Book explaining knife patterns?

[fulloflead]

I recently read somewhere about how doctors' knives were used to cut or count out pills, grind things up or even as a scalpel in a pinch. I thought that was pretty interesting.

But what about the Congress? Trapper? Stockman? Butterbean? Where did the rest of the patterns come from and what are they really for?

I justed started getting interested in collecting some of the more traditional pocket knives and I was wondering if there was some kind of book that discusses the patterns in the way I learned about the doctors' knives above?

 

[jazzrabbi]

I read a book called "The Working Folding Knife Book" by Stephen Dick. It is a few years out of date on modern stuff but it covers traditional patterns well. Here is a link:

http://www.ezflyfish.com/worfolknif.html

 

[Mike Robuck]

Check out "Levine's Guide To Knives and Their Values," but don't get the fifth edition. You an order it directly from him. Check out his forum, he has a link at the end of his signature. Lot of info on patterns.

Lot of good books at Knife World too.

 

[Rebus777]

The Standard Knife Collector's Guide (3rd Edition)
by Roy Ritchie, Ron Stewart (Contributor) (Paperback - November 1996)

is a very good choice for explaining patterns.

-Rebus