Photos Wade & Butcher Boone fixed blade

Mom always used to say, "You're not getting a sheath knife".
I asked Dad why I couldn't have a sheath knife, since I had a pocket knife and how much less dangerous is that?
He said you were more likely to hurt yourself pretending a sheath knife was a sword.
He may have been influenced by the memory of pulling a sheath knife out of his big brother's thigh after Uncle Bill had been doing a war dance with it.
 
scrteened porch said:
Mom always used to say, "You're not getting a sheath knife".
I asked Dad why I couldn't have a sheath knife, since I had a pocket knife and how much less dangerous is that?
He said you were more likely to hurt yourself pretending a sheath knife was a sword.
He may have been influenced by the memory of pulling a sheath knife out of his big brother's thigh after Uncle Bill had been doing a war dance with it.
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My first knife was a Kukri, given to me by my uncle! :cool: :eek: That stayed at my grandparents house until one of my relatives stole it :mad: When I wanted a sheath knife, my mother gave me a paring knife out of the kitchen drawer, asked my dad to sharpen it up at work, and made me a sheath for it. It was a great knife, I carried it constantly from the ages of about 8 to 16, and it got used for everything from gutting fish to making bows and arrows :thumbsup:
 
My "Teddy":

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Jack Black said:
Pre-WW2 (30's) with that 'Firth's Stainless' mark, I'd have thought Barry :thumbsup:
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Does that go for kitchen knives, too? I'm pretty sure the tableware we used in the caravan in 1967 said Firth's Stainless.
Maybe that was Firth without the 's though. I know where the bread knife is; I'll check.
 
scrteened porch said:
Does that go for kitchen knives, too? I'm pretty sure the tableware we used in the caravan in 1967 said Firth's Stainless.
Maybe that was Firth without the 's though. I know where the bread knife is; I'll check.
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'Firth Stainless', 'Firth's Stainless', and 'Firth-Brierley Stainless are all early marks :thumbsup:

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Nice ones Kwackster, Blake, Jack, and Barry. I have 3 Clement farmers whittlers with the Firth etched stainless blades.
 
wlfryjr said:
Nice ones Kwackster, Blake, Jack, and Barry. I have 3 Clement farmers whittlers with the Firth etched stainless blades.
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Thanks Lyle, hope you're keeping well my friend :) :thumbsup:
 
Blake the Blade said:
Oh I'll do it myself I guess, but I'll keep it simple as I lack the skills and tools to do a full restoration job. It'll end up with a secondary bevel. Out of interest, does yours have the serated section on the spine? And what is the hollow strip on the side of the blade for? Many thanks.
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With some wet & dry SiC paper it would be relatively easy to restore the original full convex grind, and the knife would cut a whole lot better without a secondary bevel.
Yes, mine does have jimping on the spine, but it was worn very shallow/smooth so i recut each "jimp" with a small diamond file, and now it is actually useful again.
The hollow strip on each side of the blade is what i call an "aesthetic fuller".
Very useful on swords and such, but on short blades like this one it's just for looks.

The blade has been refined through grit 800 and 1000 wet & dry (again using WD40 on the piece of conveyor belt), removed the very fine burr on the Tormek leather wheel, and the apex can now whittle one of my chest hairs from root-to-tip at about 3.0 centimeters from the point of holding.
Also polished the aluminium pommel a bit on a felt wheel, recut the swedge with a small diamond file, and next step is to refine the swedge surfaces a bit more.

This is how the knife currently looks:







 
kwackster said:
With some wet & dry SiC paper it would be relatively easy to restore the original full convex grind, and the knife would cut a whole lot better without a secondary bevel.
Yes, mine does have jimping on the spine, but it was worn very shallow/smooth so i recut each "jimp" with a small diamond file, and now it is actually useful again.
The hollow strip on each side of the blade is what i call an "aesthetic fuller".
Very useful on swords and such, but on short blades like this one it's just for looks.

The blade has been refined through grit 800 and 1000 wet & dry (again using WD40 on the piece of conveyor belt), removed the very fine burr on the Tormek leather wheel, and the apex can now whittle one of my chest hairs from root-to-tip at about 3.0 centimeters from the point of holding.
Also polished the aluminium pommel a bit on a felt wheel, recut the swedge with a small diamond file, and next step is to refine the swedge surfaces a bit more.

This is how the knife currently looks:







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Really appreciate all the information Kwakster. That knife of yours looks phenomenal. I think maybe it's time I upped my game and followed your advice. I'm in no rush so I'll let your advice soak in and see if I can get on a suitable machine at work to carry this out. I'll let you know how I get on. Might start by polishing the pommel. Thanks Mate. ☺
 
Neat set that trio- I remember a few years ago I had a very nicely conditioned set that had never been used, I also had the very same Knives with a lot of different titles - I don't have the photo's anymore :(
here is a slightly bigger Knife- but all the same styling with the usual features of that I picked up a while ago etching title with yet another ......
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