The Lovely Bone(S)

waynorth said:
Nice barehead, Dave!!
I had to search around for a barehead. Here's an Empire trapper type jack, with a nicely ground sawblade. This one is most likely the 1910 era, before WWI.
"Pickbone" is the term usually used to describe this stuff. Empire dyed a lot of bone, AND STAG, very black in those days. The dye seems to resist fading also.
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Now that is one good looking knife! You just don't see many Empires these days, so thanks for sharing this one with us, Charlie
 
But I eat beans and rice . . . . . .and more beans and rice. . . . .
 
Seems I have a continuing fascination with yellow bone. Here is a family shot and my newest acquisition! 3 5/8 inch Wharncliffe Whittler!

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akadave2 said:
Yep Case Classic. Love the pattern. Its a dandy!
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Dave, I believe Bill from Great Eastern made that knife, when he was at Queen!
In fact, he (and the people he supervised) probably made all four of your Yellow-bone knives!!
Some street cred, hey?
 
waynorth said:
Dave, I believe Bill from Great Eastern made that knife, when he was at Queen!
In fact, he (and the people he supervised) probably made all four of your Yellow-bone knives!!
Some street cred, hey?
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That is cool info! I knew I loved em for some reason!
 
you keep finding those (lovely) bones :thumbup:
is that seahorse whittler?
 
This is a brute! 5 1/8 inches! Love the bone covers, a bit oversized for EDC. Also the blade is off center but Im guessing that could be corrected.

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Here are 4 with different colours and jigging. Charlie Noyles said he thought the Robeson on the left had gone through the jigging machine once instead of twice. The jigging looks almost like Deer tracks. Great thread.

Best regards

Robin
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I was just about to type in that Case Red Bone and also the jig-work that Case did was just superb, and with Charlie coming in with Peach-seed Bone - those two era of Bone is unmatched IMHO, but then Charlie puts in the Case Green Bone!
But I guess that still goes back to that era of brilliance that Case / Schrade were able to achieve on their Scales, and what make things exciting is what our friend has reported about GEC working on bringing back this brilliance of workmanship.
THIS is what Traditionals is about!
 
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Wade and Butcher
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Yet another Case
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You can see the difference between the corn jigging on the Case knives to the checkered jigging on the W & B

Mike
 
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