Half Hawk Blade

supratentorial said:
Is the "Le London" etch meaning that the pattern is a homage to an old pattern from England? Or is that a brand of some sort? I don't know the roots of the pattern. But I assumed it was from England. Wouldn't surprise me if it had old roots in Germany or France as well.
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Probably yes, as the pattern was mainly used in Little Britain and is thought to have been brought back by merchants selling garlic et all in Great Britain.
 
waynorth said:
This blade has been mentioned. The knife is called a Loomfixer. Maybe someone can explain how that widened blade is used. I don't know exactly - it is easy to guess it is used to fix the warp or weft on a loom. Does anyone know for sure? It is not a sheepfoot.
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Since a Sheepfoot's primary use was to trim hooves to keep sheep from getting crippled, a widened blade would be a detriment, making it harder to turn around a hoof as you trim it.
In fact I suspect a Lambsfoot blade makes a better "sheepfoot"!!:eek:
Go figure!!!:D
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The RR is definitely a copy of the Case 17 pattern. Of course RR added a ringed bolster and match stryker pulls.
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Jack Black said:
Thanks :D :thumbsup:

RR uses the same blade configuration on this knife from their Coal Miner series. The blades and frame are identical to their 'Half-Hawk', but they don't use that name for this model, certainly not here in the UK at least :thumbsup:

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Thanks for the compliment @afishhunter :thumbsup:
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Looks a bit like my Case loom-fixer.
As I see Paul has pointed out already.
Among others.
I'm so indispensable.
 
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Case Pattern # 17
"This knife is a 4″ jack knife that is generally referred to as a half hawk bill or loom fixer. They will normally have two blades that extend from the right side. Most of them have a large sheepsfoot master blade and a pen secondary blade. Case introduced the knives sometime before 1940. The handle materials used on this pattern include black composite, bone, and laminated wood. The black composite handled versions can be found from the pre 1950 era. All were made with laminated wood after 1970."
 
hughd said:
Case Pattern # 17
"This knife is a 4″ jack knife that is generally referred to as a half hawk bill or loom fixer. They will normally have two blades that extend from the right side. Most of them have a large sheepsfoot master blade and a pen secondary blade. Case introduced the knives sometime before 1940. The handle materials used on this pattern include black composite, bone, and laminated wood. The black composite handled versions can be found from the pre 1950 era. All were made with laminated wood after 1970."
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That's a very informative and relevant quote, hughd hughd !! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool::cool: What's the source being quoted?

With regard to what knives the RR Half Hawk resembles, I bought my Half Hawk as an inexpensive alternative to GEC's 2-blade Hay'n Helper.

- GT
 
Knarfing said: You missed the post four above yours.
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Post #15 says - "New England Whaler"...some of the oldies were etched with that name. I don't see any reference to half hawk. Yes, the HH is similar to a lot of patterns.
 
Jolipapa said:
Certainly looked something like that! :thumbsup:
Another side effect went into language, garlic merchant spells marchand d'ail and they used to wear pull-overs, so pull-over became chandail. :D
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Very interesting JP :)

Will Power said:
Interesting catalogue picture Jack. Do those sizes refer to closed length? If so, the first knife is quite small, the Buffalo handled one looks superb, wish an SFO of THAT could get made! Ah yeah, next Forum Knife...;):cool:
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I just came across them while looking for something else on my PC. Closed length I would think :thumbsup: I have proposed a Whaler several times in the various Forum Knife threads, probably why I saved the pics :)

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