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Thanks! Don't have any on my P-bucket but somewhere on the i-photo....

About 20 years ago, somebody left it out with the junk and I took it in, nice ornament. What I do know is that it was made in Dresden, Germany in 1943/4 not long before the city was obliterated.
 
Just because I love this knife, put these two pictures.

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major_works said:
Beautiful knife, but I'm just as interested in the receiver. Can you possibly post a photo of the front of the cabinet? And maybe a full shot of the rear?
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lol, before I saw major's post I was thinking the same thing...

Off topic, but it's funny to think how much things of changed from a solid wood receiver chassis with tubes to metal/plastic with chips.
 
cbr1000 said:
lol, before I saw major's post I was thinking the same thing...

Off topic, but it's funny to think how much things of changed from a solid wood receiver chassis with tubes to metal/plastic with chips.
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I happen to also be an Amateur Radio operator (although I've been off the air for a few years), and have a passing interest in vintage stuff. I used to work with a guy who'd buy up old radios like that one, restore them, and sell them off to collectors. Nothing like the smell of vacuum tubes heating up after X years...
 
This is by far one of my favorite knives.
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The walk and talk is the best out of any I've handled. The pull is just perfect, and that sheepsfoot makes pinching a breeze. And the snap, well it just doesn't get any crisper. The ebony is some of the darkest and richest stuff I'd ever seen. It started out beautifully polished but looks equally good in the muted creamy dull state that only hours of pocket time can produce.
Thanks again Jack( aka mrknife)!
 
SadSappySucker said:
This is by far one of my favorite knives.
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The walk and talk is the best out of any I've handled. The pull is just perfect, and that sheepsfoot makes pinching a breeze. And the snap, well it just doesn't get any crisper. The ebony is some of the darkest and richest stuff I'd ever seen. It started out beautifully polished but looks equally good in the muted creamy dull state that only hours of pocket time can produce.
Thanks again Jack( aka mrknife)!
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haha, you are most welcome! i almost got in trouble for that, Im very glad that you are enjoying the knife! it wouldve sat in its tube, destined to stay that way. Atleast with you she is having an adventure :D
 
I probably have about 5 different versions of the Navy Knife but I don't carry them often. Not sure why, maybe the width of the blade. But they're appealing to the eye, for me at least. What's everyone else's opinion of the Navy Knife design?
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AusLoX said:
I probably have about 5 different versions of the Navy Knife but I don't carry them often. Not sure why, maybe the width of the blade. But they're appealing to the eye, for me at least. What's everyone else's opinion of the Navy Knife design?
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I like the Navy knives, ... I've seen a few over the past couple weeks made without bails.
 
This particular combination stainless steel and dark burnt orange- is an absolute winner I bought this knife purely for that fact.

I think a problem with this blade shape is that its designed to cut rope that is partly wrapped around the blade. It isnt meant to have a delicate and elongated point for, say, fabric cutting, and suffers from the problem of all knives without belly, namely that it is hard to get most of the blade into a position where it touches the material being cut. Lacking serrations makes it less useful than modern knives that have a specific rope cutting function. All of this combined makes the knife less useful and its a combination of a number of subtle factors that leads to this result.

I would really like to see GEC use this darker burnt orange and stainless steel in some other patterns- e.g this in a 66 stockman would be my grail knife!
 
I agree with you Camillus. The color is great on that one. And you're spot on regarding the blade functionality. This is a purpose driven design and my daily activities don't fall into that category very often.
 
"Camillus"

"Looking for GEC 83 clip point green micarta"

Is one on Ebay, please look.
 
Agreed with Camillus as well. Beautiful combination of materials. I really like the bail and shield, but the blade shape is too task specific for me. Excellent pictures by the way AusLox. Love seeing that dark burnt orange closeup.
 
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