Pictures of small knives with crinked blades

[Elandyr]

Hi,

A long time ago, someone posted a picture of a small knife with crinked blades, looking into the knife from the top, and I thought it was a great-looking knife. I don't have the photo, and I was looking for similar photos. I've searched through the forums, but cannot find a similar photo.

On the photo, I think there were 3 blades. I remember the blades were very close together, and it all looked so well put together. Most slipjoints I own have thicker blades, or the blades have their own backspring.

I think it was an old Case (1960/1970), dark red bone, rounded bolsters, highly polished.

It may have been a Case 63087 stockman, or a GEC Courthouse whittler, but I couldn't find a photo showing the blade thickness. The closest knife I have is in the centre on the photo, which is a pen knife, and while it shows the closeness of the blades, it only has 2 blades.

On the left is a rough rider stockman, and on the right is a case peanut, just for comparison.


I'd love photos of similar knives, or if someone knows what it may have been. If possible, pictures where the blade thickness/closeness and crinking can be seen.

 

[Rockon75]

Was it this one? This is a Queen, Joe Pardue Stockman (I guess you call it that) at over 4" closed. It has two mains sandwiched in there.

This is a professional photo, not of my exact knife, but it shows what is hiding inside the frame (Thx CK.net).

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[Elandyr]

Hi.

Thanks. That one has square bolsters though.
I remember it was very compact. I thought it may have been from Sitflyer or Pertinux.

This is similar, but again, I don't have a picture looking down at the blades.

Edit: I found this picture by Kamagong that shows a smaller, more compact knife compared against a larger one. The photos I'm looking for are more like the smaller knife, except it had more blades.

 

[pertinux]

Hi.

Thanks. That one has square bolsters though.
I remember it was very compact. I thought it may have been from Sitflyer or Pertinux.

This is similar, but again, I don't have a picture looking down at the blades.

Funny, the above is my picture of a knife given to me by Sitflyer, so I think we're on the right track?

Better yet, I also have a square-bolstered Case Congress in a similar cover, pictured with the knife I first thought of when I read your thread title (and before opening it and reading your first post). Both of these are four-bladed congresses, with the Boker being especially crink-y.

Short answer:

Long answer [from an earlier post]:

Boker Congress, NOS from the 1970s:

It's wee in real life:

All four blades fit without rubbing each other or the frame...

... due to no small amount of crinkery.

Here is a Case whittler on a congress frame with a sheepsfoot main:

The congress frame does work well for a sheepsfoot with more than one blade, as the curve of the frame helps cover the main blade's spine when using secondary blades, leaving it more comfortable in-hand.

This one widens out quite a bit at the secondary end, which also contributes to in-hand comfort:

Arathol-inspired "Whittler Grazing" pose:

Hope this helps.

~ P.

 

[Elandyr]

Hi.

Thanks. The Case Congress is pretty close to what I was thinking of.

My memory of the photo feels almost like a dream. It was from a long time ago, and I'm not sure why I'm thinking of it now.

I've found lots of pictures of beautiful knives though.

The compact knife in my second post is a Queen/Dan Burke half whittler.

It makes me wonder if the original knife wasn't made by Queen, since they make such compact knives, and I've read one of their stockman patterns is very compact too. No photos yet.

 

[jc57]

Sorry for the picture quality but it is a rather cloudy and dreary morning today.

Left to right: Case 6333 Small Stockman, Case 63033 Small Stockman, Case 6344 Medium Stockman, Case 62087 Pen, Case 63087 Medium Stockman, Case 63032 Medium Stockman, Case 6318 Medium Stockman.



Just the smallest two:


Just the 6344 and 63027:

 

[Elandyr]

Hi.

Thank you for taking the time to take pictures. I noticed in your pictures that the camera angle can make the blades seem closer together.

I think the 63087 is the closest to what I remember, but it looked like a small knife. Maybe it was just a combination of camera angle and the owner had large hands.

 

[Elandyr]

Was it this one? This is a Queen, Joe Pardue Stockman (I guess you call it that) at over 4" closed. It has two mains sandwiched in there.

This is a really beautiful knife btw.

 

[jc57]

Hi.

Thank you for taking the time to take pictures. I noticed in your pictures that the camera angle can make the blades seem closer together.

I think the 63087 is the closest to what I remember, but it looked like a small knife. Maybe it was just a combination of camera angle and the owner had large hands.

Yeah, wife's iPad was the camera. The group shot ended up with some perspective issues, which is why I took the straight-down shots on just pairs of them.

The 6333 (green one) is a very small knife, about the size of a Case Peanut. There's one I didn't include, the Case 63090, which is their equal-end Medium stockman. I have one somewhere, just didn't want to go through the boxes looking.

My only Queen stockman is their 4" long #9 pattern, and you specifically said you were looking for small ones.

 

[NJBillK]

I don't have a pic handy, but a lot of the old Schrade Walden three blades had a Noticeably bent blade.

 

[Rockon75]

Thx Elandyr. I would agree ;-)