Since it's stag Saturday, this 78.
Great horn on that one. I had hoped to tote mine on Saturday but when I fished it out of the tube I was reminded why it never really gets any carry: The stag is just *too* comically fat and rounded. It's good in the hand but brutal in the pocket.
Not overly fond of their attempt at worm groove, would have liked it just jigged but, it is what it is and no going back
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A stout folder.
G2
I think it's an attractive look and a decent homage to the old Robeson wormgrooved strawberry bone knives. The weird thing with Queen is they were never really prone to preserving the history of the Robeson sub-brands, e.g. the Pocket-Eze knives of Queen didn't always feature sunken joints and the MasterCraft knives didn't always use the materials & construction the old Robeson factory used. But this does seem like a fitting tribute IMO.
I had a dream about this one
To avoid uncertainty is to avoid possibility
I think you got the Alpha Churchill. Amazing stag on that one!
Think I'll go with this for Monday, April 1 (no fooling!):
Case amber bone SS medium stockman. May have a trapper on my belt, too.
The ever-useful 18 can only be improved upon in one way: switching out the spey for a punch. Thankfully Case built one of those in amber bone, too.
Carried the 63033 Small Stockman to church this morning, then added the 63032 Medium Stockman after church for a trip over the bridge to the beach for lunch with my wife. OH
I've become quite a fan of the 33/033 patterns and I think yours is the nicest example of the stockman I've seen even though I know it's Delrin because of the uncircled shield.
Schatt&Morgan Medium Coke Bottle in lightning wood
One of the things that got me excited about Queen's later output was that lightning-scarred wood. While it might considered a little gimmicky by some, I really do think it makes for some beautiful and unique knife handles.
In keeping with my Todays Carry of the VOOS ,
@Half/Stop and I had discussed how much alike the Jigged Bone of my Camillus , Imperial , and Pal Engineer Knives looked . I had never really compared them pictorially before . The Bone does look to me to be Very Alike . And later I compared the Bone on the VOOS and it also is Very Alike them . The Pin Locations however are each different . No 2 Match . The Camillus however has Brass Liners and all the others have Steel Liners . IMO though , they are all nice knives to have . The knives are shown in Alphabetical Order going down .
Harry
It's this extraordinary similarity that leads me to believe that MANY of these WW2 era knives had bone all originating from the same plant, which I can only assume was Rogers. For this many knives to be made from the same bone, isn't Rogers the only logical possibility? Add ulster and Kingston to the list with the same bone.
You gents are correct. Each of the referenced knives feature bone from the same era of Rogers, I'm almost certain. I have one of the Imperials, two Voos (Vooses?) and a number of other knives from that era with that exact bone - in various states of pocket wear. It is one of my favorite styles of bone overall, up there with classic Winterbottom and Schrade's peachseed.
I was going to carry the 82 today but I made a last minute decision to break out this old imperial cattle knife for the first time. Taken this morning.
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It was a busy day and I really got a ton of use out of this knife. Now that I have knocked the shine off of it I think it's a bonafide EDC. Here's a picture of the same knife after a hard days work.
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You worked that thing so hard you tarnished the pins! Good job. But remember, those things aren't being churned out any more.
I have never seen that bolster stamp but that Barlow screams Camillus to me. Thank you for sharing this fine specimen.
Here's my LFP carry today:
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