what's your prefered pocket knife? + pics!

Hoodoo

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Nov 17, 2003
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Hi

I carried a Schrade Wostenholme lockback with bone and nickel silver bolsters for years, I then lost it so I carried this old Pradel for a load of years (it had a gold Eiffel tower on the scale which I wore away in my pocket)

I now carry a small Opinel on my key ring :rolleyes:


John

That's a pretty cool looking knife! Got any more information on it?
 

spiritwalker

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Jun 22, 2009
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replaced my 20 year old SAK (dont remember the model was like the hercules they sell nowadays) almost like the champ but no magnifying glass on it. I recently treated myself to the ranger model as the scissors where buckled on my 20 year old one. Thats the only one i carry these days but have several pocket knives kicking about the house some lock so stay at home now sometimes i take my jack pyke coppice knife as a spare in my response pack when hill walking. Other than that i take my mora when practicing bushcraft but generally its my SAK all the way.

Oh just to add loving the pics of the old pen knives i must get some of those really like the alox SAK farmer too looks more pocket friendly
 

johnbaz

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Mar 1, 2009
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Sheffield, england.
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That's a pretty cool looking knife! Got any more information on it?

Hi Hoodoo

Sorry, I don't know much about it other than it's a Swiss knife that seems to commemorate the Eifell tower:confused:
It's carbon steel and when honed, it holds a smashing edge:cool:

I did manage to buy it's little brother a few years later;)
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ak08.jpg

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My son borrowed the larger one to open a bottle of plonk (cheap wine) and snapped the corkscrew off:(


John:)
 

Hoodoo

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Nov 17, 2003
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Beautiful knives! Too bad about the corkscrew. Have you thought about having Victorinox replacing it (assuming they made it...)?
 

flexo

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Dec 3, 2010
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Hi Hoodoo

Sorry, I don't know much about it other than it's a Swiss knife that seems to commemorate the Eifell tower:confused:
It's carbon steel and when honed, it holds a smashing edge:cool:

I did manage to buy it's little brother a few years later;)
ak01.jpg

ak08.jpg

ak09.jpg


My son borrowed the larger one to open a bottle of plonk (cheap wine) and snapped the corkscrew off:(


John:)

well i had the same knife i found it in my little home village street, to make the story short,i used it for a long while,but the same thing happenned to me when opening a good wine bottle!
this is french made knife, the cross is made to make believe... blade are good steel can i say very good? but the one for the tools is just something a bit better then iron!
 

Hoodoo

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Nov 17, 2003
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Michigan, USA
well i had the same knife i found it in my little home village street, to make the story short,i used it for a long while,but the same thing happenned to me when opening a good wine bottle!
this is french made knife, the cross is made to make believe... blade are good steel can i say very good? but the one for the tools is just something a bit better then iron!

You'd think the French would know how to make a great corkscrew. ;)
 

Paradiddle

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Jun 14, 2011
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My own preferred pocket knife is the Vic Deluxe Tinker
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Shown here as a scale to an army bivy bag. The knife has most of the things I need. Didn't have much use for the pliers before but since I converted to the honey stove/trangia, it has been quite helpful for moving hot metal parts.

Getting quite attached to it since it's pretty much my first full sized SAK, has travelled with me quite a bit and it's now a bit more scratched up. It's also discontinued I believe, so adds to the novelty.
 

Corso

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Aug 13, 2007
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very nice mate i'm realy digging friction folders - they wont replace all my folders but they work very well - i'm looking for a slender one myself where did you get it?
 

Samon

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Mar 24, 2011
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Nice kit mate! the enzo looks lovely!

seems like alot of people love to slag off the sfa.. any thoughts on it?
 

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