LETS SEE THOSE MAGNIFICENT HARNESS JACKS

[mike Berkovitch]

This is one IMPRESSIVE HJ Duncan, left me breathless for a moment.
Rinos ans Robin two wonderful knives.
Great score you guys

Mike

 

[Campbellclanman]

WOW DUNCAN!!! you and Perry are two LUCKY Guys!!! "Gorgeous" seems to even fall short description wise :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Duncan, you know that even I can participate in the thread now When time allows I'll post pictures of my PRICELESS HJ

Thanks Duncan!!!

Paul

Its should be Thanks to you my friend!, there are some fantastic knives out here in HJ land! Look forward to your Pics Paul!

Here's my latest, another amazing Charlie HJ. Scariest punch ever made and wonderful colour and jigging on the scales.

Have a great day folks.

Robin

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Oh Robin, - that just sent me over the edge!...... that's a beautiful knife right there!!

That "tortoise" looks good in the NZ sun, Duncan!! Nice score, Robin!

That Northfield fits perfectly, rinos!

Thanks to you Charlie, simply a perfect knife-you just cant fault it, this fantastic knife is right up there in my collection without a doubt!

This is one IMPRESSIVE HJ Duncan, left me breathless for a moment.
Rinos ans Robin two wonderful knives.
Great score you guys

Mike

It does the same to me Mike, its a class act all the way, in saying that, the HJ6 has captured me as well my friend!

 

[singin50]

WOW, I finally know who has the other one! Great going Duncan, you have the only other Tortoise Shell to exist in this HJ series,,,, in the WORLD!
Thought I might as well revive this thread with showing all mine here. No I don't own any older ones, pretty sure Charlie bought all those,,,lol. BTW Charlie, the Tortoise is still holding on, all I do is watch it everyday! The candy stripe seems to be fine. The first is the Buffalo Horn 1 of 1. You know what the rest are, these shots were all taken tonight btw, so everyone can see current condition.

 

[festerfromnzed]

Lovely knives indeed...Ive never been a fan of this pattern, but i can certainly see the attraction had i been on my horse a 100 years ago....Awesome viewing of stunning knives guys..................FES

 

[Campbellclanman]

Perry - thank you my friend, and Oh man...ooops excuse me - just drooled all over the key board!
I love the Candy stripe as well - beautiful!!
That one of one doesn't look right to me - it needs sending my way to check it out, I promise to send it straight back - although I cant guarantee safe arrival - you just cannot trust the post these days!

 

[paulhilborn]

Duncan and Perry, your HJ's are priceless :thumbup:

Although I love this pattern I only have two. The "Real Harness Knife" was gifted to me by Duncan and to me it is one of one :thumbup:---THANK YOU DUNCAN!!! The #66 HJ I was able to pick up here on the forum

Paul

 

[Campbellclanman]

Paul - it was a pleasure - as you know I too have a Ebony Real Harness as well, AND I too was able to pick up the 66 here on the forum - thanks to Mike B when he put it up for grabs in out fro sale area! -So we share the pleasure with these two!
And by the way - its THANK YOU my friend!

 

[singin50]

Very nice couple of ebony HJs Paul!:thumb up: I sold my ebony HJ last year,,,,big mistake!

 

[waynorth]

You guys are zinging my heart strings with these HJs!!
How can a guy feel so strongly about an old, mostly obsolete pattern such as this one???
They just take my soul to another simpler time, I guess!!

Here's another interesting one. I think it suffered a chip in the blade, so someone just widened the choil to take the chip out - sigh . . .
It still looks pretty good though. Maybe a Case wizard can date this one for me??

 

[paulhilborn]

You guys are zinging my heart strings with these HJs!!
How can a guy feel so strongly about an old, mostly obsolete pattern such as this one???
They just take my soul to another simpler time, I guess!!

Indeed Charlie, a simpler time indeed :thumbup: Nice to know that the pattern still lives on when the times have changed. The punch still to this day serves a very useful purpose. I've done handyman work in my off season for the last 15+ years and the SAK awl was ever so useful. I picked up your #66 HJ earlier this summer and it was such a nice transition from the SAK to it.

Lately I rec'd the "Real Harness Knife" from Duncan just before Christmas and although the punch is noticeably different by design versus the #66 I find I use it in many many applications. Other than using the punch to start a hole, help untie knots etc... I find the sharp side of the punch makes an excellent stripper of wire sheathing :thumbup:

In a nutshell, it may not be used for it's original purpose much anymore but it's nice knowing there are modern day applications it truly excels at

I really really like this pattern and see another weakness that will be hard for me to overcome

That CASE by the way is a true treasure as well. Your collection boggles my mind Charlie.

Many thanks for all you do, I hope you don't tire of hearing that time after time but I feel it just can't be said enough.

Paul

 

[mykel m]

I am amazed at the collections ya'll have & really appreciate all the pics of the beautiful HJs.
I was lucky enough to score this one from member ddml(Owen)a while back.Thanks again Owen!
My one & only 1 of 50 in tomater.

This one really speaks to me,great old knife Charlie.

Any chance of a Charlow with a punch in the future?

 

[Campbellclanman]

Mykel - cool Tomato there!
Charlie, I have NEVER seen a Case with the squared - off "C" in the name CASE!
Amazing.

 

[black mamba]

Charlie, google search turned up this:

"Actually Case Brother's Plant in Little Valley burned down around 1912. They rebuilt in Springville in 1913 but ceased to exist in 1914. So they were in Springville a very short time. That is why Case Brother's knives with the Springville stamp are rare."

 

[Vanguard41xx]

There are some amazing knives in this thread, especially that Case Bros. Waynorth just posted.
I wish I had an HJ....
or two...or 50

 

[wlfryjr]

Some I follow,their knives and posts,seems we see things similarly.Several are in this thread. A pleasure viewing these knives in this robust pattern.Thanks gentlemen.

 

[Leadchop54]

WOW, I finally know who has the other one! Great going Duncan, you have the only other Tortoise Shell to exist in this HJ series,,,, in the WORLD!
Thought I might as well revive this thread with showing all mine here. No I don't own any older ones, pretty sure Charlie bought all those,,,lol. BTW Charlie, the Tortoise is still holding on, all I do is watch it everyday! The candy stripe seems to be fine. The first is the Buffalo Horn 1 of 1. You know what the rest are, these shots were all taken tonight btw, so everyone can see current condition.

Wow!!...what a gorgeous collection! Especially that 85 right in the center! If only I could find one for sale, I'd be a happy camper!!

 

[knowtracks]

I think we should take a little walk down Charlie's memory lane. We might as well start at the beginning...
SFO #1 was this teardrop made by Queen @ 3 3/4" with a Cooper punch, came in 4 bone covers...


I'll be right back!

Dave

 

[knowtracks]

A couple of 1 offs from the 1st run that I was lucky enough to end up with!


Dave

 

[knowtracks]

On to the second run, another Queen SFO, this HJ is 3 1/2" closed with a Mayer punch. She came in 3 covers, 75 Goldenroot bone, 25 ebony and just 9 Candystripe. But I believe there was some problems with the Candystripe so I don't know how many are out there. I don't have 1 to show you.



Dave

 

[knowtracks]

On the 3rd and last run (to date) at Queen, Charlie had this equal end HJ made. At 3 5/8 closed with an Alvord punch, there are 2 bone covers, ebony, stag, pearl and a couple of 2 of a kinds.


Dave