Jack's Random Tuesday Carry

[Prester John]

A lucky grab this morning! I get to carry this much-loved, but recently neglected Lick Creek TC #14 Barlow today

Beautiful barlow, Jack. I don't pick knives randomly, but I enjoy this thread.

 

[btb01]

Thanks Barrett! That Buck is a smooth and dressy looking knife!

Thanks Barrett, I was just admiring your Buck in the EDC thread, not sure I've ever seen one before

Thanks guys!

I only know a little bit about it myself, Jack. It belonged to either my dad or grandpa at some point, but I’ve had it for a while (since I was a teenager maybe). I believe it was made in the ‘80s. They made them in in several colors of dyed wood — brown/natural, black, green, red — and then this one, which is Micarta.

It’s a nice little knife, small but weighty for its size, light/smooth pull, solid lockup.

What is the handle material, Barrett?

It’s Micarta. I think it‘s paper Micarta or something similar, but I don’t know for sure. (It doesn’t have the texture of a linen Micarta, it’s something finer.)

 

[Prester John]

It’s Micarta. I think it‘s paper Micarta or something similar, but I don’t know for sure. (It doesn’t have the texture of a linen Micarta, it’s something finer.)

It's a beaut.

 

[Jack Black]

My fumbling hand found out this old TEW 4" Sheepsfoot today , which I haven't carried in a long time. It's sharp now, but some fool made a real mess of the edge unfortunately

 

[cudgee]

My fumbling hand found out this old TEW 4" Sheepsfoot today , which I haven't carried in a long time. It's sharp now, but some fool made a real mess of the edge unfortunately

Beehive works, were they some sort of tool makers?

 

[Jack Black]

Beehive works, were they some sort of tool makers?

'Beehive Works' seems to have been a quite commonly used name. The Beehive Works on Milton Street, Sheffield is next to the old Taylor's Eye Witness Works, and was also built as a cutlery factory. There was still a feller doing specialist HT there until relatively recent times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Works

 

[cudgee]

'Beehive Works' seems to have been a quite commonly used name. The Beehive Works on Milton Street, Sheffield is next to the old Taylor's Eye Witness Works, and was also built as a cutlery factory. There was still a feller doing specialist HT there until relatively recent times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Works

Some history there mate.

 

[Jack Black]

Some history there mate.

Yes indeed They're probably busy making it into yuppie apartments Some more pics of some of the remaining Sheffield factories (or at least ones that were still there when I took the pics) here

 

[Half/Stop]

Nice photos Jack! We’ve got several older buildings here that have been converted into yuppie apartments and town homes. I guess it’s better than the building sitting empty and suffering from neglect. I personally had rather see them filled once again with thriving factories and businesses.

I randomly picked a knife drawer this morning to choose a knife. This Northfield Stag #26 convinced me to choose it!

 

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Dad's little Colonial came up.

'Beehive Works' seems to have been a quite commonly used name.

A wishful thinking name for the drones and queens of management.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice photos Jack! We’ve got several older buildings here that have been converted into yuppie apartments and town homes. I guess it’s better than the building sitting empty and suffering from neglect. I personally had rather see them filled once again with thriving factories and businesses.

I randomly picked a knife drawer this morning to choose a knife. This Northfield Stag #26 convinced me to choose it!

I feel just the same Ron Lucky random pick today my friend, that #26 is a beauty

Dad's little Colonial came up.

A wishful thinking name for the drones and queens of management.

Very cool Jer

 

[chuck4570]

Today I grabbed this Remington, bigger than what I usually carry but it needed some love also.

 

[Jack Black]

Today I grabbed this Remington, bigger than what I usually carry but it needed some love also.
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Great-looking knife Chuck

 

[Half/Stop]

I feel just the same Ron Lucky random pick today my friend, that #26 is a beauty

Thanks pal!

 

[jackknife]

'Beehive Works' seems to have been a quite commonly used name. The Beehive Works on Milton Street, Sheffield is next to the old Taylor's Eye Witness Works, and was also built as a cutlery factory. There was still a feller doing specialist HT there until relatively recent times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Works

Such a sad and familiar scene. We have so many old factory towns in Connecticut and Massachusetts that were centers of manufacturing. Now just empty brick buildings with boarded up/broken windows. Whole city blocks of abandoned buildings.

 

[cudgee]

Such a sad and familiar scene. We have so many old factory towns in Connecticut and Massachusetts that were centers of manufacturing. Now just empty brick buildings with boarded up/broken windows. Whole city blocks of abandoned buildings.

It is just a common occurrence across the world now, and once your history is destroyed and pulled down it is gone forever.

 

[cudgee]

Yes indeed They're probably busy making it into yuppie apartments Some more pics of some of the remaining Sheffield factories (or at least ones that were still there when I took the pics) here

Fantastic photo's, sadly the demise of these old buildings is a world wide problem, some of the great car and manufacturing cities of America are classic examples, they are ghetto's. We have the same problem here, but at least we have saved some of our inner suburbs old manufacturing sites. We had a company called Foy and Gibson, they had a huge site in Collingwood a inner suburb about 3 miles from the heart of Melbourne, and employed over 1000 people. There were tanning sections, engineering sections, sewing rooms, you get the picture.That has been saved and turned into apartments, the young people who live there have no idea of the historical significance, but at least the building is still there in some form. With every changing of the guard, things change, and i would rather see these old buildings, preserved and modernized rather than completely destroyed and replaced with a mono-culture of construction that all look the same, not my preference, but that is progress.. Jack, in the sixties our government and local councils went on a rebuilding program, they employed a company called Whelan the wrecker, you could see there company bolards on every site where they were demolishing a building. I was a kid, and dad used to take me for drives to see the big swinging wrecking ball at work. It was big, loud and ground shaking and i loved it, but it was just complete vandalism in hindsight, but i was a kid and did not know any better. Some sites were saved after public outcry, but not many, i am passionate about history, and hate seeing it destroyed and forgotten. That is my rant for the day, Jack thanks for the photo's, really interesting. You have a good day mate.
PS - We had a company here that was one of the most significant in our history, cannot even see where it existed. That is for another day.

 

[Jack Black]

Such a sad and familiar scene. We have so many old factory towns in Connecticut and Massachusetts that were centers of manufacturing. Now just empty brick buildings with boarded up/broken windows. Whole city blocks of abandoned buildings.

It is just a common occurrence across the world now, and once your history is destroyed and pulled down it is gone forever.

Very sad

Fantastic photo's, sadly the demise of these old buildings is a world wide problem, some of the great car and manufacturing cities of America are classic examples, they are ghetto's. We have the same problem here, but at least we have saved some of our inner suburbs old manufacturing sites. We had a company called Foy and Gibson, they had a huge site in Collingwood a inner suburb about 3 miles from the heart of Melbourne, and employed over 1000 people. There were tanning sections, engineering sections, sewing rooms, you get the picture.That has been saved and turned into apartments, the young people who live there have no idea of the historical significance, but at least the building is still there in some form. With every changing of the guard, things change, and i would rather see these old buildings, preserved and modernized rather than completely destroyed and replaced with a mono-culture of construction that all look the same, not my preference, but that is progress.. Jack, in the sixties our government and local councils went on a rebuilding program, they employed a company called Whelan the wrecker, you could see there company bolards on every site where they were demolishing a building. I was a kid, and dad used to take me for drives to see the big swinging wrecking ball at work. It was big, loud and ground shaking and i loved it, but it was just complete vandalism in hindsight, but i was a kid and did not know any better. Some sites were saved after public outcry, but not many, i am passionate about history, and hate seeing it destroyed and forgotten. That is my rant for the day, Jack thanks for the photo's, really interesting. You have a good day mate.
PS - We had a company here that was one of the most significant in our history, cannot even see where it existed. That is for another day.

Sorry for the slow reply mate I think a lot of history was destroyed everywhere in the 60's, people wanted rid of the old pre-WW2 buildings, concrete was fashionable, folks wanted 'new' and 'modern', and there were some terrible architectural ideas around. You see it a lot in Sheffield, with a city centre which was ruined by the Luftwaffe, and rebuilt by idiots. All I remember as a kid is bomb sites, ruined buildings, demolition, and the construction of ugly buildings, which often only lasted a few years. Sheffield is far from a pretty city, and there is no trace at all of the great cutlery houses of Joseph Rodgers and George Wostenholm

When I first left school I worked for the city council, and would have to go to building sites to work on the bulldozers, JCBs, etc. One feller, who had had a few beers at lunchtime managed to put the wrecking ball right through the wall of a fish and chip shop! Fortunately nobody was hurt, but it probably put them off their chips!

Fate thrust a Case Peanut into my hand today

 

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I was surprised to pull this out of the sock drawer this morning- Caught it by the belt clip.

 

[chuck4570]

J

Very sad



Sorry for the slow reply mate I think a lot of history was destroyed everywhere in the 60's, people wanted rid of the old pre-WW2 buildings, concrete was fashionable, folks wanted 'new' and 'modern', and there were some terrible architectural ideas around. You see it a lot in Sheffield, with a city centre which was ruined by the Luftwaffe, and rebuilt by idiots. All I remember as a kid is bomb sites, ruined buildings, demolition, and the construction of ugly buildings, which often only lasted a few years. Sheffield is far from a pretty city, and there is no trace at all of the great cutlery houses of Joseph Rodgers and George Wostenholm

When I first left school I worked for the city council, and would have to go to building sites to work on the bulldozers, JCBs, etc. One feller, who had had a few beers at lunchtime managed to put the wrecking ball right through the wall of a fish and chip shop! Fortunately nobody was hurt, but it probably put them off their chips!

Fate thrust a Case Peanut into my hand today

Jack that's a nice 1980 Case Peanut you have there. i'v always carried a Peanut but lately i moved up to the Pen, old hands longer handle. i usually have a Peanut close by though.