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Many thanks my friend, I'm looking forward to getting back to doing some plinkingThank you very kindly, Jack!!!
Always great to see your pan channel pairing of two extraordinary slicers; your cool catapults always look like a blast to deploy, as well!
It's great to see that very cool FB again JJ, and I find tortoiseshell acrylic very attractive. A very handsome combinationPaired up a fixed and a jack today.
Well done John, that sounds like a very good cause
Great work on the sheath, it's a cool design fo the Soddie Very nice
That's bad news Taylor, but I'm glad you had a nice smoke of your own
Football game cancelled due to smoke from a close wild fire. So I’m trying to make the best of it!
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Harry beat me to the answer but I’ll add that while this one doesn’t have a pronounced tip it does work. I hook it on the seam of my jeans and it opens. The pull is a bit light but that may be by design as it helps with the one hand opening.
When I looked at my glasses I wondered if they looked blurry to everyone else.Pretty impressive picture, with your glasses on the table, be like channeling Mr Magoo......well it would in my case
Thanks, John. I need to carry it more often.Such a cool knife... need to see that one more often.
I was saving the fish for you, but you can have the butterflies too.And butterflies for me?
Very awesome work, and a great cause.
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Being greedy today Have a great Saturday everyone 
Have a great Saturday everyone
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Thank you so much for your informative answer. Old dogs can learn.That is what is sometimes called a One Armed Opener Blade . Thought to originally made during our Civil War , early 1860's , for people who lost an arm during the war . The tip supposedly would be able to catch on an edge , although it looks like there is not much of a hook on the blade tip of that Boker made Russell Commemorative . Beautiful knife and the ones that I have handled were very well made .
I only have one with that type blade .
It is a Bulldog Barlow and appears to have more of a hook than the Boker and it did work when I tried it .
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Thank you so much for helping me understand the story behind this design.Harry beat me to the answer but I’ll add that while this one doesn’t have a pronounced tip it does work. I hook it on the seam of my jeans and it opens. The pull is a bit light but that may be by design as it helps with the one hand opening.
When I looked at my glasses I wondered if they looked blurry to everyone else.
Thanks, John. I need to carry it more often.
I was saving the fish for you, but you can have the butterflies too.
Very awesome work, and a great cause.
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Have a nice day.
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Really great to see that Jim, wonderful atmosphere in the workshop and the shop on the street, a sight fast vanishing I fear. Even though Finnish and Hungarian are in the same 'family' of languages, they're certainly not mutually intelligibleStag Saturday from Szankovits
. Despite this I was 'told' by some very overbearing pompous moron from The British Council that they certainly were ....like he knew 
Some Slavic or Scandinavian languages are kind of mutually intelligible though. Finnish & Estonian are pretty similar, well Estonians can understand Finns sort of but the other way round....not really
Great knives those from the long Magyar tradition, I do wish they were a bit less keen on the brass though
Thanks, Will
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Where fruits are knives should be.
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How do you like your strop block? I have same and find it to be effective
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Yeah. Works very well.
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I always found it odd that they would put a secondary pen blade on those knives, given the purpose of the main blade's shape.That is what is sometimes called a One Armed Opener Blade . Thought to originally made during our Civil War , early 1860's , for people who lost an arm during the war .
Given the excessive heat and the smoke, it was probably a good idea to cancel the game. Schools around here have been cancelling all their practices and events to keep the kids safe. Enjoy your bit of free time, my friend.
Thank you, Jack.Well done John, that sounds like a very good cause
I donated a couple last year and was pleased to see the amount of money they brought in for the kids.
Fantastic photo, Jack.
Also, excellent choices on all three knives.
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Fantastic!Thank you, Jack.
I donated a couple last year and was pleased to see the amount of money they brought in for the kids.
Fantastic photo, Jack.
Also, excellent choices on all three knives.
Thank you very much pal, I was hoping you'd like that one!