The valued pocket knife.

I have a Ka-Bar copper dog Barlow and the pull on that is 8-9.
 
kamagong said:
I want to see that knife. It must give meaning to the term "bear-trap" if Charlie, who can open the punch on an HJ2 without issue, finds it hard to open.
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blademan 13 said:
Charlie, I'd be willing to take that bad seed off your hands anytime you'd be looking to sell it..... :D
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Mike Robuck made me an offer I couldn't refuse on that Remington. It is featured in his book!
I saved pics though:
Straight from Carl's sock drawer!!;)
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If you look close you might see blood on it from various attempts to open it!:eek:
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I have freakishly hard nails, so had no trouble with it. I miss that knife - sniff!
 
Waynorth, that's a beauty for sure!

I did not ask for you to sell it to me, because I knew I could not afford it!

It makes me appreciate my 23 and 73 patterns all the more, though!
 
Thank you, Carl! :thumbup:

Great story and 100% consistent with my experience. My most-carried knives are Cases and softer-sprung GECs. The more pinchable the better, especially for my hard-use work knives.

As much as I love my #73 trapper, I don't carry it as often as I'd like because it's hard to open. I took it to the mountains years ago when it was still new -- cold and rainy day -- and ended up lopping off a chunk of my finger when we stopped for lunch. Strong springs + cold fingers = cut fingers (in my experience.)

That said, we're all different. Much respect to our brothers and sisters on the porch who like 'em strong. Springs, that is...:D
 
Amen, Carl! Great story! I have, and had, a number of knives with strong pulls...and they all get shuffled off to unused pile sooner or later. I like my Cases with somewhat easier pulls. Right now I have a Northfield 77 with rather strong pulls in my pocket...don't know whether it's going to stay there or be replaced by my older 63032 medium stockman with somewhat lighter backsprings.

Regards,
Ron
 
Another fine tale, Carl. I suspect someone is going to find a couple of beautiful #73's of mine that they will say the same thing about.
 
Jackknife, i wagely remember us writing about this matter about 10 years ago. I thought like you then and still do. Thanks for your story.

Bosse
 
jackknife said:
Yeah, I've got a private theory that's been bouncing around my head for along time. I've seen soooo many of these old great knives that are 50 years old or more, in near mint condition. At gun/knife shows, flea markets, friends attics. But when I go to open them, you best have bionic thumb nails they've so strong in the spring department. On a 1 to 10 scale, maybe 8's and higher.

By the same token, at the afor mentioned gun/knife shows, flea markets, friends attics, I see all kinds of smaller almost worn out pocket knives with blades worn down to toothpicks. They more often than not have some very manageable pulls. On a 1 to 10 scale, maybe 5's.

So, using what's left of the rest of my mind that survived all the years of heavy drinking and partying in my younger days before Karen came into my life, I begin to wonder if a lot of the surviving old knives got tossed into the sock drawer because the original owner didn't like to open it, so didn't bother carrying it. It just sat, eventually forgotten in the drawer until someone came along settling the estate.

Just a loose theory. But then I could be ready for the rubber knife squad at the rest home!
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You're dating yourself with "bionic", lol

I agree with your theory though! :thumbup:
 
Must be why i recently went back to my Case knives, leaving my GECs to have a winter break, no pun intended. Another great yarn from Jackknife, i am gradually working my way through them and agree they deserve to be gathered into a book and published.
 
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