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Vintage Taylor’s Eye Witness Double pen Jack in Stag
Closed length - 4 5/8
Primary length - 3 3/4
Secondary length - 2 13/16
I picked this up on eBay mostly for the love of stag. And staggeringly good stag it is. Halfted very thin despite all the real estate, by a real craftsman. All the crags and popcorn a guy could ask for.
But the knife has other charms. Delicate distally tapered bolsters featuring the large rat tail fluting, Sheffield-style, long swedges on both blades, stovepipe kick on the main, snappy action. Pull on the main is about a 7 with nice walk and talk, and once you get the secondary started about an 8 but it’s a bit of a nail breaker for me out of the gate.
It’s a beaut. Wear and tear appropriate with its age, which id guess to be pretty darn old. Bladeplay on the main, and a slight check in the stag on the butt end that doesn’t even extend to the pin
Asking closed
Brent BD Cramer Diamond Edge Jack - SOLD
This is one of my favorites from one of my favorite forum makers, Brent Cramer (blades&grace here). I see him on IG still making gorgeous knives. Below is his description of the knife, with my parentheticals.
Blade and spring are ATS-34, Rc 61-62 on the blade, spring @ Rc 48-49. Blade is hollow ground on a 14" wheel, with an 800 grit hand rubbed finish. Drawn swedge on Pen blade and cut swedge on the Spear point blade. Liners and bolsters 304 ss, mill relieved, all hardware ss (no gaps, no light). Handle material is some Old Green jigged bone I got from Tony Bose (reads dark green almost black on the face and more emerald from the sides) Diamond shield that's double pinned. Closed length 3 3/4". Back is flush in open and closed positions (No half stop). Pull at about a 5-6.
Some other notes from me:
This knife feels great in the hand. no blade play. Both blades centered. Great swedge on the spear point. Really nice snappy action. It's seen plenty of pocket time and some light use, but from the videos you can see the blades are virtually pristine with the gorgeous hand rubbed finish intact. The mostly sunken joints and lack of extension spring to keep the weight down makes this a great pocket friendly two blade carry.
SOLD
Thanks for your consideration
Closed length - 4 5/8
Primary length - 3 3/4
Secondary length - 2 13/16
I picked this up on eBay mostly for the love of stag. And staggeringly good stag it is. Halfted very thin despite all the real estate, by a real craftsman. All the crags and popcorn a guy could ask for.
But the knife has other charms. Delicate distally tapered bolsters featuring the large rat tail fluting, Sheffield-style, long swedges on both blades, stovepipe kick on the main, snappy action. Pull on the main is about a 7 with nice walk and talk, and once you get the secondary started about an 8 but it’s a bit of a nail breaker for me out of the gate.
It’s a beaut. Wear and tear appropriate with its age, which id guess to be pretty darn old. Bladeplay on the main, and a slight check in the stag on the butt end that doesn’t even extend to the pin
Asking closed
Brent BD Cramer Diamond Edge Jack - SOLD
This is one of my favorites from one of my favorite forum makers, Brent Cramer (blades&grace here). I see him on IG still making gorgeous knives. Below is his description of the knife, with my parentheticals.
Blade and spring are ATS-34, Rc 61-62 on the blade, spring @ Rc 48-49. Blade is hollow ground on a 14" wheel, with an 800 grit hand rubbed finish. Drawn swedge on Pen blade and cut swedge on the Spear point blade. Liners and bolsters 304 ss, mill relieved, all hardware ss (no gaps, no light). Handle material is some Old Green jigged bone I got from Tony Bose (reads dark green almost black on the face and more emerald from the sides) Diamond shield that's double pinned. Closed length 3 3/4". Back is flush in open and closed positions (No half stop). Pull at about a 5-6.
Some other notes from me:
This knife feels great in the hand. no blade play. Both blades centered. Great swedge on the spear point. Really nice snappy action. It's seen plenty of pocket time and some light use, but from the videos you can see the blades are virtually pristine with the gorgeous hand rubbed finish intact. The mostly sunken joints and lack of extension spring to keep the weight down makes this a great pocket friendly two blade carry.
SOLD
Thanks for your consideration
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