Let's see your strangest Traditional patterns.

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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I have two seemingly ordinary patterns that have unusual variations, an Electrician Pattern with a level built into it for settin' electrical panels level and a camper pattern with a glass cutter in place of the can opener.

To some the Doctors pattern and the Melon testers were oddball I think the SAKs were king of the specialty knives, they were really only specialty knives specific to a job, what oddball patterns do you have.

I'll post my pics shortly, I'm makin' dinner right now.:D
 
I always thought Norfork whittlers were kind of strange with that big right turn....
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And here's my strange one. I call it a traditional because the blade opens like a small pen would.
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This funky one is on the way. Ken Coats is putting the final touches on it.

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Bastid said:
This funky one is on the way. Ken Coats is putting the final touches on it.
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No he's NOT! he's in here looking at this thread. :D

Ken! get out to the shop and finish Bastid's knife. :D

And it looks like a beauty, and a little funky.:D:thumbup:

Todd
 
As long as nobody blames Ken on that coping blade (blame me;)), we'll all get along fine. :D.

Todd, don't rush him. I told Ken to have fun with it. :D.
 
Had this one for a short while, now she's with a loving family ;)
here it is in it's slip sheath;

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pull her out a bit,

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blade open, full handle shot, pretty cool knife;

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blade closeup, D2 steel, Queen model
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G2
 
WHarnies seem to lend themselves well to the french curve shape of swaybacks
copes however do not. It was fun making the knife, kind of figure as you go.
The scales are actually much more of a saddle tan reddish color but Gus will know that in a couple of days. Thanks guys.
Ken.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
I have two seemingly ordinary patterns that have unusual variations, an Electrician Pattern with a level built into it for settin' electrical panels level and a camper pattern with a glass cutter in place of the can opener.
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Here's my Imperial with a glass cutter:


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jacknife said:
Never seen a Peanut like this before...are they common?
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They are becoming more and more common. IIRC, Case calls it a "Big Nut". They show up occasionally on collector sites and ebay. There's also the "Beast", a Trapper pattern with five blades instead of two, and the newest SHC catalog has a new Muskrat ("Tex-Rat") pattern, with four identical blades, instead of two.

Interesting idea, but kind of defeats the idea of a small pocket knife, I would think.

thx - cpr
 
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The queen cutlery knife with that short blade posted above is a chip carving knife known as the "Little Chipper." They were made for me by Queen for a short time when I was the owner of a woodcarving supply store.

It is a tough little knife and used for traditional Swiss style chip carving. The D-2 blade is extremely useful for the carving because it "slips" through the wood more easily than any other steel. Also, once you sharpen D-2 the right way, there is no stopping it.

There were about 250 of these knives made in total. Most here handled in the delrin and they all came with a nice pouch and belt clip. There were some made with mammoth ivory and those are rather rare as there were only 25 or so made.

It is a nice knife. I designed it and borrowed the blade shape from a fixed blade version made by a friend of mine (I did ask his permission) It's a terrific carver and really does its job well.

Whoever has it, I hope they really enjoy it. That was my first foray into design and production of knives. It was a long, long time ago.

Nice post and the pictures are terrific!

Keep Care,

Pappy
 
Wow, small world eh? Thanks for the history on that, there was some controversy
over just what it was, some though box cutter but it seemed pretty cool to be just that.
I missed it even before I sold her off, and yes, that D2 took a sharp edge!!

G2
 
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