Reacquainting myself with items in my collection...

That damascus blade really caught my eye; beautiful work.
I have thought about showing some of my knives in a similar fashion, but have not done so
Enjoyed your posts and pix.
 
I decided to put another one of my knives through the routine maintenance rotation this evening.

This is another 1980's vintage Parker Cutlery Company Bowie knife. It's smaller than the other Parker Bowie knives that I own, but it's just as nicely done.
The only thing it lacks compared to my other Parker Bowie', is that the handle scales on this one were done in what is called "bone stag", which means it's not stag, instead being cattle bone that is made to somewhat mimick the look of stag.
Of course my other Parker Bowie' have genuine Mother of Pearl and genuine Buffalo Horn scales.

Besides that, I do like the look of this smaller Parker Bowie knife 👍😊👍

I believe this knife, as with my other Parker Bowie', were made at the Tak Fakuta' shop in Japan.

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Here was today's routine maintenance rotation knife, one that was somewhat of a pain in the arse to treat with the Ren Wax because of it's engraving.

Up until I purchased this knife a few years ago, I had never owned a knife made in Pakistan, (nor had I ever seen one I desired to have).
Well, I knew that this knife's steel and heat treatment would be a mystery, but... the knife seemed to show a very decent effort in it's construction and finish. I thought it would make for a very decent representation within my collection of a handicraft product made in Pakistan. It was likely made with no state of the art tooling whatsoever, but I have an appreciation for old world hand made knife making, including something like this that was likely made in a cottage industry environment.
I personally think it has quite a bit of cool factor to it, and... I do find it aesthetically pleasing.

To my eyes, it seems to have a styling that would have fit right in with an American Riverboat Gambler of the 1850's to 1870's period.
The hand done chiseled engraving likely took some time to do, and I think they did a decent job of it.
The engraved handle scales seem to be made of a Walnut wood, and the bone is likely from a Camel 🐫

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I decided to throw this in to the routine maintenance mix today.
It's a late 1800's straight razor with the name "Arkansas Rattler" made for the Simmons Hardware Co.
It has a pinned shield on it's picked bone handle scales.
I believe it was made in Europe for Simmons, but don't know if it was made in Germany or England 🤔
It was made before there were any laws requiring country of origin be stamped on them. I believe that law didn't occur until the last decade of the 19th Century, (sometime between 1890 to 1899), which this razor predates.

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Bite you quicker than an Arkansas rattler.

Thanks for sharing again. That Pakistan knife might be decent quality. It’s be interesting to know it’s edge holding ability. I’d say it was not made for the us flea market trade like all the other pak knives I’ve seen. Maybe for some dignitary? Pretty cool.

Thank you for sharing those.
 
Pocket Knife Jimmy, you used to be so 'Animated'
Lol 🙂
I enjoyed the thread as well, you've got some fine pieces there.
The classic Western Bowie is one of my favorites.
Nice deal, & cause on the O.K.C. knives, I would have liked to have gotten the 'heads up' on them,
as well.
I like the Pakistan piece, too, It has some nice features.
The Ren.wax really brings out the luster..
Carry on...
B.T.B.
 
This morning' pick was a task!

This is a Cold Steel 1917 Naval Cutlass, which was really not a correct model designation given to it by Lynn Thompson of Cold Steel.
Although the authentic US 1917 Naval Cutlass is similar, it had a solid basket guard, rather than the pierced basket guard on the Cold Steel.
What this really more closely follows, is the Dutch 'Klewang', which does have a pierced basket guard, and is what the original US 1917 Naval Cutlass was based on.

Anyhow, I knew I wanted to do the routine maintenance on it soon, so this morning was as good a time as any other. Once I started, there was no going back, and the mission was accomplished.

A few years back I believe I paid just under $150 total for this sword, (brand new from vendor, shipped right to my door). When one thinks about how little $150 goes, this sword is quite the bargain, (I believe they can still be had for a similar, or just a wee bit higher pricing).
The sheath is quite well made, the steel is blued throughout on the sword, and has rosewood handle scales on it's full length/full width tang. Windlass Steelcrafts made/makes these for Cold Steel, and they are in fact heat treated and such if someone wants to have one for backyard fun purposes. For my purpose, it just looks cool being displayed up on my wall 😅

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This is one of the many civilian versions out there of the USMC Fighting/Utility knife.
It's the Case Cutlery brand offering, which they don't make themselves, it being done for them under contract by the Ontario Knife Company.
And, actually, although there has been quite a few military suppliers that have made these knives for our armed forces from the WW2 period to modern day, (including some of the originals like Camillus and Union Cutlery's Kabar), I believe Ontario was actually the last military contractor to supply this pattern to the USMC.
The Ontario Knife Company has been a US Military contractor for many decades.

Anyhow, these Case branded knives are not made to shine and be beautiful like the rest of Case' line of knives.
Nope, they are made to be quite the real USMC knife.
That said, I wish Case would have Ontario do a wee bit more buffing on the stacked leather handle, since they really leave them quite rough and dry looking.

Before I took the mission to give this knife a bit of Renaissance Wax TLC'ing, I decided to take a before picture first. Good thing I did, because the after picture shows how much of an improvement the Ren Wax treatment and hand buffing did on it 👍

Btw, I am not sure if Case still sells these knives with a sharpened false edge, (or also called a sharpened swedge), but mine is sharpened, as is my Ontario branded USMC knife.

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I gave the blade, guard, and pommel, the Ren Wax treatment as well, but... with they being phosphated/parkerized, the difference in those areas is much more subtle.

Overall, it gave this knife, (which I always felt was quite ugly because of it's almost unfinished handle finish), a pleasing look.
👍😊👍
 
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That is a marked improvement on the handle. I had one of those some time back. I played with it a good while. Throwed it some, and I generally just played rough with it. It held up well and I eventually sold it off. Been thinking about another though. But I may end up with the pilot survival instead. Never had one of those.

I didn’t know case farmed it out to Ontario. Thanks for that tidbit.

The Kabar (I originally said Camillus but I meant kabar) never appealed to me because the handle is not in line with the blade. The blade is set lower when viewed from the side.
 
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JM2 said:
That is a marked improvement on the handle. I had one of those some time back. I played with it a good while. Throwed it some, and I generally just played rough with it. It held up well and I eventually sold it off. Been thinking about another though. But I may end up with the pilot survival instead. Never had one of those.

I didn’t know case farmed it out to Ontario. Thanks for that tidbit.

The Camillus never appealed to me because the handle is not in like with the blade. The blade is set lower when viewed from the side.
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If the Case branding is not important to you, then I recommend just getting the Ontario branded version. I believe you'll be able to save some money by doing so, and of course they are the same quality 👍
The only thing that may or may not be a negative for you going that route, is that the Ontario branded version will have that mil spec anti fungal black coating on the handle. It can easily flake off here and there, exposing the lighter color of the leather underneath it.
But, again, if having the Case brand is not important, and you want it as a user... Going straight for the Ontario branded model may be your best bet 👍

By the way, here's a picture of my Ontario branded version. I can tell you this, a friend of mine showed me his military issue Ontario knife just like this one... It was totally identical to mine, which is sold commercially. It had the same markings and the same black anti fungal colored handle 👍

Mine has the sharpened top swedge, but not sure if they still do, since I know some States have laws against them.

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