Who Loves a HAWKBILL, or Who Loves BEAKS, or PRUNERS????

AccuJohn

AccuJohn

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I got into these unintentionally. They are just always so affordable and often overlooked. Do you have a group shot of beaks?
These are, top to bottom:
Utica, Western States Boulder, Schrade Walden, Utica, Remington R703, and Robeson Shuredge
 

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I really have grown to like the hawk bill style blades because of this knife. I was never really a fan of it but when I was looking for my first GEC I found this guy and it really spoke to me for some reason and might have been because of the more subtle hawk blade, almost more like a sheepsfoot. I have found it to really be great for pull cuts and works great for gardening and yard work tasks.
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I only currently own two hawkbills in my collection, but find them to be very cool! One of the ones I have is made by Case, and the other is this Colt branded model (shown here next to my Queen copperhead). I gotta say, I love the look of this Colt hawkbill, it just screams out with a very nolstalgic appearance :)

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And here is my Case hawkbill (branded 'Bradford Cutlery', which is a Case brand)...

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Have a Camillus #1 and it works great around the yard.

 
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Not a folder, but a pre-WWII fixed blade "Kent" (Woolworths) by Camillus with jigged wood covers.

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I wasn't looking for another knife, but a local feed store had this case marked down to 5.00. I couldn't resist. I love it for yard work. I even used it on the last sheep I butchered. It's a cool pattern. I need to get better at sharpening this style, though. I can make it really sharp, but it takes more effort on my part.
 
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Agree with Redbeardo on this one. Really like the Tidioute 56 EZ-Open, I think the bone is remarkable and believe it has been re-issued on the latest Tidioute 82 Dixie knife. Here in action in the garden earlier this year and the blade patina almost goes chaemeleon on that granite stone in the second shot. Thanks, Will
 
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This is my first knife and the one that started my collection and ended up bringing me to Bladefourms. I didn't get mine for $5 - I paid $45 at Amazon! It is the only knife that has bit me. Twice.

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I usually pass these on, but I've kept a couple for use in the garden, including this old Sheffield knife.

 
My favorite is easily this 1930's Western States Boulder. It takes a hair popping edge, and is the most stout I've found thus far. I have included a blade thickness comparison to a Kutmaster. The spine is about 5mm thick. The wood scales are also in amazing condition for it's age. I would like another but haven't seen one. A search of Worthpoint for all Western States Boulder pulls up 95 pages of listings but no pruner :(. I got this in a junk store for $5
 

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Dang that's a thick spine on that one. Must have been meant for some heavy duty garden chores.
 
I have GEC Hayin' Helper with Nifebrite scales. Very nice knife that I just picked up less than a week ago.
 
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My favorite is easily this 1930's Western States Boulder. It takes a hair popping edge, and is the most stout I've found thus far. I have included a blade thickness comparison to a Kutmaster. The spine is about 5mm thick. The wood scales are also in amazing condition for it's age. I would like another but haven't seen one. A search of Worthpoint for all Western States Boulder pulls up 95 pages of listings but no pruner :(. I got this in a junk store for $5
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Great find.... I am loving the look of that blades thick spine! :)
 
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