A seasonal W&SS knife...sort of

hushnel

hushnel

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We are in the full blown holiday season. All the parties and family get togethers really do call for special tools and one that I came up with a few years back has proved itself time and time again. I figured some of you would appreciate it and took a couple extra photos of it while killing some Friday work time.

With out further preamble I submit the hors d'oeuvre sword. When going for that last olive or bacon wrapped wiener we know who is going to triumph uncontested.

Sterling Silver handle and hilt.
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Ebony Handle with sterling silver hilt
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Sheathed inconspicuously in my beret
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The blades are Osbourn leather awls, when I was a kid I used to love those cheap plastic hors d'oeuvre swords that stuck the olives together in Dad's Martinis and I played with them until they broke, now that I'm a big boy I can make much more durable facsimiles :)
 
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:eek: Oh crap those are awesome. :D

I think you pinpointed where my blade obsession came from. I LOVED those things when I was little. :eek:

That would probably get me in trouble after drinking a bit though....I can imagine my wife hurting me after the 20th time of poking her with one. :rolleyes:
 
Those are ridiculously awesome! The little sheath is really impressive too.

So can you baton toothpicks with them?
 
So can you baton toothpicks with them?
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Oh yeah, and I can push it through 14 oz saddle skirting too :)

The silver chain on the sheath attaches to the small kilt pin, also in the picture, I made it out of sterling silver too, I can be attached to any fabric.
 
I like them! I still love the little plastic swords too, had one in a drink recently and slipped it into my pocket to play with later. I'm such a nerd.
 
I know, who of us on this forum could resist them. They turn up in the washing machine from time to time. :)

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They look like Awl blades.
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The blades are Osbourn leather awls, when I was a kid I used to love those cheap plastic hors d'oeuvre swords that stuck the olives together in Dad's Martinis and I played with them until they broke, now that I'm a big boy I can make much more durable facsimiles
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Yep, that they are, I get them from www.campbell-bosworth.com
 
hushnel said:
I know, who of us on this forum could resist them. They turn up in the washing machine from time to time. :)

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I was all about those things when I was a kid too. I always used to mod them by removing the "D" guard though.

The versions in the OP look good to go as is. :thumbup:
 
My grandparents have the most AWESOME set of steel ones they picked up forever ago in Spain. They have a little brass carousel stand that they store in. :p

They look SORT of like these ones.
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excellent. I ordered some extra awl blades a while back and still haven't tried that out...
 
Those are too cool. I remember mom buying me a bag of the plastic ones when I was a kid. Your version is exponentially more awesome!
 
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