Traditional whimsy and the unordinary

[glennbad]

I pulled out few and took some pics. Hopefully these all qualify...





Tie clip










Some mini's

 

[navihawk]

Glenn, What a show. Thanks for sharing.

 

[5K Qs]

Glenn, What a show. Thanks for sharing.

Agreed; very cool, Glenn! :thumbup::thumbup:
The first couple of photos were my favorites: the baseballs and bats, and the tie clip. What does the back side of the tie clip look like? Is it sort of a one-jaw alligator clip, or the sharp post - tie tack set up?

- GT

 

[glennbad]

Agreed; very cool, Glenn! :thumbup::thumbup:
The first couple of photos were my favorites: the baseballs and bats, and the tie clip. What does the back side of the tie clip look like? Is it sort of a one-jaw alligator clip, or the sharp post - tie tack set up?

- GT

Neither, it's just a friction fit clip

 

[mykel m]

Here are some knife oddities:thumbup:

That's gotta be the fastest shield around Paul.

What interesting examples of weird, but wonderful, cutlery!
Thanks for sharing them, folks. :thumbup::thumbup:



I agree with navihawk. mykel, how does the one on the left work? Does there appear to be a different message ("CRAFTSMAN" or "The Greatest Name in Tools") depending on the angle from which you view the knife?

I don't wear a tie every day, but I often wear a tie one or two days a week. It would be cool to have tie clasps that represent some of my interests, like a slide rule tie clip to reflect my interest in mathematics, or a miniature baseball bat because I'm a baseball fan, or some kind of knife-related tie clip. I've now seen examples of all those things, but unfortunately, haven't had the opportunity to buy any of them yet. I wonder if I could modify a Vic Classic to serve as a tie clasp? (Maybe something as simple as gluing a Classic to a cheap "normal" tie clip?)

My wife just laughs when I say, "Fashion is my middle name!"

- GT

Hello GT,sorry for the late reply.
I think the effect on the one is or was called 3D?That's what we called it as kids anyways.
It do indeed change with the viewing angle.:thumbup:

Barbecue Knife breaks down for eating tools.

I have a red plastic handled "Picnic" knife like this one, that you have to open the fork to unlock the two halves.:thumbup:

This one is shaped like a rocket, AND.....it has a whistle with a little "propellor" inside that makes a sort of whizzing sound.


I hope the second picture doesn't scare any small children!

That's a cool one CC.
I had to let one of those go to a higher bidder a while ago......

 

[5K Qs]

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Hello GT,sorry for the late reply.
I think the effect on the one is or was called 3D?That's what we called it as kids anyways.
It do indeed change with the viewing angle.:thumbup:
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Thanks, mykel; that's a grail tie clip!!

Neither, it's just a friction fit clip

Thanks, Glenn. I'm going to have to try making one of those for myself.

- GT

 

[N.E.Tim]

Neat fun thread, thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Jack Black]

Great collection Glennbad and fantastic pics, nice to see them my friend :thumbup:

 

[GlennH]

I have this "bullet" knife I picked years ago. Can't remember where I got it or how much I gave for it, but I know it wasn't much. It's actually very well made and the blade is razor sharp. One side is "UNITED", the other side says "UC865 ITALY". Headstamped "R-P 44 Mag" and is the exact size of a real .44 Mag cartridge. It will, in fact, fit into a .44 Mag chamber (not that I have tried...). Kinda neat, but a bit small to really use for anything.

 

[glennbad]

Now, that's a REAL bullet knife! Cool!

 

[billym]

More cool stuff thanks Glenn that is quite the collection!.

Here's another wine knife and a wierd early multitool;

 

[tstaut]

OK here goes, this one is not whimsical but certainly unusual. I consider it a tiny work of art...

Japanese scout knife, probably sold as a souvenir, definitely old. Hand-inlaid scene using damascene (same process as damascus, but in this case, with a handheld wire and something like a soldering iron apparently). The highlighted tones are 24K gold, as denoted by the "K24" which looks hand written.

The tiny scene depicts a quiet fishing village complete with 24K seagulls, a full moon (or sun), and a mountain in the background.

Here, you can see the temple(?) and village, again with 24K accents. And then, in the background... sure appears to be an erupting volcano to me! Although I think it could be a river or stream, I'm thinking "volcano."

Now, here's the kicker... this entire knife is about 2-2.5" long.

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I have. I also quite enjoyed the challenge of taking such intricate macro photos to document it.

 

[singin50]

Great thread guys! Here's a few of my "whimsy knives".

Notice in the wooden Jackmaster case here that you see a few of the Bowling knives and over to the left 2 different magic knives in covers not normally seen.

These were called Karved Kameos
Noote the fish scale mains

This is an advertiser for RCA radio tubes, note the tube puller for the blade

This one took a lot of work to pull together over a couple of years.
Original easel back store display also.

The heres some more like Glenns pen writing knives in tu tone! Thanks Glenn for helping me out on these!

 

[T. Erdelyi]

here's some different ones I have

Colonial Key Knife

Here's a fist full of trick knives:

And finally a Flint and Steel knife that has a built in Fire Starter in the side of the scale.

I also have a glazer's knife, basically a camp knife with a glass cutter blade, I'll see if I can find a pic.

 

[Jack Black]

Amazing Japanese Scout tstaut, thanks for taking the trouble with the pics :thumbup:

Wow Singin50, what a collection! Incredible! :thumbup:

 

[T. Erdelyi]

More cool stuff thanks Glenn that is quite the collection!.

Here's another wine knife and a wierd early multitool;

I have the same a Camco no advertising.

Here's another pretty little nickel silver Schrade Walden Ring opener.

 

[Jack Black]

I always like seeing your Flint & Steel Ted :thumbup:

 

[glennbad]

Flint and steel, that's a neat one!

Nice ones, Perry! I knew that you had some cool ones tucked away.

That japanese art knife is cool also.

 

[singin50]

Thank you Glenn and Jack Black!

Perry

 

[singin50]

Here's another pretty little nickel silver Schrade Walden Ring opener.

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Great looking ring opener! Love it