Thank you Duncan, you and Paul really were a large part of what made this years Rendezvous so special, both of yours enthusiasm and contributions to our non stop knife talking were incredible. You really had to be there, 4 days of intense discussion and showing of new and vintage pocket knives,GEC finds, show finds,gifted knives, never got tired of it even though it wore me out.
Here are the knives I was gifted and also a beautiful copper Walking Liberty coin from Ron, thank you so much Ron.
First Charlie, Charlie what can I say except thank you! You do not no how much I enjoy picking your brain about vintage Barlows.
We were discussing and comparing a couple knives that he and I both have in our collections, I have an Ulster made Barlow with a Craftsman blade etch and he had a Blue Grass with a Belknap Hardware tang stamp, comparing the knives it was obvious they are both made by Ulster, after comparing and discussing Charlie surprised me by handing the Blue Grass to me as a gift, thank you Charlie!
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The other is very special, awhile back I found an old unfinished Gardner Barlow, Gardner started in 1876 and only lasted about 10 years. At the Rendezvous Charlie had a couple finished Gardners with him and we enjoyed comparing the finished and unfinished knives. Saturday night we were winding up heading to the bar at Cross Creek when Charlie asked his wife Joanne for something, she hands him a knife and he hands it to me, I was so taken back to see one of the Gardners we had compared Thursday, this is such a generous gift of a very rare knife, Thank you so much Charlie, I'm going to put these 2 in a frame.
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Now we come to Duncan, It was such a pleasure to meet you and be around you and share in your enthusiasm for vintage knives. Duncan picked up several great vintage knives and I can't wait until he is able to share them. Getting close to the end Duncan hands me a package as a gift and said he had found it at the Queen show and thought I would enjoy it. Boy was he right, it is a mint early 60's Kutmaster New Holland Barlow, what makes this knife so special is it has its original packaging from the New Holland dealer with a penny from early 60's. Duncan, I'm not so sure you realize what a great gift this is, thank you buddy!
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And finally Paul, Paul I was so glad to meet and talk knives and just share this Rendezvous with you. Paul also bought several very high quality vintage knives that I can not wait until he gets the chance to post them. Donna and I real enjoyed your company. I really hope you get the chance to make future Rendezvous as I sure would love to spend more time discussing knives with you.
Paul gifted me a very neat custom made by an Australian maker using a Scagel blade, Paul,I'm going to need some help from you and Charlie on the maker details on this as the band in the bar was so loud my hearing had shut down and I was having difficulty comprehending. Thank you buddy, it's a beaut.
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photos of course!
, Oh my poor wallet lol, anyway I talk with Charlie and we correspond etc, anyway Charlie and I did a deal where- if you know Charlie - it was a generous one and this is his way of supporting a fellow Knife collector - so Im not going to get into details of the deal- but this was the outcome - Charlie, I can never thank you enough I just hope that one day I can pay you back- just a fraction...
