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You might say he had a "Blade Haul".When out fishing with my cousin and we get a nice limit of fish for eating that night, we call that a "meat haul". Gus, you got yourself a haul right there!
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I too collect (for grandchildren ) from makers I know and respect as knifemakers as well as a person.
I wish I had been there, a couple of those, you might have had to hit me with your cane or crutch to keep them.
Jim
The Gunstock from Lambertiana
Polished, honed and, most importantly, in my pocket!
3 1/2" fit nicely in my belt pouch
The blade in narrow and wide.
It is narrower than a Case stockman, but it as wide as the knife frame.
So the blade geometry makes for a very fine slicer.
The blades came with very well ground clean and straight bevels
So 20 licks on my EF DMT has brought this up to very sharp indeed.
The blades have crisp half stops with a soft but firm opening
Both blade has nice swedging
The main blade can be pinched open, which I really like!
The F&F is very good.
The knife is wide enough to show nicely the Amber bone
I find this knife to be an excellent example of a Queen at its best, and I wish all production knives would be this good
I am really enjoying carrying and using this knife.
And believe it or not, I have been carrying it for three weeks!
A record!!
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I have an older Queen Gunstock in the Carved Bone Stag (not the Amber Bone) that I still use all the time. I don't carry it anymore but it is the knife that sits right here next to my computer. :thumbup:
Whenever I wonder if a new 3.5 inch knife that I am looking to buy will be too small, I just remember how perfect my Gunstock was when I did carry it.
A great knife! Carry yours well!
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Whenever I wonder if a new 3.5 inch knife that I am looking to buy will be too small, I just remember how perfect my Gunstock was when I did carry it.
A great knife! Carry yours well!
What is the pattern of the Northwood?
I have the same pattern in S&M in red bone with a spear and pen blades
Which 3 1/2" knife are you looking at?
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The Northwood is a "Straight Jack". (more pics in this thread)
The last 2 knives I picked up where both 3.5 inches: the Queen Dan Burke Barlow and now this Northwoods Straight Jack. Having just carried a Queen Cattle King for most of a year, the smaller blades seemed really small by comparison. But, like I said earlier, I carried my Gunstock for a long time and never actually found it to be lacking.
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Jerry Halfrich: "Euro" UltraLight:
Blues, that knife with a lanyard hole, would be my dream EDC! The length and blade shape are perfect, maybe with green micarta handles. Right now, I'm carrying a Case Sodbuster Jr. SS blades since I'm in a water a bit.
adam
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Thanks, Adam! :thumbup:
Jerry can build 'em pretty much any way you want. Only thing is that if he uses the micarta (great choice by the way) he'd use liners which will add a little weight and thickness to the knife. The carbon fiber allows him to go "linerless" and still maintain sufficient rigidity.
That said, it wouldn't add much weight-wise to get it the way you like, and I like the idea of the lanyard hole. Shoot Jerry an email and get on his list. (It ain't getting any shorter.
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Lately I've teen toting this U.S.-made 34OT Old Timer stockman. It was rescued off a popular online auction site for well under $10. The blades were stained up pretty good, but showed just about zero wear. I think it just sitting in storage and got wet. Anyway, with a little elbow grease, I shined up the blades quite a bit (they're showing some patina now from eating fruit), put a new edge on them, and hit the joints with some Rem oil. It's quite a nice little user.
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I been changing it up a little lately, the peanut needed sharpened so I left it lay for a day and just used my knife kept in the truck I was in that day,
bulldog cuttin horse sowbellie in buffalo horn
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Ice-Tigre/slippies/bulldog/IMGP1726.jpg
Then goin out the door again, peanut still unsharpened...(I know! I know... ) so I grabbed one that was handy, had it the last few days, a RRider 4" smooth red bone 3 blade whittler, clip main, spey(odd on a whittler, ain't it?) and sheep secondaries-- oops, no pic on file, I'll grab one later today. Never much liked the whittler blade layout, but the secondaries are so low on this one I can't tell they're there until I need them so it handles like a single blade knife.. Nice.
G.
bulldog cuttin horse sowbellie in buffalo horn
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Ice-Tigre/slippies/bulldog/IMGP1726.jpg
Then goin out the door again, peanut still unsharpened...(I know! I know... ) so I grabbed one that was handy, had it the last few days, a RRider 4" smooth red bone 3 blade whittler, clip main, spey(odd on a whittler, ain't it?) and sheep secondaries-- oops, no pic on file, I'll grab one later today. Never much liked the whittler blade layout, but the secondaries are so low on this one I can't tell they're there until I need them so it handles like a single blade knife.. Nice.
G.
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I'm not usually a fan of the skull beaded lanyards, but I love how they look with the Douk-Douks!!!
Had the big one in the back left pocket of my Carharts, the small in the left front and a modern (inadmisable) folder in the right front. Oddly enough, it never got used today.
