I was very interested in the filet knife as when I travelled to Greece on the annual holiday I wanted to take a sharp knife to the self catering place we go. The ticket is 50 pounds cheaper with hand luggage only so I have resorted to just talking a diamond sharpening plate and sharpening the knives in the apartment complex. The design is very similar to the one i thought of in my head. I am always trying to fix things
Very interesting and fun video. I've been collecting knives for over 50 years myself and have always been interested in them. I decided to subscribe to your channel ! ☺️🤗👋
The last knife you showed was the same one I carried at school as a kid. Got caught with it but they couldn't open it. So I didn't get kicked out of school. It's been along time since I've seen one. Thanks for the memories.
@@ConnorM2007 dude chill not like he used it on someone no harm done heck I've accidentally brought a large knife clipped on my waistband with the knife faceing out to school in 5th grade once lol didnt get questioned about it all day then at end day I squated to put a book in my bookbag and I heard a clack from my knife hiting ground and remembered and snatched it off my waistband and threw it in my backpack realy fast I actuly done it 2-3 times idk how I wasnt caught
I also own a roll lock knife. I believe that the brand is "Benchmark" not Benchmade. I bought it from a gun shop in new condition with a nylon type belt pouch with a velcro closure strap that, when pulled, partially extracted the knife, making it easier to get a hold on, in the factory packaging. I'm going from memory just now, regarding the brand, as it is packed away. Thanks for the informative showing of innovative designs of the time.
It was Benchmark...a relatively small knife and tool manufacturing plant that on occasion tooled up to produce a limited number of these "roll lock" knives. A beautiful example of an American made knife (this is going back 30 years ago). I don't believe that the company exists today.
@Dad's Knives - I absolutely love that belt buckle knife. Would like to see more innovative knives that have been ingeniously concealed in various clothing accessories.
The minuet you showed the last knife that you push the blade and it popped open I knew I owned that at one time. I have no idea where it is. But now I’m on a mission to find it. I loved the video. My grandpa use to have a box with “stuff” in it. I loved pulling that thing out and going through it. God bless you man. Great memories you bought back for me.
I'm 37 and I too remember going through the "Grandpa Box" of cool old unique stuff. Sadly future generations won't be able to discover the Joy of things like this. They either won't care because it doesn't have a screen, or Grandpa's stuff is mass produced Chinese garbage. Gone are the days of small family run boutique shops making unique quality items. Hell, just to get a decent blade these days you have to shell out damn near $500. And that is just to get your foot in the door when buying a quality knife.
The Frost swing handle knife is a copy of the Barry Wood knife...beautiful knives but a bit pricey at the time as they were essentially hand made. There are still a version or two out there today with Barry Wood's swing handle design.
I remember those belt buckle knives, every kid in the 80’s around my neck of the woods had those. I think I had two or three of them. Couldn’t tell ya what happened to them either a lot of moving around back then.
My uncle had a big collection of knives. Amongst them were a few of the Colt Swing Knife that are like the Frost Cutlery knife. I was allowed to choose a few knives and that Colt Swing Knife is now in my collection. It's so much fun watching people's faces when I open it. It's my absolute favorite!
Excellent video, great presentation. I have one of those knives at the end with the gravity sort of lock. That Rollock knife is super interesting, I wouldn't mind having one of those, but I wouldn't carry it! I love unique opening and locking mechanisms.
i love to collect as many different sorts of knives. browning makes the "easy money" which is also that swivel type of opening. apparently it's an old design and one of the earlier technologies for one handed opening. i love that gerber belt buckle knife! love those odd crkt's. they're so willing to do stuff that's out of the box!
I have the Gerber belt buckle knife and I wear it every day . I had to customize it, it liked to pop open on its own pretty regularly. Cool knives . Thanks for sharing
I have two of the knives in your collection. My Dad frustrated people with the last trick knife you showed 45yrs ago. He gave it to me for my collection years ago. I also bought a CRKT roll Lock 2 knife a year ago or so
I have a knife that opens very similarly to that last one, but the orientation doesn't matter. It's a CRKT Yea-Go I believe. You just push in and quickly release to deploy the blade. Interesting looking knife, hardly anybody figured out how to open it on their own.
I have a small thumb-flick knife anyone is able to open, but surprysingly many people can not close (like 80%) it has a build in lever/spring that needs to be pushed sideways and at the same time is a part from the inner knife body. Very compact but very useful for everyday purpose. I really love small knifes with clips
Wish I had known about that CRKT fillet knife, seems its discontinued everywhere now. Would be fun to have along kayak fishing. My EDC is a CRKT too, love their value and function.
I bought one from a vendor at a flea market when I was a kid. Mine had a black plastic scale on one side and a white plastic scale on the other. Not only did the guy show me the trick to opening the knife, but he also taught me a rudimentary slight of hand movement to make it appear as though the entire knife changed color - from black to white or vice versa - when showing it to a friend. So it was really a two-trick knife.
My daddy had the last one he’s passed almost 2 years ago and I just came across the knife I carried in my pocket all day yesterday, I kept trying to open it and I heard the mechanism moving inside but it wasn’t opening so I gave it a tap on the table and it came open it must have been a bit stuck. Thanks for the video it assured my I remembered correctly😄
Interesting, I'm probably on the opposite spectrum where I've come to learn I just won't really carry a knife in rotation if it *doesn't* have a pocket clip. Why do you prefer no pocket clip? And thanks for sharing these, they're quite interesting. Probably wouldn't be something I'd EDC since a requirement for my EDC is to allow for one handed opening, but its always refreshing to see something different!
Mostly habit. I like my knife down in my pocket. I want to reach for my keys or coins without a clipped knife getting in the way. I've never been comfortable with the folder in the back back pocket.
That Frost Cutlery knife was a copy of a design that was made by a custom knife maker by the name of Barry B. Wood. I had one of his knives back in the 1970's. I got to where I could flick it open and closed with one hand. It was a cool knife.
I had a knife that worked like the Frost cutlery in the early '80s. I bought it at a knife shop in Redbird Mall in Dallas, Texas. I lost track of it. I think it was stolen from a self storage warehouse that was burglarized. I've been looking for another one for years. This is the only one other than mine I have ever seen.
My dad had that last trick knife, he called it a blow knife because he tricked us kids for years on how it actually worked. He would hold it to his mouth with the blade facing him; he would then blow on the knife, while secretly pressing the blade, and it would pop open. He would close it by blowing on it, and we thought he was magic, because we couldn’t open or close it.
That last one: get some Hoppes gun lube in a precision applicator, and squirt it in the mechanism. Has worked wonders for a lot of my seized tools over the years.
The original trick knife my buddy had one he showed me a number of years ago , i fumbled around with that thing for 20 minutes and couldn't figure it out , he finally showed me the trick , i had to have one . Went on ebay and found a new old stock one that night and bought immediately .
That last ones a nice little knife just the right size for minimal edc and a cool action. Just think how many people who watch this video have never seen one and then think the only reason they have is because you found it and didn't throw it away.
I bought my wife one of those crkt rollock knives. It works well for her because she keeps it in her purse. Don’t have to worry about it opening unintentionally opening.
A guy showed me a knife he had one time. Couldn't figure out how to open it. Turns out you just slid one of the scales while you were holding it and the blade swung out. It was a spring assisted opening knife. You just moved the scale about ¼ inch and the blade opened. It was pretty cool.
This brought up some memories. I got expelled from a school because of a trick knife I was borrowing from a schoolmate. One side folded out, and slid the blade forwards, and the side locked back into place, inverted. Took 'em awhile to figure out how to open it. I was hoping they never would.
My first ever knife was almost just like the last one, my dad gave it to me and said "If you can figure out how to open it, then you are probably smart enough to have it." I was only about 7 and remember trying for quite a while before getting open basically just by dumb luck. I wish I knew where it was.
The Benchmark versions (now long discontinued) are worth a pretty penny on the collector's market. I believe Benchmark made three different sizes of this opening mechanism knife, with many optional scale materials. I have this CRKT version, but l really wish that l had sprung the bucks for one of the original Benchmark knives, they were truly beautifully made, but expensive.
I like collecting expensive knives I definitely don’t need but CRKT really makes some interesting ones. One of the first ones I saw was the “Snap Lock” but my personal favorite that I own (also totally useless realistically) is the “Provoke” a pretty unique folding krambit. Nice collection!
That last knife was sold at magic stores during the 60s through the 80s at least and probably much longer. It was marketed as a "astound and fool your friends" type item. They were usually painted or anodized but due to their cheap build quality the coatings would wear off quickly.
The last guy who had that trick knife probably couldn’t figure out how to open it, so he got frustrated and threw it in the dirt…and that’s how you found it!
In the mid-90s I remember a guy showing off a knife, asking people if the could figure out how to close it. I don’t remember anything special about how it opened, but there wasn’t an obvious way to unlock the blade to close it. The solution was that the handle scale rotated around an axis at the butt of the knife just a little, so you could push on the scale near the blade end to shift it a little in a scissor action, and that unlocked the blade. I’d love to know if anyone remembers a knife that worked like that.
My uncle put a watch just like the last one in my hand and told me I could have it if I could open it. This was about 45 years ago now. He told me later he wanted to occupy my time with it and was dissapointed when I opened it in about 3 minutes. I still have the knife today.
I have the "original" a friend of my mothers dad was a advertising marketer and had hundreds with his logo on the imitation mother of pearl sides.. I took nail polish remover to it got the logo off.. Still have it.. New in 84.. 85.. I was 10 or 11..
Thankyou soooo much for this video! I've been trying to open a knife for weeks. I purchased it thinking it was just dirty and blade was stuck. But she opens like a charm. Looks like the last one but has white pearl scales . Says imperial Ireland on blade
I saw a knife similar to the last one in the seventies. If I remember well it was a cousin of mine who challenged us to open it. I was living near Montréal, Québec, Canada then.
The first knife that came to my mind when I saw this was another one by CRKT, it's called the Fulcrum and also has a very unusual opening mechanism. I won't spoil it here but it's one of my favourite knifes. And also I need to find a roll lock now haha
