Members' pocket-knives (and other notable blades)

For many years now I use this hungarian type; a "nagy maskara" (big maskara) by Polyák manufacture (Kecskemét, Hungary):



Two copper baknis, deer-antler grip, massive riveting, durable blade.

In Hungary we have a saying about that every men must have a pocket-knife, string and some piece of fiction with him. (bicska, madzag, hazugság)

Besides there is a mirror translation expression for pocket-knife in hungarian language - zsebkés, most people use the individual word for it: bicska.
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krenek is allowed to post his photo of a pretty, red, swiss, multi-tool pocket knife! (; (masterpieces, btw)

anyone else around also equipped by a pocket-knife?

Collectors or proud owners of a single piece, stories, parameters, map references welcome! 
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later I will try to produce some geo-references for my one...

Aug 26, 2019 22:45:17 GMT syzygy said:

krenek is allowed to post his photo of a pretty, red, swiss, multi-tool pocket knife!

you mean this one?!

mine is:



indeed, 2 functions are enough! (too bad for wine!)

This is my go-to sharp pointy thing that I use mostly for anything but its real purpose.  It's a good little thing that sits in the drawer until needed but oddly enough, I have used it within the last hour to fix a willow shopping basket - how spooky is that. 

Aug 27, 2019 12:53:53 GMT lockhopper said:

...I have used it within the last hour to fix a willow shopping basket - how spooky is that....

eh, sorry! ...must have been some earth-bound syzygy! (;

also thanks krenek for calling in!

These pieces are the ones that I use on a daily basis but are only a small group of several hundred that i started collecting when i was younger, around 45 years ago.

From left to right, Buck 110, Old Timer Montana, Green River DH Russel skinner, Leatherman Wave Tool.

All favourites, well maintained and very sharp. 

All have their own leather belt sheath to rest in when not working.

Hey, those seem to be well tried pieces!

I also have one that is similar to the first from the left on your photo with the K. R. P. monogramme. I know that shape as some "german hunter" type.
(I will do an attempt to look it up in the outhouse.) 

A favorite of yours? A story or description for one or another...?... or an other one? (;

Thank you master nostranger ! Those old pickers are really beautiful! 

Aug 28, 2019 15:04:04 GMT nostranger said:

... All have their own leather belt sheath... 

Yepsolutely! 


My previous folding knife, I used until rivet got loose. I have tried to fix, but failed.

It was a Herbertz, made in Germany.
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My very first bicska was been made in China. Probably was only a fake Buck 110, still it was an excellent piece. An old smith told me once, the number and symbol on the blade-neck have meant that it was some hi-quality steel.

I have bought it from a street-seller in Transylvania, have lost it amongst kurgans of Batida still I am looking for that small, encircled horsehead logo with no success so far...

As an expert do you have any ideas, what could it be? 

Here is my one and only pocket knife, which is always in my car. I have used everything except the corkscrew.
It was a gift in 1976 and has seen many camping trips, picnics and a few emergencies, such as being caught
without a can opener after moving into a new house. I guess I'm ready for the apocalypse with that knife, a tarp
and a big box of Diamond Strike Anywhere matches.

Also, my grandmother's trusty, ancient apple parer used when they lived on the mountain homestead. Circa 1925.
It looks so beaten up that I suspect it was later used as a general around-the-house tool and I'm sure her three
sons got their mitts on it, too. I'm very fond of it.



Nice collection, no stranger, and I remember my dad having a Buck knife, which he used a lot,
including deer season. Krenek, I'll send you my corkscrew, I don't want it.   Just the day before I
saw this thread I was reading about a French pocket knife that, apparently, every self-respecting
Frenchman carries, an Opinel. Funny coincidence, I've never before read an entire article about knives!

Putnam homestead.kmz (729 B)(Also in the vicinity, there are some placemarks from a post of mine on the OGEC.)

Sept 8, 2019 2:19:06 GMT diane9247 said:

Here is my one and... my grandmother's trusty, ancient apple parer... 

Thank you Diane for your quality response, that have got above all my expectations! - Great stories, unique pieces!

One thing I need to add:
I think, your grandmother's knife is not a simple peeler, but a gardeners' tool we call Kacor on hungarian language.

Traditional handy tool on the grapeyard, around orchards and in the woods.

Here you are an example for this type of pruning knives made by Opinel! (:

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I do not know much about coincidences, but that those are not exsist. (;

See You!
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Yes, very similar. I have seen similar ones online, too, but labeled as "mushroom knife." Whatever it is and however she acquired it, I'll never know. I was looking at the wood handle again and it's so shredded that looks like an animal chewed on it!  A puppy? A goat? If that's the case, I hope the critter lived through it!

Here is another impressive French brand: Laguiole. Beautiful.

Sept 8, 2019 2:19:06 GMT diane9247 said:

... I remember my dad having a Buck...

Sorry for "cut text joke" and off topic question, but for a long time I would like to ask; why do you in America call the dollar buck?

Thank you old GEC friend ET_Explorer for knowledge-booster clip, however also me could have done a websearch for the answer.

Amongst many other good things I like personal aspects of a GEC post or reply, when responder enrich information with their own experiences and memories.

BTW, (also to turn back to thread subject) what about your pocket knife? 

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Best! 
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Best Crocodile Dundee accent:

That's not a knife;

THIS is a knife!   






I was serving in the Falkland Islands some time ago and became friends with a Gurkha sergeant, who did me the honour of presenting me with this Gurkha fighting knife (the kukri) when my time was up.  The handle is made of Indian rosewood and the blade is 30cm long and pretty hefty.  The notch at the base of the blade is a religious symbol and also acts as a drip point to allow blood to drip off the blade rather than run on to the handle and make it slippery.  Of the two small knives, kept in the same sheath, one is a small general-purpose knife, and the other is actually a steel, used for sharpening the kukri when a whetstone is not available.  You could quite easily shave with the kukri.

Mar 20, 2021 23:34:14 GMT frankmcvey (Angel) said:

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THIS is a knife!...

Hey! Wanna play the big boy? Still far from it... Now check; THIS is a knife! ( :



I got it from a friend who was in Colombia decades ago - a Legitimus | Collins & Co., 50 centimeters blade machete.

My worst decision was to give it to a locksmith to sharpen - he did not take much care of the sign...




Some related from wikipedia:

...Both the materials used and the shape of the machete itself are important to make a good machete. In the past, the most famous manufacturer of machetes in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean was Collins Company of Collinsville, Connecticut. The company was founded as Collins & Company in 1826 by Samuel W. Collins to make axes. Its first machetes were sold in 1845 and became so famous that all good machetes were called "un Collins".
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Colombia is the largest exporter of machetes worldwide.

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Afterall I have to tell, your post is quite off-topic -or you must have rather big pockets-, yet it was presented with its great story so as finally I have decided to edit thread title a bit. ( ;

Also this way you can stay tuned for other notable blades of mine!

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Syzygy, I see you and Frank both have DEEP POCKETS. (First to explain that in its slang form wins the terrible knife I bought at the Dollar Store. )

Mar 22, 2021 7:53:04 GMT diane9247 said:

... I see you and Frank both have DEEP POCKETS. ...

Pain, I have always been the guy with 'long hands and shallow pockets', not vice versa! ... 

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In favor of the 'simple' meaning of the expression, I have edited thread title, making also longer blades than a folder-knife's to fit.

The cheap knife has already bent into a U shape. I lied - the prize no longer exists!