Cotton Sampler #74?

[DeadFall27]

Interesting picture I found on GEC's page.

 

[Boggs]

And here I thought the single blade that they were talking about was going to be a wharncliffe...but that certainly looks like a cotton blade.........

 

[Pipeman]

Folding nessie

Regards

Robin

 

[black mamba]

It may be an SFO. The cotton samplers from the past have been marketed as Krack-a-Jack branded knives.

 

[Jenner 515]

I just received one: Ebony, with Brass shield, bolsters and lanyard tube.

Nice and slim, wicked sharp, half-stops and 3-7/8" long.

Tang stamp reads GEC TIW 749113.

This'll be part of my EDC for a while more thoughts as I use it.

 

[9blades]

Omg a cotton sampler.........

 

[Pipeman]

I just received one: Ebony, with Brass shield, bolsters and lanyard tube.

Nice and slim, wicked sharp, half-stops and 3-7/8" long.

Tang stamp reads GEC TIW 749113.

This'll be part of my EDC for a while more thoughts as I use it.

Pictures please.

Regards

Robin

 

[Woodrow F Call]

So, what do you do with these besides sample cotton?

 

[akadave2]

Exactly what I was going to ask

 

[Pipeman]

A pocket skinner, nice curvy blade.

Regards

Robin

 

[akadave2]

It is a cool looking blade. I may get one just on that merit! I am so out of control....

 

[Planterz]

So, what do you do with these besides sample cotton?

Expanding on that, there seems to be a couple blade styles that are called "cotton samplers". One, like the Bose/74 pattern, which has an unsharpened portion at the base of the blade (but not always), and a very broad spey or skinner style portion at the end. The other type, like the Schatt and Morgan, is a large, broad sheepsfoot jack, often a swayback, but not always. Apart from being large single blade jacks, the blades are extremely different, yet are apparently for the same purpose.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...44.5j7j1.13.0...0.0...1ac.1.2.img.U5kiu4FtL1I

 

[silenthunterstudios]

I saw this at Ryan Daniels table at the Chesapeake show, wasn't really my style. Neat design. Tuna Valley model, ATS34 steel.

 

[pertinux]

A pocket skinner, nice curvy blade.

But my pockets don't need skinnin'...?

I look forward to seeing more pictures of these, and accounts of their use.

Jenner 515, how's the ebony on yours? It appears to be a fairly solid black in GEC's pictures, but also hard to really tell.

~ P.

 

[Pipeman]

I think I Need one of these, Love strange patterns


Regards

Robin

 

[trey999]

Is there any advantage to that blade shape for cutting cotton?

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Is there any advantage to that blade shape for cutting cotton?

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/689035-Case-Bose-Cotton-Sampler-blade

 

[ptradeco]

But my pockets don't need skinnin'...?

I look forward to seeing more pictures of these, and accounts of their use.

Jenner 515, how's the ebony on yours? It appears to be a fairly solid black in GEC's pictures, but also hard to really tell.

~ P.

A thread on their use:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-is-cotton-sampling?highlight=cotton+sampling

 

[pertinux]

I look forward to seeing more pictures of these, and accounts of their use.

A thread on their use:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-is-cotton-sampling?highlight=cotton+sampling

Thanks! But actually, I meant that I'm looking forward to future accounts of their use, ie, how and where these newly-minted cotton samplers are going show up, and what modern-day, non-cotton-person tasks they prove handy for.

~ P.

 

[Jenner 515]

Jenner 515, how's the ebony on yours? It appears to be a fairly solid black in GEC's pictures, but also hard to really tell.

~ P.

Trending a little more towards deep Brown than Black - looks good with the Brass though.

Pics to come I promise.