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Part of my appreciation of slipjoints is that they get used. I love trying to read the history in wear patterns, imagining how the previous owners used the blades, and why.
In consecutive years I was able to find the same knife at the local annual antique show. I paid the same price for each ($5), and will perhaps some day combine them into a single more functional knife. The less worn knife has been opened so often that the springs are preened so that the master blade opens too far, while the (obviously) more sharpened bladed knife has great walk and talk. I can appreciate how much use the second knife has seen, and am glad that I found the less used one first so I knew what the blades started life as!
I can not remember the maker right now (Julanco), but will edit that information in later. A clip, a Spey and a punch- almost perfection to me!!
Do any of you fine folk out there have duplicates in similar shape? Or a well used blade that you have found a picture of what it looked like originally? If so I would love to see it!
Also feel free to post pictures of your more worn down knives to see if anybody has the knife in better shape, or pictures of one in better shape. Kind of an after and before thread for modified by use knives!
Kris
In consecutive years I was able to find the same knife at the local annual antique show. I paid the same price for each ($5), and will perhaps some day combine them into a single more functional knife. The less worn knife has been opened so often that the springs are preened so that the master blade opens too far, while the (obviously) more sharpened bladed knife has great walk and talk. I can appreciate how much use the second knife has seen, and am glad that I found the less used one first so I knew what the blades started life as!
I can not remember the maker right now (Julanco), but will edit that information in later. A clip, a Spey and a punch- almost perfection to me!!
Do any of you fine folk out there have duplicates in similar shape? Or a well used blade that you have found a picture of what it looked like originally? If so I would love to see it!
Also feel free to post pictures of your more worn down knives to see if anybody has the knife in better shape, or pictures of one in better shape. Kind of an after and before thread for modified by use knives!
Kris
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