Words need to learn in BF - for Newbie: "Friday Knife", "Monday Knife", "Safe Queen" and MORE

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Hi there,

Just wanted to know what is "Monday Knife", what is "Safe Queen".
In the posts, I see some words like these, but still cannot get them, tried to search Internet but no clear explanations.

Please help to explain, and if there are some other words like these you wanted to let newbie (like me) to know, please advise as well.

Thanks!
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A Safe Queen is a knife that was bought to be put up and never carried. I have quite a few of those. I believe a Monday knife is one that the build quality is not up to that companys usual build quality due to some weekend over indulges, 🍺🍻
 
Yep. "Friday knife" means thrown together in a hurry, "Monday knife" means they were either still drunk or too hung over to see straight. Both are ways of saying the knife shouldn't have passed a quality control inspection. "Safe queen" is a knife that remains pristine because it is only brought out to admire and is never used. I'm sure there are other slang terms that are baffling as well, such as CE&CF for "chicken eye and coon finger" from old country boys referencing nature. Chickens will cock their head to the side and get one eye close to something they want to examine, racoons will turn things over and over in their paws examining them. Together it means a close inspection from every angle.
 
yablanowitz said:
Yep. "Friday knife" means thrown together in a hurry, "Monday knife" means they were either still drunk or too hung over to see straight. Both are ways of saying the knife shouldn't have passed a quality control inspection. "Safe queen" is a knife that remains pristine because it is only brought out to admire and is never used. I'm sure there are other slang terms that are baffling as well, such as CE&CF for "chicken eye and coon finger" from old country boys referencing nature. Chickens will cock their head to the side and get one eye close to something they want to examine, racoons will turn things over and over in their paws examining them. Together it means a close inspection from every angle.
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Great explanations! OH
 
"End of Day" was a way to describe multicolored celuloid handles. Meant to describe that all different colors were put in a mold to use whatever was left over at the "End of the Day".
 
STDK said:
A Safe Queen is a knife that was bought to be put up and never carried. I have quite a few of those. I believe a Monday knife is one that the build quality is not up to that companys usual build quality due to some weekend over indulges, 🍺🍻
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Thanks for reply, so I can call the Laguiole, Le Thiers, and the latest terrible finished Mushroom knife from Fontenille Pataud "Safe Queen", coz I meant to purchase and place them in my collection only. But unluckily, the Mushroom knife is "Monday Knife".

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Do you know why it's called "Monday Knife"? Possible because of craftsman back from a weekend and on Monday their feeling has not getting back? 🤣

BTW, imo, a Monday Knife can be sent out to customer probably means the QA is bad.
 
calm said:
I usually see "assembled on a Friday" as a referral to products that are not assembled properly, as workers hurry up to go home.
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Thanks, a new word I learn.

Maybe "assembled on a Friday" similar to "Monday knife", one is because craftsman is eager to go back for weekend, another is because s/he just get back from weekend.:D
 
yablanowitz said:
Yep. "Friday knife" means thrown together in a hurry, "Monday knife" means they were either still drunk or too hung over to see straight. Both are ways of saying the knife shouldn't have passed a quality control inspection. "Safe queen" is a knife that remains pristine because it is only brought out to admire and is never used. I'm sure there are other slang terms that are baffling as well, such as CE&CF for "chicken eye and coon finger" from old country boys referencing nature. Chickens will cock their head to the side and get one eye close to something they want to examine, racoons will turn things over and over in their paws examining them. Together it means a close inspection from every angle.
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Thank you for these inputs! I learn them!

Now I know how to use them, just like my above reply, "I purchased 3 knives as "Safe Queen", 1 is "Monday knife", and every time I receive a knife, I do like CE&CF🤣
 
Your Name Goes Here said:
I've been wondering about this one lately - Shadow Pattern

Shadow Pattern means the knife has no bolsters

Knowledge gained today, of course, in a different thread here at Bladeforums : )
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Thanks, I learn this. So some Laguiole knives are "Shadow Pattern" coz they don't have bolsters.

If there are more replies, maybe just change the title to "words need to learn in BF forums - for newbie", then replies are recommended with words, explanations and photo/image.
 
STDK said:
"End of Day" was a way to describe multicolored celuloid handles. Meant to describe that all different colors were put in a mold to use whatever was left over at the "End of the Day".
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I have also seen End of Days refer to unusual Schrade USA knives made at the very end of their days as a knife manufacturer (2004). I own at least one. OH
 
STDK said:
"End of Day" was a way to describe multicolored celuloid handles. Meant to describe that all different colors were put in a mold to use whatever was left over at the "End of the Day".
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Thanks for reply.
If possible, could you please post a sample photo or image?
Or can this be a "End of Day" knife?
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