These pages feature hand selected vintage pocket knives, hunting knives and other custom straight knives. My goal is to save you time and help you find the good stuff! Check back often as these pages are updated daily.

Antique pocket knives can be found in many patterns including the whittler, barlow, coke bottle, congress, gunstock and many more interesting shapes. Collecting old pocket knives has retained its popularity as other trends have come and gone.

These rare vintage knives are priced near $250 and up. They can be the centerpieces of our collections; the ones that we hope will continue to gain in value over time. Many are early Case (Case Brothers, WR Case, Tested XX & XX) but some are Remington, Winchester and Sheffield folding Bowie knives.

Here is a rare old knife! Made by B. OATES of Sheffield, an early bowie knife manufacturer. Blade is marked "B. Oates W (crown) R Cast Steel". The W R stands for William Rex (Latin for 'King") who reigned in England from 1830 to 1837. Beautiful old stag handles. Fancy threaded bolsters.

Camillus was a major supplier of pocket knives and straight knives to the allied war effort during WWII, producing TL-29 electricians knives, engineers knives and Mark 2 fighting knives as well. During their history, Camillus made knives for Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co , Simmons Hardware and others.

Vintage pocket knives marked Schrade Cut Co, Schrade Walden, Old Timer and Uncle Henry are highly collectible and sought after by collectors. The story of Schrade knives begins in the 1890’s when George Schrade began working with the Walden Knife Co. who manufactured their press button knives (Press Button Knife Co).

Among their products, Belknap Hardware carried popular pocket knife brands such as J. Russell, George Wostenholm and L.F. & C. Eventually, Belknap Hardware introduced its own brand of knives called John Primble by Camillus, Utica, Shcrade-Walden and Boker. An early stamp to look out for is the John Primble India Steel Works mark.

Being a history buff, I am very much interested in knowing the age of each pocket knife in my collection. While some knives are fairly easy to determine an exact age, others are more challenging and only rough time frame (plus or minus 15 years) can be established.

These Case Tested XX pocket knives are scarce and highly sought after by collectors today including the large cigar, large stockman and large congress knife. Check out my Case knives page and Remington knives page as well.

Vintage Case pocket knives are far and away the most collected traditional pocket knife. Ask any collector and they will be familiar with the distinctive jigged bone pattern and Case oval shield. From its humble beginnings in the roots of JBF Champlin & Sons in the 1880’s, the Case family tree would branch out far and wide.