Farmers Jack

ken erickson

ken erickson

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It has been a while since I have posted a knife here in "Custom and Handmade" sub-forum but thought this may interest some viewers.

The farmers jack pattern is a working knife featuring a pruning blade and very specialized budding/grafting blade. The great Sheffield cutlery companies would build "exhibition" grade knives for the world fairs and great exhibitions of the second half of the 19th to early 20th century. I was commissioned to build a farmers jack in the spirit of these "exhibition" grade knives.

This knife features Pre-ban, checkered, specialized flat ground blades on one side only. Both blades ride on a single spring with the budding/grafting blade features a "catch-bit". CPM-154 blades and springs, 416 integral bolsters/frames.

Embellishments include checkered ivory covers, pinned bar shield, threaded and rat-tailed bolsters and coined liners.

Thanks for the looks!






 
Wow. I've never seen one with those particular blades, but it sure looks good. Thank you very much for posting it.

Jeremy
 
I bet those scales were difficult to put on without ruining the checkering. Nice folder!!
 
That is truly a work of art. The attention to detail and superb execution make this one top of the heap for me.

Thanks for sharing it here Ken.

Chris
 
is that a neat knife or what!
 
Ken, there are just so many details here! Each one, if not executed properly could have thrown the whole project off, but you pulled every single one of them off. Great looking knife!

Can you let us in on how you fitted the scales?
 
Thanks everyone for the very kind comments! They are appreciated.

Brian, as to the fitting of the covers/scales. I fit as normal , leaving the ivory just a bit proud. The checkering was then done before final assembly. Having spent many hours checkering gunstocks back in my gunsmithing days I had a pretty good idea of what I was facing. Checkering up to the bolsters and shield would be no different than running lines up to a boarder on a gunstock.
 
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