Moore Maker Boys Knife

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Moore Maker Boys Knife crafted by a cutler from Canal Street Co-op
I was getting a few questions on this knife, so thought it would be easier to post a nit-pick review. First of all, I really like the knife. It has a rugged hand made quality that is very appealing. That being said, there are a few Fit and finish issues on the knife. It operates properly with a nice strong pull and good strong snap. The blade is mostly centered but does favor one side. the handle/bolster transitions are smooth as are the pins. Over-all, I really like the knife and the price was about right for what you get.

It's a good looking knife with its Ash wood and clip point blade


I really like the hidden tang


The Mark Side of the blade is highly polished


The Pile Side blade is more "as ground"


There are some gaps in the liners (first nit-pick)


And the blade is not evenly ground, notice the swedges and tip (final nit-pick)


Oh ya... a final nit-pick is that shield isn't pinned. :mad:

These little F&F issues won't keep me from loving this knife, it has quickly won me over. :cool::confused:
 
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Did you pick that engraving? Thanks for doing the review, i saw your picture and it really drew me in to looking it up.
 
John,

I'm glad you reviewed this knife, it was on my short list to pick up but this may have changed my mind. I think for the price point the fit and finish could be better. I'm also looking at their Moose pattern, I will probably continue looking at that one, it doesn't seem to be a CS Co-Op but I'm not sure. I guess I just need to see and feel 1st hand.
 
Rusty1 said:
I should be getting my MM tonight will compare and see how much mine varies from John's.

Russell
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let me know if its a really thin etch, Russ. Im on the fence currently, but they have like 14 left that I am not concerned about the buy first than decide factor.
 
Scott J. said:
The thing that would bug me is the uneven finish side to side on the blade.
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Lots of older pocket knives were made this way. The pile side had what was called a glaze finish, done with a fine emery wheel. Thats the fine vertical lines you see on the back of the blade. The polished mark side is called a crocus finish. Its pretty much a mirror finish, done on a hard leather wheel impregnated with a fine polish called iron crocus. This polishing was done on the mark side so an etch could be applied on the blade.
This knife seems to be an attempt to reproduce the production methods used years ago.... The problem is, on this knife the etch is applied to the back side of the blade on the glaze finish instead of the polished side where it should be, and the polished side looks like a bad rag wheel buffing, or maybe a chemical polish that was applied before the back side was ground.....:(
 
I am confused. Are these (Boys Knife) supposed to compete with GEC, Case? Do they fall between those two, or somewhere else?
 
abcdef said:
I am confused. Are these (Boys Knife) supposed to compete with GEC, Case?
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It was a standard pattern for Canal Street Cutlery.
The new Red Trout knives everybody is fawning over right now are based on the exact same pattern.
The guy that made the Red Trouts and the guy that made these Moore Makers worked for the same company (CSC).
Many many companies have produced a Boys Knife, some long long before GEC was even thought of.

JTB_5 said:
Thanks for the review. It is a bit smaller, like a GEC 14, correct?
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It's in-between a GEC #14 and #15 in size.
 
I'd say it's misnamed. Traditional boys knives are cheap enough for a boy to afford and not feel bad when it was lost in the dirt or game of mumblety peg :)
 
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