Hawkbills, who like 'em?

I have an oversized Buck, rubber grip, serrated that I used in my "carpet laying days".

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I like them as well. They take up quite a lot of room in the pocket but they cut well....Here is one I restored and re-handled in some pet store cow shinbone. Before and after...

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^^ I really like the looks of what you did there Nathan! Beatiful covers, nice jigging!
 
This Buck 810, like the one shown by "sitflyer" (Duane) earlier, is the only Hawkbill knife I have.

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I'm not a real friend of gardening works... unpacking parcels with "new old" knives i like much more ;)
My razor-sharp little helper is the Otter No. 2931, with CV blade, brass liners and pins and only 3 3/8 inch closed.

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Old Boy said:
I'm not a real friend of gardening works... unpacking parcels with "new old" knives i like much more ;)
My razor-sharp little helper is the Otter No. 2931, with CV blade, brass liners and pins and only 3 3/8 inch closed.
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IIRC, Otter Messer actually uses C75, a straight carbon steel which is pretty close to 1075 in composition. "CV" is the name used by Case for the alloy steel they use. It contains small but specific amounts of chromium and Vanadium in addition to the carbon.

Good looking hawkbill.
 
I used to carry a Camillus Hawkbill, made around 2000 before they got sold off in 07, and they are really good workers, and I would use it so much more if I didn't find them hard to sharpen. I can't seem to get the whole blade sharp, there's always a small part where it's not getting sharpened. Anyone else have problems with this?
 
I think there have been a few threads about sharpening hawkbills, but my favorite way is sandpaper wrapped around a pencil. :)

Russell, that Wostenholm is wild. The blade is stamped super deep, I feel like I haven't seen that too often. And the Sheffield tang stamps have their own style to them, they lend an interesting feel to the piece. Very cool!
 
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Hardly ever use a pocket knife in the kitchen, I have better, dedicated designs for those tasks.
Never-the less I was fondling this old I*XL and felt it would be great fun to employ it as a pastry cutter.
What better for steak, Guinness and mushroom pie? And no I'm not kidding.
 
heat_mon said:
I used to carry a Camillus Hawkbill, made around 2000 before they got sold off in 07, and they are really good workers, and I would use it so much more if I didn't find them hard to sharpen. I can't seem to get the whole blade sharp, there's always a small part where it's not getting sharpened. Anyone else have problems with this?
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Aye, I struggle with this. I have two hawkbill knives; one is a cheap Gardening knife that I picked up goodness knows where, the blade is stamped Stainless China, and the other is a paring knife that belongs to a Swiss Tech set I was given as an engagement gift. I have a wonderful oilstone with ceramic reverse that I inherited and use to sharpen everything. Can't use them on it so I don't really bother with them anymore. I should try to learn other methods but I'm lazy.
 
Wow, lots of beautiful hawkbills. Thanks for posting everyone.

Here's a few more. Some nice bones scales on these Needham and F Newton knives.

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Nice ones Russell and Steve!
And the Otter, Old Boy! Nice to know you can still get a decent one.
 
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Hardly ever use a pocket knife in the kitchen, I have better, dedicated designs for those tasks.
Never-the less I was fondling this old I*XL and felt it would be great fun to employ it as a pastry cutter.
What better for steak, Guinness and mushroom pie? And no I'm not kidding.
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Love those handles!

Those pies made me drool, is it your recipe?
 
pmew said:
Aye, I struggle with this. I have two hawkbill knives; one is a cheap Gardening knife that I picked up goodness knows where, the blade is stamped Stainless China, and the other is a paring knife that belongs to a Swiss Tech set I was given as an engagement gift. I have a wonderful oilstone with ceramic reverse that I inherited and use to sharpen everything. Can't use them on it so I don't really bother with them anymore. I should try to learn other methods but I'm lazy.
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Paul, what I do to sharpen hawkbills is to get a couple sheets of fine sandpaper, and wrap some around a pencil/pen/screwdriver/tire pressure gauge/dowel, and use that to sharpen any reverse curve blades. Works sorta like a DIY Sharpmaker.
 
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