Off Topic What’s this knife/sheath sitting on?

[brough]

I wish I had a banana leaves on my Maine walkabouts but that's bananas

You cutting plywood too? What ya building'?

It was a raised panel to finish a run of base cabinets. Happened to be plywood not MDF

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Some additional clues:

Welcome Just Tom!

 

[Wild Willie]

AND that's what we call it too!

Welcome to the game @Just Tom. and thanks for helping out.

That one even had Ms. Wild Willie stumped with the close-up, and she works in the biology department for NYS parks...

 

[RayseM]

Thanks for inviting me! I had no idea this thread (or forum even) existed. Now I’ll have to keep my eye out for potentially good stumpers to take pictures of my knife on…

Check out the Sharp & Fiery leather work while you are here. Some of the finest...

That one even had Ms. Wild Willie stumped with the close-up, and she works in the biology department for NYS parks...

I love that it was not that obvious. Didn't think it would get far as there are few native plants, in the North East anyway, that can overwhelm a fixed blade - even a somewhat smaller one.

 

[J. Doyle]

Here's one. Looking for a specific object not a general category. There is actually a clue in the knife, especially if anyone followed my original posting on it.

 

[Big DJ]

It looks like a creel.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Wicker basket/weave John?

 

[RayseM]

It looks like a creel.

Good one Big DJ - going by the EEL like pattern of the Damascus blade (with the eye of God and a sacramental chalice thrown in) you might have it.

 

[J. Doyle]

It looks like a creel.

Winner winner! Nice job. It is an antique wicker creel.

 

[RayseM]

That was wicked fast resolution. Man that basket could have been anything. First guess zeroes right in.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

It looks like a creel.

Winner winner! Nice job. It is an antique wicker creel.

Ah!! That’s what those are called! I actually have one myself.
I shoulda known, John, with all those fish you reel in.

 

[RayseM]

Ready for another?

What are these gray thingies?

The knife is perfectly balanced on the one under the handle. Is that a clue?



AND - to make this easy one a bit more of a challenge. No generic guesses - if you want the BIG points - please ID the very specific intended purpose of these. There is one.

 

[beeinak]

Ready for another?

What are these gray thingies?

The knife is perfectly balanced on the one under the handle. Is that a clue?

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Weights for a scale?

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Buffing compound bars?

 

[RayseM]

NO & NO gents.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Are they measurement gauges?

 

[RayseM]

No sir they are not.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Are they putty bars for reverse molds or holding engraving pieces still?

 

[RayseM]

No they are solid as you see them - not malleable at all.

 

[Sharp & Fiery]

Are they for whetstone re-surfacing?