Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

redsparrow said:
Sorry big. I just saw this question. The top blade is a Robeson. A cursory Google search showed it to be produced prior to 1939. If anyone knows more about it I'd love to hear from you. Whatever it's age I like it just fine. :) Thanks for your interest, hope you see this response.
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liamstrain said:
Enjoying my HJ on a surprisingly warm November day.

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Great photography and a nice knife!
I borrowed the Harness just for taking pictures, and regret not getting one for myself.

 
Gevonovich said:
Tell us more about this knife, please. It looks hollow ground and the blade tip is interesting, why rounded; out of curiosity? I like the pull on it and the handle has a lot of contours. Looks like a lock back as well. What kind of wood is it? Did you make it? More pics ?
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Its a carbon steel knife I made for a friend of mine who is the captain of a fairly large tug boat, he designed the shape of the knife so that if it was dropped it wouldn't puncture a rubber inflatable boat ,its a lockback knife with almost a razor edge ground on one side only,the wood is elm burl completely natural and unstabilized ,the long pull was designed to undo d shackles in both the open position and closed position with this part of the blade deferentially tempered to suit the application,it was one of my favorite knives I made and it took me ages so I was saddened to learn it ended up at the bottom of the Irish sea:( he used it mainly for cutting rope and by his account it performed well,the burl is beautiful stuff!
 
Trying to get a decent pic. I'll have to try again later when we have more sun. :(
Edit; because the sun is shining now. :D:cool:

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