It's 1940...

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It's 1940, and you have your bags packed, all set to go for that fishing trip to Key West. You have a nice room booked at a hotel, and fishing guides all lined up for some tarpon and maybe even a marlin. Nights will be spent have some cold ones at Sloppy Joe's with an old writer friend, and who knows what adventures that will lead to. Maybe even a trip over to Havana in his boat.

Fishing, drinking, and adventure in the Islands. What two pocket knives do you slip in your pockets?
 
A Jack & a scout
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Pete
 
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Since there may be AWOL charges pending for dessertion I'd have to think long and hard about it Carl! :D
 
Tell me one thing please, the old writer friend... is it Ernest ???
Is'nt he writing the last pages of his newest book "For Whom the Bell tolls" at the very moment?
 
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You have a nice room booked at a hotel, and fishing guides all lined up for some tarpon and maybe even a marlin. Nights will be spent have some cold ones at Sloppy Joe's

The beer will be served
The fishing guides will cut the bait


So a cigar cutter and a pipe reamer
 
Folding machete...

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For if those durn Germans show up, they've been stirring up the pot in Europe the past couple years!

:)

Depends on what pop carried, and where I work. I guess a jack or a trapper.

BTW, I sat at the bar downy ocean one year, at the OC Fishing Center in West Ocean City, with my father and uncle. We had prime view of all the catches being brought in by the charters. The person turning tuna and other assorted denizens of the deep into grill steaks wasted so much meat it was almost painful. If they wasted that much meat for the restaurants in town, I would've cried. A cover band that included a former member of George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, playing Stevie Ray Vaughn tunes, and glasses of ice cold hard cider, helped to ease my sadness!

I'm cleaning my fish. Of course, I'm thinking panfish. These fish were pretty durn big. Maybe I'll let the crew do it...
 
'd slip a stockman in the pocket, and a larger lockback (Buck 112) on my belt
 
jackknife said:
It's 1940, and you have your bags packed, all set to go for that fishing trip to Key West. You have a nice room booked at a hotel, and fishing guides all lined up for some tarpon and maybe even a marlin. Nights will be spent have some cold ones at Sloppy Joe's with an old writer friend, and who knows what adventures that will lead to. Maybe even a trip over to Havana in his boat.

Fishing, drinking, and adventure in the Islands. What two pocket knives do you slip in your pockets?
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Even though I could afford 'em, this being the tail end of the Great Depression, I don't own two pocketknives. So I'll just opt for the nice two-blade jack with bone handles that I've been carrying as long as anyone can remember.

I might also strap on a smallish fixed blade while on deck. Something like this:



But I'd let the guy on the left handle most of the dirty work on deck, including opening beers.



-- Mark
 
My trusty EC Simmons jack and ... since we might take a boat to Havana, a good fixed blade and a reliable compass.

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was going to speculate that *someone* has been reading hemingway but old boy beat me to it. lol

on topic;
scout knife and a machete.
 
My trusty #15 Boys would be my first choice, but seeing as GEC wasn't around back then I'd would be made by a different maker. Camillus perhaps? Not sure what companies made that pattern back then. Speaking of which, Carl, the #15, do you know what that pattern was called back then? I'm assuming the name Boys knife is just what GEC calls it and the pattern had a different name. Or perhaps it didn't have a name? Anyways, I've seen so many beauties from decades past I know I'd have access to one, so that's my first choice without question.

My second choice is more problematic. My collection is not large and my hands on experience with different patterns is limited. So, I'll choose a pattern I've never tried that would be appropriate. A full size Case trapper, stage handles. That would be my second choice.

Of course my Opinels, sans locking rings would be appropriate, as would my Otter Anchor Messer sheepsfoot. Okay so I'm undecided on the second choice, the Opinel 8 would be a lovely fish knife, but that trapper calls out to me. Probably just because I'm looking to finally try a trapper soon. I'll think about this question a bit more and solidify my answer:)
 
I think one of my choices would be a scout knife. For one thing, my own experience in Key West was, lots of beers to open, ans lines to slice. For 1940, neither bottled beer or soda had twist off tops, and cans didn't have pull tabs. And scout knives had a shackle, so my knife is not going overboard like one did on me back in the early 90's.

My second knife is going to be more simple construction for cleaning. maybe either a single blade folder of some sort, or a small to medium sheath knife. Since I don't do the fishing charters where everything is done for you, that means more hands on like cutting bait and doing my own catch. Maybe a nice Marbles sheath knife. Back in the day, Marbles was the hot lick. And I loved the stag handles.

Carl.
 
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Since we will be around salt water and sand I will pick a single blade folder like a slimline Trapper or a Sodbuster.
 
1940? Hmmm...

I'm not able to take a knife since I'm not born yet. :D

MerryMadMonk said:
My trusty EC Simmons jack and ... since we might take a boat to Havana, a good fixed blade and a reliable compass.

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My goodness. Looks like a boys knife with a federal shield in this one.

Ed J
 
I would take one of the knives I think i can date to that time :p

schrade walden, (think it's possibly early enough), electrician pattern

Empire electricians knife


heck, bound to be some tinkering that needs doing, ;)

Seriously, great thread idea, just wanted to try and play :thumbup: thanks

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Like the empire BTW! :)
 
Despite 1940 occurring 8 years prior to my Dad's birth, a Scout pattern with a cap lifter and a corkscrew would be my number one choice (think SAK Spartan), and would be the only pocket knife I would bring. Since fishing is on the table, maybe a nice filet knife?
 
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