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Bose Knives
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In heaven, everyone gets a T. Bose ivory stockman when they cross through the pearly gates.
Guess I'll never get one.
Thanks Kerry and Tony.
Guess I'll never get one.
Thanks Kerry and Tony.
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Kerry. Very nice picture of that Stockman. Im lucky not having a knife like that. Cant see another choice than being a cattleman with a knife like those in your posession. Here in northern Sweden its cold so frankly Im pleased just to be inside. Mabye if I was younger
Do you know of any academic, lazy fatmanpatterns..
Bosse
Do you know of any academic, lazy fatmanpatterns..
Bosse
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Hey Bosse, I'm just the guy that gets to shoot pix of these knives after they come off of the Old Dogs bench. That may be even better than owning a few Bose knives.
I know your position as the kings photographer. I belive its a lot better to get a chans locking. its nice to look at new wonderful things. I would love to own a knife like that but bejoynd that I even more would like to touch one and It makes me more glad to look at several of them here than to own a single one myself. A combination though!!!
As I have seen other pictures on this forums It looks like you learn a lot too, together with own skills.
Bosse
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Many years ago, when I was younger
, I asked Reese to put me on his list, and also asked him to consider making me a traditional Harness Jack. At one time, I thought it would be cool to have an HJ from each of the makers I respected, and whose work I enjoyed. Turn$ out it was a tall dream, by a $hort guy
.
And, it takes a lot of persuasion and patience to get a maker to build a punch. They are tougher than they look.
Last week I heard a rumor that such a knife was in the pipeline, and today the box came in the mail.
By a huge margin, the most common Harness Jack in history is an approximately 3 5/8" Regular Jack, with Ebony handles, a spear blade, and a well designed punch. The good, older ones had both blades stamped, a sign of quality "back in the day". Half stops were expected for the type of work anticipated.
A nice shield gave a guy pride of ownership, for something that might have cost a week's wages. Good carbon steel, tempered just right was the only steel for the job (A-2 in this case).
Ebony, durable and resistant to warping and splitting, sound enough for Woodwind instruments and other exotic uses, will easily last the life of a knife, if it is not completely abused. And on a close up level, it is quite beautiful. This Ebony looks like a tightly woven Panama hat, giving you an idea of why it is so tough.
The final measure of an HJ is how it performs, and while it remains to be proven long term, this one does extremely well indeed! One-twist holes in stretchy 9 oz. chrome tan (leg leather), work great, and a thin profile blade slices the leather cleanly.
This is a lovely machine!!
, I asked Reese to put me on his list, and also asked him to consider making me a traditional Harness Jack. At one time, I thought it would be cool to have an HJ from each of the makers I respected, and whose work I enjoyed. Turn$ out it was a tall dream, by a $hort guy. And, it takes a lot of persuasion and patience to get a maker to build a punch. They are tougher than they look.
Last week I heard a rumor that such a knife was in the pipeline, and today the box came in the mail.
By a huge margin, the most common Harness Jack in history is an approximately 3 5/8" Regular Jack, with Ebony handles, a spear blade, and a well designed punch. The good, older ones had both blades stamped, a sign of quality "back in the day". Half stops were expected for the type of work anticipated.
A nice shield gave a guy pride of ownership, for something that might have cost a week's wages. Good carbon steel, tempered just right was the only steel for the job (A-2 in this case).
Ebony, durable and resistant to warping and splitting, sound enough for Woodwind instruments and other exotic uses, will easily last the life of a knife, if it is not completely abused. And on a close up level, it is quite beautiful. This Ebony looks like a tightly woven Panama hat, giving you an idea of why it is so tough.
The final measure of an HJ is how it performs, and while it remains to be proven long term, this one does extremely well indeed! One-twist holes in stretchy 9 oz. chrome tan (leg leather), work great, and a thin profile blade slices the leather cleanly.
This is a lovely machine!!
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...Wow. Congratulations, Charlie.
James
James
