What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Leslie Tomville said:
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Charlie Campagna and Jess Horn. Two legendary figures in the world of traditional pocket knives. It amazes me how Charlie can start with a stock factory production knife and make it exquisite with just a few design tweaks. Genius
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Can you tell me about that Jess Horn? I think I need one. 😍

Good lord man, the lines on that thing are amazing. Dangit I hate all of you so much. Don't go posting stuff like that without a wallet warning, dude!
 
Jack Black said:
Have fun at the fair! :) :thumbsup:

Sometimes text gets 'sucked' into a quote box, but you can highlight it, cut it back out, and paste it where you want it :thumbsup:

My dad was a Machine Tool Fitter, basically a mechanic maintaining and fixing the machines firms like Richards used in their production process. He was quite sought after because he had done his apprenticeship at Walters & Dobson, who made many of these machines. My uncle also worked at Richards for a while, and later a brother-in-law, who was one of the last apprentices at Joseph Rodgers.

I have a few Barney! :D I have given a lot more away though :D :thumbsup:

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My Family are all engineers, my grandma worked in the munitions factory at Risley near Warrington, at age 21, in 1918, she was foreman on the assembly line making bullets and bombs, she walked it nine miles to work every morning to start at six, it was a big war effort. Me Dad says she could work every machine in the factory. My dad was a maintenance fitter at a tractor manufacturers, taken over by Case and later rationalized to one operation at Meltham, his responsability was the gearbox line, it was one of the first fully automated CNC lines in the UK at that time.

Richards were certainly not afraid of promoting and selling the Novelty element of pen knife ownership. :)
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
We’re still using the set of Chicago Cutlery knives we got as a wedding present in 1981. I know there’s a lot of cork sniffing, even snobbery when it comes to cooking knives, but being solidly middle class mid-westerners, we always thought of Chicago Cutlery as the best! 🤭
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That's a great expression Jeff, I've never heard it before :cool: :) Funnily enough, I have a set of kitchen knives I was gifted in 1981 too, they are one of the last sets made by Rodgers-Wostenholm. The 6-knife sets were part of their Galloping Gourmet range, but the blades were etched, variously, 'IXL * Wostenholm', 'Joseph Rodgers & Sons', and 'Wilkinson Sword', depending on where they were sold. Four of them were in daily use for nearly 40 years, but these days I mainly use carbon steel in the kitchen :thumbsup:

Hard to believe that this plonker was once considered to be the height of cork sniffing sophistication! :D

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Amir Fleschwund said:
Of course Mr Jack would not gift you a reject!
When I acquired my two LFs, a TEW and Wright (gift from Harry), they were both “Big Uns”, and I thought that was the way they all were. Now, the shorties look funny to me!
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LOL! :D Thank you Jeff ;) :thumbsup:

black mamba said:
These two as I type.

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Lovely pairing Jeff :) :thumbsup:
lambertiana said:
Ebony and Blackwood
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Great to see you here :) :thumbsup:
321Bandaid said:
There's no comparison. Apples to oranges. Buttery smooth action, blade dead center, snap on the open. If we're getting picky, the pull is a little light (IMO) at maybe a weak 4ish and there's no snap on the close. Trying to research if there's a way to tighten things up a bit. Otherwise, flawless.👍🏻

I'm actually glad I got the "dud" first. Think I gained more appreciation for this one. She's pretty! 😍
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One of our folks with skills could probably do something with the IXL :) Sadly, the pull on the TEW might be harder to fix (They've probably hand someone complaining about 'nail-breakers'! :rolleyes) :thumbsup:
JW225 said:
Glad to hear that the Covid seems to be beating a retreat, Jack. That Albers Lamb is always stunning! 👍🏻
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Thanks a lot Jim :) :thumbsup:
JW225 said:
I feel lucky to still have my very first pocket knife -- circa 1967 Imperial BSA. Totin' it on this beautiful fall Sunday...

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You ARE lucky! :cool: It's a beauty too, and a great pic of it :thumbsup:
danno50 said:
This one the last couple of days. Fits nicely into my right front pocket, with the lanyard out for handy access.

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Interesting lines Dan :cool: :thumbsup:
 
SteveC said:
Small Lamb and a Remington Dogleg Stockpunch


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Fantastic pairing Steve :cool: :thumbsup:
Way-Barney said:
My Family are all engineers, my grandma worked in the munitions factory at Risley near Warrington, at age 21, in 1918, she was foreman on the assembly line making bullets and bombs, she walked it nine miles to work every morning to start at six, it was a big war effort. Me Dad says she could work every machine in the factory. My dad was a maintenance fitter at a tractor manufacturers, taken over by Case and later rationalized to one operation at Meltham, his responsability was the gearbox line, it was one of the first fully automated CNC lines in the UK at that time.

Richards were certainly not afraid of promoting and selling the Novelty element of pen knife ownership. :)
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That's some interesting family history Barney. My grandma was also a munitions worker in WW2, she was a capstan lathe setter-operator. She was already a mother by then though, and managed to fit in a window-cleaning round somewhere. By coincidence, we have another member A ADEE , who lives in Meltham, though he has not posted here in a long while.

Yes, Richards knives were ubiquitous when I was growing up. The company have a very interesting history. My dad worked for them twice, but he spent most of his working life at James Neal Tools (Eclipse), where he met my mother, who also operated a capstan lathe :thumbsup:
 
afishhunter said:
Nice Scout knife.
It looks like the "covers" are slightly shrunk + the (original) corrosionon the shield and bolsters, The visible parrten of corrosion at the spine on the two closed blades ... the Celluloid "covers" may be outgassing.
There isn't a center pin. Is it a clamshell knife? If so it should be "easy enough" to remove just the celluloid film, saving the "bolsters" and shield.
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I am sorry afishhunter, I am not fami;iar with the terminology that you employ, I dont know if its clamshell or not, I had to to ask for a translation on Outgassing last week from Rufus1949, Bob, and I still dont understand how to identify celluluse, or what seems to be, it's inherent problems. The knife looks a lot better in hand, than the images suggest. So what I think your suggesting, a full rebuild, could be worthwhile. The can opener is very efficient.
 
Way-Barney said:
I am sorry afishhunter, I am not fami;iar with the terminology that you employ, I dont know if its clamshell or not, I had to to ask for a translation on Outgassing last week from Rufus1949, Bob, and I still dont understand how to identify celluluse, or what seems to be, it's inherent problems. The knife looks a lot better in hand, than the images suggest. So what I think your suggesting, a full rebuild, could be worthwhile. The can opener is very efficient.
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Don't worry, your knife is probably from the 1960's. Outgassing is something that can affect celluloid used for earlier knife handles. 'Clamshell construction' is just a term used here, meaning the handles of the knife are hollow (and held in place using 'Swinden Key' construction, rather than being pinned, as you'd see on a regular folding knife). Personally, I wouldn't go with a rebuild. You'll hear lots of terms here, and will get to know some of them. It can be a steep learning curve :thumbsup:
 
Flipping heck Jack, :thumbsup:
Jack Black said:
That's some interesting family history Barney. My grandma was also a munitions worker in WW2, she was a capstan lathe setter-operator. She was already a mother by then though, and managed to fit in a window-cleaning round somewhere. By coincidence, we have another member A ADEE , who lives in Meltham, though he has not posted here in a long while.

Yes, Richards knives were ubiquitous when I was growing up. The company have a very interesting history. My dad worked for them twice, but he spent most of his working life at James Neal Tools (Eclipse), where he met my mother, who also operated a capstan lathe :thumbsup:
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:thumbsup:Flipping heck Jack:thumbsup:

Those girls sound like they were magic, who needs equality eh? They ran the job.

I have not worked on a Capstan since I was eighteen, 40 flipping years ago. I made pistons and camshafts, and surface ground the rams. I was reaming a hole this morning and though to myself, I used to have to sharpen these b......... reamers. LOL.

Eclipse.... Moore and Wright.....Oh the memories, synonymous with engineering excellence! They are still the identifiers of quality British made tools for me.

I hope that our Meltham friend is still in good health? Has anyone been in touch?
 
Way-Barney said:
Flipping heck Jack:thumbsup:

Those girls sound like they were magic, who needs equality eh? They ran the job.

I have not worked on a Capstan since I was eighteen, 40 flipping years ago. I made pistons and camshafts, and surface ground the rams. I was reaming a hole this morning and though to myself, I used to have to sharpen these b......... reamers. LOL.

Eclipse.... Moore and Wright.....Oh the memories, synonymous with engineering excellence! They are still the identifiers of quality British made tools for me.
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LOL! :D My dad worked at Moore & Wright too, but that was before I was born :D My grandmother started off, working alongside her mother, at James Chesterman :) My granddad on that side was TWIL's sixth employee! :D :thumbsup:

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