Sneaky Daughter Surpises Old Dad; Please Show Your Christmas & Birthday Knives

[afishhunter]

Sounds like some great kids on here!

Not a knife but my daughter made me a new scribe in shop class!

Your daughter did an excellent job on that scribe!
Nice to see they've opened
the shops classes to the young ladys.

 

[BigBiscuit]

My daughter let me pick it out, but this was my gift from her.

 

[Danke42]

Your daughter did an excellent job on that scribe!
Nice to see they've opened
the shops classes to the young ladys.

Thanks, she does great. The girls tend to fool around less so they do well it seems.

 

[Old Engineer]

My daughter let me pick it out, but this was my gift from her.

It sure is nice to have kids like that , ins't it Bob !!!
That TC looks great my friend .

Harry

 

[Will Power]

Happy belated Birthday and Merry Christmas Gary. Wonder gift from your daughter!
Here's what my daughter surprised me with this morning, at 15 she earns all her money detasseling corn ( if you don't live in fly over country you won't know what that means) and relieving neighbors yards of dog poop so I know how hard she worked for this!

65'-69 Case medium stockman in natural stag...I love that kid!

Clay

More than fantastic present from a clearly insightful daughter, you are a lucky man:thumbup:

Why can't CASE revive that pattern and source some decent Stag like this? A lot of their antler is in my view, more than so-so....:grumpy:

 

[BigBiscuit]

Thanks Harry. It certainly is.

 

[Emspop]

More than fantastic present from a clearly insightful daughter, you are a lucky man:thumbup:

Why can't CASE revive that pattern and source some decent Stag like this? A lot of their antler is in my view, more than so-so....:grumpy:

Thank you! I couldn't agree more. The 087 pattern is just such a joy to carry and use and " so-so" is putting it nicely I believe.


Clay

 

[Mikael W]

Nice gift!

Llasi is correct about the wood, it's Birch alright but a special kind.
Trade name is Karelian Birch or Curly Birch Burl.
Overhere it's called Masur Birch and it's one of the most popular woodspecies for knifehandles in Scandinavia and Finland.
Treated with boiled linseed oil, it gets a deep saturated color that will withstand water & dirt.


Regards
Mikael

 

[herder]

Sounds like some great kids on here!

Not a knife but my daughter made me a new scribe in shop class!

Very neat that your daughter made this in shop class. I always enjoyed school shop classes (many years ago) which included wood working, metal working, and photography with film development in a dark room.
Sadly, I believe many of those once great shop classes are no longer available in most of the United States school systems.

 

[supratentorial]

Belated happy birthday, GT! Very nice gifts :thumbup:

 

[Danke42]

Very neat that your daughter made this in shop class. I always enjoyed school shop classes (many years ago) which included wood working, metal working, and photography with film development in a dark room.
Sadly, I believe many of those once great shop classes are no longer available in most of the United States school systems.

Thanks! That's too bad if they're phased out. I think they're a huge benefit for learning.

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks for sharing some of your gifts, everyone! :thumbup:

Rachel, congrats on your drafting tool!

Jack, congrats on your mini TC!

Old Hunter, enjoy that gift from your old friend!

Terrific trio (#72, #74, and white SAK), Jeff! (And I've enjoyed all the Christmas decorations that have been appearing in your photos recently. )

Mark, your family can sure pick 'em; looks like a thrilling threesome! What is the shield on the Case on the left?

Santa's little helper brought you a Hayn' Helper, Trout Hound, you lucky dog!!

My Christmas present to myself, is stuck in Chicago since 14th Dec....beginning to ask myself why they have to keep all the Europe bound knives for 2-3 weeks before letting them go? Maybe some Puritan there thinks I have too many knives!! :grumpy:

Well, maybe I'll get it for Orthodox Christmas...7th Jan..

Some great knives have been shown here though, I would've liked to have contributed....:thumbup:

Will, they say it's the thought that counts! Hope your present arrives ASAP!

Danke42, your daughter's scribe looks marvelous!

...Here's what my daughter surprised me with this morning, at 15 she earns all her money detasseling corn ( if you don't live in fly over country you won't know what that means) and relieving neighbors yards of dog poop so I know how hard she worked for this!

65'-69 Case medium stockman in natural stag...I love that kid!
...
Clay

Merry Christmas, Clay! That vintage Case stockman is an incredible gift (especially considering the amount of dog poop that would have to be scooped to purchase it! )!

Harry, that's a quality Christmas quartet you received! IIRC, you gave as good as you got, too!

Shawn, what a tasteful case for your knives! What are its dimensions? Does each drawer run back the full depth of the frame?

Bob, that new TC from your daughter is a lovely knife!

It is difficult for me to express myself in English. I apologize for any errors.
The market for cutlery (of all qualities) is in Albacete and its surroundings.
There they make most of the pieces that can be bought to touch up and sell with other brands.
Many of these pieces are made in small family factories that, afterwards, they sell to distributing companies
In Toledo, there are many sellers who take advantage to sell products to tourists.
Products that, nor are artisans, neither they are from Toledo.
In this case, probably, Zamorano has bought unmarked folders and has put his mark to sell, as a souvenir, to tourists.
In Toledo there are few true craftsmen and less are still those who sell directly to the street
Even occasionally they are Chinese and are sold as Spanish.
I do not intend to spoil the gift of your daughter, but I am disturbed by these deceptions.

Llasi, thanks for your interesting information about the Spanish knife industry; I enjoy learning about it. The information doesn't spoil my daughter's gift, but I agree that marketing deceptions are disturbing.

Sometime they are sold (in Spain) as French but come also from China, see 108 Girodias and fake Laguioles.
:thumbdn:

So true, Jolipapa. I bought a very inexpensive "Laguiole" in Denia, Spain. When I asked the shop owner if the knife was from France, he kept telling me "Albacete! Albacete!" But I'm quite certain it was a Chinese knife imported by Martinez Albainox. (It's actually quite a pleasant knife.)

Nice gift!

Llasi is correct about the wood, it's Birch alright but a special kind.
Trade name is Karelian Birch or Curly Birch Burl.
Overhere it's called Masur Birch and it's one of the most popular woodspecies for knifehandles in Scandinavia and Finland.
Treated with boiled linseed oil, it gets a deep saturated color that will withstand water & dirt.


Regards
Mikael

Thanks for the additional information on the curly birch burl, Mikael. :thumbup: I'll plan to research that boiled linseed oil treatment.

- GT

 

[AShearer]

I'll post on the knife I received later on (Harry, I'll have to ask you some questions in regards to this).

This was the real show stopper for me this Christmas: an oak display/storage case with which my wife surprised me. It holds all of my knives comfortably, and the glass top allows me to show off my most beautiful knives. Please excuse the terrible cell phone pic. I'll grab some pictures with the real camera another day.

Took out the photo to save bandwidth. That is a beautiful case Shawn. Can you share the rough dimensions at some appropriate point. Like not too soon after Christmas

 

[Wurrwulf]

Thank you, GT and Alan!

The exterior dimensions of the case are approx. 20"D x 9 1/2"W x 12 1/4"H. The drawers do run full depth, but each drawer is a different length due to the angled face.

The bottom drawer is approx 17 1/4"D x 7 1/8"W x 1 5/8"H, and the top drawer is approx 14 1/2"D x 7 1/8"W x 1"H with the middle drawers being between those measurements. All of the drawers are removable, and the glass top allows me to show off some of my more attractive/note-worthy knives. All of the drawers have a green felt lining. My collection is up to about 75 knives now, and I could easily fit another 25-35 knives in the case, size depending.

Here's a shot of the top drawer removed from the case to show the lining/depth.

Here's a profile shot:

Please excuse the poor cell phone pictures. If I plug the DSLR into the computer right now my wife will ask me to edit the ~400 photos from Christmas, and that just ain't happening tonight.

 

[r8shell]

I musta been good this year , and r reddon must be Santa! Look what came for me on Boxing Day:




Seriously, thank you, Randy!

 

[Danke42]

Thanks for sharing some of your gifts, everyone! :thumbup:


Danke42, your daughter's scribe looks marvelous!



- GT

Thanks!

 

[btb01]

I musta been good this year , and r reddon must be Santa! Look what came for me on Boxing Day:




Seriously, thank you, Randy!

That's a good looking knife, Rachel! I like how dark and understated the purple is (GEC recently did a run of purple knives that was anything but ). Nice work, Randy! Very generous of you!

 

[AShearer]

Thank you, GT and Alan!

The exterior dimensions of the case are approx. 20"D x 9 1/2"W x 12 1/4"H. The drawers do run full depth, but each drawer is a different length due to the angled face.

The bottom drawer is approx 17 1/4"D x 7 1/8"W x 1 5/8"H, and the top drawer is approx 14 1/2"D x 7 1/8"W x 1"H with the middle drawers being between those measurements. All of the drawers are removable, and the glass top allows me to show off some of my more attractive/note-worthy knives. All of the drawers have a green felt lining. My collection is up to about 75 knives now, and I could easily fit another 25-35 knives in the case, size depending.

Here's a shot of the top drawer removed from the case to show the lining/depth.

Here's a profile shot:


Please excuse the poor cell phone pictures. If I plug the DSLR into the computer right now my wife will ask me to edit the ~400 photos from Christmas, and that just ain't happening tonight.

Shawn: This is great information and I hear you on the 400 pics quote!! Thanks man.