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Turn that wonderful knife on the left on it's side (horizontal) Dylan and it will mirror your picture behind the knivesI have close to 15 pages to get caught up on here in this thread. I am sure you all have been sporting some terrific knives and I'll allow myself some time to enjoy them here soon. In the meantime, I have these two with me today.
Nice duo today
Sorry. I'm sure it gives some of my students nightmares too. I love math, it makes people cry
Sorry, you didn't show your work. Lol8) -5 ;
9) d = -3 ;
10) t = -1 ;
11) a = 5 ;
12) n = -2;
13) x = 1/2;
14) z = -6;
Great knife!
Is it a thing? Don't know, but it is now
Lol. I think everybody just loves math. Right?
Cool pic Dean
Pleasing photo of your TC with the distinctive coloration, Dean!
For the second week in a row, I have a surprising (to me) number of Case knives on my schedule.
As always, I have this chestnut jigged bone SBJr (from a BigBiscuit GAW):
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Canoe of the Week is a 1975 Case:
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Watchpocket Knife of the Week is a Case half-congress (from a leg hog GAW):
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Free Choice Knife of the Week is a mini copperlock (thanks, Leslie):
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- GT
Disappointed to wake up with my back still sore today, and after our three-day weekend a four day week always throws me. Weather is pretty miserable tooThought I'd treat myself
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Hopefully, your many lambsfoot knives will provide some joy!
So do I
Small initial impressions/review:
I got the "Drei Nieten Messer" #169 ('Three Rivet Knife') and the "Weber Messer" ('Weaver Knife') #180.
Let me start with the Weaver:
Materials are Sapeli wood scales with a C75 blade and steel bolsters, liners and pins.
Really light(3-4?) and rather rough pull(no hangups on closing though) to the half-stop and 5-6 pull into open position. Indexing at half stop is rather sluggish. The grinds on the main bevel aren't perfectly even, factory sharpness was good and secondary bevel was good, with a centered blade. The tip was not really nice from factory. Plunges were beautiful. All around no gaps, liners a bit sharp on the inside. Pins are flush, bolsters can be felt. Spring is flush in open and closed position, at half stop it stands a bit proud (pretty much exactly like GECs). The Sapeli wood is finished so that is remains some grip while still having some shine. The Steel parts are all satin finished, the blade has got quite a bit of shine to it.
What I changed is sharpening, filed a sharpening notch and rounded the insides of the liners. Also worked some froglube into the pivot(maybe I should clean it to get rid of the grittiness)
So overall it's definetly not GEC finish but it clocks in at 0.3 times the price and is advertised as a working knife, so I wasn't expecting GEC finish. If you're looking for a slightly swaybackish wharncliff this knife isn't too shabby
Now to the 3-Rivet Knife:
The Materials are smoked oak scales with blade and hardware being the same as the weaver.
First off it's quite a lot bigger than I expected (pretty much the same size as the #43)
Overall fit and finish is good (not GEC, but again only 0.5 times the price); everything is flush(can't feel the bolsters and pins), apart from the insides of the liners (and the edge of the blade) there are no sharp edges. The satin on the steel parts is flawless, the blade has the same shining satin as the mercator knives (and the weaver for that matter) (it really is a special look). The blade opens very smoothly with a pull right around 6 with no halfstop, but isn't centered. Walk and talk are nice. The tip grind was strange from the factory
but the main bevels are better than some GECs I have.
What I changed was sharpening, making the sharpening notch bigger, lubing the pivot and putting a chamfer on the inside of the liners. Overall I can absolutely recommend this knife.
On the endnote: both knives are pinchable.
I have pictures to go with all of this but imgur is down for maintenance atm so I'll edit them in later (if I think about it)
EDIT: Pictures are there now
Gorgeous stagWas just going through old pictures last night and come across this Northfield 73 in Stag so I decided to carry it today in a slip , as always , for old times sake . This is the knife that cemented my like for GEC and Stag . These are the first pictures that I ever took of this favorite in 2115 . This knife is also made of Unobtainium .
Harry
Thanks for the compliments!Great looking pair, especially the Ebony LF ! Hope your back gets better soon
Another sweet pair, I really love the look of those Short Ebony Lambsfoot knives. I wish we had better access to them over here in the states.
Thank you sir!Lovely pairing Ron
Thanks Stuart! Long live the Queen! Nice pair there today!Half/Stop I forgot to mention your dazzling duo this Twosday, especially that winsome Winchester. I hope that you are feeling better.
Unobtainium!Was just going through old pictures last night and come across this Northfield 73 in Stag so I decided to carry it today in a slip , as always , for old times sake . This is the knife that cemented my like for GEC and Stag . These are the first pictures that I ever took of this favorite in 2115 . This knife is also made of Unobtainium .
Harry
Harry, I don't know anyone in their right mind that would want that ugly thing!!! But, you can will it to me! 
Thank you, Jack. Funny thing: When I took that pic I thought, "this looks like a photo Jack would take."
Thank you for the knife compliment
An excellent carry of Cases, Gary!
I'm sad to hear your back is still sore, Jack.
Thanks my friend Two knives today, my avatar TC and a Case teardrop.
Love the color on that copperlock! Very handsom knife.Definitely a classy Clerk, Ron!
With a knife like that, whenever you carry it must be like a vacation!!
Another vibrant vintage stockman!
That EO teardrop is a very attractive knife!
Thanks for the tip(s), Nick!
Thanks, Stuart.
Premier pair, FBC!!
IMHO, that's almost an ideal stockman!
What a couple of vibrant, colorful knives, Harry!
I noticed that; hope springs eternal!
Thanks for the canoe compliment, Jeff, and for confirmation on the musical stuff (about which I know almost nothing).
The power of suggestion!
Thanks, Stuart; the mini copperlock is the one I actually settled on for this week.
Thanks, Jack.
By coincidence, my schedule this week has me carrying an Okapi identical to yours as my International Knife of the Week.
Couple of classic curvaceous knives, Ron!
Nice RR peanut, John!
Things go better with Coke!!
Pleasing photo of your TC with the distinctive coloration, Dean!
Champion Calf-Roper, Ken!
For the second week in a row, I have a surprising (to me) number of Case knives on my schedule.
As always, I have this chestnut jigged bone SBJr (from a BigBiscuit GAW):
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Canoe of the Week is a 1975 Case:
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Watchpocket Knife of the Week is a Case half-congress (from a leg hog GAW):
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Free Choice Knife of the Week is a mini copperlock (thanks, Leslie):
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- GT
That’s a beauty you have there. Perfect clip point, and that jigging makes me drool.Thank you, I’m a sucker for tip bolsters!
In my pocket today,
Very nice indeed Dean
Thank you and the jigging on your Camillus is drool worthy too!That’s a beauty you have there. Perfect clip point, and that jigging makes me drool.
Thanks for the compliments!
Unobtainium!
Old Engineer
with those amazing bulldog barlows.First I remember seeing, those are awesome!
If it melts, it’s not wood!Have this one in the pocket today that I found at a flea market almost 10 years ago. It had quite a few rust spots, was really gunky and had barely any snap but the blades didn’t have much wear to it. I finally decided to clean it up, and forced a patina on it. Now it’s walking and talking and I think it looks decent. Looked at the covers under a loupe and see some woody looking grains but I still don’t know if they are wood or some man-made material.
