Big Toothpicks:S&M VS Case?

MTHall720

MTHall720

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I Love big toothpicks. I thought my Case was quite big but my S&M toothpick blows my Case out of the water in terms of thickness, perceived substantial feel. So, now the question:do all the Schatt and Morgan toothpicks beat Case in terms of mass?
 
Well she's kind of a long answer there my friend!;)

Queen has made a whole bunch of different length toothpicks under the Schatt & Morgan name.
I am assuming ( yes I know what they say about doing that) :foot: that you have the 5 1/2" toothpick with the Morning Ash Wormgroove Bone covers from the 5th Series of the File & Wire Series. Queen also made a 5" Toothpick in the 1st Series and a 4 1/4" in the 3rd. All the F&W Series Toothpicks have ATS-34 blade steel.
Queen also made 4 different Toothpicks in the Annual Keystone Series. Two 5" picks, both with ATS-34 steel. 1 in the 9th Series w/ Green pick bone scales, and 1 in the 10th in Rootbeer Bone. In the 12th Series, the 100 year anniversary set, they made a 4 1/4" pick w/ Buffalo Horn covers & a MOP shield. The smallest toothpick the made, other than SFO's, was in the 15th Keystone Series, a 3" Black Lip Mother of Pearl.

Now aren't you sorry you asked?? ;)
You take care of those mountains for me while I'm stuck over here in the flat land, a

Dave
 
I have the 5" ATS-34 S&M in root beer bone and a Case in barn (?) bone. The S&M is a favorite knife, tops the Case in all ways except edge sharpness but the Case was ~$65 and the S&M was $90. IMHO there is no other production toothpick that tops the S&M. I don't really like the GEC designs, too bulky looking for a toothpick. The Case is a nice knife, but unlike the S&M, is not as substantial, blade is not as centered, bone is not contoured, no swedge, inferior steel and glued vs. pinned shield. However, that being said, the S&M took quite a a fair amount of time to thin out the edge and get it razor sharp, but, like usual, the Case was very sharp out of the box. All I did was put a microbevel on it with the Sharpmaker at 40degrees. Both knives are several years old and are carried. They have held up well. I also had a Queen 5" toothpick. That was nice as well and has D2 steel. It is thinner and more like the Case and not pretty as the S&M.
 
Thanks very much everyone. Mine is the Morning Ash Wormgroove. I appreciate the info Glad to have more to pick from.
 
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Another fellow board member here took a picture of his Schatt & Morgan toothpick (which I too have one of)... but his pic taking are far superior to mine :)
I also own a D2 steel Queen and a Tidioute (GEC)... but I give the Schatt and the Queen the nod for overall execution... It's a pattern S&M/Queen seems to get very right, imo :)
 
5" F&W I Toothpick in burnt wormgroove bone. Too much to carry, but great for picnics!

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I had a big Case toothpick with silver script shield and green bone. A very nice knife, but I always was leery about cutting with that very very thin and flexible blade. I sold it to a friend who does quite a bit of fishing to use as a folding fillet knife. I'd like to check out the GEC and Queen/Schatt & Morgan versions; a toothpick with a more robust blade would suit me better.
 
MTHall720 said:
Thanks very much everyone. Mine is the Morning Ash Wormgroove. I appreciate the info Glad to have more to pick from.
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Good choice! :) They really are some grand sized toothpicks, for sure. Being a S&M, and being in the f&w series, it carries some extra bells and whistles... It having pinched and grooved bolsters, nice looking swedging on the blade, and ATS-34 stainless steel for blade material. Here this picture, though a bit dark, shows how big it is (specimen at the bottom of the pic). The two above it are not small, being a Queen toothpick and a Mercator K55K... but are obviously smaller than the S&M :)

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