chef's knife has a comfortable handle and does everything a chef's knife should, while being easy to maintain. The paring knife is a damn scalpel. Oh, and check your messages.
July 12Jul 12 35 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said: The Victorinox kitchen knives are a great value IMO. The chef's knife has a comfortable handle and does everything a chef's knife should, while being easy to maintain. The paring knife is a damn scalpel. Oh, and check your messages. Yep, they're awesome. I'm a pretty good sharpener, but cut my teeth on 1095, 420-440, and SAKs. I can get them pretty fucking sharp pretty quick without a lot of material removal.
July 21Jul 21 So, I noodled around on ebay for used Wengers and also looked at the Victorinox "Delemont" series. Delemont is where Wenger was located when Victorinox bought them in 2014 and is the name given to the Wengerish models that Vic still makes. They also still make the large Ranger models that I think Wenger beat them to market with. The used Wengers don't represent enough of a discount relative to a new Vic, even though the Delemonts are more expensive than regular equivalent Vic models. I was also worried that Vic couldn't/wouldn't fix an old Wenger as they apparently are not stocking parts any longer, except for the Delemonts. Victorinox is apparently very generous with repair/replacement of even abused knives under their lifetime warranty. I wound up with a Vic Delemont Evo 16. My SAK collection now consists of a 40 year old Vic Huntsman that is still near mint, a Cadet, the One Hand Trekker, and this. The three-layer (main, nail file, scissors, cap lifter, can opener, Phillips and awl) adds a bit of functionality over the Cadet without making it a pocket tumor like the Huntsman and Trekker. One notable thing, the Delemont main blade is considerably thinner than Vic's usual main blades, which aren't exactly pry-bars themselves. This apparently was normal with Wengers. I like slipjoints and SAKs as a general proposition, which means I'm good with a thin blade, but this is the thinnest main blades on a quality knife I've ever seen. It doesn't flex during normal usage though, and the little bit of belly it has is nice and it is easily made scalpelish. It has the Wenger backspring-biased scissors and the contoured scales that Wenger pioneered. I kind of like them, but they're thicker than regular cellidor and certainly alox. So the knife is a bit bulky for a three-layer. Vic uses their own toothpick and tweezers (Wengers were different and didn't "notch" the scales), its can-opener with small screwdriver, and the nail file is of a slightly different configuration than that on the Cadet. Fit, finish and quality were typically high, however it was gritty as hell. I washed it out with soap and water and in that unlubricated state it was pretty horrific. The washing and a few drops of oil fixed everything right up. Seems to be a worthy candidate if you're considering a SAK. Especially if you want something off the beaten path a little.
July 21Jul 21 One other interesting thing. The caplifter and can opener on my Cadet, Huntsman, and Trekker are nearly identical despite having been made 40 years apart. Although these two items on this knife are quite similar to the usual Victorinox, they're a little different, smaller, and the caplifter lacks the half stop, which can be handy for screwdriver applications. Edited July 21Jul 21 by TwiceHorn
August 2Aug 2 On 7/12/2025 at 3:40 PM, Carl Spackler said: The Victorinox kitchen knives are a great value IMO. The chef's knife has a comfortable handle and does everything a chef's knife should, while being easy to maintain. The paring knife is a damn scalpel. Oh, and check your messages. I have both of those in my knife drawer. I got the ones with the rosewood handles, which although nice, smell like a horse blanket. It's gotten better over time, and I oil the handles occasionally, which helps, but that was an unpleasant surprise when I first got them. They're awesome knives though and, at the time, were not very expensive. Edited August 2Aug 2 by dcbc
August 6Aug 6 On 2/25/2025 at 12:52 PM, Celery Man said: Just spent probably too much on a little buck to finally quiet the voice in my head saying “I wish I still had that little buck”. (yeah time for a new mousepad) the new one is the 505 Knight on the top. Then the 55 that has ostensibly (but rarely since 2020) been my daily carry and the 110 I used to carry for whatever reason in college lol they don’t just sell the 505 anymore, you order it from the custom shop. I didn’t really want any customizations, but it’s got some nice looking wood and a mirror shine, for now I’ll see how long I can carry this before it slips into a seat cushion and is lost again to time Found this 501 in an antique store in Nacogdoches a few weeks ago for $40. It compliments the 503 that I’ve had for +40 years.
August 7Aug 7 What’s the group consensus on the Bugout?I have 5. Four full size and a mini. Of the full size I have one with metal scales, one with carbon fiber, one custom and one standard model with grivory(?) scales. It is like a griptilian but thinner. It is not as comfortable to hold but is very effective as a pocket knife. Short of abusive hard use, it’s a good knife. Even the full size is very tolerable for daily carry. I forget I have it on me until I reach for it. If you avoid MSRP, they’re worthy.
August 7Aug 7 11 hours ago, BHMCruiser said: What’s the group consensus on the Bugout? I have the serrated with the CF elite scales. I added a MXG titanium clip and a Rockscale titanium backspacer for just a bit more weight in the handle to balance the knife. Love it, carry it every day.
August 11Aug 11 I may have asked this before, can't recall: I inherited my dad's pocket knife collection, and I feel like I should insure it. We're talking well over 100 knives, some of which are very nice. Where would I go in Austin to have them appraised?
August 11Aug 11 I would give the guy at Austin Blades a call and see if that's something he does. Seems like it would be in his wheelhouse. https://www.austin-blades.com/contact
August 11Aug 11 2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said: I may have asked this before, can't recall: I inherited my dad's pocket knife collection, and I feel like I should insure it. We're talking well over 100 knives, some of which are very nice. Where would I go in Austin to have them appraised? What sort of knives? Traditional? More modern? Custom?
August 11Aug 11 2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: What sort of knives? Traditional? More modern? Custom? I haven't looked through them in years, but definitely "traditional". I doubt any are less than 30 years old. Mostly single blade folding knives, some multi-blade/tool (Swiss Army, etc.). Nothing specific to hunting, etc. He just liked to fiddle with knives (and cameras). I'm thinking about selecting my favorites and putting together a shadow box display of sorts. They mean a lot to me.
August 11Aug 11 Just now, jimmyjazz said: I haven't looked through them in years, but definitely "traditional". I doubt any are less than 30 years old. Mostly single blade folding knives, some multi-blade/tool (Swiss Army, etc.). Nothing specific to hunting, etc. He just liked to fiddle with knives (and cameras). So many of the slipjoint makers have gone out of business, Camillus, Schrade, etc. and those that survive have changed their methods and business model, Case, Kabar, etc. that some of those could be pretty valuable if not ground to nothing.
August 11Aug 11 3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: So many of the slipjoint makers have gone out of business, Camillus, Schrade, etc. and those that survive have changed their methods and business model, Case, Kabar, etc. that some of those could be pretty valuable if not ground to nothing. They're almost all essentially mint. He didn't use them, he just collected them. Definitely a bunch of Shrade, Case, Kabar.
August 11Aug 11 13 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: They're almost all essentially mint. He didn't use them, he just collected them. Definitely a bunch of Shrade, Case, Kabar. https://www.bernardlevine.com/
August 13Aug 13 I had an old Case knife we found in my grandfather's stuff after he died. When I looked it up, I saw the same model and age for sale for like $1200. There are lots of people who will pay good money for some of those old knives.
August 13Aug 13 21 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: I had an old Case knife we found in my grandfather's stuff after he died. When I looked it up, I saw the same model and age for sale for like $1200. There are lots of people who will pay good money for some of those old knives. I used to pick these up at old estate sales, flea markets, etc. Case has a good dating system stamped on the tang of their knives. You can use that to age the knife then look up similar value using whatever tool you'd like.
August 13Aug 13 22 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: I had an old Case knife we found in my grandfather's stuff after he died. When I looked it up, I saw the same model and age for sale for like $1200. There are lots of people who will pay good money for some of those old knives. Those 60s and 70s and before Case knives are works of art.
August 19Aug 19 In 2023 I mentioned wanting a mini bugout. Should have bought one. Now they are $200. Need to scratch the itch, so its going to be something else I guess.
August 20Aug 20 15 hours ago, huge said: Need to scratch the itch, so its going to be something else I guess. Good call... Those are Benchmades are wicked sharp
August 22Aug 22 On 8/19/2025 at 8:13 AM, huge said: In 2023 I mentioned wanting a mini bugout. Should have bought one. Now they are $200. Need to scratch the itch, so its going to be something else I guess. Currently as low as $162 on Amazon. Knivesshipfree has the orange mini for $170. Still not cheap, but better than $200.
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