Traditional Knife Day!

[stabman]

Yesterday, my friend Dave came by...along with a bag of old knives from years gone by.

We looked at them and reminisced...and then he gave me some of them!

I gave him the knife from "Cheap Knife Woods Day":
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ds-Day!-Featuring-other-knives-too-and-a-toad!!!
And a nice leather sheath for his old Imperial Boy Scout knife. :thumbup:

Close up of the boat knife, with cork handle so it will float in the water:

And a really old, really beat up knife made in Sheffield, England:

But the big old Monarch knife was the one that really grabbed my attention.

I sharpened it up, cleaned more of the rust off with steel wool and Tuf-Glide, and headed out today.
It fits easily into the watch pocket of my pants.

And looks good with coffee:

Here's where the city knocked down a bunch of trees for no good reason:

And someone forgot to tell this knife that slip-joints cannot stab things.

 

[NJBillK]

I would definitely look into that Sheffield whittler. Is it a split back?
That is where the two small blades ride on their own spring and the main uses both with a tapered liner between the small blades.

 

[stabman]

I would definitely look into that Sheffield whittler. Is it a split back?
That is where the two small blades ride on their own spring and the main uses both with a tapered liner between the small blades.

Yes it is.
I will have to do some work on it though; a previous owner peened the pivot pins when the bolsters fell off, but that doesn't provide enough tension at the front, so when you open and close it, the springs separate ( I had to pinch it there to open it for the picture).

I'm looking into replacement pivots, and I found one that is close to the correct diameter. I'll have to make another bolster for the front at least...at the back, it's holding together okay.