The Scout.

navihawk

navihawk

Joined
Feb 21, 2006
Messages
4,677
There's an old white farmhouse, with a big barn next to it the next town over.No one lives there and it's quite a formidable place catching your eye as you drive by. If the weather is nice from spring to fall, you might get a chance to see that the barn doors are open and like a cornucopia there are antiques spilling out from its doors. On those few occasions I have to careen the truck over to the driveway for a chat and to rummage through his latest aquisitions if you will. One day I stumbled on a scout knife that was in a drawer full of old hardware. 5 dollars later I was a happy camper on my way home to clean up my find. I new the blade was broken, but there was an air of quality about it that made it ok.
It sat for a few years in a roll, shamfully with the master blade snapped clean 1/3 of the way down.I would take it out occasionally to look at the milled center liner or the nickel silver all over it with jigged bone that doesn't get any better.
I hold Dwight Devine himself responsible for my recent obsession with scout and utility knives.The knife is now out of the roll and sits proudly within eyeshot, or in my pocket for EDC rotation. I have thoughts on why the blade is broken. Trying to pry an older brothers room door open, perhaps. Maybe an over protective father thought it might be safer.
Anyways, this isn't my first scout, just my first in my collection of scouts.Scot and utility knives have given me a new interest in different types of awls. This on appears to be stamped, the spine of it has a nice profile and the one side is tapered and rounded nicely.I think anyone would say this knife is worthy, no?


P1010008-2.jpg

P1010009-3.jpg
 
Nice little bit of history there. :thumbup:
 
I'd say that knife is VERY worthy of carry. Great charater about it, makes one wonder about it's history.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
 
Carry it, and take it out once in a while to fondle it.
Its still a great knife, that is capable of a lot.
And your right, it is very interesting to think about what the owner of this knife might have accomplished with it.
 
It's a user. :)

My Dwight of the same vintage is apparently a factory screwup. The spring is harder than the tang of the blade, so years of wear have worn a lip into the blade tang. Superbly fitted, but no snap whatsoever and more use will make it worse. :(

I do have a Remington of the same vintage that gets some pocket time. :D
 
I bought an Ulster USA on ebay for around $17. Not the quality of the older one.I am on a scout binge. A guy I work with bought a Colonial 5 blade with a phillips. Nice quality knife. Now I'm on the lookout for one of them.
 
Hey there Navihawk,

Good story and great knife. Love the milled liner.

If I were you, I would grind that broken blade gently down(by hand with a whet stone) to a spey. She looks to be about the appropriate size and would certainly come in very handy since this classy old lady is in your EDC rotation.. And by the way, for $5.USD you stole her plain and simple!.:D:thumbup:
 
Its amost there Sunnyd. a little off the top and upsweep the curve a bit more and I'm there.
 
Hey Sunnyd, thanks for the idea of turning the blade into a spey. Now, not only is it more useable, I now have sweat equity into it making it more "mine".:thumbup:
The blades on this thing have a great patina. Thats not rust or pitting just color.

P1010030.jpg


P1010031.jpg
 
Navihawk,

That blade turned out perfectly!.:thumbup:

Just as pretty and perfect as can be. Awesome job my brother, just awesome!. Looks like it was meant to be there all along.

BTW, your photography is amazing. Thanks for following up on this beauty. I can see the details of the wonderful jigged bone scales in these pictures better than ever before.

All the best,

Anthony
 
Thanks man. I took it to work today and soaked her in mineral oil. It finally dawned on me to use the timer on the camera.
 
Cool little knife and nice find. The broken blade reminds me of a story my FIL told me about his dad who used to ask his boys if they had a knife and if they produced one would proceed to open the main blade and snap it half off in a door jamb. I guess he didn't think young boys needed the main blade. Which is kinda funny bacause, from what I've heard about him, he was a top class outdorsman and a hunter of African big game. Anyway, it didn't take the boys long to figure out what the correct answer was when their dad asked if they had a knife. lol
 
Texas Slim said:
Cool little knife and nice find. The broken blade reminds me of a story my FIL told me about his dad who used to ask his boys if they had a knife and if they produced one would proceed to open the main blade and snap it half off in a door jamb. I guess he didn't think young boys needed the main blade. Which is kinda funny bacause, from what I've heard about him, he was a top class outdorsman and a hunter of African big game. Anyway, it didn't take the boys long to figure out what the correct answer was when their dad asked if they had a knife. lol
Click to expand...

Hey there Tex,

Much appreciate the story here. I must say that I have never heard of this type of behavior before this thread, ever!. And I have been around a lot of folks.. It sounds to me more like the modern(uneducated in the finer living of the outdoors arts) type of father. The kind of father that was severely lacking in the hunting and fishing skills that most boys have the benefit of getting passed on to them from they're fathers/uncles/grandfathers.. This is a complete departure from the type of knowledge that was passed on to us (my brothers and friends & I) that the typical father or uncle or any older male that I ever knew and grew up around or with.

I don't know what would have prompted this type of drastic action and who would have thought it up and thought that this would have been a better method of a safety precaution, rather than to just take the good time and effort and pleasure to teach a young boy how to properly use and maintain a fine pocket knife.... :(

I guess it takes all kinds.. :rolleyes:

Understand, I am not passing judgement on this fellow, however, I completely disapprove. However, thanks for bringing it to light here. I learn something new here every day.

Anthony
 
I swear he bolsters and liners on this thing are sterling. The NS is so white looking. At least they must have different degrees of content in nickel silver.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top