#jockteleg

[theoutcastrogue]

Spring knives

A spring knife is one in which the blades are held open or closed by means of a spring. Pen and pocket knives, lock knives, folding bowies and the ill-reputed flick knife are all spring knives. It is not known when the first spring knives were made but there is a legend that they were introduced to Sheffield by a cutler names Jacques de Liège who came to England to escape religious prosecution in the late seventeenth century, giving rise to the once common nickname for a pocket knife, “jackaleg”, and perhaps to the term “jack knife”.

There is a distinction between a penknife and a pocket knife. In its original sense a pen knife was used for cutting a quill to the correct shape for writing and for this a very fine and hard blade was required. A pocket knife was a much heavier instrument with a tough blade to withstand rough use. However, the two types of blade were often combined in a single knife and a general distinction was that if the blades were fixed at opposite ends it was a pen knife and if fixed at the same end it was a pocket knife.

Spring knives are subject to great variation, far more than table knives. They have a greater variety of blade styles, each with a range of sizes, and in addition there are other implements which are often included: buttonhooks, corkscrews, gimlets, saws, scissors, reamers, nail files, eraser blades, marlin spikes, cartridge extractors, screwdrivers, palette knives and rulers were all often built into spring knives of some form and gave almost endless scope for the spring-knife cutler.

— Peter Smithurst, The Cutlery Industry (1987)

P.S. from etymonline: jack-knife (n.), also jackknife, “pocket knife larger than a pen-knife,” 1711, probably American English, apparently from some sense of jack (n.). [“a mechanical device,” from the masc. name Jack. The proper name was used in Middle English for “any common fellow,” and thereafter extended to various appliances which do the work of common servants (1570s).] Perhaps it originally was associated with sailors. Jackleg, jacklegged was a U.S. colloquial term of contempt from 1839. Scottish dialect had jockteleg (1670s) “large clasp-knife,” of unknown origin, also jackylegs, jack-o-legs.

[ao3feed-spirk]

by S W (Jockteleg)

Captain Kirk and First Officer Spock crash land on a barren planet. A run in with some strange aliens forces Spock to confront his feelings.

Words: 2186, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Crew of the Starship Enterprise, James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek)

Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock

Additional Tags: Original Character(s), Pon Farr, Mind Meld, Anal Sex, Cock Worship

[hourlywritingprompts]

Writing prompt of the hour: jocktelegs

[jupiter24jay]

Hey guys! I decided to make an update on my commissions since... I wasn’t getting any!! But here we are a new, improved info page!! I figured I needed some since it’s near the holidays and if I don’t find a new job soon I could be homeless- so any penny really helps!

If you’re interested:

Send me an IM or email (jockteleg@outlook.com) with what tier you want (Sketch/B&W/Color/Full). I will need references or a description. If you cannot draw your character, or explain well, I will redo and check with you until it looks right.

Please note:

I cannot do NSFW (includes gore/guro) or mecha.

Paypal is the preferred method of paying but if you have Ko-Fi I have no problem making an account.

I do have a job that I work most days for. Please bear with me and be patient.

Payments must be made first before I can begin.

You will be refunded if the commission is not finished in 30 days, or before a certain agreed upon deadline.

I’ll only give the link to my PayPal to confirmed commissioners (it’s my first time, this will help me keep track of who has paid for who and I don't know how to do invoices,,,)

There are currently 5 open slots!