Knife guessing game ( based on description ) now guessing fixed blades

afishhunter said:
Question: When a file is repurposed into a knife, does the maker re-heat treat the file to something a bit "softer" or more resiliant to impact/not as brittle?
I've dropped a file or three in my time, onto concrete, and the file shattered or broke.
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Yep, he retempers the files to about 58 RC.
 
Some kind of Ontario traditional? Cattle King Stockman?

- GT
 
Suddenly, as I idly reviewed rodents I have known, I thought of squirrels. For a time I tried to think of a GEC model (aren't squirrels related to some of their stainless models), but then I was struck by more inspiration!
How about that Douk-Douk model called the Squirrel? (I think the maker's name is actually Cognet.)
Now I'm going to bed!

- GT
 
That will do nicely GT, well done! Ecureuil, being French for squirrel and it appears on the knife.

Alternatives could've been GEC's Beaver Tail Scout 73 or any of their patterns with Beaver shield (single blade)

I think Bunny Knife might've counted too:eek: But they're not strictly rodents...

Game on!
 
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The knife I have in mind has a single stainless steel lambs foot blade, brown sawcut delrin handles, and an EO notch. The model name may be an oxymoron, and has at least some connection to both a Benchley novel and an SNL sketch.

- GT
 
Who's Benchley, and what it an "SNL"? Is an "SNL" anything like a Monty Python or a Mr. Bean?

IGGY first 1/2 of that. (I googled Benchley at the river site, since they have a buncha books)

Peter, Robert, or Victoria Benchley?
 
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afishhunter said:
Who's Benchley, and what it an "SNL"? Is an "SNL" anything like a Monty Python or a Mr. Bean?

IGGY first 1/2 of that. (I googled Benchley at the river site, since they have a buncha books)

Peter, Robert, or Victoria Benchley?
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Saturday night live is what he's referring to, but there have been so many scetch's since 1976 so that clue is way too vague.
 
I've been trying to find an example of a stainless Old Timer Conehead with an easy open notch, but I might be barking up the wrong tree. :p
 
Haven't had to get back to this thread until now, and in 10 minutes I have to go teach a 2-hour class. But I'll try to comment on your inquiries.

afishhunter said:
Who's Benchley, and what it an "SNL"? Is an "SNL" anything like a Monty Python or a Mr. Bean?

IGGY first 1/2 of that. (I googled Benchley at the river site, since they have a buncha books)

Peter, Robert, or Victoria Benchley?
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Peter (I'm quite sure).

Hickory n steel said:
Saturday night live is what he's referring to, but there have been so many scetch's since 1976 so that clue is way too vague.
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Good point, but I rarely watched SNL after the first 5 (?) years. Belushi, Chase, Curtin, Radner, Newman, Morris, Murray - that cast.

Cory Hess said:
I've been trying to find an example of a stainless Old Timer Conehead with an easy open notch, but I might be barking up the wrong tree. :p
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This is scarily close, except for the Conehead part. Conehead isn't an oxymoron; one of our dogs recently had cataract surgery and has worn one of those cones on her head for the past month. "Old Timer" is definitely the right tree, Corey!

Back in 2 hours, unless I decide to go join this evening' faculty meeting in progress, after my class is over. Mondays are way too busy for this geezer!

- GT
 
Got it! but I'll stand aside. Oxymoron helped me out....nor is it the most beautiful knife around:eek:
 
That's what I was thinking Barrett!

Why don't you press ahead, old GT might be stuck in that meeting :D and my experiences of meetings is that they normally last far too long:eek:
 
btb01 said:
Old Timer Land Shark
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Congrats, Barrett; that's the knife I had in mind! :thumbup:

Hickory n steel said:
But isn't that a coping blade ?
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I know some dealer sites describe it as a coping blade. I read somewhere what I found a very helpful distinction among sheepsfoot, lambsfoot, and coping blades: a sheepsfoot flares from tang to tip (the edge-to-spine distance increases slightly), a lambsfoot tapers from tang to tip, and a coping blade is parallel from tang to tip. Not sure if that's completely accurate, but it sure helps my feeble mind keep things straight in my version of reality.

The edge-to-spine height on my Land Shark is definitely less at the tip of the blade than it is near the tang.
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- GT
 
Dang. I got so into figuring out the answer that I forgot it would mean I had to go again. :rolleyes:

(Side note: I think we might need a list of all the knives that have been used in this thread so far to avoid duplicates. :D)

Hmm, let me think...

Alright, this classic folding knife would be right at home slicing some fromage or cutting up a baguette, and in its homeland, the designation for the particular model I have in mind would rhyme with an English word for an food staple that's pretty essential if you want to make a baguette.
 
Coping blades are always secondaries, I would've thought, not master blades/singles. But, there could be some weird pattern out there.....
 
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