Five Best Looking

Not sure why I'm even attempting this, but...

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Spaten said:
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These are my best looking knives. Left to right we have:
A single spring Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett pen knife in celluloid covers.
Next is a single blade jack in golden maple burl covers by @ea42.
In the center is my 78 recovered in fordite by @Signalprick.
Fourth is a Winchester coffin jack by Queen in MoP.
Last is a two blade Robeson jack in strawberry bone.
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Love that fordite! And that HSB celluloid is pretty nice, too.
 
Thanks Greg, the red stag #72 I have is from 2010 and there were 17 unserialized and 25 with serial numbers made that year.

So many exquisite knives in this thread . . . keep 'em comin'!
 
I have my knives listed in several categories (Alox SAK, sowbelly stockman, canoe, international, etc.), so I thought it would be fairly easy to identify the best looker(s) in each category, and then pick the 5 "best of the best" from that. But I was wrong! :eek::( I easily generated a list of at least 15 handsome knives, and found it almost impossible to reduce the list. So I'll post 5 of my knives I think look great, but I won't claim they're my 5 best-looking.
Case mini copperhead: gorgeous bone (both color and jigging) that's enhanced by the shield.
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Victorinox Pioneer: I love Alox, especially if it's colored with some "age-fade" to it, and the Old Cross insignia adds to the overall appeal for me.
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AG Russell Mohawk Canoe: the symmetry of the canoe pattern and its smooth profile are a big draw for me, and stag is perhaps my favorite cover material.
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An Ashley's Choice lambsfoot, a Jack Black SFO from A. Wright & Son: more choice stag on a swayback frame and an interesting blade shape.
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Rough Rider Half-Hawk: dark, rich smooth tobacco bone with acorn shield and a superb blade combo on a big, solid knife.
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(I think my Case knives with chestnut jigged bone and CV blades are incredibly attractive, but I couldn't decide which of the 8 patterns I have to include. My "first runner-up" would probably be the chestnut Swayback Jack.)

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I have my knives listed in several categories (Alox SAK, sowbelly stockman, canoe, international, etc.), so I thought it would be fairly easy to identify the best looker(s) in each category, and then pick the 5 "best of the best" from that. But I was wrong! :eek::( I easily generated a list of at least 15 handsome knives, and found it almost impossible to reduce the list. So I'll post 5 of my knives I think look great, but I won't claim they're my 5 best-looking.
Case mini copperhead: gorgeous bone (both color and jigging) that's enhanced by the shield.
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Victorinox Pioneer: I love Alox, especially if it's colored with some "age-fade" to it, and the Old Cross insignia adds to the overall appeal for me.
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AG Russell Mohawk Canoe: the symmetry of the canoe pattern and its smooth profile are a big draw for me, and stag is perhaps my favorite cover material.
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An Ashley's Choice lambsfoot, a Jack Black SFO from A. Wright & Son: more choice stag on a swayback frame and an interesting blade shape.
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Rough Rider Half-Hawk: dark, rich smooth tobacco bone with acorn shield and a superb blade combo on a big, solid knife.
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(I think my Case knives with chestnut jigged bone and CV blades are incredibly attractive, but I couldn't decide which of the 8 patterns I have to include. My "first runner-up" would probably be the chestnut Swayback Jack.)

- GT
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Completely agree about aged Alox. Your Pioneer looks wonderful IMHO.
 
5K Qs 5K Qs I’ve said it before but your blue bone Case proves it once again - no one in the cutlery business can jig a modern knife the way Case can - they never “lost it” when it comes to beautiful jigging. OH
 
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