Musing on a question answered with a generous offer

nyrico

nyrico

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I am relatively new to Traditional knives and have been collecting for roughly 3 years. Until recently I have only owned and carried single bladed slip joints as every multi bladed knife I had tried seemed too thick to comfortably carry or use. One of my first traditionals was from the first runs, I believe, of 77 Barlows, I couldn't easily access both blades and for its size it was thicker than I liked. I regrettably soon sold this knife. Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I post a thread asking some questions about what double bladed knives on single springs are called and which knives are configured this way because I wanted to try acquire some examples. As usual I get quite a few helpful answers, which is common on this forum (thank you all) and I zero in on what I think might be my white whale, the TK Cuban. I am in another thread discussing some upcoming GECs and ask a few more questions about Pen blades, equal end Cubans, and the elusive TK Cuban. I again get some great answers, and one very generous offer. Rockon75 reaches out to me to see if I would like to take his TK Cuban for a test ride, thank you Rockon. I was shipped a beautiful user TK Cuban in stag covers with a beautiful earned patina over the entire knife and a very nice hand written note extolling the knives virtues. One this for sure is that the character of this knife and the story the patina tells makes me want to use my own knives more. The knife is thin, light, and just the right size. I agree, one of the biggest attractions is looking into the blade valley to see and appreciate the thought, and level of workmanship necessary to have 2 blades share the same spring. I love this knife and hope to find my own example as this is easily one of my favorite patterns. Thank you Rockon75 for allowing me to experience your TK Cuban first hand, if you ever decide to move on from this one please let me know. I have taken a few pics of the knife and a few similar knives that I own.
Beautifully knife:
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what a nice even, earned patina:
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TK with a 54 single jack, 54 Moose,and Northwoods Presidential:
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Thinness. Winner is the Presidential, by a hair:
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TK Cuban and a Presedential:
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TK and a 54 Moose:
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TK and some Bourbon:
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If you have trouble finding the exact 53 you want GEC has a slightly smaller version on their production schedule called the Churchill. It's #35 and has a closed length of 3 3/4" vs. 4 1/8" for the Cuban. It will be available in both Northfield and Tidioute versions with a clip main and sheepsfoot secondary equal end single spring.
 
Well you did stumble into probably the most helpful and generous communities that exists in cyberspace. It's astounding to me that so many good people have congregated here.
 
joeradza said:
nyrico nyrico
If you have trouble finding the exact 53 you want GEC has a slightly smaller version on their production schedule called the Churchill. It's #35 and has a closed length of 3 3/4" vs. 4 1/8" for the Cuban. It will be available in both Northfield and Tidioute versions with a clip main and sheepsfoot secondary equal end single spring.
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I have a #35 HJ and 2 Churchills on reserve, I love the 35 frame. The #35 is a nice size , and I am excited about the Churchill run, but, the 53/54 is right in my sweet spot.
 
Sounds good, keep your eye on the exchange. You can also add what your looking for in your signature.
 
Glad to help. The only way to improve the TK would be to insert the small modified sheep/cope from the presidential where the small pen is. That would be about my perfect knife. BTW, the jigged bone Tks ended up yielding the most narrow (thinner) knives from that run. The wood ones were rounded out a bit and stag can vary. Everyone should note that the main clip is more thin that the clips found in the moose patterns or the single spears. They start the same thickness, but the TK was offset ground prior to being profiled, so it ends up a thinner blade even though all varieties started in a thickness that matched the backspring. Hope I've detailed this so everyone understands.

The 35 Churchill has got it right. A clip and a cope.
 
The porch is a great place and without a doubt on BF with the most generous and caring people. Enjoy the knowledge you learn here and share it later down the road.
 
These Big Boys are addictive! ;) TKs in Cocobolo, Natural Stag and Mustard Jigged Bone accompanied by Presidentials in Blood Red Jigged Bone and Ebony.
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That Mustard Bone is the finest of them all Ron! Very good acquisition too, hard to find.

Regards, Will
 
The more I see these 53's the happier I am to be getting a Churchill, even with the little sheepsfoot. As long as it has the clip main I'm satisfied. Now, do it add another reserve in addition to the Yellow Rose?
 
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