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I sure do & with all the talk & pics lately of traditional knives I've been bitten by the bug.(thanks guys)
I am a big fan of Ruger Firearms so when I saw this little beauty on the bay I had to have it.
A Case peanut with a Ruger emblem for a shield & nice jigged bone scales.
It's got an R with some real fine scroll work on the shield side of the front bolster.(too bad my little POS P&S can't capture it very good)
Here it is with my meager collection so far.
I've had the Trapper since the 80s & got the Buck in a trade.
It wasn't part of the deal,but the guy threw it in anyway,pretty cool.
Too bad he turned out to be a flake & has been banned.
The Sod Buster I've always wanted,especially a large carbon steel one & scored it about the same time I scored the Peanut a few weeks ago.
The top knife is way cool IMO,I spotted it in a local antique mall & had to have it after a little haggling.
The lever on the top is the lock & boy is it solid.
A clasp lock I'm told,never saw one before.
It needs some work & I'm going to send it to Glenn for a spa treatment,just can't decide what wood to put on it.
After seeing Glenn's work on the TL-29 for John I new he was the man for the job & luckily he agreed to take on this little project.
I asked about it over in Bernard Levine's thread awhile back & here's what Mr Levine had to say about it...
"Folding butcher knife, made in Solingen, sold by that retailer (J G Schmelzer) in the city of Trier.
While knives of this pattern were imported to the US before 1900, e.g. made by Henckels,
their production in the US was brought here in the early 1910s by Carl Tillmans of Solingen when he worked for Utica.
He also worked for Camillus, and for Boker in NJ, before being recruited by Remington in 1919, as production manager of their new cutlery division in Connecticut.
Utica offered this pattern with a buffalo head shield. Also a two blade slip joint, and a 4 blade giant scout.
Remington offered those same patterns, and others, with a Bullet shield.
Behind them all (all the US versions) was Carl Tillmans.
BRL..."
Next I'll be getting into GECs,got my eye on a couple.(dang you guys)
Oh,and a toothpick,my first knife was one of those cheap yellow plastic covered Toothpick types with the second fish scaler blade & I really like the looks of the long clip blade of that style.
There ya go guys,I hope you're happy..cuz ya got me hooked on slippies now.
I am a big fan of Ruger Firearms so when I saw this little beauty on the bay I had to have it.
A Case peanut with a Ruger emblem for a shield & nice jigged bone scales.
It's got an R with some real fine scroll work on the shield side of the front bolster.(too bad my little POS P&S can't capture it very good)
Here it is with my meager collection so far.
I've had the Trapper since the 80s & got the Buck in a trade.
It wasn't part of the deal,but the guy threw it in anyway,pretty cool.
Too bad he turned out to be a flake & has been banned.
The Sod Buster I've always wanted,especially a large carbon steel one & scored it about the same time I scored the Peanut a few weeks ago.
The top knife is way cool IMO,I spotted it in a local antique mall & had to have it after a little haggling.
The lever on the top is the lock & boy is it solid.
A clasp lock I'm told,never saw one before.
It needs some work & I'm going to send it to Glenn for a spa treatment,just can't decide what wood to put on it.
After seeing Glenn's work on the TL-29 for John I new he was the man for the job & luckily he agreed to take on this little project.
I asked about it over in Bernard Levine's thread awhile back & here's what Mr Levine had to say about it...
"Folding butcher knife, made in Solingen, sold by that retailer (J G Schmelzer) in the city of Trier.
While knives of this pattern were imported to the US before 1900, e.g. made by Henckels,
their production in the US was brought here in the early 1910s by Carl Tillmans of Solingen when he worked for Utica.
He also worked for Camillus, and for Boker in NJ, before being recruited by Remington in 1919, as production manager of their new cutlery division in Connecticut.
Utica offered this pattern with a buffalo head shield. Also a two blade slip joint, and a 4 blade giant scout.
Remington offered those same patterns, and others, with a Bullet shield.
Behind them all (all the US versions) was Carl Tillmans.
BRL..."
Next I'll be getting into GECs,got my eye on a couple.(dang you guys)
Oh,and a toothpick,my first knife was one of those cheap yellow plastic covered Toothpick types with the second fish scaler blade & I really like the looks of the long clip blade of that style.
There ya go guys,I hope you're happy..cuz ya got me hooked on slippies now.
