How about a Canoe or too.. or three.. or well you get the idea!

sunnyd

sunnyd

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Here is a pattern I used to carry waaay back when.. Personally this brings me back to the late 1970's early 1980's. And back then I got paid on Friday afternoon and was broke by the following Tuesday or Wednesday because of my prowess for the ladies, if'n you no what I mean. So, I got my mileage out of all my tools back then, especially my pocket knives.. I loved this pattern because of its very slim frame. It carried very comfortably like a single blade because of its one back-spring but had the versatility of slipjoint with a second blade for back-up..

Here is one I just picked up fresh out of the Post Office Box from a very cool little web site that a nice fellow runs in Nevada. An Eye Brand in sambar stag with carbon steel blades, mirror polished springs, brass liner, nickel silver bolsters and a really cool etch of Elks in the mountains.. This is my new pocket EDC.

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So how about it?. Got any Canoe's you can off here for us all to enjoy?.:)
 
I posted this Case stag canoe on this forum recently, but I'll paddle it back into the stream of this thread. :) I also have a small Eye Brand canoe somewhere, but I can't find it right now to photograph.

Here's the 1998 Case:

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The Canoe is a great pattern.
Pocket friendly, thick blade, thin handle, spear point blade...the hits keep on comin :D
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Here's mine.
I picked this photo because it is recent.
This Queen D2 Canoe gets carried a bunch.
The bone scales have become translucent, the dark 'paint' in the hollows is wearing out and the &^% blade etch is gone :D
 
I've got a Queen birdseye maple Canoe in my pocket right now. Been carrying it for a few weeks. It took some work on the Sharpmaker to get the D2 blades how I wanted. The birdseye scales are really nice. Nicer than cocobolo in my opinion. I'll post pics in a bit.
 
I'm by no means a slipjoint expert or even collector, but my favorite pattern is the canoe. I have several, carrying an older 1970's model for a while, but it's been surplanted by a cheap Boker Bonsai in the same canoe pattern. I prefer the slimness of the Queen with the single back spring, but the bonsai is much smoother with good snap, though the queen walks n talks better.
 
I have a Queen Canoe with Winterbottom scales and a D2 blade that I like a lot.
 

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Boker Tree Brand and a Queen 1095 here, both in antique green bone. Like 'em a lot. Love those slim knives!

-- Sam
 
A German Eye "Jim Bowie" Stag Canoe :

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A Case Purple Appoloosa Canoe :

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A Fightin' Rooster Pearl :

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A Winchester/Blue Grass late 1980's Queen Made Stag Canoe with mirror polished 1095 carbon blades :

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Late 1970's Bertram Hen and Rooster Stag Canoe :

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-Regards
 
I find myself up the river without a canoe :eek: . Fortunately, I can enjoy the great examples shown here :) . Thanks.
 
Nice bunch Gramps, and everyone! Canoes are the best EDC slippie!
 
Boy oh boy, what a great bunch of Canoe's you guys have here. This thread is turning out to be a great place to get my Canoe fix.:D


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Case xx 1970's in red bone.. sorry for the lousy photo.:rolleyes:
 
Nice one sunnyd. The case jigged bone, especially red, is my favourite handle material for older case knives. Even nicer than stag imo.
 
Thanks S-K. I too very much like the old red bone. This one is quite elegant. The photo in that last post does not do it justice but it goes into a sort of red and cream swirl down near the bottom of the front scales close to where it meets up to the back spring. You can just make it out..

I must admit I do like stag an awful lot though. For instance..

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Hi Sunnyd. Yeah... I can definitely see your point. Perhaps I was too hasty in forming my conclusion. I am afraid that I will require many more examples before I can make any sort of decision on this topic.
 
That last one...is it called a:
Musknoe?
Canrat?
Moosnoe?

Me like that one :D
And stag too :D :D
 
Pant! Slobber! Drool! Is that an early "Cripple Creek" Cargill?????????????????????????????????????????????
 
If I wasn't afraid of ALLIGATORS:eek: , I'd be down there banging on your door with a fistful of trade goods:D !
Do you like shiny beads????????!!!!:D :D :D
 
Not as well dressed as sunny's thread opener, but hopefully interesting;
First is almost an anti-canoe; it's heavily built, in Sheffield with a thick hollow ground master, and two pen blades; sorta like a Battle canoe.
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Next, slim and purty like good EDCs oughta be.
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And finally a fleet of various sizes.
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I've said it before and I say it again:
After seeing all of these beautiful treasures up here, I NEED a canoe.
Haven't even fondled a single one yet...

/ Karl
 
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