Knife wall of shame

Ernie1980

Ernie1980

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I am always on the lookout for nice vintage traditionals. My wife and dad both love antique shops and flea markets, and I tag along looking for hidden gems. I also will browse online auctions, though I much prefer to have a knife in hand before buying it.
Sometimes I find terrific knives that just need a little love or are even NOS. Other times, I see knives that are amazing- in a bad way!
I was thinking that we should have a thread dedicated to the terrible blades we see in our quest for vintage traditionals. I will start with this Ulster:


Please share your horror pics!
 
Looks like someone tried to cut through a live wire with that one! Seen a few sets of dikes with some burns like that, but never a blade! I bet it hurt!

My biggest disappointments have always come in the snap and/or lack thereof on descriptions saying "great walk and talk"
 
I quite often see some some stinkers on market stalls, broken springs, blades missing, etc. The sellers say trite things like, "It just needs a new blade"! I know of one market trader who has had the same 'knife' on his stall for five years - there are no blades, no springs, and the green cell covers are in poor condition! :eek: Obviously, I don't often buy these knives, but I've certainly had a few bum ones when I've bought job-lots. I'm not sure if I have any pics (will have a look) :thumbup:
 


I picked up this old Sheffield Pruner for a couple of quid (£2), because the jigging interested me, and probably because it was a slow day. Looks OK until you open it! :eek: I've seen so many knives ruined by idiots with access to power tools :mad:

 
grinders leave more steel on the floor than they leave on the knife.
 
I have a box full that would fit in here but i'll go with this one. She was definitely not tossed in a drawer somewhere and never used.

 
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Ernie1980 said:
I don't even see how you could manage to get the blade in that shape!
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I'm sure it took time and patience...or maybe just a warped stone lol.
 
I would just send it back to Case and have a new blade put in it, if they still make it and keep using it. those are some nice knives.
 
sbatten said:
I would just send it back to Case and have a new blade put in it, if they still make it and keep using it. those are some nice knives.
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I never thought of that. Its a pruner blade so I might be able to find one somewhere.
 
Man those hawkbills seem to have a problem don't they. ...grinders...damn those power grinders...
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2jka said:
Man those hawkbills seem to have a problem don't they. ...grinders...damn those power grinders...
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That actually doesn't look to bad. Still a good bit of use left in that blade.
 
T.Knotts said:
That actually doesn't look to bad. Still a good bit of use left in that blade.
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Well that might be due to the fact that I spend hours flattening out the waves and putting a point back on. Oh well.


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2jka, I had a Holub just like that. I flattened the edge and made it a stout sheepsfoot. The blade gets thicker towards the tip because of the original hawkbill design, so it offers a lot of beef for hard work.

I gave mine to a good friend starting out in the trades. He loves it.


Connor
 
I think this is the worst I have ever seen, not honest wear, it's like some moron just set out to DESTROY every blade of this knife. I actually saw one of these knives as it was when new today, made back in the day by Stan Shaw when he was working for Wostenholm, and it only emphasised the nature of the crime further :mad:

 
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