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I almost passed on all three of these. The top one is an Imperial, and I already have an Imperial scout with the non-sheet handle covers, but the other has a pen instead of an awl, and lacks the BSA shield. I almost didn't get either Hammer Brand USA because one had a badly chipped blade and the other had weak walk and talk, but one had the awl and one had the pen, so- They cleaned up pretty nice.
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These are from the same estate sale: hand-forged Bowie, Landers Frary &Clark, Queen solid-body Barlow, and a Japanese kitchen knife.
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brets-ftw said:
great grab bag there!, think you'll finish up whomever started that bowie?
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I'm thinking a piece of crab-apple or hornbeam instead of all those leather washers. He's left me a rather odd system there, with the tang in a brass tube filled with lead. I need to put on a handle that won't twirl or slide.
He did some really nice work on the blade, which I hope will show clearer when I've cleaned it up.
 
Never heard of a tang covered in brass and filled with lead before, maybe to add mass to a stick tang/balance the weight out? I can see some Hornbeam looking nice on there, haven't seen enough Crab apple wood to judge that one. As for the blade, yeah it could do with a vinegar bath or two.
 
brets-ftw said:
Never heard of a tang covered in brass and filled with lead before, maybe to add mass to a stick tang/balance the weight out? I can see some Hornbeam looking nice on there, haven't seen enough Crab apple wood to judge that one. As for the blade, yeah it could do with a vinegar bath or two.
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Or maybe for a nice round and rustproof spindle under those leather washers.

Thanks for reminding me of the vinegar bath. It might as well be soaking while it waits.
 
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No worries, glad to help, make sure to do a WIP thread I'd really like to see the work done on it.
 
Nice finds. Can we see more pictures of the LF&C and the Queen? I love those aluminum Queen barlows
 
More on the LFC and Queen
Here with another LFC I bought last summer-first I knew they made pocketknives.
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And a couple more of the Queen
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edbeau said:
Thanks for the extra pictures of the Queen. Looks like a stout knife.
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Yup. I had to have it, because I almost never see a Barlow that actually has the extra strong bolsters that were the whole point of the design.
 
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