How about Canal Street knives?

I don't own one, but have been wanting a Half Moon Trapper and a Moon Pie Trapper. For me the only real turn off is the lack of carbon steel blades.
 
Woodrow F Call said:
I don't own one, but have been wanting a Half Moon Trapper and a Moon Pie Trapper. For me the only real turn off is the lack of carbon steel blades.
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Ya I agree a line of carbon steel knives would be nice for sure but at least the stainless they are using is of good quality and beings how even the backsprings and bolsters are stainless it should make for a great Sunday going to church knife since it will stay all nice and shiny looking. :)
 
jkulysses said:
Ya I agree a line of carbon steel knives would be nice for sure but at least the stainless they are using is of good quality and beings how even the backsprings and bolsters are stainless it should make for a great Sunday going to church knife since it will stay all nice and shiny looking. :)
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Canal Street Cutlery does use several different stainless steels, depending on the model and the run, including old-school 440C. Maybe they don't work in carbon steel, but they do have a nice selection of products in D2.
 
I have recently purchased a CSC barlow in Am. Chestnut, and have truly been impressed with the quality. Definitely on par with the superbly made GECs.
 
Well, I finally broke down and bought a Half Moon Trapper in Reclaimed Chestnut. Quite a few linen micarta versions available... and one bone was out there, but the idea behind the chestnut just makes me think about "old timey" things.
 
Yup, the Half Moon Pie Trapper in reclaimed chestnut was my first CSC. It's a great blade shape, and I like the finish. Polished on one side, and more or less as ground on the other. Is that "crocus" finish?
 
Woodrow F Call said:
I don't own one, but have been wanting a Half Moon Trapper and a Moon Pie Trapper. For me the only real turn off is the lack of carbon steel blades.
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I usually carry a GEC with 1095 but the stainless Canal Street uses is great. Takes a nice edge and I don't have to think about corrosion at all. I have a Moon Pie Trapper. It gets carried and used a lot.
 
One of our forum members carries CSC, and currently has a nice selection of knives in reclaimed american chestnut (a great scale BTW), including the moon pie trapper, a nice serpentine stockman, and a muskrat, among others. If you think you might be interested, you should take a look. Terrific looking, and great quality knives.
 
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Relee1 said:
One of our forum members, Bob at Old One Hundred, carries CSC, and currently has a nice selection of knives in reclaimed american chestnut (a great scale BTW), including the moon pie trapper, a nice serpentine stockman, and a muskrat, among others. If you think you might be interested, you should take a look. Terrific looking, and great quality knives.
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He didn't have the half moon.... but I think I'll want a moon pie eventually. We'll see after the half moon gets here.
 
Canal Street's 440C is really well done, takes a fine edge. I haven't tried their 14-4CrMo, but it should be even better.
 
Daniel Dorn said:
Yup, the Half Moon Pie Trapper in reclaimed chestnut was my first CSC. It's a great blade shape, and I like the finish. Polished on one side, and more or less as ground on the other. Is that "crocus" finish?
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Yes I think that would be what used to be called a "crocus" finish, taking its name from a sand"paper" or belt material called crocus cloth that I would guess is about 220 grit or so. Oddly, there is also a polishing compound known as crocus that is coarse for a "rouge" but nowhere near crocus cloth.

The polished "mark" and crocus "pile" side blades on modern $100 knives is kind of amusing. That type of finish combination was used to save money while keeping them nice looking in the display. Didnt matter much on carbon knives as both finishes would eventually disappear entirely.
 
Polished on one side, and more or less as ground on the other. Is that "crocus" finish?
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My understanding is that crocus finished blades were polished with a rust-like dust that gave a mirror-like finish.
The un-polished blade side was called a glaze finish.
 
I think you are correct that crocus is an iron oxide particle and therefore softer than most. However, glaze is usually indicative of a mirror finish. EDIT: well, no less than Bernard Levine says I am wrong on that. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...olish-how-was-it-done?highlight=crocus+glazed

I definitely had the opposite impression, perhaps fueled by the crocus cloth described below.

I have some crocus cloth (norton I believe) that came from my Granddad's hardware store that closed in the 50s. The product itself is probably more likely from the 30s or even 20s. It doesn't say a word about grit on the back, just "crocus cloth." It would produce about a 220 finish on things, maybe, maybe 400. 3M sells crocus cloth sheets that is says are 600 grit.

Like compounds that are "green," "white," and "black" it seems like there is a wide variation in what it actually is.
 
I found the polished/matte finish on their blades to be a bit odd at first (particularly as they are stainless...) But it was explained to me that this was a mark of quality.

Thanks to MarkPinTx for the link, crocus is more or less beyond reach these days.
 
Woodrow F Call said:
Anyone have a Cannitler? I was thinking I might like one.
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Sorry for the crummy quick photo. This one was the 2007 BF knife. I really haven't used it but if I didn't have so many others, I would in a minute. Great blade selection, D2 steel and very well made. Can't say what the newer ones like are like but this one is primo.
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