The Sunday Picture Show... (7-24-2016)

[DeSotoSky]

No time for taking a fancy picture tonight and my camera is needing replace for focus issues.

Here is a pair of Pre-Factory 105 Pathfinders. Top is Lignum Vitae, probably about 1956 or so. The bottom one is later with an Ebony handle and has lost about 1/8" of blade width over the years. The picture is poor but the lower knife has been attacked with a buffer...... you take these knives any way you can find them....

 

[Makael]

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[eveled]

I would keep the bail. It certainly adds character. I remember a post from a sailor who said the machine shop on the ship would add a bail to any knife. It reminds me of the Navy issued colonial survival knives that had a bail.

 

[eveled]

I started with all three of these brand new. I finally stopped using the middle one, she I realized it was no longer a locking knife.

 

[ItsTooEarly]

Looking good everybody... Lots of cool Buck knives so far today... Great pictures too...

 

[ItsTooEarly]

I started with all three of these brand new. I finally stopped using the middle one, she I realized it was no longer a locking knife.

Thanks for sharing... We all love lots of pictures and 110's ☆☆☆

 

[Spidermanlocal647]

this one reminds me of the 110 that has the Idaho stamp

 

[Spidermanlocal647]

sorry, im new here and the above comment ended up in the wrong spot.

 

[EdsElephant]

BuckShack, those are awesome 110's in the drop point. That is my favorite. I got my custom knife shop 110 for the kitchen, to cut up the kids' apples.

 

[BuckShack]

BuckShack, those are awesome 110's in the drop point. That is my favorite. I got my custom knife shop 110 for the kitchen, to cut up the kids' apples.

Thank you Ed. I really like your 110 too. That wood and drop point blade with no nail nick looks really classy. Congrats!

Maybe it's me, but I feel like a drop point can apply a little extra force when needed. I like that. Even the largest Apples tremble when they see my 110s coming for them.

 

[Stumps]

Stumps, I wouldn't take the bail off. Someone put it on 47 years ago. That's a long time! There must be a story behind it. We may never know, but that's where the imagination takes over.

@Stumps- my vote is to keep the bail. It invokes some imagination, where filling the holes left will be cause for some explanation.

I would keep the bail. It certainly adds character. I remember a post from a sailor who said the machine shop on the ship would add a bail to any knife. It reminds me of the Navy issued colonial survival knives that had a bail.

Okay...I heard you three and for now will leave the bail on the 110.
I would love to know the history of this knife and many others I have.
A homemade bail on a nearly 50 year old unused knife would be a story I would like to hear about.
Mark