This has been my main knife for around 2 or 3 years, and my only knife for most of that. I use it for everything that a knife isn't supposed to be used for. There's a crack in blade near the ricasso that seems like a thumbnail size and shaped piece is going to fall out of the edge, but it hasn't yet and it's been there for a year or so. It gets rusty and i eventually clean it, but usually only when it is to difficult to open one handed again. The serrations are more worn down now than when that pic was taken last fall. The clip is getting loose, so I'm going to have to re-bend it or I am going to lose this one like I did my last one.
I should just replace it but I am in the middle of a $5-6000 engine rebuild on my lobster boat and don't have money to spend on a knife. I have a few other beat up folders but after being a poor fisherman for the last 4 years, I can't bring myself to retire this one while it still does what it's supposed to do.
Sorry for the crappy pic. I took it last fall and forgot I had it.
I used it to broke ice in the entrance and stairway to my appartment. I lost its tip, the spine is damaged as well. The blade got chips, but I reprofile it as much as possible. Otherwise, it served well.
This is an old American Knife Co. folding hunter I found in my father-in-law's barn.
It had a broken back spring on the clip blade and the blade was pretty well worn.
So, I just did a little mod and now have a nice single blade folder.
Made in Germany, real bone handle, the bolsters were actually soldered to the liners.
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