What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Corto_Malt said:
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Swayback from @Cosimo De Benedetto

Have a nice day :cool:
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Gorgeous covers on that swayback! 👍🏻
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks a lot :thumbsup: Such an ancient design :cool: There are photos of the Burgon & Ball factory in my Sheffield factories thread, they are probably the best known maker of the pattern, with huge exports to New Zealand and Australia. I don't know about today, but a few decades back, some fellers still preferred them to electric shears. You sometimes see their name etched on the sort of cheap, Chinese-made Pruning knives that garden centres sell, more rarely on Sheffield-made ones too. An old pic I'm afraid, but here's a pair made by Thomas Ward. One of my great grandfathers was a foreman there, before going off to get killed on the Somme. I've seen knives made

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Amazing! :cool: I bet there were, I don't recall her ageing gracefully! :eek: :D :thumbsup:

Thank you very much my friend :) :thumbsup:

Two of my absolute favourites from your fabulous collection JJ, it is always a treat to see them :cool: :thumbsup:

Have a wonderful Wednesday folks ;) :thumbsup:

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Jack you should travel proudly with those two knives.
 
Yesterday, I said that the Weatherman called for snow but I doubted it. Well, it snowed. This is a stock photo but this is exactly what it looks like right now. Heck, we got six inches with snow. I'm not complaing. It's this kind of weather that feeds our aquifer that feeds our well. Gotta take Coco to the Vet for a follow-up about her liver. I'll carry the Scout Trapper again today. Sausage and eggs for breakfast.

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Truggers said:
Kingston/Imperial USA - This one was on eBay here in Australia and it wasn’t expensive- it would be great for the Thrifty Thursday thread and I didn’t need it and from what I could tell it wasn’t particularly collectible but for some reason I kept coming back to it….
Then I found a post on the interweb about Kingston knives (this one is stamped Kingston USA on one blade and Imperial on another) and a photo of this exact knife. The owner’s research pointed to the 50’s and so I took a chance.
I’m so glad I did - it’s a really solid well made knife with great snap, solid blades, brass liners and funky scales….not too mention a swedge and a long pull….and I do like those !

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Very cool knife! I can’t tell if it’s shell construction, or maybe acrylic EDIT: CELLULOID~ thanks @Primble!If it’s celluloid, you might want to store it apart from other knives.
I believe r8shell r8shell has some Kingstons and has posted some of their history.
Jack Black said:
Thanks a lot :thumbsup: Such an ancient design :cool: There are photos of the Burgon & Ball factory in my Sheffield factories thread, they are probably the best known maker of the pattern, with huge exports to New Zealand and Australia. I don't know about today, but a few decades back, some fellers still preferred them to electric shears. You sometimes see their name etched on the sort of cheap, Chinese-made Pruning knives that garden centres sell, more rarely on Sheffield-made ones too. An old pic I'm afraid, but here's a pair made by Thomas Ward. One of my great grandfathers was a foreman there, before going off to get killed on the Somme. I've seen knives made from shears, though they're very primitive-looking. Thanks again for the pics :thumbsup:

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Amazing! :cool: I bet there were, I don't recall her ageing gracefully! :eek: :D :thumbsup:

Thank you very much my friend :) :thumbsup:

Two of my absolute favourites from your fabulous collection JJ, it is always a treat to see them :cool: :thumbsup:

Have a wonderful Wednesday folks ;) :thumbsup:

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Ahh. The elusive white Forum Barlow 🤔🤙

As a very frequent user of hand pruners, I’m thinking I should look for one of the old Roman ones. My go-to is an American made set of Fiskars. And my only complaint is that tough stringy materials can fold and jam the blades rather that be cut. The pruner is designed to be adjusted, and the trick is to tighten it enough to keep the blades firmly together, yet loose enough to allow the springs to open them. Keeping them sharp, oiled, and adjusted is mandatory. I’m thinking that the old style would allow me to do all that adjusting with my grip. Have to see if I can find one on the internet!
Carboniferous said:
Trying to give this Ohta some wear-in time to see if it smooths out any, I hope it does because it's basically perfect for me otherwise.


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Assuming you’ve flushed any manufacturing grit out of there, sometimes, the contact surfaces simply were left unpolished. I had a Schrade like that ~ just really stiff and gritty. I went into my gunsmithing supplies, and got out some lapping compound. I packed it in there, wrapped the blade in heavy tape, and worked it open and closed several hundred times, until it smoothed out. After a couple of thorough flushings and oiling, it’s nice and smooth now.

Primble said:
One of my favorite old Catts and an old Schrade Cut. Co. Barlow for Wednesday. An etch on the Catt main reads " The Reading Railroad" 😊

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Yowza.
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Very fetching pair, Boattale!
 
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Modoc ED said:
Yesterday, I said that the Weatherman called for snow but I doubted it. Well, it snowed. This is a stock photo but this is exactly what it looks like right now. Heck, we got six inches with snow. I'm not complaing. It's this kind of weather that feeds our aquifer that feeds our well. Gotta take Coco to the Vet for a follow-up about her liver. I'll carry the Scout Trapper again today. Sausage and eggs for breakfast.

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Be safe on your travels.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Very cool knife! I can’t tell if it’s shell construction, or maybe acrylic. If it’s acrylic, you might want to store it apart from other knives.
I believe r8shell r8shell has some Kingstons and has posted some of their history.


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Thank you my friend ! :thumbsup:😊

Regarding the Kingston, I believe the covers are celluloid and I believe that is what you meant to say, since you gave good advice about storing it apart from other knives. I did a fair amount of reading about celluloid, not long ago. The main take away from that was the lighter colored celluloids and particularly the ones that have cracks, are the most prone to out-gas and destroy any surrounding knives. In those articles it recommended that cracked celluloid should be discarded and gave advice to keep celluloid knives out in the open and away from cherished knives. 😊

There are many celluloids that have survived a hundred years without the out-gassing. I only have three, but, they are kept apart from my other knives. Want to know if it is celluloid or acrylic ? Put a small amount of Windex on a q-tip and touch the cover. If it is celluloid, you'll smell it, instantly and for a few more hours. How do I know ? I did and found out. 🤣
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Very cool knife! I can’t tell if it’s shell construction, or maybe acrylic. If it’s acrylic, you might want to store it apart from other knives.
I believe r8shell r8shell has some Kingstons and has posted some of their history.
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No Kingstons here, must have been someone else. I've got some Imperials, but doesn't everyone?😄

Agreeing with Primble Primble , I keep anything I even suspect of being celluloid stored on an open shelf.
 
This is my first acquaintance with a Grand-Daddy Barlow. At 5" closed, it's a big boy, to be sure. I'll be taking it with me on today's outing with the dogs, but it's a bit large to remain in the pocket after that. Really do like the size and heft of this one, though.

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