Your favorite pen knife?

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Ken
 
My Case Tuxedo, small but both blades are quite sharp and handy!
Here you can see I did a satin finish on the bolsters, they look great and are easy to maintain like this

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G2
 
Nice Knives chuko! That Cat is sweet.

I always had the impression that a pen knife had two opposing pen blades. I would have called chuko's Cat a warncliff whittler.....any thoughts people?
 
Markesharp, that is why I wanted to see what everyone thought. I had always thought it was more blades on opposing ends with a single back spring that made a pen more than the blade shape. It is interesting to hear your thoughts on what a pen is. I don't know which is correct or if it matters. Great pictures everyone.
 
My favorite pen knife that I EDC every day is a black Victorinox Executive. I guess it would be in the category of 'lobster' pen knife.

As far as pen knives with only knife blades, my current favorite is probably my Buck 309 Companion. But besides small SAKs, I own very few pen knives. I also don't carry them that often.

I've been considering a GEC White Owl, but wish the handles came in more variety for the 440C models. I've yet to buy a GEC of any kind yet, though.

Jim
 
Markesharp said:
Nice Knives chuko! That Cat is sweet.

I always had the impression that a pen knife had two opposing pen blades. I would have called chuko's Cat a warncliff whittler.....any thoughts people?
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I have always understood a Pen knife to be as you have described .
Two opposing Pen Blades usually of different sizes .
I'm sure there must be someone here that can clarify this .

Great knives everybody :thumbup:


Ken
 
Old Hunter said:
I rarely carry a penknife, reserving this 1998 Case 62109X for dress slack carry (an infrequent event), it is my favorite penknife due to it's flatness. OH
Ps. Does anyone know what the "X" suffix denotes?

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Case Mini Copperhead pattern number.

62109 X = Clip main
62109 W = Wharncliffe main

(or 52109 for stag, 72109 for wood, etc).
 
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LG4 pg 167
Pen Knives are small light-weight double-ended knives. They have two or three or more light-weight blades hinged in both ends. However, some of the smallest pen knives, now called quill knives, are single-ended, like tiny jack knives.
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On the subject of Blades, LG4 pg 236
The spear master blade is standard in most pen knife patterns of the past century and a half. These are the important exceptions: Congress knives have a sheepsfoot master blade. Serpentine pens often have a clip master blade; some are Wharncliffe knives with Wharncliffe master blades.

Pen knives do not have spey blades, except for some "office knives" which have a spey-type blade intended to serve as an ink eraser. ...
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Several pages of examples of pens follow with spear, clip, wharncliffe, and sheepsfoot blades. Secondaries can also include files and scissors.
 
Markesharp said:
Nice Knives chuko! That Cat is sweet.

I always had the impression that a pen knife had two opposing pen blades. I would have called chuko's Cat a warncliff whittler.....any thoughts people?
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I'm sure there's a lot of debate about this. Knife 'patterns' are often a term coined by users/collectors or marketmen of knife companies some time after the knife has appeared. As such they can be vague or open to change....My simple definition of Pen Knife is a single-spring knife with blades at each end, the blades could be anything depending on the frame's accomodation. Worth remembering that 'pen knife' is also a very loose term used by non knife types (or fans of the Modern) to denote ANY kind of Old School Traditional knife.

Debates aside, Charles's Serp Wharncliffe bladed Pen-Knife is one of the most appealing I've ever seen. Wish I had one!

Thanks to all, Will
 
My favourite:



Lockwood brothers, Sheffield. This was my grandfathers. I was given it after he died. I remember him carrying this one in his pocket.



This little pen knife was found in my grandmothers things when she moved into a care home. I don't remember it but my mother remembers it as belonging to my grandfather when they lived in Hong Kong in the fifties/sixties.



This one was given to me exactly a year ago by a very excellent gentleman from Yorkshire.

Paul
 
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