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I sometimes like to head down to our local flea market on Sunday mornings. Oftentimes the only purchase I make will be a hot buttered bagel from one of the food vendors there.
Other times, I find vendors selling toiletries and other useful, (and of known brand quality), household goods and such.
The time I spend perusing is usually fun to me in itself.
Occasionally, I'll get giddy about finding something to fit within my eclectic collection, and at a bargain bin price to boot!...Today was one of those days.
There was a gentleman that had an old cardboard cigar box filled with a bunch of traditional pocket knives. I started sifting through them, and the truth is, most were just too shoddy in their condition to interest me. Only one, if given some TLC, had any potential to be an addition to my collection. It was not a high end knife, but this Kutmaster, (made by Utica Cutlery NY USA), could be a decent representation of a working class knife. Having a carbon steel blade, (likely 1095), wood facsimile delrin handle scales, a large bail, and a steel lining... It was an all working class knife.
Well, how much for this knife?... $3
Yup, no need to start dickering on that price... Sold!
Anyhow, a bit of my careful handiwork, a little time and some patience... and now this little forgotten knife has joined my knife collection.
Here is a picture of how it looked before performing the TLC...

And after the TLC was applied....

Other times, I find vendors selling toiletries and other useful, (and of known brand quality), household goods and such.
The time I spend perusing is usually fun to me in itself.
Occasionally, I'll get giddy about finding something to fit within my eclectic collection, and at a bargain bin price to boot!...Today was one of those days.
There was a gentleman that had an old cardboard cigar box filled with a bunch of traditional pocket knives. I started sifting through them, and the truth is, most were just too shoddy in their condition to interest me. Only one, if given some TLC, had any potential to be an addition to my collection. It was not a high end knife, but this Kutmaster, (made by Utica Cutlery NY USA), could be a decent representation of a working class knife. Having a carbon steel blade, (likely 1095), wood facsimile delrin handle scales, a large bail, and a steel lining... It was an all working class knife.
Well, how much for this knife?... $3
Yup, no need to start dickering on that price... Sold!
Anyhow, a bit of my careful handiwork, a little time and some patience... and now this little forgotten knife has joined my knife collection.
Here is a picture of how it looked before performing the TLC...

And after the TLC was applied....

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