Although I'm hanging around the porch for a few months now, I'm still pretty much a new guy. I don't post as much as I'd like to although I do check the Traditional Knife section almost daily to watch all your beautiful knives and learn from your vast knowledge. I don't know many of you as good I perhaps should by now or would like to. Might blame that on being Slovene, they say we're a bit cold sometimes ...
Anyway, I was more than pleasently surprised when I got jc57's muskrat last month, this forum is quite an odd and rare generous and friendly place in the big dark sea of the internet, if I may put it this way. Inspired by the constant action on the site, I talked something about making a giveaway, didn't I? Well, I have just a bit more than a handful of knives really, but now already I don't use much else than my peanut and muskrat. I decided to give one of my old ones away, but there's a catch to it.
Here's the deal: I offer you a project for that's what it sure is. Big or small, that's for you to decide. I have an electrician's knife I bought on a fleamarket a few years back that's been sitting in my drawer ever since. It's a single stainless spear point blade with those "wire-cutter-thingy" on the kick (tang?). (excuse my bad knowledge of the terminology, I'm doing my best)
I'm now in university, so I'm home and with my knives only for weekends. I don't have the knowledge nor tools to do what I'd like, but perhaps someone else might. I'd like someone to get this knife and use it. It has some issues, the blade is somewhat scrached, it needs a sharpening, probably an oil bath for the wood scales and a good cleaning of the interior, perhaps tighten it a bit if neccessary and so on. I trust you'll know what to do with it more than I do. I know you guys are mostly used of way better quality knives, not some neglected communist era Eastern European stuff, but imo this fellow offers some good potential for a nice user if someone is to spend some time polishing it up.
Like said, wooden scales, brass head and liners, stainless blade, length unknown (I forgot to measure it yesterday, it's a bit bigger than a Case Muskrat, if that's any refference - somewhere between 4 and 4.5 " maybe?), one bigger crack along the spring at the very bottom. Otherwice very nice wood, at least to my eyes.
Should anyone be interested, just write so and I'll randomly pick one, should there be more than one although I'm pretty sure you won't be waiting in line for this one ...
I realise Christmas is slowly aproaching and everyone's busy, but I hope to find a home for this knife where it will get used some.
Again, I apologise, this is not the sort of GAW you usually see.
Best regards,
Jean
Anyway, I was more than pleasently surprised when I got jc57's muskrat last month, this forum is quite an odd and rare generous and friendly place in the big dark sea of the internet, if I may put it this way. Inspired by the constant action on the site, I talked something about making a giveaway, didn't I? Well, I have just a bit more than a handful of knives really, but now already I don't use much else than my peanut and muskrat. I decided to give one of my old ones away, but there's a catch to it.
Here's the deal: I offer you a project for that's what it sure is. Big or small, that's for you to decide. I have an electrician's knife I bought on a fleamarket a few years back that's been sitting in my drawer ever since. It's a single stainless spear point blade with those "wire-cutter-thingy" on the kick (tang?). (excuse my bad knowledge of the terminology, I'm doing my best)
I'm now in university, so I'm home and with my knives only for weekends. I don't have the knowledge nor tools to do what I'd like, but perhaps someone else might. I'd like someone to get this knife and use it. It has some issues, the blade is somewhat scrached, it needs a sharpening, probably an oil bath for the wood scales and a good cleaning of the interior, perhaps tighten it a bit if neccessary and so on. I trust you'll know what to do with it more than I do. I know you guys are mostly used of way better quality knives, not some neglected communist era Eastern European stuff, but imo this fellow offers some good potential for a nice user if someone is to spend some time polishing it up. Like said, wooden scales, brass head and liners, stainless blade, length unknown (I forgot to measure it yesterday, it's a bit bigger than a Case Muskrat, if that's any refference - somewhere between 4 and 4.5 " maybe?), one bigger crack along the spring at the very bottom. Otherwice very nice wood, at least to my eyes.
Should anyone be interested, just write so and I'll randomly pick one, should there be more than one although I'm pretty sure you won't be waiting in line for this one ...
I realise Christmas is slowly aproaching and everyone's busy, but I hope to find a home for this knife where it will get used some.
Again, I apologise, this is not the sort of GAW you usually see.
Best regards,
Jean
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