Wooden Wednesday - Traditionals only please

T. Erdelyi said:
Here's 2 for wooden Wednesday

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I have a few other BF knives that I'm selling soon but the 2015 Serpentine Jack is the one I'm after!! Great knives and great pics!
 
Some very nice photos of wood-handled knives - love to look at 'em! :thumbup: Bloodwood Weasel pic from last week when it arrived, but it's been with me since.

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GE Jr said:
Some very nice photos of wood-handled knives - love to look at 'em! :thumbup: Bloodwood Weasel pic from last week when it arrived, but it's been with me since.

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Patiently waiting for my stag Weasel GE. Thanks for sharing.
 
Took the 2010 Queen Moose out for a spin on Wooden Wednesday, one of the few forum knives I had to work to like. Still I can appreciate the pattern and the beauty of the ebony and the work done by Queen on this one. To save me from the strong pull of 7-8 when openin' it I partnered it with more modern companion ebony piece.

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I have a knife with wood covers among this week's carries and I even remembered that on Wednesday, so I can contribute! :rolleyes:
Buckwood canoe:
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- GT
 
kamagong said:
When are you going to post your grandfather's knife in this thread Ted?
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Here it is, just in a nick of time only 4'15" left for Wooden Wednesday ;) :)

Here's my Nagypapa's bicska, my cousin gave it to me the last time I went home 10 years ago, it's a Gerlach pruner.

Some really nice pruners and hawkbills, here's mine, I've posted this one before so excuse my lazy butt, I just voted and pasted :) ;: The dates are off a few years now but I still use the knife whenever I have kielbasa.

This was my Grandfathers knife, from 40 years ago. The last time I saw him, (I was 15 then) he used it to cut Kielbasa and smoked/cured meats in the pantry for our afternoon meals along with cutting up bread and onions and peppers to go with the ham.

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My cousin found it in the basement and gave it to me as a gift when I went home.

It's gotta be over 65 years old and other than the pitting/character it's as strong as the day he let me use it to cut myself a piece of kielbasa the last day I saw him.

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I hadn't even thought of that day or the knife in nearly 40 years, her giving me that knife brought a tear to this old Mad Hungarians eye.


It says Gerlach Poland on the tang I'm not even sure what kind of wood it has for handles, anyone ever seen or heard of this brand.

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The funny part, when my grandfather died 35 years ago his daughter in law threw it out and my cousin who's my age (56) garbage picked it and saved that and his Bull Horn that he used to keep his sharpening stone in and hanging on his belt for sharpening his scythe when working in the fields, the horn has to be 100+ years old.

Three more pictures to finish this story:

First is the horn my grandfather had that he kept the sharpening stone in:

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Here's a picture of my grandfather and 6 of my mother's brothers and sisters, if you look on his belt you'll see the horn hanging:

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For the old folk with bi-focals here's a closeup:

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I still have the horn sheath and knife, Here's the horn with a Laguiole my sister in law gave me. I need to take some better pictures to post here. :)

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BTW, The Mad Hungarian on the other site was/is me. ;)
 
Ted, what a great story!!! I'm sure glad to see you have some pickers in the family! That sheath is awesome, I've seen folks sharpen scythes with those stones, it takes quite a bit of finesse, I'd more than likely smack myself in the head with it. I wonder how much kielbasa that old knife cut in its day.

Eric
 
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