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Thank you Gary; I pulled the VIC out last night to take some more photo's of it today. OH

The companion piece to the TC Real Sheepfoot Barlow; GEC really did a nice job recreating one of the oldest BSA knives with this one.

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Old Hunter said:
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That is a LOVELY knife OH :thumbup: I downloaded the pic of the original when it was first posted, and sit staring at it regularly! :D :thumbup:

My photos have now magically reappeared, sorry about that again folks, and thanks for your patience.

Here's a pic of my Arthur Wright Lambsfoot in ebony :)

 
Nice to see this thread has achieved picture stability, Jack!!
Sometimes I think the interweb is a cantankerous, semi-conscious entity, bent on thwarting humanity . . . . . .ahem. . . . .
nice KeenKutter 3 1/2" congress, (Camillus-made?) with Rogers-type bone.
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I seem to remember an opinion out there, that Congress patterns developed for the US market with a couple of straight edged blades, most suitable for cutting a "chew" from a plug of tobacco! Truth??
 
Thanks Charlie :) Nice Congress my friend. I don't know about the 'chew', most of the old fellers here (and I suspect in the US) seemed to manage OK with fewer blades, but maybe they'd have done better with more! ;) At least one of my great-grandfathers, a coal miner, was never without a plug in his pocket, but I'm afraid I don't know what knife he carried :thumbup:
 
Don't know any Tobacco Truth, but that sure is a wonderful congress, Charlie! :thumbup::thumbup:

- GT
 
I have read that the Congress pattern was developed by cutlers in England specifically to market knives in the southern states (for cutting "chaw's of 'backer") - don't know if it is true, but I like the story! OH

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I have read that the Congress pattern was developed by cutlers in England specifically to market knives in the southern states (for cutting "chaw's of 'backer") - don't know if it is true, but I like the story!
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I wouldn't put anything past those old Sheffield cutlers my friend! :)
 
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