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Those times when puppy Mason exercised his artistic prerogative to take these perfectly good common knives and enhance them with worthless memories ;)

I picked up the Brusletto Falken in the late 1980's during a port visit to Oslo Norway. The sheath originally had a leather "tab" at the end of the sheath. My guess is the tab worked in the same manner as fringe on a leather jacket does, to wick away and evaporate moisture. At some point Brusletto changed the Falken sheath and I can't find a pictures online of a Falken sheath with the leather tab. I guess they took Mason's design concept and ran with it ... maybe.

Mason grabbed onto the Opinel No.8 Slim in an attempt to remanufacture it into an Opinel No.7 Slim ... maybe a 6. But if you ask him, he would likely tell you he just wanted to taste my scent on the handle. Thank goodness, he outgrew this endeavor but still enjoys tasting my scent, although he very seldom ventures no further afield than my face these days.

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Yep, I'm left-handed
Why the coffee cup is where it is
Why the knife is where it is
Why most belt sheaths don't work well for me ... unless they're left-handed ... good luck
Why I had a member here, Mark Condos in Driftwood Texas make a custom sheath for me
Fits in a regular front jeans pocket nicely too ...

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Best pictures of the only 2 Arthur Wright Clip Point knives I have

Jack Black Jack Black ... I'm a little concerned appearance might indicate some of the pins were set a bit hard in the horn.
What I think I see could have been caused by drilling through the horn for the pins I suppose.
What do you think I might expect in those areas as years go by ... if anything?
Thanks Jack

OH ... and do you think these A.Wright are pressed horn where I might worry about warping down the road or horn tip where warping is less likely to occur?

I purchased both these in the states several years ago along with the A.Wright Senator Buffalo Horn Lamb Foot I have. I think they had been on a shelf for a number of years too, along with a bunch of other knife styles and brands in Maryland where an older couple were slowly selling their stock off to close their little shop after several decades. Their site is no longer on the Internet. I did speak with them once before ordering and they said they'd ordered directly from A.Wright when they purchased the knives and had done so, time to time for many years and all their A.Wright knives were ordered as premium A.Wright knives. It's been a while and I don't remember why I questioned authenticity except maybe my eye caught something in the pattern that gave me pause ... at the time. Just don't remember. Once received and in hand, I have no doubt they are authentic. Also, I don't see anything of note that would indicate SFO or anything but the handle shape is a bit more linear than most A.Wright clip points I've seen. Thing is though, I really know very little about these knives. I sure do like them A LOT though and other than a possible concern in the horn around the pins, can find no fault with blade centering or F/F.

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BrotherJim said:
Best pictures of the only 2 Arthur Wright Clip Point knives I have

Jack Black Jack Black ... I'm a little concerned appearance might indicate some of the pins were set a bit hard in the horn.
What I think I see could have been caused by drilling through the horn for the pins I suppose.
What do you think I might expect in those areas as years go by ... if anything?
Thanks Jack

OH ... and do you think these A.Wright are pressed horn where I might worry about warping down the road or horn tip where warping is less likely to occur?

I purchased both these in the states several years ago along with the A.Wright Senator Buffalo Horn Lamb Foot I have. I think they had been on a shelf for a number of years too, along with a bunch of other knife styles and brands in Maryland where an older couple were slowly selling their stock off to close their little shop after several decades. Their site is no longer on the Internet. I did speak with them once before ordering and they said they'd ordered directly from A.Wright when they purchased the knives and had done so, time to time for many years and all their A.Wright knives were ordered as premium A.Wright knives. It's been a while and I don't remember why I questioned authenticity except maybe my eye caught something in the pattern that gave me pause ... at the time. Just don't remember. Once received and in hand, I have no doubt they are authentic. Also, I don't see anything of note that would indicate SFO or anything but the handle shape is a bit more linear than most A.Wright clip points I've seen. Thing is though, I really know very little about these knives. I sure do like them A LOT though and other than a possible concern in the horn around the pins, can find no fault with blade centering or F/F.

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Eloquent and inspiring posts my friend, you have a fabulous collection :thumbsup:

The quality of Arthur Wright standard knives has gone up and down over the years, to some extent depending who is working there. They are produced very inexpensively, and QC has often been minimal. A lot of knives that crop up on ebay are in fact 'seconds' bought from the factory (though their 'firsts' can be pretty bad). Horn shrinks and swells depending on the weather and atmospheric conditions, which might have caused that discolouring around the pins, and I hope cracking doesn't develop. I'd try and keep the knife in a cool place, and out of direct sunlight, which can warp the horn terribly. The temperature at the Wright's factory fluctuates a great deal, their horn comes from different sources, and their approach to seasoning it is very haphazard. I have a lot of horn-covered knives from the firm, but they are mostly SFOs, produced at a time when they were doing decent work, but a few folks, living in hot, dry areas had problems with the horn, and while it can look great, I think horn-handled knives produced by the firm are best avoided. That said, I've not had any problems myself, and the only AW horn-handled knife I have was bought very inexpensively as a factory second.

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The handle shapes do vary, on all Wright's knives, but I don't think those are SFOs, and in terms of buying from Wright's, they are just standard (not 'premium' patterns). If they were displayed for several years, that might account for the issue, but they might have been like that anyway, and even left the factory like that.

I picked up this so-called 'Senator' Lambsfoot in vintage ivory as a second too. It also has cracks, which are just down to bad workmanship.

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