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This thread is borderline whine and cheese, so bare with me.
I've been into knives for some time now, and seldom meet anyone who carries anything of quality. I get alot of "you paid HOW MUCH for that?". With the exception of one guy who I have turned onto collecting knives(and he's really ran with it for the past two months, buying all the broke-down Robeson's[once made in our home town] and Camillus' he can find on eBay), there is no one I see even semi-regular who understands.
This other fella I work with, who's in his mid fifties, handed me his pocket knife and asked me if I would sharpen it for him. No problem. At first glance, it looked a little beat up, but upon further inspection I noticed it was in excellent shape, just dirty from bouncing around in his pocket for years. It was a lovely Schrade Old Timer two blade stockman that his father-in-law(now deceased) gave him a loooong time ago.
So I hauled ass home to get some supplies, came back to work and did my thing(yeah, I have the kind of job that allows me to screw around like this in the middle of the day). I cleaned it up, polished the liners, bolsters, pins and shield, and put edges back on the blades. I didn't spend too much time cleaning the blades because I wanted to leave the beautiful patina they had acquired over the years. It took some doing, but the carbon steel blades took a razor sharp edge(yes, I shaved some hairs with them). It looked awesome when I was done. barely any scratches on the bolsters, no nicks in the scales, and the points were still intact.
I don't think he realizes what a great knife he has been carrying all these years. That's not to say he doesn't appreciate it, he is a craftsman in his own right.
Thanks for reading this. I just needed to tell somebody who might appreciate it.
I've been into knives for some time now, and seldom meet anyone who carries anything of quality. I get alot of "you paid HOW MUCH for that?". With the exception of one guy who I have turned onto collecting knives(and he's really ran with it for the past two months, buying all the broke-down Robeson's[once made in our home town] and Camillus' he can find on eBay), there is no one I see even semi-regular who understands.
This other fella I work with, who's in his mid fifties, handed me his pocket knife and asked me if I would sharpen it for him. No problem. At first glance, it looked a little beat up, but upon further inspection I noticed it was in excellent shape, just dirty from bouncing around in his pocket for years. It was a lovely Schrade Old Timer two blade stockman that his father-in-law(now deceased) gave him a loooong time ago.
So I hauled ass home to get some supplies, came back to work and did my thing(yeah, I have the kind of job that allows me to screw around like this in the middle of the day). I cleaned it up, polished the liners, bolsters, pins and shield, and put edges back on the blades. I didn't spend too much time cleaning the blades because I wanted to leave the beautiful patina they had acquired over the years. It took some doing, but the carbon steel blades took a razor sharp edge(yes, I shaved some hairs with them). It looked awesome when I was done. barely any scratches on the bolsters, no nicks in the scales, and the points were still intact.
I don't think he realizes what a great knife he has been carrying all these years. That's not to say he doesn't appreciate it, he is a craftsman in his own right.
Thanks for reading this. I just needed to tell somebody who might appreciate it.
