Treasure Trove
I would like to thank Elliott for his kind help.
I live in Israel, and getting knives sent here is a big hassle, they get hung up at customs and the handling fees and Sales Tax can double the price!
Elliott agreed that I could send knives that I purchased, and they would sit by him until I was ready to send them.
So I was able to buy knives at my leisure and let them accumilate with Elliott.
He then sent them to a friend of mine that was coming back from the US, and they carried them over in their luggage.
Elliott, thank you.
Elliott gifted me with a Trevor Abbott hand made knife (an older Sheffield cutler).
When I was a kid we had a gardener, who came once a week.
I was very fond of him.
When I would come home from school, I would go to the garden and he would sit and tell me stories.
He was already elderly, so he had quite a history.
He told me about being an apprectice gardener in the big estates, and serving in India after the 1st World War.
What did he carry in his pocket?
Yes, a rosewood jack knife with two blades, one of them a sheepsfoot.
I won a Case from Absintheur, a 1970 Case 6232-Texas Jack, 2 blade, jigged brown bone.
This is my first real Case, and I now understand what folk mean about Case.
It is a solid knife, very well made with lovely jigging.
Until now I had set my Queen knives as a standard for a working knife.
I am now corrected!
Absintheur, thanks.
I like 3 1/4" Stockmans
A Queen Dan Burke Winterbottom in Sandvik 12C27.
The bone is this lovely green.
The tooling is clearly Queen but the F&F is better with SS spacers instead of brass.
A little knife rub.
A Canal Street Amber Stagbone in 420 SS.
It is exactly the same as my Queen in Amber Stagbone in D2, without looking at the shield you would not know the difference.
The finish on the bone is a little bit better, but the Queen has a better F&F and a stonger walk and talk.
I am a little disapointed.
A Case 'Dark' Red bone 6344 in CV.
Dark red? A hose lipstick red has been described!
What to say, a standard modern Case knife with its great CV that has patinaed well and is seeing plenty of pocket time.
Honestly, for an extra $10 a Queen in D2 is light years ahead in quality.
A small Case Amber jigged bone 6327 in SS.
A delightful little thing that I got on eBay for a very good price.
Its walk and talk is quite good, which can be a problem in a small knife.
A Schrade Old Timer 330T Middleman Jack and a 1040T Penknife NIB Old Stock made in the USA
I now mourn the passing of an institution.
The F&F is very good, a better knife than Buck, but I have not used them yet.
I got these on eBay for very inexpensive, and when I went back the next evening to the same seller, the bidding went silly, so I did not get more.
To be continued!
I would like to thank Elliott for his kind help.
I live in Israel, and getting knives sent here is a big hassle, they get hung up at customs and the handling fees and Sales Tax can double the price!
Elliott agreed that I could send knives that I purchased, and they would sit by him until I was ready to send them.
So I was able to buy knives at my leisure and let them accumilate with Elliott.
He then sent them to a friend of mine that was coming back from the US, and they carried them over in their luggage.
Elliott, thank you.
Elliott gifted me with a Trevor Abbott hand made knife (an older Sheffield cutler).
When I was a kid we had a gardener, who came once a week.
I was very fond of him.
When I would come home from school, I would go to the garden and he would sit and tell me stories.
He was already elderly, so he had quite a history.
He told me about being an apprectice gardener in the big estates, and serving in India after the 1st World War.
What did he carry in his pocket?
Yes, a rosewood jack knife with two blades, one of them a sheepsfoot.
I won a Case from Absintheur, a 1970 Case 6232-Texas Jack, 2 blade, jigged brown bone.
This is my first real Case, and I now understand what folk mean about Case.
It is a solid knife, very well made with lovely jigging.
Until now I had set my Queen knives as a standard for a working knife.
I am now corrected!
Absintheur, thanks.
I like 3 1/4" Stockmans
A Queen Dan Burke Winterbottom in Sandvik 12C27.
The bone is this lovely green.
The tooling is clearly Queen but the F&F is better with SS spacers instead of brass.
A little knife rub.
A Canal Street Amber Stagbone in 420 SS.
It is exactly the same as my Queen in Amber Stagbone in D2, without looking at the shield you would not know the difference.
The finish on the bone is a little bit better, but the Queen has a better F&F and a stonger walk and talk.
I am a little disapointed.
A Case 'Dark' Red bone 6344 in CV.
Dark red? A hose lipstick red has been described!
What to say, a standard modern Case knife with its great CV that has patinaed well and is seeing plenty of pocket time.
Honestly, for an extra $10 a Queen in D2 is light years ahead in quality.
A small Case Amber jigged bone 6327 in SS.
A delightful little thing that I got on eBay for a very good price.
Its walk and talk is quite good, which can be a problem in a small knife.
A Schrade Old Timer 330T Middleman Jack and a 1040T Penknife NIB Old Stock made in the USA
I now mourn the passing of an institution.
The F&F is very good, a better knife than Buck, but I have not used them yet.
I got these on eBay for very inexpensive, and when I went back the next evening to the same seller, the bidding went silly, so I did not get more.
To be continued!
