SLIPJOINT question

[][rIdIum]

Wow, beautiful knives.
The slipjoint bug is biting me harder

 

[Bastid]

Here are the garage sale knives Gus mentioned.
A 4 blade congress and a two blade canoe. Both Case XX's.

 

[][rIdIum]

< insert stupid question here >
Whats the spatula on the Doctors knives for ?

 

[Buzzbait]

It's for spreading peanut butter, of course.

 

[Wirebender]

It's for counting pills, and then spreading peanut butter.

 

[littleknife]

It was used to scoop the powderized medicin too. Sometimes pills were crushed with the flat butt of the knife to produce powder for solutions.

 

[Bastid]

One very intersting aspect on slipjoints or multiblades is the specialized nature of many patterns. There are horsmans knives (or ferrier patterns), electrician knives, and on and on. There is even a pattern for pet grooming (Insert goat joke here). Buzzbait hasa picture of a beautiful modern scout pattern in another thread.

Many could be classified as "early multitools". I would guess that they their popularity originated in Sheffield or in Germany.

 

[nifrand]

A baubel I picked up at Expo 2002.Hard to find

 

[Bastid]

That is sweet nifrand. I am ignorant on that one. Tell us 'bout it please .

 

[Big D1]

Bastid, that is one beautiful Roger's whittler. What is the closed length and blade length of the wharncliff? Also, I need contact information for Mr. Rogers, so I can order on of those babies.
Big D1