the drunken whittler

supratentorial

supratentorial

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A while back in one of the discussions about the forum knife, there was some interest in a cap lifter on a whittler or stockman or sowbelly (beerbelly ;)). It's very unusual to find a cap lifter on a serpentine pattern but I mentioned having one such example a few years back. I couldn't find the photos then and now that I've found the photos I can't find the discussion. So I decided to make a new post. Here it is! The drunken whittler. ;) It's an interesting dogleg pattern with both a split backspring and a catch bit. The center cut liner also functions as the wedge in the backspring.





 
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That looks like a can opener more than a cap lifter. Maybe duel purpose.
 
Interesting engineering, Jake!
I have never seen the larger "pocket" blade ride on one of two springs, nor the lifter/opener ride on 1 1/3 springs (approx.)
I'd fight a duel to get a knife like that!! On purpose!!
;)
 
Interesting and unusual knife :thumbup:
 
Very cool design. I've never seen a three bladed knife where all three blades have nicks on the same side. That may be why the opener is on it's own. If you had the main blade switched around you probably couldn't get all three nicks on the same side. Somebody may have had a strong preference on that aspect. Just a guess.
 
Cool knife, Jake! :cool::cool:
Are the covers smooth steel? Bolsters and cover a single piece and clipped onto the frame like the old Imperials?

- GT
 
Neat. I see what appear to be pins through the handle. It would appear to be solid handle/covers.
 
supratentorial said:
Here it is! The drunken whittler. ;) It's an interesting dogleg pattern with both a split backspring and a catch bit. The center cut liner also functions as the wedge in the backspring.

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Interesting, indeed! Thanks for the pictures and your observations.

The thread title instantly reminded me of this knife:

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;)

~ P.
 
Thank you for sharing my enthusiasm about the unusual construction. I think the odd ball patterns are the most fun. A few years ago there was a long running thread in BRL's sub forum about unusual patterns and hybrids. Barry had a lot of neat examples.

GT, In photos they do look a bit like the Imperial shell covers. I wondered the same thing when I bought the knife on the 'bay. But the difference is obvious when you have the knife in hand. It's a very high quality knife. The covers are one piece and solid as Bigfattyt had said. The knife would compare favorably to any high quality production knife made today.

I probably should have picked a more PC name for it. Sorry if I offended anyone. "Beer whittler" didn't sound right. "Drunken whittler" reminded me of the names of old kung fu movies.
 
Bigfattyt said:
Neat. I see what appear to be pins through the handle. It would appear to be solid handle/covers.
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Good call, Big. :thumbup: I went back to Jake's photos and can see the pins to which you referred.

supratentorial said:
...GT, In photos they do look a bit like the Imperial shell covers. I wondered the same thing when I bought the knife on the 'bay. But the difference is obvious when you have the knife in hand. It's a very high quality knife. The covers are one piece and solid as Bigfattyt had said. The knife would compare favorably to any high quality production knife made today.
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Thanks for the additional info, Jake.

- GT
 
Also impressive to my eye is the split spring fit. Almost looks water tight with the super thin taper on the middle liner. At least as far as my phone screen shows.

I'd love to examine that one up close
 
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