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^^^^^Beautiful. Stephen!! Who is the maker? Why do I want to say Gene.
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Thanks Gev, it's actually by John Lloyd. I have a weakness for ebony knives and this one might be my favorite. The ebony John used on this one is just fantastic - dense, smooth and perfectly black. Thanks again!
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Thanks Gev, it's actually by John Lloyd. I have a weakness for ebony knives and this one might be my favorite. The ebony John used on this one is just fantastic - dense, smooth and perfectly black. Thanks again!
Thanks, Stephen. It is a real treasure, for sure!
Beautiful old Keen Kutter.
I'm familiar with Keen Kutter's old woodworking & sharpening tools, but I never knew they made knives. Makes sense.
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Thanks Paul. The bone on this one is really nice. I can´t thank our fellow forum member Will (willgoy) enough for this wonderful gift.
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Thanks! That WT keeps finding it's way back into my pocket. It's become my favorite (for the time being
). The berries are good. You gotta have something to help the plain Cheerios.
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That is a nice white owl and the lanyard is great too. It has a familiar look. I suppose you could always call it your Lonesome Dove Knife.
Really like the ebony and shield on this one! :thumbup:
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Very nice ebony indeed! Share some of the details/dimensions with us.
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James - just for clarification, the knife in that picture is a Shapleigh Hardware Diamond Edge knife. I jokingly referred to it as a 'cousin' to the Keen Kutter that Primble posted, as Simmons Hardware who originally used the Keen Kutter brand was purchased in 1940 by Shapleigh. As I understand it, the two companies were rivals and Diamond Edge and Keen Kutter were their premium brand knives. After the acquisition of Simmons, Shapleigh continued to sell knives under the Keen Kutter name until they went out of business in 1960. After that the trademark was eventually sold to Val-Test Distributors and knives using the the Keen Kutter trademark were sold into the 1990's. I don't believe anyone is using the Keen Kutter trademark on current production knives. Hopefully someone more knowledgable than me can add to or correct anything that I've misstated in this post.
Here's a picture of a small ebony dogleg Simmons Keen Kutter that I own. In my opinion the old Keen Kutter's were wonderful knives.
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Primble - Thanks, and I agree that John's shield choice works well with the ebony shadow pattern.
Lhpanther - Thanks! Here's the details/diminisions: 3 1/2" closed; blade length is 2 7'8" overall and 2 5/8" cutting surface; the blade steel is 52100 high carbon; and the ebony is gabon - or is it gaboon? Thanks again.
Lhpanther - Thanks! Here's the details/diminisions: 3 1/2" closed; blade length is 2 7'8" overall and 2 5/8" cutting surface; the blade steel is 52100 high carbon; and the ebony is gabon - or is it gaboon? Thanks again.
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Very nice woodland pictures Mr. Pete!
I suppose that might be a part of your new property? :thumbup:
Had my Case/Bose antique bone Arkansas Hunter with me this morning:
Nice knife and a great picture, Primble!
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Primble - that Arkansas Hunter is a beauty. I love the pattern, but wish Mr. Bose would make one in the 3 1/2" size range - Maybe a Rhode Island Hunter? Seriously though, I love the pattern; and the combination of that antique bone, shield and slanted bolsters makes yours a real work of art. :thumbup:
Seriously though, I love the pattern; and the combination of that antique bone, shield and slanted bolsters makes yours a real work of art. :thumbup:
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Hiking into some backcountry lakes to fish today, I think I'll take these two:
Beautiful knives SH!! :thumbup:
Fantastic Charlow there sir. :thumbup:
Nice Keen Kutter Stephen and I guess that 3 1/2 size kind of spoils a lot of us, no trouble telling that the Arkansas Hunter is in your pocket, though.Primble - that Arkansas Hunter is a beauty. I love the pattern, but wish Mr. Bose would make one in the 3 1/2" size range - Maybe a Rhode Island Hunter?
Thanks for your comments. Thank you Gary and you can probably guess that I am still fond of your WT!!!
and blackberries!
I found a Kutmaster Muskrat in an antique shop last weekend. I cleaned it up and sharpened it today, and it's ready to ride in my pocket!
Sweet! Few more years yet!
Sam
