What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Today with a Sabre - Japan!!!

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I like Sabres and own a few that I use regularly. They are not as handsome as the one that you show.
- Stuart
 
These three today: a small bird & trout knife by the late Daniel Cannady, a recent Case sway back gent, and a Robeson barehead jack in strawberry bone from 1940-1964. I think that a prior owner tried to modify it into a whittler by filing the broken/worn pen into a coping blade. They did a fair job, as the tip is smooth and polished. Don't ask how I know that it is wicked sharp.

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Every time I see you post a picture of this knife I think, "Man, that's one fine looking knife!" The finish is so clean and that ebony(?) is so dark and smooth.
Thank you! It has honestly surprised me how much I like it. Not.only the aesthetics but as a user too. It's a hell of a knife for sure. :)
 
Sorry about that but I do enjoy a chance for a John Wayne reference.

"I never trust a man that doesn’t drink." - John Wayne 1907-1979

"Come on back, Jesus, and pick up John Wayne on the way." - Willie Nelson

OK, knives - This Robeson barehead jack is an odd duck to me. It is stamped ROBESON over SHUREDGE over U.S.A., but I couldn't find that stamp in Goins. I've seen it on sale sites referenced as 1940-1964. The other stamp is a pattern number: 222026. All the Robeson's I've seen with that pattern number have a clip and a pen. It appears that the pen on this one was broken/worn and has been modified to a coping blade (the tip is smooth and polished). The bone is strawberry (and I've seen that reference before), though many of the old Robeson reds I have seen look like Case's old redbone. Anyway, I like this old cuss. The coping blade is wicked sharp (don't ask how I know, I'm still trying to cope).

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- Stuart
 
From the Home page of Queen Cutlery's web site:
"Kenneth Daniels CEO and President of Queen Cutlery has announced effective January 10, 2018, that due to issues with cash flow, Queen Cutlery Company has been forced to cease all production and close it's Titusville Pennsylvania facility, and furlough it's employees while it goes through a period of reorganization"

- Stuart

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