Old Friends Friday

[Jack Black]

This Aitor Castor Pequenya was my Knife of the Year many years ago

 

[screened porch]

Jack's distracted by work!
I have to shovel before I go to work.
Or after.
Or tomorrow. No need for hysterics.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack's distracted by work!
I have to shovel before I go to work.
Or after.
Or tomorrow. No need for hysterics.

That's a nice one Jer Good luck with the shovelling mate

 

[screened porch]

That's a nice one Jer Good luck with the shovelling mate

Probably four inches overnight and another six or eight so far today. Wet heavy crap that turns my snowblower into a plow.
I cleared it twice today, which I think is excessive, but maybe it's a good idea until the pavement cools off.

 

[Jack Black]

Probably four inches overnight and another six or eight so far today. Wet heavy crap that turns my snowblower into a plow.
I cleared it twice today, which I think is excessive, but maybe it's a good idea until the pavement cools off.

Blimey Jer, half that amount of snow, and Britain would have ground to a standstill!

 

[screened porch]

If we got the snow that Buffalo gets, I'd be ground to a standstill.

I spent too much on this Utica, considering the broken bone, at the Purple Monkey in Weedsport NY. It's at least four years since I made the pilgrimage east, and the Purple Monkey had been closed for a while before that, so the knife is a pretty old friend.

 

[black mamba]

This one is definitely old, and being a gift from Rufus (thanks again, Bob!) it is very much a friend, and a great little slicer.

 

[DaleS]

This one is definitely old, and being a gift from Rufus (thanks again, Bob!) it is very much a friend, and a great little slicer.

That’s a beauty, love the colors and the patina!

 

[Jack Black]

If we got the snow that Buffalo gets, I'd be ground to a standstill.

I spent too much on this Utica, considering the broken bone, at the Purple Monkey in Weedsport NY. It's at least four years since I made the pilgrimage east, and the Purple Monkey had been closed for a while before that, so the knife is a pretty old friend.

Handsome Trapper Jer

This one is definitely old, and being a gift from Rufus (thanks again, Bob!) it is very much a friend, and a great little slicer.

That is very classy Jeff

I've been struggling with my internet connection the past couple of hours, might be the storm we have arriving, forecast 90 MPH winds further south



Charlie's Anniversary Barlow is a beloved Old Friend - much like Charlie himself

 

[DaveHS]

My Grandfather's brutalized old Schrade.

 

[Jack Black]

My Grandfather's brutalized old Schrade.
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Wow, that's special Dave I wonder if he smoked a pipe? Some old boys used to have a snapped blade for scraping out their pipe

 

[DaveHS]

Wow, that's special Dave I wonder if he smoked a pipe? Some old boys used to have a snapped blade for scraping out their pipe

Thank you. Grandpa was a cigar smoker! At least two a day every day until he passed on. We used to joke that he’d die with a half-smoked, half chewed cigar clamped in his jaw. He did have a grinding wheel in his shop and he was not a light touch with it. My dad reminded me that his dad’s old carry knives had blades that shrank over time.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you. Grandpa was a cigar smoker! At least two a day every day until he passed on. We used to joke that he’d die with a half-smoked, half chewed cigar clamped in his jaw. He did have a grinding wheel in his shop and he was not a light touch with it. My dad reminded me that his dad’s old carry knives had blades that shrank over time.

Nice recollections Dave I had an uncle who had a pint waiting for him, on the bar of the local pub, when he passed away. He was always their first customer

 

[screened porch]

I haven't quite finished putting new covers on this Kutmaster.

 

[Jack Black]

I haven't quite finished putting new covers on this Kutmaster.

Good luck with your project Jer

Kabar

 

[SteveC]

 

[315]

My Grandfather's brutalized old Schrade.
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Much like my Grandad, he made it his own.

 

[screened porch]

Fred Bear shield on the Utica Legend.

I don't remember how many years ago I went looking for something like his from Utica. It's been in a drawer in the basement awaiting walnut handles to cover the lanyard tab and be a little fatter in the hand (there's a little room in the sheath (or I could make a new sheath!)).
I still had the original handles and bolts, and I put them back on. It's fine. I'd given it a protective vinegar patina while it was apart, and I glued the handles on for a little more hold and rust -protection. On the rare days when I'm not cutting mustard for hours, the slimmer carry is better than a lustier grip anyway.

NIce to have it back.

 

[afishhunter]

2 (Two) "Old Friends" (or "old acquaintances" ... Since "friend" is mutual, and I don't know if they like me. They have not bit me (yet) so I will guess they don't hate/loathe me. ) that I am carrying this week ... perhaps a little longer. I might swap in my BF Bunny Knife on Tuesday next. I "know" I am going to carry green and red on the upcoming "holiday" ... (been more of a three month commercial venture for at least 30 years ... Yes. I am aware I R a cynical S.O.B* ... for at least 60 years.
(*My (now late) mum was a Beeeeeeeee itch since childhood according to what her (now late) parents and siblings told I before they went late. Hence no point in denying I R the son of one. )

Pre 1939 Robeson 622110 English Jack


1936 to 1953 tang stamp (solid bolster Imperial) "Engineers Knife".
The "Safety" Can Opener narrows the year to 1947 to 1953. The covers are bone, so no way I know of to narrow the date further.
(Delrin was invented in 1952. It was first used as pocket knife covers by Imperial-Schrade and Camillus "in the early 1960's". )


1980 is only call it "45 years old", which ain't "old", so my Western 062 Folding hunter (also part of my carry & my 2024 KOTY) don't qualify as an "old friend".

 

[Jack Black]

Fred Bear shield on the Utica Legend.

I don't remember how many years ago I went looking for something like his from Utica. It's been in a drawer in the basement awaiting walnut handles to cover the lanyard tab and be a little fatter in the hand (there's a little room in the sheath (or I could make a new sheath!)).
I still had the original handles and bolts, and I put them back on. It's fine. I'd given it a protective vinegar patina while it was apart, and I glued the handles on for a little more hold and rust -protection. On the rare days when I'm not cutting mustard for hours, the slimmer carry is better than a lustier grip anyway.

NIce to have it back.

Nice pattern Jer, glad you found it again

2 (Two) "Old Friends" (or "old favorites" or "old acquaintances" ... Since "friend" is mutual, and I don't know if they like me. They have not bit me (yet) so I will guess they don't hate/loathe me. ) that I am carrying this week ... perhaps a little longer. I might swap in my BF Bunny Knife on Tuesday next. I "know" I am going to carry green and red on the upcoming "holiday" ... (been more of a three month commercial venture for at least 30 years ... Yes. I am aware I R a cynical S.O.B* ... for at least 60 years.
(*My (now late) mum was a Beeeeeeeee itch since childhood according to what her (now late) parents an siblings told I before they went late. Hence no point in denying I R the son of one. )

Pre 1939 Robeson 622110 English Jack
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1936 to 1953 tang stamp (solid bolster Imperial) "Engineers Knife".
The "Safety" Can Opener narrows the year to 1947 to 1953. The covers are bone, so no way I know of to narrow the date further.
(Delrin was invented in 1952. It was first used as pocket knife covers by Imperial-Schrade and Camillus "in the early 1960's". )
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1980 is only call it "45 years old", which ain't "old", so my Western 062 Folding hunter (also part of my carry & my 2024 KOTY) don't qualify as an "old friend".

A couple of beauties there Steve