Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

Double Ott said:
Custom F1 by Bark River

That's a beauty Tom! I love that DI; have a Highland Special in DI inbound and am pretty excited!
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If you haven't already played around with a Highland, I bet you're gonna love it. It's fast become one of my 'top 3' favorite Barkies.
 
scrteened porch said:
I would have to take it apart enough to see what they were doing with the tape and copper.
Let us see it when you're done. I expect it will make an excellent light sheath knife.
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The copper is just a stirrup over the end of the knife I think, with the tape wrapped round over the top.

scruffuk said:
You've chanced upon two really nice fixed blades recently JB. Nice.

Let me know what your plans are if you wanna re-handle the 'Gangs' blade (and give it some pants?). I have a well stocked box of scales/handle blocks ;)
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Thanks sir, I'd very much appreciate your opinion and advice.

Picked you up a nice file in the market today ;)
 
Jack Black said:
I picked this up in the market today, thought it looked like a prop from the Gangs of New York film! I figured the wrap was leather when I first spotted it, but it’s actually just dirty tape. Not sure what I should do with it now; start a Black Museum, give it to the police to check against unsolved crimes, or make it into a user. It’s certainly got some character, whatever its history.











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Good score Jac.k - me likeeee!
I picked up four -actually 5 including a huge monster home-made fixed blade the other day, and the 4 I scored today look like great fixed blades - one is a small Mora, the other 3 look great - I will post em up when they arrive
 
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Campbellclanman said:
Good score Jac.k - me likeeee!
I picked up four -actually 5 including a huge monster home-made fixed blade the other day, and the 4 I scored today look like great fixed blades - one is a small Mora, the other 3 look great - I will post em up when they arrive
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Cheers Duncan, I'll look forward to seeing those :)
 
Here are the knives, sellers photo - as you can see the Mora, I also like the look of the knife just above the Mora ( looks like a Sheffield "Bushmans Knife" - if so a great knife! ) - also the Skinner at top looks to be a good Carbon steel "Green River " style knife - they are usually great knives.
And to top it all off the knife down the bottom looks a beast! Should be a few good projects to do now!!

 
That be a great score indeed sir.

Love the round pommel on the Mora.

The 'clip' on the finger grooved knife looks interesting. Perhaps a bit of modding going on there by an owner in the past?

The blade on the bottom knife is a great shape....but that handle needs some flare so it could be put to work bushwhacking.
 
Vintage Western Cutlery W49 Bowie Knives...

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Hi Guys, Thank you for the kind words. It is really hard to capture the figure in the desert ironwood burl on her. There is a long story about the F1.
Short version is Mike Stewart made that F1 one for me. He let me pick out the wood for it and had it made to replace another F1 that had some defects in the handle.

This F1 is a keepsake for me. It was one of my first Bark River knives. I have many now. I have grown rather fond of desert ironwood burl and would love to see some on a quality folder.

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Jack Black said:
I picked this up in the market today, thought it looked like a prop from the Gangs of New York film! I figured the wrap was leather when I first spotted it, but it’s actually just dirty tape. Not sure what I should do with it now; start a Black Museum, give it to the police to check against unsolved crimes, or make it into a user. It’s certainly got some character, whatever its history.

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Knives like this one really grab my attention whenever I see them on a table or in a bin at a flea market. I like that one, and Gangs Of New York is exactly what I thought of as well! ...especially with that copper bobby-knocker on the butt end. ;)
I'd strip off the gross handle (looks like that tape has about 40 years' worth of dried biological fluid caked on) and slap on some nice hardwood instead. Although... seeing it like that makes me think that it might be set up just right with some actual leather wrapped around its new handle, once all's said & done.
In any case, you can't go wrong with a nice hunk of old carbon steel, and that blade has a very appealing profile. :thumbup:
 
puukkoman said:
Knives like this one really grab my attention whenever I see them on a table or in a bin at a flea market. I like that one, and Gangs Of New York is exactly what I thought of as well! ...especially with that copper bobby-knocker on the butt end. ;)
I'd strip off the gross handle (looks like that tape has about 40 years' worth of dried biological fluid caked on) and slap on some nice hardwood instead. Although... seeing it like that makes me think that it might be set up just right with some actual leather wrapped around its new handle, once all's said & done.
In any case, you can't go wrong with a nice hunk of old carbon steel, and that blade has a very appealing profile. :thumbup:
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Thanks Alex. Yeah, those are the options I'm thinking of :)
 
Jack Black said:
Great haul Duncan, some excellent working knives there :thumbup:

I'm not so sure about the modding. Here's a contemperary Jack Adams Rabbiter

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Also, a contemporary 19th Century-style butcher's knife made by the same firm

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Thanks Jack, and Scruff!, I got the 4 for 20 bucks, to be honest I would have paid that for the 2nd knife down, and possibly the Mora depending on the shape of handle and blade, the knife at the bottom Scruff looks to have ben re-handled, and needs finger grooves!
The knife at top -is such a generic shape -to say Green River was the first may be a false statement - as Sheffield were banging out knives a lot earlier than the US so did they turn out a knife like that earlier? - or was it a shape that came up later on? I haven't seen too many knives in that sort of shape when it comes from the early 1800's from Cutlers - probably more so styled knife from a Blacksmith? - not factual ..just me thinking aloud :o
 
Wow! I real bargain. All the fix blades you'd need for 20 sheets. Cracking deal.

I didn't realise that was a specific pattern, the 'Rabbiter'. I have to say I can see the appeal a LOT.

Some grooves or a flared pommel would really make that bottom knife. The current handle defo looks a few fingers too short.
 
scruffuk said:
I didn't realise that was a specific pattern, the 'Rabbiter'. I have to say I can see the appeal a LOT.
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I don't think it is, just their market, Australia I think. Here's the same firm's 'Master Mariner', much the same I think.

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And then there's their 'Seaman's Knife'

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Looks nice with stag too :)

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Curiosity finally got the better of me, and while I kind of feel I should go and get a tetanus shot after handling that nasty, nasty tape, I'm interested to see what was underneath, and a little surprised. I figured that underneath the tape I'd find evidence of an old knife, in need of repair, that had been bodged-up. I now think the whole knife may have been made from scratch, and certainly the hafting/re-hafting is far more 'deliberate' than I suspected. I figured that the copper stirrup had been added to hold the thing together, whereas there's clearly another reason for it. Just makes me find it even more interesting.





 
Man that's got some age to it Jack, it wouldn't surprise me if that was stepping up to be the big 100, mind you it depends on where and how it was kept too - it could only be half that, but I do think its a very old knife!
I too would have removed the tape my friend.
 
Here are some more black steel modifiables, bought today at an estate sale.
Forgecraft, the brand I see of these most often after Old Hickory;
Case XX; Goodell; mystery stamped only "warranted", but old, judging by the soft metal ornamental bolsters.
On the right, Robinson and nebbisch.
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Mind you, I have two excellent knives by Robinson, though you'd think they were just trying to sound like Robeson.
 
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