Old Dogleg Jack

mckgreg

mckgreg

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I had this fella out for a photo in a different thread and thought I would create a montage of it. Notice how the scales are thick and rounded and so is the shield and bolsters to match the scales. This was the easy carry work horse of it's time. It measures 3 3/4"
Greg

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mckgreg said:
I had this fella out for a photo in a different thread and thought I would create a montage of it. Notice how the scales are thick and rounded and so is the shield to match the scales. This was the easy carry work horse of it's time.
Greg

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Looks like a quality knife in good condition. I like the wrap around spring, that little something extra you don't see too often.

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I pick up these early Doglegs with the intention of using them. They are by far superior in craftmanship compared to anything made recently as far as I'm concerned.
Sometimes I just can't bring myself to use them. Sometimes I can. Depends on the knife. I have a few more that I will post........soon.
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This guy being a little shorter than the one in my first photo (3 1/2") and having a slimmer frame, the rounded scales are just slightly flattened in the center. This makes a piece easier to carry for someone that doesn't need a larger knife. It appears that someone in the past has personalized the secondary blade. Or it could have just ended up being this way from sharpening the front of the blade more.
You will notice on the early knives that the secondary blades were used much more than the master blade. Most of the everyday needs for a pocket knife didn't require the master blade. That holds true for most of today's needs as well. I doubt anybody stuck the blades in a tater for them to look the way they do. That's just oldth.
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This ol' Simmons Keen Kutter finds it's way into my pocket fairly regular. The bone scales are round on the edges and toward the bolsters. No where are they flat.
Strong, hefty piece at 3 5/8".
Greg

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Really admire the rounded effect on the scales, gives these knives an interesting 'torpedo' aspect and when you think about it, a better more intuitive feel in the hand. Other tools & canes, whips etc have rounded handles so more knives should. Perhaps this is why an Opinel feels right in the hand right away?

True, you don't see this effect on contemporary knives, rounded bolsters and scales might equate to too much work... Also, that bone is king, the pale biscuit (cookie...) caramel colour looks so right.

Thanks very much for showing these, look forward to more knives to think about and reflect :thumbsup:

Regards, Will
 
I've posted this Winchester in BF before but this is a current image. This is one I just couldn't bring myself to use. I just didn't want to have to put it to a stone.
I'm not entirely sure if it is legit. The blade configuration is a bit suspect but it doesn't matter to me if it is or not. It's still cool.
Greg

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Great piece!! It's hard to go back to using modern pocket knives once you get the feel of these old dogs. Especially the wood scaled ones.
The only recently made Dogleg Jack that I would compare to these Old Dogs was the Case/Bose piece. I used it day to day for at least a year and a half before giving it to a friend of mine. He was a mechanical engineer that loved it. So it became his.
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Wow. Those are good ones. By today's standards, this little Utica would probably be a high end piece. At it's time of making it was considered a low budget, low end knife.
The scales are basically flat and the blades are a bit thinner. The bone is only rounded near the edge.
Greg

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