Old Friends Friday

[Jack Black]

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Another nice Jack Jer

 

[Jack Black]

I haven't carried this old IXL Sheepsfoot in a while, it used to be a regular in my pocket once

 

[screened porch]

Beautiful!
If only we had the pockets and the time to do justice to all our knives! Though we're lucky when that's our most burning issue.

I've always assumed I had a rare variant of the electricians' knife here, but looking at the sheepsfoot next to a hawksbill, I'm now thinking somebody ground back a hawksbill and lowered the kick.

 

[Jack Black]

Beautiful!
If only we had the pockets and the time to do justice to all our knives! Though we're lucky when that's our most burning issue.

I've always assumed I had a rare variant of the electricians' knife here, but looking at the sheepsfoot next to a hawksbill, I'm now thinking somebody ground back a hawksbill and lowered the kick.
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Thanks Jer, very true my friend When I first started posting here, there seemed to be a trend for modding TL-29s. I have a Boker model with a recovered foreshortened blade. Also, an older Ibberson Wireless Knife, which is a similar pattern, but the blade is a bit of a mess, even though someone has tried to retain some usefulness to it

 

[black mamba]

SW 881

 

[Jack Black]

Guess we've all got one somewhere

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[screened porch]

Could have been worse; good thing we're old friends.



I got this at Showcase Antiques in Little Falls, New York.

 

[Jack Black]

Could have been worse; good thing we're old friends.
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I got this at Showcase Antiques in Little Falls, New York.

Ouch! Nice Stockman though Jer

 

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Ouch! Nice Stockman though Jer

Thanks. It did a good job debarking an old piece of pear tree, and didn't loosen up a bit. No need to treat it very tenderly, even though it is an ancient brother Utican.

 

[Jack Black]

When I was a boy, a lot of us carried these 'Scout Knives' in the woods, or when we were just playing out. They are Sheffield Town Pattern Whitle-Tang Bowies, this one being a 4" 'Blood Holler'

 

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This one doesn't go back that far, but I bought it from somebody I haven't seen in some years.
I think it's not a bad example of a pattern I just don't like. It looks blocky, but all congresses do to me.
It has no duplicate blades, which is a feature I don't like in a lot of congresses. The fit and finish and walk and talk are excellent (I even looked for gaps). The only actual fault I can find with it is only a 'maybe'. Maybe the coping blade is cut off a little too obtusely.

 

[Just Tom.]

I think I will carry my grandfathers old Remington today. The celluloid has seen better days, one blade is broken off, and the remaining blade has been sharpened quite a bit, but W&T remains excellent.



The edge needs touching up - I will try doing it on this stone (concave surface and all..), which I remember from my childhood and rescued from my dad’s workbench before the house got cleaned out for sale.

 

[Jack Black]

I think I will carry my grandfathers old Remington today. The celluloid has seen better days, one blade is broken off, and the remaining blade has been sharpened quite a bit, but W&T remains excellent.



The edge needs touching up - I will try doing it on this stone (concave surface and all..), which I remember from my childhood and rescued from my dad’s workbench before the house got cleaned out for sale.

That's pretty cool Tom

 

[Jack Black]

This one doesn't go back that far, but I bought it from somebody I haven't seen in some years.
I think it's not a bad example of a pattern I just don't like. It looks blocky, but all congresses do to me.
It has no duplicate blades, which is a feature I don't like in a lot of congresses. The fit and finish and walk and talk are excellent (I even looked for gaps). The only actual fault I can find with it is only a 'maybe'. Maybe the coping blade is cut off a little too obtusely.
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Interesting Congress Jer

 

[Jack Black]

I've been saying that I'm going to stop buying fixed-blades for at least 20 years, and probably nearer 30 This Bradford Guardian 3 has probably seen more carry-time of any of the ones I've bought in the past decade, and a genuinely useful little knife

 

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Nice!
I bought this one off the bay at the time when GEC was releasing theirs. I've thought about modifying the cap lifter to double as a can opener, but I don't feel much urgency about it.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Jack Black]

Nice!
I bought this one off the bay at the time when GEC was releasing theirs. I've thought about modifying the cap lifter to double as a can opener, but I don't feel much urgency about it.
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That's pretty cool Jer Thanks

 

[Jakeywax31]

I've been saying that I'm going to stop buying fixed-blades for at least 20 years, and probably nearer 30 This Bradford Guardian 3 has probably seen more carry-time of any of the ones I've bought in the past decade, and a genuinely useful little knife

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I’ve almost bought that knive 1000 times. You are not helping