Another newbie with a question

It comes from spending too much time sequestered in mancaves with itty bitty folding knives. The antedote is to pick up your favorite large testosterone inspired fixed blade, close the door, and leap about the room swinging and slashing. Think..Tyrone Powers! Think... Mick Dundee! Think... Kirk Douglas! Dan'l Boone!! This guy!!!

OOPS! That's Fred Bear! Wrong Bear!:o
Try this'n! Henry B. Baer! (Note the sharp pencil holder on his desk!):p



Codger
 
sensitive today? Whose sensitive? Not me... What did you mean by that?:D
Lets not start having size envy over my folders! :eek:
testosterone inspired fixed blade? If its fixed there is no testosterone being produced. Ok this thread has really gone astray.
Later all.
 
OK then, sniff, sniff...

Well, I do have a couple of fixed blades besides a much loved Schrade Sharpfinger... but, I still like FOLDERS (w/pinched bolsters), dam_ it!! But...no harm no foul, as it were. :D

Bill
 
Woof! Now THAT's a knife! Why didn't you tell us you had Fred Bear's knife??

I sorta guessed that was the answer to the bolster question, but I wasn't sure. I guess in another fifty years, I know all these terms and patterns. But then, very few people would listen to a man well over a hundred babble about knives, so it wouldn't matter. Thanks for the edumacation, LT! And El Lobo for your contributions.

Codger
PS - Where did the original questioner run off to?
 
I'm sure he's probably scratching his head wondering...WTF...but, it was an edumacational thread thanks to Rich, as you so opined, er,ah, mentioned.

I love folders..........OK, and fixed blades as well. Gotta love 'em all...:D :thumbup:

Bill
 
Since we are on this fixation with blades, big and small, here's a double set:

Luis


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Here is Codger relaxing in the mancave one evening with his older daughter (:D ). Notice how she is enjoying herself!


Codger
 
Hey, aren't those all 165OTs???

Nothing quite like good quality time with your young ones. :D

Bill
 
Great grandpa was the one who started the tradition. Of course that was in the days before TV. Great Grandma found it an exciting diversion from laundry and other menial tasks around the house. It is a wonderful pastime to teach your children. Six is considered the minimum age for training in this family. Twelve for the thrower.


Codger
 
Guests...(at Codger's version of the Ponderosa): "Hey Michael, do the young ones play Little League out here?"

Codger: "Sorta. As a matter of fact, my youngest is throwing today."

Guests: "Does he throw a curveball?"

Codger: "He sure as Schrade balls better not! I tell him to just stick with the straight hard stuff...those kids will get the point."

bill :D
 
hi guys, thanx for all the help.
codger, my knife looks very much like the bottom one in your post #4 and the far left (same knife?) in post #10. only difference is that the bolsters are like those on the knives in post #12.

lobo, i think scored, or line stamped is probably the right term since it makes more sense than the term pinched. thanks for the vocab lesson. i'll learn this stuff yet.

irv, i was not aware of the tang stamp other than the company name, etc. on the reverse, after a bunch of cleaning, i found that this is evidently not an 897 or an uncle henry, at all. the blade is stamped 825. so now i guess i need to research what an 825 is. maybe an open stock knife?
 
Gentlemen, I believe true pinched bolsters are shown on the ends of the bolsters of these Queen knives. It should be evident why they were called that:

bqueenclasstag99.jpg

aqueenclasswinter99.jpg
 
Tropical,

Glad we didn't chase you off...we sometimes move in mysterious ways in here. :)
I'm pretty sure Larry (lrv), Codger, Phil, LT...oh heck, there are a bunch of good guys here who will help you with information about your 897UH...er, I mean, your new Schrade 825. :D

Bill

P. S.
Redshanks, did you pinch those yourself in anger or frustration? Just kidding, of course. Those appear to be both threaded and pinched. Nice knives, or is it one knife?
P. P. S.
Redshanks...that looks like the picture in Witcher's book described as "pinched rounded bolster" for sure. You just took a better picture than I did. Thanks for the followup, sir.
 
Those are 2 knives, same pattern but different handle material. I did pinch the photos, not the knives.
 
thanx for all the comments and suggestions. i am definitely closing in.

codger, my knife looks very much like the lower one on your post #4 and the far left (same knife?) on post #10, but the bolsters look like the ones in post #12.

lobo, i think you're right about the vocabulary, scored or line stamped sounds like what i've got.

irv, you made the right suggestion. i was not aware that the number was stamped on the reverse side of the tang. with some cleaning, i was able to make out the number and it is not 897 (redshanks was right about the knife not matching the box). the tang is stamped 825 (could be 826, but i don't think so) so now all i have to do is research the 825/826.

again, thanx for the warm welcome and all the help.
 
tropical said:
.....the blade is stamped 825. so now i guess i need to research what an 825 is. maybe an open stock knife?
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That is an 825 from the open stock selection.
And here is another version, the 825RB "Razor Blade" series.

As you can see, it is slightly different, and has a unique blade etch. The 825 can be found as far back as at least the early fifties, and is seen at least thru 1989 with the 825RB. Ir was called a "premium Rancher", premium being their term for a slim knife. The 897UH was the "Signature Premium Stockman".

Codger
 
i am really glad i wandered in here. i'm always happy to be learning, especially from people who obviously are passionate about the topic. i'm still working on getting a couple of pics to show you what started all this education. will post them as soon as possible.

thanx for everything guys.
 
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