Old Friends Friday

[Onebigbill]

Just got this out to check on it. My Dad's Marbles hunting knife bought back in 1952. Bakelite pommel. The blade got a little pitted and shabby over the years and I restored it 20 years ago. Tang stamp is almost gone but the knife is in fine working order now and really really sharp. I've dressed out many a deer with this and haven't need to sharpen it.

 

[Jack Black]

Stainless/Colonial/Prov usa. The knife my dad let me carry before I had one of my own.

I guess I'll scrub that comb. Not that I really need it these days.

Nice that you have that one Jer

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Just got this out to check on it. My Dad's Marbles hunting knife bought back in 1952. Bakelite pommel. The blade got a little pitted and shabby over the years and I restored it 20 years ago. Tang stamp is almost gone but the knife is in fine working order now and really really sharp. I've dressed out many a deer with this and haven't need to sharpen it.

That's really cool Bill, great-looking knife

 

[waynorth]

"QUOTE="Jack Black, post: Carrying this old IXL for Old Friends Friday today, a knife I always enjoy dropping in my pocket, but haven't carried for too long

QUOTE"

That's a beauty, Jack Black !! I'd carry that one often!!

 

[rishma]

Reposting an old friend who I seem to have misplaced. Was in my pocket as I gutted gutted my flooded house from hurricane Harvey. Seems like a very long time ago.

 

[Jack Black]

That's a beauty, Jack Black !! I'd carry that one often!!

Thanks a lot Charlie, I used to carry it all the time, but it's been a while

 

[Jack Black]

I bought this knife in 1979, when I was 17 or 18, and we have had a lot of adventures together. It was made by a jobbing Sheffield cutler called Stuart Mitchell, who died many years ago sadly. Carrying it with me today for Old Friends Friday

 

[redsparrow]

pic posted previously somewhere (?) but as for carrying it, it's been awhile
glad to have it in my pocket today

 

[Ron Sabbagh]

An old Queen Cutlery collaboration trapper with PJ Tomes

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[black mamba]

 

[Modoc ED]

A Camillus 72Y Yellow Jacket I've had and occasionally carried for the last thirty years.

 

[Onebigbill]

I bought this knife in 1979, when I was 17 or 18, and we have had a lot of adventures together. It was made by a jobbing Sheffield cutler called Stuart Mitchell, who died many years ago sadly. Carrying it with me today for Old Friends Friday

Very cool knife there, Jack

 

[Onebigbill]

pic posted previously somewhere (?) but as for carrying it, it's been awhile
glad to have it in my pocket today

I used to have one just like it. Stupidly sold it. To me, it has the best shaped spear of any knife made. One of GEC's finest knives.

 

[Corso]

Carrying this old IXL for Old Friends Friday today, a knife I always enjoy dropping in my pocket, but haven't carried for too long

I*XL's have become my thing at the moment and thats a great one

what size is it?

 

[tongueriver]

One of GEC's finest knives.

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Jack Black]

I*XL's have become my thing at the moment and thats a great one

what size is it?

Thanks my friend, sorry for the slow reply, it's 3 5/8"

 

[Corso]

Thanks my friend, sorry for the slow reply, it's 3 5/8"

That perfect IXL size...

 

[redsparrow]

Two Old Pals

 

[screened porch]

I've been looking for my first expensive knife for a while now. It was in a different drawer.

 

[K33ncutter]

I bought this Buck 301 in 1974, my first “expensive” knife. I carried and used it almost every day for four or five years.

 

[screened porch]

Not an ancient friend, but my first of this pattern that I expected not to like. The height of the sheepsfoot kind of makes it the main blade.