Have a pearl handled eye brand trapper. Really love the knife but, how durable is the pearl scales? Durable enough for everyday use. Dad bought me the knife to carry but the problem is I don't want to carry it for a couple days and drop and break it or something else happen. Would this be a Sunday knife or a beater?
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Pearl durability?
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I don't own one, but I asked my tour guide about pearl handles during a tour of a knife factory, as they had one in a display case. My answer was they are durable in the sense they will stand up to daily pocket carry/regular use, but it's best not to drop them.
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That sounds reasonable. I have a few old MOP handled knives, which have clearly seen some use, without any damage to the covers. I carry one of them quite regularly. On the other hand I see a lot of MOP handled knives on market stalls with damaged and partly missing covers.
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Definitely not for me then. I seem to drop every single one of my knives.
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What I was told by a couple of knife makers is that pearl is pretty durable for daily use, except when it comes to hard impact and acid (vinegar, pickle juice, lemon juice). I have a 90 yo pearl knife that I carry (kind of like a doctor's pattern but with a tear drop bolster on the bottom and a small blade instead of a spatula). It was dropped before I got it. One scale cracked; you can see where it hit somethng. I stabilized it with epoxy. I cut lemons and use it in the kitchen, but I wipe it off, it's got carbon steel blades. I've been using it off and on for about 10 years with no problem.
I have another custom knife, small single bladed double bolstered knife. I carry that, but its so pretty it sits in a pocket by itself at home. When I go out it is in a slipcase attached to my belt with a lanyard. Pearl is slippery and I don't want it falling out of my pocket if I pass out on a park bench
I have another custom knife, small single bladed double bolstered knife. I carry that, but its so pretty it sits in a pocket by itself at home. When I go out it is in a slipcase attached to my belt with a lanyard. Pearl is slippery and I don't want it falling out of my pocket if I pass out on a park bench
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Here's a late 1800s Lobster with an ear pick, I carry their knife often just not when I'm cuttin' trees, workin' on cars, stuff like that, otherwise I think it's held up quiet well for 150 year old knife.
Mid to late 1800s Lobster pattern there's a name on there that looks to be Western European.
Mid to late 1800s Lobster pattern there's a name on there that looks to be Western European.
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I have, unfortunately, dropped my pearl whittler onto concrete a couple times now. Dings and scratches on the pearl but no cracks. The pearl covers are glued on the henckles whittler though, so I wonder how much more stress pinning caused during a drop?
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I started out by buying a Swayback Jack in Pearl and now own 7 of them and just about everything that Case has in the way of Pearl on a Knife I have one.!* Carry a SBJ-P everyday but it is the same one as all the others are Safe Queens and will go to my Sons one day.! I have carried a few other brands of Knives with Pearl but I have as of yet to drop one (knock on wood)
and hope I never do.* I do love that Wharncliffe Blade though.! Main reason I got into collecting one and two bladed pocket knives ! Well we do have to spend our money on something besides food.!*** LOL
and hope I never do.* I do love that Wharncliffe Blade though.! Main reason I got into collecting one and two bladed pocket knives ! Well we do have to spend our money on something besides food.!*** LOL
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Here's a late 1800s Lobster with an ear pick, I carry their knife often just not when I'm cuttin' trees, workin' on cars, stuff like that, otherwise I think it's held up quiet well for 150 year old knife.
Mid to late 1800s Lobster pattern there's a name on there that looks to be Western European.
Holy cow! When I was a little kid, my best friend used to carry a knife just like that one. He was a transplanted Snowbird and called it his "penknife," which sounded funny to my Southern ears. I carried a "pocketknife," after all. I haven't seen one like that since. Can you tell me more about it?