About Pocket Knives

Buck Pocket Knives are only one of the many styles of knives that Buck knives produces.  Buck also makes hunting, rescue, survival and tactical knives.  You can even get a custom made Buck knife.  All have the same great quality.  Buck Knives was started in 1902 by Hoyt Buck.  He came up with the idea to turn old file blades into knife blades.  Today Buck Knives are made at their company headquarters in Post Falls, Idaho.

Today the line of Buck Pocket Knives feature traditional and modern styles.  Their handles are made of wood, plastic, Aluminum and stainless steel.  You can find a knife for everyday use, survival or tactical purposes, or a fancy stylish model for a gift.  Regardless of what knife you choose, it will come with the Buck history of quality.

Today’s Boker pocket knives descend from the Boeker tool factory in Remscheid, Germany.   A giant chestnut tree shaded the small Boeker tool factory in Remscheid and today that tree is used in the Boker symbol today.  The Boeker name was changed to Boker when the company started to expand internationally.  Production facilities were developed in the United States, Canada and Mexico.   The reputation for german quality continued with these expansions and Boker knives are now produced in the United States, Germany and South America.

Today the line of Boker knives feature both traditional and modern style pocket knives.  The blades come in stainless steel, ceramic and damascus steel blades.  Handles are made of Titanium, Aluminum, G-10, Burlwood, Rosewood, ABS and more.  You can find a Boker pocket knife for everyday use or to add to a collection.

A Traditional Pocket Knife brings back fond memories.  It was one of the tools my dad used to teach me responsibility and show me I was growing up.  He would let me borrow his pocket knife and trusted me to take care of it, use it safely and return it.  One time it took it without his permission and lost it.  This is not a fond memory.  My grandfather taught me how to carve.

A traditional pocket knife can be short and fat, long and skinny, have one or many folding blades and slips into your pocket.  The handles are often plastic, bone or wood.  They are designed to be opened with two hands.  They don’t have thumb studs, thumb holes, assisted opening or flip open.  They are the forerunners of modern day pocket knives.  These pocket knives were used by our fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers to build their lives, bond with their sons and raise them into adults.

The pocket knife can be used for anything from opening your mail to cutting a rope.  Let’s start with uses inside the home.  Long skinny blades are referred to as toothpicks and can be used for one.  You can peel an orange, slice the top of a banana or cut your food (depending what else you have used your pocket knife for).  Lost some weight?  Drill a new hole in your belt.  Keep your clothes neat by cutting off hanging threads. 

You can even work on your computer.  There are CyberTool Swiss Army knives with sockets, drill bits, and screwdrivers for basic computer repair.  Now we head into the garage.  Adjust the idle on your lawn mower, weedeater or other small engines.  Cut hoses and tubing to length.  Dig a weed out of your lawn, then dig the slivers out of your hand.

I hope this has helped you to remember the true value of a good pocket knife.

The most useful tool to use while camping is a pocket knife.  Whether you are cutting dried wood for a fire, or sharpening a branch to make a spear, creating a bow drill, defending yourself against predators, cutting fruits and vegetables or filleting a fish, the applications of a pocket knife while hunting are enormous.  If you don’t have a pocket knife on a camping trip, you will soon experience the remorse that goes with believing that everything is as convenient as walking to you kitchen. 

In fact, Tom Brown says that a pocket knife is one of the top three instruments that you should carry if you are going to go into the deep woods.  Be prepared with a sharp pocket knife so that you will not be caught unawares.

A pocket knife is a knife that has a blade that fold into a handle.  There is usually a locking mechanism so that the knife is in a fixed position until unlocked by the user.  The knife is small and compact because it is meant to be utilized by someone at random times so it is built to be unobtrusive in the back pocket.  The blade is usually no longer than 3 to 5 inches, 8 to 13 centimeters with a handle that is slightly longer. 

The pocket knife is one of the most useful and versatile tools that you can carry on your person.  It can be brought out for the most mundane reasons or for a life threatening circumstance.  And although the blade is extremely small; a pocket knife is made to pack a punch.  The higher end pocket knives are generally made to be very sharp for a very long time, and they can be sharpened with wear.  Get a pocket knife today for those unexpected situations where you need something sharp.