Old Hawkbill Pruner

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Not sure if there ever was a Hawkbill pruner show thead,if so,Gus or Elliott,please merge.

But here is an E C Simmons Keen Kutter,I picked up on the bay Steel liners/ bolster,swedge & rounded handle possibly rose wood
Bear trapp snapper,tight w/ no play.I thought the blade to be full,but in hand,the tip is just about at the liner hieght,so I'd say,not full
Can anyone throw a date line on it ?
What's the story with the pin hole in the wood,near the pin
Feel free to post those hawkbill pruners
Enjoy & Thanks,
-Vince

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A couple of Henckels pruners:

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Usually the tips get worn off from sharpening on some of the ones I've seen. I like the ones with end caps on them.

These belong to Tony Bose and are in the Sheffield thread as well:
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Mike,that stag Henkels is crazy :thumbup:

I see these listed,alot,saying "gutting knife",obviously not,but often wonder if they'd work good,just a bit of that tip turned up.-Vince
 
Very nice Pruners guys. Here are two from Harrison Bros and Howson. The first, with rosewood scales, dates from 1870-1880s and has a hand-forged spring. The second was made a little later... circa early 1900s. Shown before but hopefully of interest again in this thread.

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Wow! Some great ones to start the thread off!
Here we have Scratted bone handles, found in an estate in the "tobacco belt" north of Lake Erie. Catalog listed ca. 1911 as a Coffee Pruner!
(please correct me on the dates, you guys with better memories!:o).
Big sucker!:eek::D
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Two Remingtons. I believe the top one to be used slightly but unsharpened. It still has the full etch;
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Decked out in a sea of Peachseed bone, here's a super nice
Schrade Cut.Co.!
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Exceptional ! All of them !
-Vince
 
It's always good to see that scratted pruner, and that is a lot of peach bone to love on that Schrade.

Steve, I like the rat tail bolsters on your knives, and the stag on the second pruner.
 
I've been carrying one of the new Case pruners for about a week now.
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(not mine, but mine looks just like this one). I really like it. It's a weird pattern- especially closed. It won't fit in my knife roll with my other Cases. But it fits in my pocket just fine! And it cuts like an absolute beast. For example, I trimmed back a bunch of kudzu around my office this afternoon, and it worked better than any other knife I've ever used for the task- except for a machete, of course. The hawkbill slices through kudzu effortlessly. :thumbup:

I've been wondering why I haven't seen anyone talking about this "new" Case pattern. I was planning on starting a thread after mine got a bit more pocket time, but I suppose now is as good a time as any to mention it!

It's a good pattern.
 
Vince, nice example! 1905-1920 on that particular model. They were available in either cocobola or ebony. Don't know what that hole was from, maybe a worm stopped for some lunch?:D:D

Here's one of its ancestors, a Walden Co Op from between 1870 and 1874, at which time the name was changed to Walden Knife Co.:

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I'd like to see the Case/Bose Collab Pruner. Anyone.....

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Lots of great looking knives shown so far. Love the old scratted bone scales Charlie. Here is a Wostenholm circa 1930s.

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It is nice to see the usual suspects gathering again! Steve, Mike, Vince, Eric, Tony (represented by Mike). Very nice knives everyone!
 
The new Case G10 pruner (and the rosewood) would be much nicer without the bottom bolster, IMHO. Pruners should be barehead, as illustrated by almost all of the above examples. G10 does not need a lower bolster, it ain't gonna crack or split. I wonder what Case's reasoning here is? :confused: The slimline, barehead trapper in black G10 is one of the best-looking recent Cases.

I'm looking forward to the yellow CV pruner coming in November. Alas, it too has double bolsters. Only the amber bone version gets it right so far, which may account for why it appears to be the best-selling version, based on availability at dealers (or rather, lack thereof). It looks like a second run is already hitting stores- they're starting to show up again, after being sold out almost everywhere. Ironically, the bone version is the one where a case could be made for lower bolsters. The brown synthetic version also coming in November will be barehead too. I predict brisk sales.

One more thing to mention about the new Case pruner, the springs are heavy-duty. It is easily the snappiest, main production Case I have, with loud "thunks" as the blade clicks into both the half-stop and open positions. You open pruners by pinching the blade, there is no need for a nail nick on this pattern. Actually, if you try to use the nail nick on the Case pruner, you stand a good chance of ripping your thumbnail off, or having your nail slip and having the point of the blade gouge into your palm. The spring is that tough. It's easily opened by pinching though, even with my very large hands, I can get most of the pad of my thumb on the blade to pinch against.
 
Thanks for the info,Eric & Andy
Thanks all,for the additions
-Vince
 
Here are a couple I own, the one is front is a simple Kutmaster...but it is on it's third generation in my family. The wood is ebony dark thanks to years of coal dust being worked into it. The knife behind it is a 3 blade Colonial.

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Nice when there is some family history, absintheur.
Here is one customized by a Schrade "family" member, Herman Williams.
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