Shouldn't every Friday be "Black Friday"

[5K Qs]

Past my bedtime, but I should sneak these into this thread while it's still Friday. These are a couple of black knives I recently received from J Just Tom. in a very generous package he sent me.
Here's a big Imperial stockman with a Hammer Brand style shield. At first glance, you might think the knife looks kind of dirty and worse-for-wear, but it's actually in excellent shape with almost full blades that open and close like a dream.


And here's a small jack made by The Ideal Knife Company, one of several knife companies (including Imperial, Colonial, and Providence Cutlery) that once operated in Providence, RI but have since gone out of business. This jack seems unusual to me in having large and small saber-ground clip blades.



- GT

 

[Grateful]

5K Qs Thats a great pair of good-uns. That stockman looks ready to ride.

 

[5K Qs]

5K Qs Thats a great pair of good-uns. That stockman looks ready to ride.

Thanks.
"Ready to ride" is a good description for the stockman, because it's a horse!
I need to work on the secondary blade of the Ideal jack, since it's quite stiff and my left thumbnail that I've always used for opening knives has been split from tip to base, right down the middle, for almost 3 years and the crack won't grow out. (I'm seriously considering trying to switch hands for opening blades, but that sure feels "unnatural" when I try it. )
The Ideal jack is only 3 1/8" closed, so quite small, but I managed to cut an apple with it at breakfast this morning by cutting around the apple instead of cutting straight through like I'd do with an average-sized pocket knife.

- GT

 

[Grateful]

Thanks.
"Ready to ride" is a good description for the stockman, because it's a horse!
I need to work on the secondary blade of the Ideal jack, since it's quite stiff and my left thumbnail that I've always used for opening knives has been split from tip to base, right down the middle, for almost 3 years and the crack won't grow out. (I'm seriously considering trying to switch hands for opening blades, but that sure feels "unnatural" when I try it. )
The Ideal jack is only 3 1/8" closed, so quite small, but I managed to cut an apple with it at breakfast this morning by cutting around the apple instead of cutting straight through like I'd do with an average-sized pocket knife.

- GT

I know a work horse when I see it.
That thumbnail situation sounds serious! Good luck with that. I haven’t a clue how one might mend that.
Small but capable in the right hands. I don’t regularly carry anything smaller than 3 1/4” closed but I have in the past and managed to survive. It takes a little more though and time but it was rare that it couldn’t get the job done.

 

[Modoc ED]

 

[5K Qs]

A couple of weeks ago I took photos of some of my lambsfoot knives while I was walking around an "ecosystem preserve". Here are a couple of Black Jack, my 2018 ebony Guardians lambsfoot.




- GT

 

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[Gary W. Graley]

Gloomy day here, still fairly warm but rainy and overcast, perfect for a black Friday

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

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[Modoc ED]

 

[SteveC]

A couple of weeks ago I took photos of some of my lambsfoot knives while I was walking around an "ecosystem preserve". Here are a couple of Black Jack, my 2018 ebony Guardians lambsfoot.
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- GT

Nice pics of your 18 !

 

[SteveC]

 

[Travman]

 

[chevyrulez1]

 

[Sventhelumberjack]

Thanks.
"Ready to ride" is a good description for the stockman, because it's a horse!
I need to work on the secondary blade of the Ideal jack, since it's quite stiff and my left thumbnail that I've always used for opening knives has been split from tip to base, right down the middle, for almost 3 years and the crack won't grow out. (I'm seriously considering trying to switch hands for opening blades, but that sure feels "unnatural" when I try it. )
The Ideal jack is only 3 1/8" closed, so quite small, but I managed to cut an apple with it at breakfast this morning by cutting around the apple instead of cutting straight through like I'd do with an average-sized pocket knife.

- GT

I have found superglue to be an excellent nail repair method. If you get the waterproof type, you wont have to re-apply it as often. The regular superglue will break down every few days just from handwashing.

 

[fishin1635]

 

[5K Qs]

Nice pics of your 18 !

Thanks, Steve.
Fine frosty foto of your ebony lamb!

I have found superglue to be an excellent nail repair method. If you get the waterproof type, you wont have to re-apply it as often. The regular superglue will break down every few days just from handwashing.

Thanks for the suggestion! I've thought about trying superglue, since it works really well on skin cracks that bust open near the corners of my nails at this time of year and through the winter. With your "testimonial", I'll definitely give it a try on my chronic split thumbnail.

- GT

 

[jmh33]

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Cadet for the day!!
John

 

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[sf fanatic]

From the forests of South Eastern Scotland comes my first Etttick pattern. It appears to me that A. Wright are stepping up their game. The fit and finish has imho improved significantly. The dealer I’ve been using placed a large SFO from them and I’ve purchased several for very reasonable prices and not been disappointed with any of them.
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[Modoc ED]

The quality of knives coming from A. Wright & Sons has improved significantly. No chips, gaps, cracks, drips, runs, or errors to be found on this knife and the blade is centered dead on. Nice example of deep, rich, black, Ebony too.