eisman
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I haven't been posting much lately, other things tend to take precedence. But I had some luck last week, and I thought I'd share.
It's funny how old knives get a grip on you. I've bought around a dozen new knives in the past few months, but this purchase got me more excited than all of those did. Found these at a local estate sale, just a small cardboard box with some old knives in it. The ones on top were pretty rusty, but it looked like a diamond was in the pile. Asked what they wanted for all of them, figuring I'd dig into it and cherry pick if too high, but the price was such that I whipped out the cash and left happy.
Here's a group shot after a little cleaning and oiling:
Both the Case knives have broken blades, but with a little work they can be made usable again. If I reshape the one blade on the Trapper to a pen it'll look a lot like one of Charlie's Diamond Jacks. This knife was covered in something like gum or plumbers putty.
The Case Jack just needs a little re-profiling of the clip point (and a lot of rust removal). I love the bone on this one.
The little Imperial Jack shows the lower quality of the materials and workmanship, and rusted more than the others. I wonder how he never broke these blades.
I'll clean and sharpen this Ulster Scout and it'll go into the Christmas Boy Scout pile for this year. I walk down to the tree lot and hand them out to the Scouts working the lot. Knives like this need to be used.
The best for last...I couldn't believe I was seeing one in the box, and then it turned out to be two. Both have been used, but they still work and are in really decent shape. Oil helped a lot, and they'll get some more (along with some time on the stones).
I average one push button a year, usually in horrible shape. This find has me feeling happy a week later. You never know...
It's funny how old knives get a grip on you. I've bought around a dozen new knives in the past few months, but this purchase got me more excited than all of those did. Found these at a local estate sale, just a small cardboard box with some old knives in it. The ones on top were pretty rusty, but it looked like a diamond was in the pile. Asked what they wanted for all of them, figuring I'd dig into it and cherry pick if too high, but the price was such that I whipped out the cash and left happy.
Here's a group shot after a little cleaning and oiling:
Both the Case knives have broken blades, but with a little work they can be made usable again. If I reshape the one blade on the Trapper to a pen it'll look a lot like one of Charlie's Diamond Jacks. This knife was covered in something like gum or plumbers putty.
The Case Jack just needs a little re-profiling of the clip point (and a lot of rust removal). I love the bone on this one.
The little Imperial Jack shows the lower quality of the materials and workmanship, and rusted more than the others. I wonder how he never broke these blades.
I'll clean and sharpen this Ulster Scout and it'll go into the Christmas Boy Scout pile for this year. I walk down to the tree lot and hand them out to the Scouts working the lot. Knives like this need to be used.
The best for last...I couldn't believe I was seeing one in the box, and then it turned out to be two. Both have been used, but they still work and are in really decent shape. Oil helped a lot, and they'll get some more (along with some time on the stones).
I average one push button a year, usually in horrible shape. This find has me feeling happy a week later. You never know...
Nice score though. 
