Penknives! Which five are my faves!

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4 жыл бұрын

(39 minutes long) With over 200 knives that qualify as "penknives" in my collection; the first step was to limit the search to just over 30 knives with two blades operating on a single back spring. I discuss the different styles that can be classified as pen knives and choose my top five favorite within my collection. Yes, its a long video but then there are over 30 knives in the video! So if you 're into penknives, there's plenty of eye candy to enjoy.

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@davidhovey5152 4 жыл бұрын

Oh geez.. I've been holding off buying a SAK Excelsior (formally pocket pal).. has been calling my name' all week.. when I was a cub scout leader (in a poor little town) I bought all the boys their knives (with parents approval). U.S. made Old Timer (carbon) locking pen knife... And bought one for me too 😊.. I really liked that knife.. still have it but it's on a shelf now.. a pen knife is a perfectly relevant knife.. mine got used (a lot).. current EDC is a SAK Walker.. waited all week for the episode! Good work! 👍

@jjcahill8934 4 жыл бұрын

Quite a cool collection of pen knives Tobias! I liked how you categorized them in the end. I can only imagine how tough it is to "whittle" 200 knives down to 5! Thanks for another great video!

@jamesc7277 3 ай бұрын

My father always had a Case Pen knife in his pocket. I favored a Craftsman (Sears) 4-blade ‘Camp’ style knife - essentially, the same style as the basic pocket knife issued by the US Military…all services…except for the Steel scales on the Military knife. I worked backstage in theatre through high school, college, graduate school, and beyond. It was a very useful tool.

@myimorata7678 2 жыл бұрын

The ones with the embossed hunting scenes and so forth are the stuff! They are little works of art for your pocket. I have two Berettas and they among the favorites of my collection.

@KnifeChatswithTobias 2 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you! I love the hunting scene ones!

@jesterskull38 3 жыл бұрын

Choices choices, awesome collection thanks for the chat

@lucasantiago453 3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I start to collecting pen knives in end of 2020 and now i have 30 penknives!! I love my collection. Sorry my english no is good because I am learn!! I from Argentina 🇦🇷 and I like your videos!!👍🏻

@WilliamMancel 4 жыл бұрын

I love learning something new, and watching your channel never fails to teach me something. I grew up with traditional knives, but after I got out of the service, I went with a Gerber EZ out in ATS-34. I kind of skipped traditionals for decades, and only recently started getting back into them. Sometime in the 1980's I got a small red Victorinox executive, and it's been on my keychain ever since then. I am trying to get one of every typical traditional pattern, and most of mine are Rough Ryder's. I have a Levine's guide to Knives 3rd edition coming in & it should help me learn more about the fascinating world of traditional knives.

@Crosswalker. 3 жыл бұрын

Man that's such a wonderful collection! Congratulations 😊 I have just 1 Penblade, my grandfather died this year and it's his old one i get... I love this classic pocket knives! Greetings from Germany 😁

@TheMartialist 4 жыл бұрын

You have some great looking knives! Love your passion for these tools. I’m a huge fan of them myself, obviously, and really like your hound themed pen knives.

@JoseGonzalez-yx6vm Жыл бұрын

The top Boker does have the most beautiful scene on it, I was not aware of the RR bone jack, really original knife, thanks for the info and the video!

@KnifeChatswithTobias Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I really like the Boker. The RR is still sort of available. It seems to go in and out of production.

@tikofthetoka5650 2 жыл бұрын

I've been eyeing those nice "scene"knives lately

@BigRedEDC 4 жыл бұрын

Wow...a lot of great looking knives in that collection! Of course, I like the fishing scene knife...lol! Thanks for sharing Tobias!

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

LOL. It's a really cool knife. I need to check my collection, I'm almost positive I have other knives for fishing scenes on them. The 2020 Vic Classic SD limited editions are coming out with one called "Gone Fishing" It looks awesome.

@BigRedEDC 4 жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I will have to get that one for sure!!!

@Prometheus1111 Жыл бұрын

That wharncliffe Case looks more similar to some sort of small seahorse whittler only without the coping blade on the other side of the master blade

@KnifeChatswithTobias Жыл бұрын

I can see that with the baby copperhead.

@ramblers69 4 жыл бұрын

What a great collection of pen knives, to many to choose from,, great top 5,:}

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

It was hard. I’m sure it’ll change! LOL.

@Cameron_OKG 4 жыл бұрын

All those (deer) are Elk . Great knives

@bananaskin7527 4 жыл бұрын

I like pen knives, but I don't have any shorter than 3-1/2 inches. For example, I like the Buck canoe.

@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 4 жыл бұрын

I have Victrnox Spartan, but I really need to get news scales on it,

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

After the Classic SD, the Spartan is my favorite SAK to collect. It's a classic. I'f you've got to swap scales, I'd suggest going with plus scales so that you have a slot for the ink pen. They usually come with the pen and the little screwdriver!

@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 4 жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias mine did not come with the pen nor do I want one, but I wush I could aquire a custom made pair of scales made from kevlar, fyber glass and couted in NATO ballistic nylon both for my 93 Soartan and my 111 Soldier, granted I did afix the 111 scales to it with Poxipol after I had strip and wash it from when I accidentally dropped in my trash bin.

@TylerSnyder305 3 жыл бұрын

My top favorites that technically fit into the pen definition are A Camillus steel sided advertising pen knife ( Monroe HDW 1985 ) The Case 6208 half whittler ( I have two ) The Buck 305 companion The Victorinox pocket pal Boker USA 1064 I'd love the boker 1064 more without the tip bolsters and swedge, but it's great overall.

@MrRebus777 4 жыл бұрын

Ok let's pick a favorite 5...or 9... or 11... or Heck 20 will do. Hey they are all great because I collected them all. Ain't this a great Hobby ?

@davids9549 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this - highly educational. I didn't really get the difference between 'pocket knife' and 'penknife' - in my childhood being raised in the north of England, all folding/pocket knives were just called penknives. Thanks to this video, I have learned a bit more - clearly all penknives are pocket knives, but only some pocket knives are penknives (have I got that right Tobias?) - it seems to get a little muddier beyond that, but I think you're saying that a penknife should have a single spring (unlike that Case or Camillus!), equal ends (unlike the Case!), small(ish) proportions, a blade at either end, and one of these blades must be a traditional pen blade. Nice to see Rough Ryders being taken seriously!

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

The thing is, in England, any small knife is a penknife. And in America, any small knife is often called a penknife. But these all have their origins as a quill, then later penknife, which at first was a small fixed blade and later became a small folding pocket knife with a long and short spear blade. The smaller blade was used for sharpening the the quill. Overtime just about any small knife pocket knife became known pen knife, especially in England. Jack knives were larger heavier knives with just one blade and was often attributed to being carried by sailors, hence the name Jack; a nickname for sailors. Eventually in America, if the knife had multiple blades opening from both ends it was a Penknife, but if all blades opened from the same end it was a Jack knife. But over time, it has gone back to if it is a small knife, regardless of blade arrangement, it was a penknife and if it was a large knife then it was a jack knife. To make matters worse, large knives are also called a clasp knife! For this reason, I try to clarify what i mean when I'm referring to a specific knife as other definitions are just as correct or acceptable.

@davids9549 4 жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias That's as fascinating as it's illuminative! Many thanks for that insight into the history - it's so easy for a relative newcomer to get misled by the nomenclature.

@garethbaus5471 4 жыл бұрын

The Case Eisenhower looks like a nice knife.

@Eliel7230 3 жыл бұрын

I sure would have liked to have seen the red Victorinox knife blades. That is the first one I would have picked out of them all. 😁

@KnifeChatswithTobias 3 жыл бұрын

I'll see what I can do

@johndagostino2451 3 жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I like to see a imperial schrade review and term penknife you are very correct 👍🐾🦊🇬🇧🇮🇹

@s.e.hebert7307 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, the agony of decisions. And, the sighing. In your voice, I can hear you sweating. LMAO!

@KnifeChatswithTobias 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is tough.

@hflouisiana29 4 жыл бұрын

Hey man I saw one of your older videos and wondered where you bought the case sod buster

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

KayakAngler I bought the Case Sod Buster with the blade etch at SMKW but it’s all over the place. The old Sodbuster Jr was gifted to me.

@jimmyj4811 3 жыл бұрын

Tobias, you are breaking your own rules!

@MrPsiman 3 жыл бұрын

I have a 1920’s Case 6263 Eisenhower green bone with swedged blades and diamond shaped shield. It would have made your top 5 if you had one. I have a Case m.o.p. With nickel liners and pins special factory order small 01 pattern that is like a small Eisenhower from 1979. The only Case knives I own and both patterns are no longer made. Case has deleted all pen knives except for the small square end pen knife and they made about 20 different patterns of pen knives. I would not touch any Case stuff made post 1970’s. It is sad what has happened to Case over the last 50 years since the family sold the company in the early 70’s

@HollywoodTacticool 3 жыл бұрын

who makes the sylvan (wood nymph) knife? is it an antique? or is it still available?

@gordontrainer3546 Жыл бұрын

Link to dog penknife plz can't go wrong for 8 bucks and maybe a great way to start collecting although always wanted knife in each pocket but I can't find it ty nice knives

@KnifeChatswithTobias Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it.

@gordontrainer3546 Жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias do you have the dog penknife web site one with different pics on both sides ty

@KnifeChatswithTobias Жыл бұрын

@@gordontrainer3546 , if it is the one shown around the 29 minute mark, it was made by SMKW. They used to be available at SMKW.com. I did a quick check around and I’m not seeing it anywhere. I’ve been collecting these sort of knives for over ten years.

@gordontrainer3546 Жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias ty

@gordontrainer3546 Жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias cool thanks