(Official?) Pocket Knife Discussion Thread

[SteveH]

Originally Posted by icurrie

Got this as a gift for being in a buddy's wedding party. Beats the engraved beer mug any day!

Nice ! I've had one of these knives for just about 10 years now. Mine was modified by a local jeweler who made these into automatics for the team I was on. The switch is hidden in the upper grip (I believe this is pretty common now adays). The main reason why we chose these is that the knife also locks closed; so if someone grabbed it out of your belt you had sufficient time to step back and aim before they figured out how to open it
Unfortunately the knife shows its scars and wear from the daily grind. However when it was made, the guy used some sort of graphite-impregnated derlin; so it still opens as fresh as it did 10 years ago. I tried to get a shot of the bushing...not clear but ya get the idea.
Here's some pics of the old war-horse: