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"Old Knives"
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Is this one old enough? How old?
Jim
It's old enough that the turtle that came with it has fossilized. I didn't know a knife would last that long
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Is this one old enough? How old?
Jim
Here's a cousin of that Kabar. I've wondered how old this is also. The handles look like Bakelite to me.This ones marked Kabar in block letters and USA below.
Will Power
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There's always window shopping
I keep looking at this knife again and again:thumbup:
It is breathtaking, such excellence in beauty! Thanks very much for making it public.
lambertiana
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Gotta love that NYKC shield. Tony Bose uses one like that on some of his.
Will Power
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Lot of complexity involved in mounting that shield too
KnifeHead
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Yes..and that made me think of the old Challenge Cokebottle that Tony patterned his knife after. I think I like the shield on this one even more but I like them both.
KnifeHead
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Something interesting that I noticed....look at how the jigging follows the outside edge of the shield and varies from the pattern established on the rest of the handle. This was likely done after the pocket was cut and before the shield was put in to clean up the stray gouges. Been there, done that.
lambertiana
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Kerry - I love that Challenge cokebottle. Since I don't have a large cokebottle yet, I think you need my address.....
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"Medium coke bottle, 3 7/8" closed, ebony scales, nicely cut n/s propellor shield, nickle silver bolsters, brass liners and pins. This is another favorite of mine that gets more than its share of daily use. At only 3 7/8" closed, it fits the hand and front pocket perfectly, and even has a half stop.Many knives use a kick to limit downward blade travel, some use a blade stop in the bottom rear of the trough made of horn, leather, fiber, or simply the soft brass center liner of a multiblade with a groove in it to contact the blade tip when it hits bottom. This and some other American Shear knives I own have no blade kick, and in this case as others, the blade edge itself actually protrudes much deeper into the pocket than does the tang. In these cases, the very rearmost portion of the blade edge only serves as the blade stop. They do not close slowly or weakly, but there is just a dull sounding snap or click upon closing. Apparently all in the proper geometry, the almost imperceptible
" blunting "of the very back of the edge never progresses more than what you see here, and this is very highly magnified so you can see it. Almost invisible to the naked eye. They made knives from about 1850 or so to about 1915; this one is about in the middle of that range and has had a lot of use, and this is all the wear to date. "
A very nice description & images, from it's owner,Thank You,
-Vince
" blunting "of the very back of the edge never progresses more than what you see here, and this is very highly magnified so you can see it. Almost invisible to the naked eye. They made knives from about 1850 or so to about 1915; this one is about in the middle of that range and has had a lot of use, and this is all the wear to date. "
A very nice description & images, from it's owner,Thank You,
-Vince
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