What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Please don't hold back on my account, Elliot!

Also, to Sam, it reminds me of Gevonovich's photos on a log with the rays of sun breaking through. Right?
 
Blues said:
We were fortunate to have Tony Bose pick out that bone for Kerry from his personal stash. I was very grateful to him for his contributions to the project.



Thanks, Ed. The Eureka pattern has long been a strong personal favorite of mine. This double ended version in stag by Ken Erickson with a single backspring is one of my other absolute favorites.
Ken surprised me with it at the Blade Show a couple years back when he brought it for me:

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(Yep, I'm a lucky so and so...:cool::p)
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I have had a peach seed jigged version of that knife as my background for months. That stag brings the pattern to an entire new level, wow, thanks for sharing. I am absolutely a fan of the double ended jack and from what I have seen, Ken makes a perfectly executed version.
 
Blues said:
Sam, the best makers (some of whom we are fortunate enough to have with us here on the forum) have a true eye and appreciation for creating just the right jigging pattern to complement the size and style of knife. On the other hand, I've seen a few examples where the effort has come up a tad short.

When I look at some of the early "Rogers" jigging and various jigging patterns as found on vintage knives of yesteryear, (Robeson, Winchester, Imperial, Schrade, Remington and other classics come to mind), it's clear that the old hands didn't take a back seat to anyone in that regard.

I agree that the random factor as well as depth, style of cut and taking the jigging from bolster to cap and well to spine makes all the difference. It's one of those things that you can't always describe or define but know immediately when your eye alights upon it.

By the way, the bone used on Kerry's "Eureka" was some vintage Boker bone that Tony Bose had in his pile. Some fine old material to be sure.
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Thanks for the insight Elliot, couldn't agree more. Must be very satisfying when a maker gets his hands on some quality bone too (no sniggering at the back please!).

Sam
 
WOW, that is just an amazing piece of cutlery. I stick with my previous statement. You need to start your own pic thread and have all these gems in one place :thumbup:

Where do you guys get all these old catalogs to look up old patterns?
 
avoidspam said:
Thanks for the insight Elliot, couldn't agree more. Must be very satisfying when a maker gets his hands on some quality bone too (no sniggering at the back please!).

Sam
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Dadgumit, I can think of some great retorts but then I'd be flagged by the two (great) fellas that Gus and I left this forum in the capable hands of. Talk about irony! :p
 
rockgolfer said:
WOW, that is just an amazing piece of cutlery. I stick with my previous statement. You need to start your own pic thread and have all these gems in one place :thumbup:

Where do you guys get all these old catalogs to look up old patterns?
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Thanks, Jeff. There are several books available online that have excerpts from many vintage catalogs. In the current instance, I was using a reproduction of an old Remington catalog which had been sent to me as a gift. I've since leaned to be more careful when "throwing down the gauntlet" where Ken is concerned. ;)
 
Hey Jeff, shoot me a PM with your mailing address. I have an older (1998 version) "Official Price Guide To Collector Knives" that while not exhaustive has lots of black and white illustrations of classic patterns from a variety of manufacturers. (Levine's Guide is still the "bible" for overall info on patterns and history imho, and there are several other useful books as well.)

I can mail it out to you during the coming week.
 
Your welcome Elliot. So many of you Ladies and Gents take your time to get great photos of your excellent knives, the effort is appreciated by me wholeheartedly(My Wife and bank account, not so much).

I am working on what I want to challenge Ken with, I have a little over a year. So many ideas running around in my head, I am going to search down some old catalogs for reference. Maybe what I want was already made and forgotten about? But thats half the fun is it not, searching for the next one? :D
 
Blues said:
Hey Jeff, shoot me a PM with your mailing address. I have an older (1998 version) "Official Price Guide To Collector Knives" that while not exhaustive has lots of black and white illustrations of classic patterns from a variety of manufacturers. (Levine's Guide is still the "bible" for overall info on patterns and history imho, and there are several other useful books as well.)

I can mail it out to you during the coming week.
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Well that is mighty generous of you and much appreciated good Sir, pm is in bound...
 
Elliott,
I've only seen it little by little (from the pictures you post here), but your custom knife collection is something that I would love to contemplate for once in my life. And I know that, possibly, someone here on BF has become a part of this subforum just for seeing some of your pictures. It would have lured me in, for sure. :rolleyes:

As for pure chronicles (and the thread itself), I'm carrying my Case swayback jack today :)

Fausto
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quattromori said:
Elliott,
I've only seen it little by little (from the pictures you post here), but your custom knife collection is something that I would love to contemplate for once in my life. And I know that, possibly, someone here on BF has become a part of this subforum just for seeing some of your pictures. It would have lured me in, for sure. :rolleyes:

As for pure chronicles (and the thread itself), I'm carrying my Case swayback jack today :)

Fausto
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Thanks for your kind words, Fausto. I'm always happy to share when I can.

Images of most all of my knives posted in the forum are accessible via my user profile "home page" link.
Just click on the appropriate album and then when you select an image to view (or slide show) you can adjust the size to your preference.
 
Elliott,
thank you for the link. I'm more than sure that many people on this forum will click and take a look :) you know you deserve my words, and you must be proud of your custom knife collection...even though I know that the ones you'd like to get are (and always will be) more than those you already have :rolleyes:

Fausto
:cool:
 
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