What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Will Power said:
Very admirable duo, and scarce. The composite material reminds me of a rewarding discussion I had with Lyle @wlfryjr some years ago about the existence or otherwise of pressed Stag. Where ground up material natural and composite may have been pressed into scale slabs, a practice that fell by the wayside, but looks excellent on your vintage example.

Thanks, Will
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Thank you, Will. I've had the pleasure to speak with Lyle a few times regarding my knives.

I haven't been able to find much information on this old composite material. It's very interesting for its age. I'll post the Saynor in the Old Knives thread today to see if I can gather more information.

Mike
 
Will Power said:
Fine classics! But I'm surprised to see a serial No. on the bolster, any idea why this is?
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I bought those knives back in the 90’s. If I’m not mistaken, I think Jim Parker owned Case at the time. He had those Case Classic knives made by Queen. Only a limited number of each type of knife was made. They are fantastic knives! I wish I would have bought several different models back then. I’ve never carried the one on the right.
 
WinMag775 said:
1865-90 W.Saynor Sheffield, Composite Popcorn Stag
1870-1914 American Shear & Knife Co.
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As much as I appreciate new traditional knives, I am always drawn to the old ones.
And while I use one of my hawkbills almost daily in cutting salad greens, I am really smitten by the American Shear and Knife Jack. Beautiful knife, my friend.
 
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They say stuff like maters and taters like about 1” of rain a week minimum or else you need to irrigate. Instead of the extremely dry past couple of years, we’ve been blessed with an inch or more every couple of days. The river is high.
I don’t like more than two pocket knives in a pocket, so this goes in the other pocket. It’s embarassing how often I get a splinter or thorn, but I like having tweezers. I guess I could use these gloves. They’ve been in my car since winter. They’re my only ones without holes in the fingertips.
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I’ve been saving seeds from Hollyhocks, as well as letting them re-seed themselves, for a few years, ever since seeing them in a ditch between a bean field and the road. Cool plant. Presumably become naturalized there in that ditch. They hurried up and flowered before they got to their usual five or six feet in height because the township crew mows the ditches.
I no longer buy and plant sunflower seeds. Waste of $. I buy them in 50lb sacks, store them in a steel garbage can to keep rodents out, and use them to keep four bird feeders full. Chipmunks swipe them and plant them all over my garden beds. Truthfully, they do a better job of it than me. Just like the walnut seedling planted by the tree rats, I pull them out. By the hundreds.
But I always leave some where they will not shade or crowd out other plants. These two are at the north end of some peppers, and except for two plants, are not shading much, so they can stay. Already taller than me, and still growing.
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MKM~ Modded Knife Monday.
I deleted a blade, and dressed a late model Camillus TL-29 in elk. The Klein, an older made in the USA Hawkbill, had been used hard. It looked like someone used it to cut asphalt shingles, and “sharpened” it on a concrete curb. It was no longer a hawk. I think I paid five $ for it.
Perfect lab rat to re-shape into a straight edge. The big round handle appears to be Bakelite. Don’t close the blade on that shackle, boy.
Sorry for being a little wordy.

Oh yeah. Forgot to say something woke me up about 3:00 am. Not my bladder, wisenheimer. And not an early tee off time like Rufus1949 Rufus1949 . Then I heard on the radio we had a little quake centered 30 or 40 miles south.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
As much as I appreciate new traditional knives, I am always drawn to the old ones.
And while I use one of my hawkbills almost daily in cutting salad greens, I am really smitten by the American Shear and Knife Jack. Beautiful knife, my friend.
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Thank you for your comment. It looks like we're in the same boat. I'm down to collecting a few new traditional patterns and I'm always on the hunt for oldies.

The American Shear EO Jack is a gem. It still shows a faint blade etch "Now-A-Days". I'm fortunate to have picked up two nice examples of American Shears and a pre 1870 Hotchkissville Boys Knife.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
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They say stuff like maters and taters like about 1” of rain a week minimum or else you need to irrigate. Instead of the extremely dry past couple of years, we’ve been blessed with an inch or more every couple of days. The river is high.
I don’t like more than two pocket knives in a pocket, so this goes in the other pocket. It’s embarassing how often I get a splinter or thorn, but I like having tweezers. I guess I could use these gloves. They’ve been in my car since winter. They’re my only ones without holes in the fingertips.
C55-E76-B6-0939-4-DE0-B96-A-043-DD8537-DB9.jpg
72-CBC42-C-FBB2-4-F96-B0-BC-75-F27-BFAEC7-C.jpg

I’ve been saving seeds from Hollyhocks, as well as letting them re-seed themselves, for a few years, ever since seeing them in a ditch between a bean field and the road. Cool plant. Presumably become naturalized there in that ditch. They hurried up and flowered before they got to their usual five or six feet in height because the township crew mows the ditches.
I no longer buy and plant sunflower seeds. Waste of $. I buy them in 50lb sacks, store them in a steel garbage can to keep rodents out, and use them to keep four bird feeders full. Chipmunks swipe them and plant them all over my garden beds. Truthfully, they do a better job of it than me. Just like the walnut seedling planted by the tree rats, I pull them out. By the hundreds.
But I always leave some where they will not shade or crowd out other plants. These two are at the north end of some peppers, and except for two plants, are not shading much, so they can stay. Already taller than me, and still growing.
F6104-E59-4570-43-F9-9-F00-2678-B45390-E3.jpg
266-DD2-E5-22-C1-486-A-8-E8-C-2-D00-A3-A72-C8-C.jpg
MKM~ Modded Knife Monday.
I deleted a blade, and dressed a late model Camillus TL-29 in elk. The Klein, an older made in the USA Hawkbill, had been used hard. It looked like someone used it to cut asphalt shingles, and “sharpened” it on a concrete curb. It was no longer a hawk. I think I paid five $ for it.
Perfect lab rat to re-shape into a straight edge. The big round handle appears to be Bakelite. Don’t close the blade on that shackle, boy.
Sorry for being a little wordy.

Oh yeah. Forgot to say something woke me up about 3:00 am. Not my bladder, wisenheimer. And not an early tee off time like Rufus1949 Rufus1949 . Then I heard on the radio we had a little quake centered 30 or 40 miles south.
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Always know I am available for an early wake up call Jeff.

Glad the weather is cooperating with your garden Jeff.
 
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