Old Friends Friday

[Pipeman]

Good morning Jack. I know this is an Old friend thread but this new old friend has found a place in my pocket and in my heart.
The first time I saw some of Lyles amazing Farmers jacks I fell in love with the pattern. I just can't stop using it and staring at it's sweet curves and the bone says"I am just going to get better and better looking"
Pictures taken with my front porch cob, which kinda says it all.
Happy weekend Jack and all the front porchers

Best regards

Robin

 

[screened porch]

 

[5K Qs]

...Thanks GT, … I like your two Old Friends, already admired them in the EDC thread, and it's nice to learn a bit more about them :thumbup:...

Thanks for your interest, Jack (which I apparently completely ignored last week - sorry ).

This Sodbuster (sold as a 'Marinera') was made by Maserin in the Italian cutlery capitol of Maniago. I've had it 2 or 3 years now, and think it has good looks and great ergonomics. I'd certainly carry it more if it was carbon, rather than stainless, but I do enjoy carrying it, and thought I'd dig it out today for Old Friends Friday.
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This was my very first Charlow, and gifted to me by the good Mr C himself. It's a very special knife for me, and while I carry it quite often, I'd certainly call it an old friend
...Have a great Friday everyone, and an even better weekend :thumbup:

Good old friends, Jack! :thumbup::thumbup: Each time I see your Maserin, I think to myself that I need to bring some focus to my "collection" by establishing an "international knives" section, or, taking a chapter from trevytrev's book, a "sodbusters from around the world" section. From what are the white handles made?

Good morning Jack. I know this is an Old friend thread but this new old friend has found a place in my pocket and in my heart.
The first time I saw some of Lyles amazing Farmers jacks I fell in love with the pattern. I just can't stop using it and staring at it's sweet curves and the bone says"I am just going to get better and better looking"
Pictures taken with my front porch cob, which kinda says it all.
Happy weekend Jack and all the front porchers

Best regards

Robin
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Superb photos of an incredibly attractive knife, Robin!! What are some of the uses to which you've put the hawkbill blade so far?

Here's a knife that I've had for less than a year, but this week is really the first time I've ever carried it "for real". I bought it in a little shop while on vacation last August, mostly because I wanted to start a "tradition" of picking up a new knife each year somewhere in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where we've vacationed for a week or two each summer for over 20 years. The shop was typical of many in the U.P. in that it catered to tourists and had several disparate themes: knitting and other crafts, books, some jellies and other locally produced food products, and a couple of knife display cases.

Let me join Jack in wishing a merry Friday to all, and to all a good weekend!

- GT

 

[Pipeman]

"Superb photos of an incredibly attractive knife, Robin!! What are some of the uses to which you've put the hawkbill blade so far?"

Hi GT. I knew when I bought the pair that I would use them but Never thought there would be such a wide range of uses they would excel at. I have cut rhubarb, beef for stew with the hawkbill, the scalpel of a grafting blade is an amazing paring blade and the handle works for that job. I have always used either wharncliffe or sheepsfoot blades for cutting heavy leather for my sheaths, the small hawkbill is the best leather cutter i have ever used . At this point I can see it ever leaving my pocket. A Truly amazing and surprising pattern.

Best regards

Robin

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks, Robin; quite a testimonial to the usefulness of the Farmer's Jack blades!
I've never used a hawkbill blade and wondered if the "backward curve" of the blade rendered it quite useless for the cutting I typically do (which doesn't usually involve much pruning). I'm very surprised to hear you extol the hawkbill as a leather cutter! I'm cleaning up an old Holub electrician's knife whose main blade has a slight hawkbill profile; now I'm looking forward to seeing if I have the imagination to put it to good use!

- GT

 

[Stich2442]

I've posted this knife a few times, I don't carry it much anymore but had the urge, this I got around 1980, it was my first locking knife, prior to this I carried an Imperial KampKing and a Case 6201, the bone scales were pure white when I got the knife, it's a Parker National, blade is 6A Japan steel, it takes a great edge, I believe Parker had the scrimshaw done in NJ, this knife seemed huge when I was a kid, I used and abused it for many years, I know I put this through its paces and it's still in great shape.

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Jack. I know this is an Old friend thread but this new old friend has found a place in my pocket and in my heart.
The first time I saw some of Lyles amazing Farmers jacks I fell in love with the pattern. I just can't stop using it and staring at it's sweet curves and the bone says"I am just going to get better and better looking"
Pictures taken with my front porch cob, which kinda says it all.
Happy weekend Jack and all the front porchers

Thanks Robin I have been very pleasantly surprised at just how popular these knives have been, and that is certainly a beautiful example my friend, Great pics too :thumbup:

Nice Stockman pal :thumbup:

Thanks for your interest, Jack (which I apparently completely ignored last week - sorry ).

Good old friends, Jack! :thumbup::thumbup: Each time I see your Maserin, I think to myself that I need to bring some focus to my "collection" by establishing an "international knives" section, or, taking a chapter from trevytrev's book, a "sodbusters from around the world" section. From what are the white handles made?

Let me join Jack in wishing a merry Friday to all, and to all a good weekend!

LOL! Thanks GT, the handles are listed as white bone, though there semi-translucence makes them more like horn :thumbup:

Impressive knife :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

I've posted this knife a few times, I don't carry it much anymore but had the urge, this I got around 1980, it was my first locking knife, prior to this I carried an Imperial KampKing and a Case 6201, the bone scales were pure white when I got the knife, it's a Parker National, blade is 6A Japan steel, it takes a great edge, I believe Parker had the scrimshaw done in NJ, this knife seemed huge when I was a kid, I used and abused it for many years, I know I put this through its paces and it's still in great shape.

That's certainly an old friend Pete :thumbup:

 

[r8shell]

I've posted this knife a few times, I don't carry it much anymore but had the urge, this I got around 1980, it was my first locking knife, prior to this I carried an Imperial KampKing and a Case 6201, the bone scales were pure white when I got the knife, it's a Parker National, blade is 6A Japan steel, it takes a great edge, I believe Parker had the scrimshaw done in NJ, this knife seemed huge when I was a kid, I used and abused it for many years, I know I put this through its paces and it's still in great shape.

Very nice! I have a little National Blade penknife that I got sometime in the mid-80s. I carried it a lot, and the bone turned orange, as well. I'll have to take dig it out and take some pictures before I carry it again one of these Fridays.

 

[5K Qs]

...LOL! Thanks GT, the handles are listed as white bone, though there semi-translucence makes them more like horn :thumbup:

Impressive knife :thumbup:

Thanks for the Maserin info, Jack! :thumbup:
Thanks also for the kindness regarding my sunfish. I've often wondered about the practicality of a sunfish pattern for a contemporary urban dweller, but I actually used it to wonderful effect yesterday. I try to do a little whittling in the summer months while waiting for the bus, sitting on the patio after supper, or other odd moments, and my projects tend to be small and portable for that reason. So I also favor small blades for whittling; this week I've been happily using pen and coping blades on a 3 inch Rough Rider lock back canoe whittler. But the wood I was using happens to have several small knots on one end, and my small blades tend to be quite ineffective on knots; I can carve out the soft wood all around the knot, but the hard knot tends to remain, sticking up like a saddlehorn. And I've cut myself more than once when my small blades slipped as I attempted to lop off the hard part of the knot. Yesterday, I realized I had the sunfish with me, and decided to experiment with it as a knot remover. Worked like a charm; the hardness of the knot was like butter to the massive small blade of my sunfish!

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

Nice tale GT :thumbup:

 

[5K Qs]

...I can carve out the soft wood all around the knot, but the hard knot tends to remain, sticking up like a saddlehorn. And I've cut myself more than once when my small blades slipped as I attempted to lop off the hard part of the knot. ...

Thanks, Jack! I just wanted to clarify that I'm not so thick that I've cut myself several times working on the same knot; I'm just thick enough to spread the cutting myself over several different projects in which knots came up!

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack! I just wanted to clarify that I'm not so thick that I've cut myself several times working on the same knot; I'm just thick enough to spread the cutting myself over several different projects in which knots came up!

Understood my friend! :thumbup:

 

[Jack Black]

I think Earl is an old friend around these parts

 

[knarfeng]

I've heard that the "rough cut" stockman put out by Camillus was kind of a last desperate product, produced mostly from existing parts, put out just before they shut down. I bought one right after the shut down for not very much money. It is a bit rough, with minor gaps between the springs and a funky-shaped spey blade. But it is quite adequate for my needs, with nice snap and spring strength. And the clip blade is to die for. It is in my pocket today.

 

[Jack Black]

Very nice Frank, and a very interesting back story too :thumbup:

 

[5K Qs]

Frank's interesting post reminded me that I've been carrying this old Camillus friend all week. I never remember to intentionally choose a knife for Old Friends Friday, but when I choose my several knives on Sunday to carry for the entire week, I'm usually lucky enough to grab one or two that could "meet the criteria" for this thread!

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

That looks to be in excellent shape GT :thumbup:

 

[Dunhill]

Just happened to be reunited with this today after finally finding it in my old '90's Camelbak. Cleaned her up then saw this thread. Small Coleman Western. Been around the block.

 

[jc57]

Got this one in my pocket today. One of my first Case Stockman patterns, which I used to carry pretty regularly. Sometimes I look at the "old friends" and wonder why I added so many new friends.