The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
I remember that knife, Mike!I remember that knife Rob! I have found that the paint can puncture test is good for removing those annoying blade etches. Here it is pre-testing:
Three gorgeous knives John beginning with this one. But the Nagle Reblade is was real education treat.
Thanks for detailing the necklace histories Charlie. Very interesting and I've often wondered about them.Duncan, the greenish Heishi are beads made from Cerillos Turquoise, considered to be the oldest mining area in Southwest Native culture!
The beads are from ~1910-1930.
The second one, called Russian Blues, actually made in Murano, from the fur-trade era, with coin-silver cast beads. Coins were actually melted to make them!
Third, red-over-white beads called White-Hearts, also drawn in Murano!
The string under them is a replica of a native Canadian necklace, using old beads, with more modern bone tube beads, that I made, now belonging to one of our fellow Porchites!!
The last ones are in an antique Mediterranean Coral necklace I brought back from Florence several years ago. From a small shop on the Ponte Vecchio!!
Knife content;
A Stivale, very large, often presented as a wedding present! They had a Lenticchia at the tip, obviously removed, mandated by law (humph!!) at the time it was made, to resist stabbing!!
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Found on the internet, a knife with La Lenticchia (in English, a lentil!),
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That bone is fantastic Rob.
) but wanted an example by this maker, the company ethos and history is facinating. It's is a really well put together item and is deserving of their reputation for quality.
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Thanks Unchained, the allure for me with B&C was a seemingly forward thinking company ethos. Namely a well paid happy workforce will have pride in their work and their company's output.
Those sure do Ed, great to see you posting
Both beautiful, and the B&C lobster’s quality is something else, like fine watchmaking
Like a frozen flow of lava John
I remember that knife Rob! I have found that the paint can puncture test is good for removing those annoying blade etches. Here it is pre-testing:
Some amazing eye candy in this thread!! My offerings may not live up.
A 4 inch Frank Mills & Co Ltd "TRIMILS". That main is almost 3 inches, big penknife, well to me.
A Brookes and Crookes Lobster, loving the manicuring blade, its design is the best I've tried.
I'm not really a mop guy (too pretty for me
Great knives being posted by everyone, keep it up.
This early Camillus swing guard lock back arrived yesterday, one of 2 knife I bought from a seller in Camillus New York. Story I got is they came from an estate where the grandfather was a German immigrant that worked for Camillus. They were poorly stored in a leather case.
The knife has very little use and locks up tight with no play in any direction, looks to have original blade finishes, It is not marked Hammer Brand. Does have small piece of bone missing from pile side lock area. It is 4 3/4" closed and almost 8 1/2" open
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And treasured greatly I might add.
Glad you still enjoy it, Alan!! It's amazing how some simple designs can be quite stunning, I think. John Lloyd does a similar thing with his shadow Stags!!
The necklace is very important to me Charlie and John’s shadow stags are superb.Glad you still enjoy it, Alan!! It's amazing how some simple designs can be quite stunning, I think. John Lloyd does a similar thing with his shadow Stags!!
