.38 Special!!

waynorth said:
Great House!! How much is the rent??
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My first thought!

I do think my own house might have looked a bit like that after a night on the town! ;) That was many years ago though, when I was a lot younger and not nearly as smart.

Awesome playhouse!
 
Love that house J!!!

I only have a few #38's but the "farmers Jack" "orchard gem" is a fantastic knife doing carpentry work...love mine:cool:

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Good looking user, Phil.

I'm late to the game, but I'm starting to accumulate some of these. Right now, I have these two. Hopefully, I'll have one more in another week. An interesting pattern and I'm glad Lyle and Charlie relit the torch for these.

 
paulhilborn said:
I only have a few #38's but the "farmers Jack" "orchard gem" is a fantastic knife doing carpentry work...love mine:cool:

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philllll said:
I decided to make this one a user. No patina... yet...

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RDaneel said:
I'm late to the game, but I'm starting to accumulate some of these. Right now, I have these two. Hopefully, I'll have one more in another week. An interesting pattern and I'm glad Lyle and Charlie relit the torch for these.

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Paul, Phil and Dean - Great FJ's:thumbup: I have an Ivory Bone Lick Creek and just today added a African Blackwood Orchard Gem. :D
 
The #38 frame is proving to be one of my favorites, in all its current blade combinations.

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Grinling Whittler, Farmer's Jack, Williamette Whittler

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Pile side view of opened primary blades:
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Such lines!

~ P.
 
I am a BIG fan of the 38 pattern. Here is a picture of a few of my old regulars, the whittler has since moved on to greener pastures...
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This fine thread deserves more exposure!!

I have a full set of the Orchard Gems and Lick Creek 38s. They remind me of Charlie and Lyle and my friendship with each of these fine gentleman. I'm grateful for their work in bringing this unique pattern back. I love the flowing lines of the handles and the unique blade configuration. So far, they're just for looking and admiring but not for use.

I also have a small assortment of the regular run of 38s. I had some yard work to do today and decided to pull a regular-run 38 off the shelf and put it into service. I had a hard time deciding between the blue jigged-bone version and the maroon linen Micarta version: both are beautiful. In the end though, I'm just a sucker for browns, tans, and yellows, so it was Maroon all the way!

Two or three times a year ivy overreaches my walkways and I have to trim it back. I've always used a gas-powered weed trimmer, but it frays the tough ivy vine edges and they look messy. The ivy is also mildly toxic, and the trimmer aerosolizes the sap and sometimes chokes me and causes coughing.

So I decided to use a Farmer Jack instead today and here are the results:

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In the end, I didn't really find it slower or less convenient than using the gas-powered trimmer. The knife is light and the Hawkbill puts a lot of power into pull cuts. Once I found a technique and rhythm that worked for me, progress was fast and the end result was much cleaner than I'm used to with the trimmer. I used Lansky Crock Sticks to touch up the edge every ten to fifteen minutes.
 
Nice work, Robb!

Nice knives, Travman and P&G!!

Whoa Mama, Philllll!
How d'you do dat???
 
philllll said:
Dunked the whole knife in boiling vinegar
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Kind of a dumb question Phill, but for how long did you leave it in boiling vinegar? I can't even imagine what the house must have smelled like? Not that I won't try this at some point!!!:rolleyes:
 
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