Knife and treasures from 5K Qs

Wow, generosity around here is AMAZING. Love that smooth tobacco bone. The blade combo on that thing makes for a very versatile knife. And probably a great whittler also.

I have a little problem with RR/Colts.....I keep buying them. Do I want one bite of caviar, or a monster bag of potato chips? I usually settle down with a big bag-o-chips. [emoji41]. There are just too many combinations to try out.

But I gotta say, that Peanut is quite the looker too. Those scales are gorgeous. Man I love Stag.


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bflying said:
Wow, generosity around here is AMAZING. Love that smooth tobacco bone. The blade combo on that thing makes for a very versatile knife. And probably a great whittler also.
I have a little problem with RR/Colts.....I keep buying them. Do I want one bite of caviar, or a monster bag of potato chips? I usually settle down with a big bag-o-chips. [emoji41]. There are just too many combinations to try out.
But I gotta say, that Peanut is quite the looker too. Those scales are gorgeous. Man I love Stag.
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Thanks! For a peanut, it's got some big fat stag on it. It's a Queen #14 in what I believe is polished 1095, judging from how quickly the tip started to "turn" just by perching atop a damp tree once.

I completely understand the caviar vs. chips dichotomy (for me, prime rib vs. grilled hamburgers :D). I love me some GECs and Queens, but the half-hawk is a pretty great (and handy) knife, and it looks every bit as good as most of the swayback knives I see. RR really hit it out of the park with the smooth tobacco bone -- even the kitschy little acorn shield is awesome on these knives. The generosity here is truly awe-inspiring and I am so thankful to be the receipient of such an example!
 
r8shell said:
I have a new whittling knife to try out, since GT kindly sent me a Rough Rider Whittlin' Buddy. It's one I've seen and thought about, but never got around to picking one up. The blades are thin and very sharp and I'll soon give them a go at turning a piece of wood into a smaller piece of wood. :D
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And a 1943 steel penny. I remember seeing one years ago in my father's coin collection, and I'm looking forward to showing it to him when I see him this summer.

Thank you, GT!
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You're very welcome, Rachel, but I suppose I should add my perspective here, in the interests of full disclosure and "the rest of the story".
Rachel sees me as acting "kindly", but my main motivation may have been fear of offending the "knife gods"! :eek: I've learned through my BF membership that there is a tradition of always giving a coin to someone who gives you a knife; one of the (several) rationales I've seen for this practice is that it prevents bad luck in using the gift knife. Rachel gave me a wonderful knife on which she did some custom scrimshaw:
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And although I thanked her publicly for the fantastic gift (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1375202-Let-s-Melt-Winter-Snow-with-a-HOT-Scrimshaw-Show-(Thanks-r8shell!)#top), I was running around with my hair on fire at work from February until last Thursday, so I never actually sent her the coin I intended to until last week. By that time, I had noted her interest when I posted the Whittlin' Buddy after I acquired it, and I had admired some of her carving projects and knife mods in the service of whittling, so that seemed a nice belated token of appreciation for the marvelous "math knife" she made for me! :D

So one motivation for my "kindly" act was fear of tempting the fates. Another motivation was laziness; I asked that Rachel try out the knife I sent her and submit a report on its performance and capabilities, since I hadn't had a chance to try it out myself. So I sent her the knife, but there are "strings attached"! ;) (Of course, I hope she'll post her evaluation in the traditional sub-forum where we can ALL benefit from it, so there's a hint of altruism in my motivations.)

r8shell said:
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Confession time: :o I was just compelled to open both blades at the same time and wave the knife around making that "vvvrrr wwrrrrr" lightsabre noise. Just for a second.
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Already you've identified capabilities of the knife I never dreamed of! :cool:

TsarBomba said:
Nice whittler, Rey! It looks like that GT generosity has been in overdrive as of late! :eek: :cool: I returned home this afternoon to find a package waiting in me mailbox...
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Upon opening the box, I discovered a lovely smooth tobacco bone RR1286 Half-Hawk and a stowaway palindromic Washington quarter!
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The knife is tight, sharp and beautiful, and the blade configuration is eminently useful. It snaps like a gator and half-stops with authority. RR has once again done themselves proud, and man is that smooth tobacco bone a looker. :thumbup:

Effusive thanks to GT who has once again proven that this is far and away the most generous and most thoughtful porch on the intertubes! The hawk has already kicked one of my stag knives out of my hip pocket for the day and I imagine it'll be riding with me for most of this Memorial Day weekend! :)
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You, too, are very welcome, TB! I was very impressed with the RR smooth tobacco bone collection you were building, and I could understand why you'd want to, since I had the RR Halfhawk and evaluated it very similarly to what you wrote above. When I heard that you were having trouble finding that model of Halfhawk, I thought you'd definitely appreciate the knife more than I would, especially when I could pick up another Halfhawk with different covers that I'd admire at least as much as the smooth tobacco bone version. So when I finally had some time to unwind from work a little, I sent that Halfhawk winging off to Florida. Hope you can eventually round up the whole set! :thumbup:

- GT
 
A Petoskey Stone is almost always a beautiful thing! I'll have to take pictures of a knife i have seen with Petoskey Stone handles.

Connor
 
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