The Most Beautifully Aged Traditional Knife That You Own

[p1123]

Nice gift Charlie, Green bone Tested.

 

[panzertroop]

My favorite old friend

 

[BladeScout]

Hope its okay to throw a fixed blade in the mix.
I dont have any old worn traditional folders and dont collect them.

Cattaraugus 225Q

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

My CT Skelton pruner was forefront in my mind upon reading the title. Beautiful stag, great detailing on the pinched bolsters (is there a specific name for this type of bolster outlining/grooving?), nicely used but cared for patina on a well used and cared for blade. Flush tang when open or closed (can't think of that term either!). Once I saw it I was in love and once I got the price down to $20 it became the pinnacle of my elder slipjoints. Can't find out much about the company, (guess it wasn't nice enough for more research on Levine's forum), but I do wonder how long it has travelled the globe, and what storied times it has lived through. Now it is time to add my ageing to it!


I really like seeing the old users, I added a few more pictures to my knife folder on my phones with this thread.

 

[Peregrin]

Hope its okay to throw a fixed blade in the mix.
I dont have any old worn traditional folders and dont collect them.

Cattaraugus 225Q

Traditional fixed blades are always welcome! Nice Cattaraugus!

 

[pistonsandgears]

Old Robeson c1922-1939

 

[Gevonovich]

pistonsandgears

That Robeson is spectacular!!!!! Look at that bone. Love it.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Hi Kevin, what a great idea for a thread..well done...if i could put up these...not necessarily in most loved order though...

My Lovely Queen Trapper, I have other nice W/B Boned examples, and Amber Stag...but this ol' girl just looks great!

A wonderful G.Woodhead 1860's Civil war Bowie in uncleaned beautiful condition....

This group of old knives have a special place...some are Antiques...and just look even Better with age...

Lovely Sheffield Rope knife.....

Miller Bros.

Pistonand gears Robeson is just a beautiful knife, and I can understand just why he put up his beautiful photo in this great Thread ...
Here is one of my beautiful old Robesons.... what lovely knives...

 

[festerfromnzed]

Yeah Clansman...That old Trappers a beauty for sure.... FES

 

[Jack Black]

You have some beauties Duncan, love that Bowie. Welcome back

 

[Gevonovich]

Duncan
I agree with Jack, that bowie is the wondrous! Your Robeson is a beauty too. The Miller...omg. I still drooling over the others...lol

 

[Will Power]

Lot of character knives on this thread, what an excellent idea!

But this one gets my vote (and I'm not that keen on Congress usually) I need to overcome my stupidity about cameras, I've got a very tasty Rem Pen from the 1920s that would do well here...

Thanks, Will

 

[Campbellclanman]

Thank you very much Gentleman!, and of course we all feel exactly the same way about all of our favourites as we pull them out of hiding and show the rest of our friends here.

Will, what a wonderful Congress, that Stag is simply beautiful !!

 

[richstag]

Thank you to EVERYONE for making this thread amazing!

Duncan, what is well done is the give away you are doing. Another awesome display on your part!!

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Here's an early 1900s Camillus Timber Scribe or Raze/Rase knife used for markin' lumber and cargo, (barrels and crates on the old ships) it's definitely a specialty knife but believe it or not I actually still use it, it's great for markin' trees I wanna cut down for fire wood, great for carvin' yer intitials into a park bench or leavin' yer honey's name in an old oak tree.

The stampin's on the tang are very crisp and readableand the original owner deemed it worthy of his initials, (no doubt he used his old Timber Scribe to carve his mark into the new one permanently layin' claim to the tool).

You could see this baby was well used but also lovingly maintained.

 

[TomTerrific]

Some beautiful knives here, and I'm sure there'll be many more

For me, I think it is this 19th century hand-forged Abram Brooksbank. The blade has been heavily re-ground and it's deinitely been a user, but for me it has real character, and I love the way the stag has aged to a buttery yellow.

They don't get much nicer than this one.

And I bet it sits in your pocket very nicely, too.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Here's another one that's aged well, early '20s LF&C Lobster.

 

[Jack Black]

They don't get much nicer than this one.

And I bet it sits in your pocket very nicely, too.

Thanks Tom, I'm afraid my photography really doesn't do the knife justice. I think that it was originally a Lambsfoot, but I imagine the tip broke at some point and it was reground. This is a pic from the Sheffield museums collection.



And another



(A few more pics here - http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1006528-Abram-Brooksbank-(of-Sheffield)-folder)

I was showing it to ScruffUK yesterday, and he reckoned a copy of the original would make a good Bladeforums 2013 knife!

Some fantastic knives and great pics on here. Who made your rope knife Duncan, you have an outstanding collection?

 

[thawk]

This delrin handled Schrade Walden 881 is not necessarily my favorite, but the patina sure is nicely developed on the blades. The delrin does have a nice mellow look to it though. I like this thread.

 

[Magnaminous_G]

I like all these knives except this one. This is not "beautifully-aged." This is dirty and neglected. I'm sorry, but it's true. That is clearly rust on the blade, there is a broken tip, and the handle looks dirty, not aged. This knife needs some TLC to even be in the "beautifully-aged" category. A new tip, some polishing off of those rust spots and cleaning up of the underlying scratches/pits, and some serious washing, drying, and oiling of that handle. The innards are probably as neglected as the outside, and could probably use a cleaning and oiling, too. Then the beautifully aging process can begin.