Tomb of the Lost Knife!

CC,
Is it possible that the KK in Keen Kutter really stands for Kannibalistic Knife? Might it be devouring it's brothers bone and steel?
 
Luckily, if that is the case, Mort, the other knives escaped to other drawers!
I hope no other "tricks" happen around here! I am well stocked with mini-bags of chips and cheezees for the local spirits tonight!
 
waynorth said:
This is a spooky time of year!
I heard a "clank" and a "sigh" in my safe!!:eek: I opened it up, and at first, nothing looked amiss . . . . . .but then I saw one of the drawers open about 1/4 of an inch!!:confused:
What is up, I thought?? A sulphur-ish odor!! Hmmm??
I slowly slid the drawer open, and there was my old Tomb-knife, along with an Angel coin someone put through my mail slot a few years ago!!

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But where are the other knives?? There used to be about 25 of them in there!!:eek::eek:
No-one has been in that safe!! I am the only one who knows the combination!!:grumpy:
I don't know what is going on!:confused:
I know that knife had a questionable upbringing, but I have treated it kindly . . . . . .maybe it doesn't like being a safe queen!!??
It has spent 99% of its life shut away somewhere (read the opening page of the thread!) so maybe it is rebelling!!??
I will put it in a display case where everyone can see it, after a nice rubdown, and a liberal dose of mineral oil!

I see the other knives that were in the drawer are in adjacent drawers!!! What the devil has happened, hmmmmm??:eek:

Who is that knocking on my door?? Trick or what???
There be devils out there!!:eek::eek:


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It's always a treat to find old knives with very little wear to them! The knife looks unused!! (aside from the little habitat inside the well)

I don't think I saw this thread when it was first posted. It's a good example of preservation of an old knife (as opposed to refinishing/resurfacing). Should be helpful for new collectors that may not be familiar with how to care for old knives.

Happy Halloween!
 
What a treat!! I had not seen this thread before now and really enjoyed the saga! What a piece of magnificence! Did a story ever appear from Carl? Did old Laz resort to cannibalism for not getting his food of impression by being out and enjoying the sights once and a while? Good to see him emerge from the tomb and on such a proper day;):eek:
 
I'm glad you both enjoyed your first trip through this thread, Jake and Gev!

Jake, if this thread saves a few old knives from over-cleaning, then my work is done!!:D
 
That Keen sure is a beauty considering what she looked like at first unveiling! :) Love the bone!! :thumbup:
I'm thinkin that angel came from Butte! ;)


Dave
 
Have you tried calling KK a safe KING instead of a Safe Queen? He might not like being called a queen, which might explain why he bit you. (that or s/he is a hungry zombie .... or vampire ....
 
Time to bump this sleepy thread!:yawn:
I think it is a good read for the fairly big group of recent members/newbies, but it is a nice walk down memory lane for me.
I hope for you old friends also!
I've been looking back in Bernie Levine's book, LG-4. He did a great job of organizing the names of all the traditional knife patterns. If we all used his system, there would be little confusion IMO!:rolleyes:
The pattern of the subject of this thread, he calls a Slim Serpentine Jack, and also says an alternative name is a "Crooked Jack"! I love that moniker! It makes me think of old guys in bib jeans, spittin' chaw, and generally being politically incorrect!:eek:
Anyhow, here's a little reunion of Crooked Jacks! They needed wiping down and oiling, so I snapped a pic (a scan actually) when they weren't looking.
If you have sensitive ears, don't listen!!:D

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The Tomb knife is the third one down. The oldest one is probably the Empire at the top!

Ladies might want to walk on the other side of the street! (as long as I am being un-PC!)!;)
 
Nice to see this old thread Charlie, and what a great line-up that is :thumbup: Honestly, if I took a pic of the bunch of rogues who gather round the Thursday tool stall in Leeds market, you'd swear it was from another age! :D

The past couple of days I have been trying to scrub up some real gnarly old clasp knives, and a fixed blade which was just covered with red rust! :eek:



 
Nice to see there is no buffing wheel in that pic, Jack!
Great rescue operation - that fixed blade has been sorely neglected!
 
waynorth said:
Nice to see there is no buffing wheel in that pic, Jack!
Great rescue operation - that fixed blade has been sorely neglected!
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LOL! :D Definitely not Charlie :eek: My cleaning is 95% elbow grease! :D Not often I come across anything as bad as that fixed blade, looks like it had been rusting away for decades (that's actually the 'good' side in the photo!) :( It didn't cost me anything anyway :thumbup:
 
Rick said:
Geez, Charlie - the permutations I had to go through to compare the 'before' and 'after' pics have left me exhausted. :D

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Looks like you guys got it just right; neither too little, nor too much cleaning.

Is it just the scan, of did the etch really pop out after...whatever it was that you did? If it's not just a figment of the pic, how was that done?

Nice work, and nice restraint too :thumbup:. I hate to think of all the beautiful-if-slightly-rusty old glaze and crocus finishes that are routinely ruined by buffing wheels and steel wool. *shudder*
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Good resurrection of the KK.
 
Thanks for the comments hamsco and deltaboy!
That FB represents a lot of elbow grease, Jack! A meditative effort, good for the soul I reckon!:D
 
waynorth said:
That FB represents a lot of elbow grease, Jack! A meditative effort, good for the soul I reckon!:D
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LOL! :D I reckon you're right Charlie :thumbup: Not entirely sure it's worth the effort, but I'm stubborn! ;) :D :thumbup:
 
Thanks for bumping this thread back up, Charlie, I don't recall seeing it before. Beautiful knife, cleaned just enough, fits right in with your lineup of "crooked jacks".
Dan
 
Nice going through this again, Man that KK is a beaut - the Empire at top is striking looking knife!
 
This is my first time seeing this thread, interesting read and a rescue of a terrific knife:thumbup:
 
Nice to hear from you all, Jack, Dan, Duncan and Ernie!:thumbup:
That knife means a lot to me, just by hinting at the answers to that age-old question "If this knife could talk, what would it say?"
Glad you all are enjoying it with me, along with its bretheren!!;)
 
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