"Give me your tired, your poor," your broken blades...

IVANKERLEY said:
this ones in my edc rotation... love it
ww1 era Wester-Stone, Inc NY
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Broken and worn it may be but that's a beautiful example of what a Teardrop/Swell End needs to be:cool:

And the colour:thumbup::thumbup:
 
willgoy said:
Broken and worn it may be but that's a beautiful example of what a Teardrop/Swell End needs to be:cool:

And the colour:thumbup::thumbup:
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Thank you for putting it so succinctly. That is what I was trying to get at with this thread. There are a lot of broken bladed knives out there that are perfect examples of what our knifemakers can make. If we can see them, we know what to ask for when we want a new custom. I'd give my eye teeth to have a maker make me a copy of that one.:eek: With full blades of course.:D
 
Here lie the remains of Remington R6836. The mini Norfolk whittler was badly abused. I would dearly love to find a parts knife to help get this one restored.
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How can it break at the tang and not destroy the whole knife??:confused:

Somebody must have WANTED to desecrate that one:eek::eek:

Fine knife, I'd even think about commissioning a custom maker to make and fit a new Wharncliffe master for it, what a user that would then become.
 
willgoy said:
Fine knife, I'd even think about commissioning a custom maker to make and fit a new Wharncliffe master for it, what a user that would then become.
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Do that. Soon. Please.

That one made my stomach turn a little.
 
Rupestris said:
Do that. Soon. Please.

That one made my stomach turn a little.
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While it looks badly hurt, it still has that beautiful shape and scales. Somebody put a lot of work and heart into that when it was made.
 
Here's a Boker Congress from the 50's that has been used a lot...sharpened with a file at some point...found in a flea market in a bin of rusty tools...I fell in love with the shield and had to rescue it. I don't mind the cracked scale or worn down blades a bit, and they are all razor sharp now


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Here's a wonderful old wreck. Ivory covered quill knife, C 1830, Rodgers to his Majesty (William 4th or George 4th) with a incredibly rare quill guillotine. You incert the cut quill through the "nail nick" in the scale ( which goes through the liner) then compress the master blade to square the tip of the quill pen.

Best regards

Robin
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Pipeman said:
Here's a wonderful old wreck. Ivory covered quill knife, C 1830, Rodgers to his Majesty (William 4th or George 4th) with an incredibly rare quill guillotine. You insert the cut quill through the "nail nick" in the scale ( which goes through the liner) then compress the master blade to square the tip of the quill pen.
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Very cool! Thanks for the explanation. I wonder if the guillotine worked well, or if it was a gimmick in its own time?

~ P.
 
pertinux said:
Very cool! Thanks for the explanation. I wonder if the guillotine worked well, or if it was a gimmick in its own time?

~ P.
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There is a secondary bevel just in front of the file on the master, it cuts very well. BRL and Mick Wellington have never seen one so it could have been a very short lived pattern.

Best regards

Robin
 
Pipeman said:
Here's a wonderful old wreck. Ivory covered quill knife, C 1830, Rodgers to his Majesty (William 4th or George 4th) with a incredibly rare quill guillotine. You incert the cut quill through the "nail nick" in the scale ( which goes through the liner) then compress the master blade to square the tip of the quill pen.

Best regards

Robin
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Great find Robin :thumbup:
 
I have been carrying this Wadsworth with a broken main. Everything else on it is great.

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This Cattaraugus has no snap in the main and did wobble like a duck until a little peening. The secondary has hard snap.

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