What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

We didn't call them bobbins, they were called quills. The cylinder shaped storage device (on the right hand side of the loom) holding them is called a battery. The machines that wound the yarn on them were quillers.

On-loom winders replaced the quiller, on-loom winders were eventually eliminated when shuttleless looms became common. They use a large tube or cone of yarn for the weft supply.

Complicated and cantankerous machinery proliferated the textile business :)
 
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black mamba said:
Quite the looker, David, what's the blade steel and dimensions?
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From Jared: "Blade and spring are CPM 154 and blade came in at 62 RC. Closed length is 4” and pull is a stout 6 and easily pinchable. Handles are black paper micarta bolsters with gray burlap over orange and black g-10. Shield is orange g-10."

Thanks for all the kind words fellas - very special to finally get this from Jared. Really a fun process.
 
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Jack Black said:
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pertinux is gonna love this pic!
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You know it! I've been trying to decide if it's a painted radiator, or a child's (grandmother's?!) ceramics project. ;)

[Jack, have ye taken up crafts? :D]

clutchcarter said:
I can't seem to put the whittler away.
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paulhilborn said:
Waiting on some much needed rain here in the Dakotas. Farmers jack in brown Camel bone...love the blades, love the knife...disappears in pocket and feels great in your hand:thumbup:

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I have my first #38 in hand, one of Lyle's delectable Farmer Jacks in white bone (sadly, no pictures yet). I love the knife, and the frame, making me hanker after a whittler all the more. Beautiful knives, beautiful pictures.

jrtodd46 said:
My little watch pocket friction folder

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Oh-- nice! When possible, could you please post a picture of it folded, er, closed?

~ P.
 
Jack Black said:
Looks like you have your pockets filled with some nice ones GT! :thumbup:
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Thanks, Jack. I do tend to fill my pockets, but I haven't been getting to the gym to work out since Halloween, so walking around with several pounds of steel in my pockets is my current version of strength training. :p


Jack Black said:
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Thanks my friend, that's a whole pile of loom shuttle bobbins. I took the pic at the old mill I visited last weekend. Designs vary a bit, but here's a stock pic so you can kind of see how they fit in the shuttle :thumbup:

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Thanks for the education, Jack. My wife actually does some weaving, and all I know about it is we have a "big" loom dominating the former dining room and a "small" loom in the study. I showed her your pictures and she recognized the shuttle, but not the bobbins.

- GT
 
jrtodd46 said:
Ugly dog blades, he's a newer knifemaker on the forum. His forum name is notchback.
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Thanks.


This just came today. It's an unusual pattern for me, but I kinda like it. I was born in Pennsylvania and live in Texas, so I've wanted a knife with a keystone shield for a while, and the bone is almost UT burnt orange. :D :thumbup:

 
Lost this knife last November, found it in a leather chair at my old mans house earlier this week. It's like I've gotten a new knife :D

 
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