Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

No pics I'm going full cheepy Joe on my electronics . As someone I once knew would say : Picture in your minds eye . . .

I am modding two Case Sowbelly black synthetic knives :

One I am keeping the Wharncliffe blade and removing (crudely cutting off 😞) both of the other blades. I like this thicker handle over the single blade Sowbelly frame.

On the second one I am keeping the clipped point blade and keeping the spay blade with pronounced (I would go so far as to say extreme) negative blade angle but removing the Wharncliffe which sticks way up when folded. The extreme angle of the spay blade is what set me on this questionable path . I like that. I may even Wharncliffe the Spay after I use it stock for a while .

As most of you know an interesting side note is that the two shorter blades are crazy thin out in the area where they cut and normal thickness at the pivot . That is what I do to many / most of my modern ( inferior ☺️ ) , user knives . I mean this Case frame style is begging me to carry and use it .

Speaking of Case Sowbelly , quite a while ago Case came out with a Fiber Weave ; looks like gray and red carbon fiber . A little jewel I scooped up some time ago . I'm not touching that one with a mod !
CV steel too !

But enough about my shenanigans .
 
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I got a super deal on this Cold Steel Swiss halberd head.
It's all black:
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A MUST carry on walking / hiking trails these days. . . what with all the #%^^%^** mountain bikes and electric bikes. I remember the exact same hiking trails when I saw no one or maybe one old guy with a staff . . . maybe he could see into the future and had already armed himself . . .
interesting now that I come to think of it 🤔
 
Estate Sale Find...
It always makes me a bit sad to rummage through the remnants of someone's life. I sometimes find myself simply gazing, and trying to build an imaginary life of the one who treasured such item enough to tuck it away in a drawer or corner of a closet or garage. Yesterday proved to be one of those times, as I spotted this knife on a table in the basement, nearby to the old and dated fishing tackle in the plastic and steel tackle boxes. Have you ever noticed that familiar aroma that wafts up and out of an old tackle box? And I don't mean the smell of rotting worms. I'm talking about the familiar licorice smell - anise.

This old Colonial - the first Electrician's knife I've ever seen in person that has three blades/tools - seemed to speak to me on this day. After checking it out for any damage and for functionality, it followed me upstairs to the checkout. It's really not in bad shape for a Colonial that has been around (and seemingly used) for its number of years. And I'm sure it will clean up nicely for me. At two bucks a blade, I'd say that is a good value.

I would be looking for any and all information available from you folks regarding this Colonial model. Please feel free to share here. In particular, what the handle scale material might be, and what time period this knife may have been offered.

Although a bit sluggish at this point, the blades all walk and talk - no blade wobble. And, to my surprise, the bail is in top condition - no deformation whatsoever.
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COLONIAL
PROV. U.S.A.
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A good scrub-down with Dawn and hot water, followed by a quick rub with a worn-out Miracle Cloth, and the handle scales are beginning to show their colors.
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Bonus! This little Bassett was sitting on an upstairs table. Since it wasn't priced, the estate sale lady included it at no charge. That's cool, because I have a small accumulation of such manicure knives to add it to.
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I have checked the Colonial Knife Co Providence R.I. thread by B.Mauser, but that thread doesn't seem to be too active of late. However, in another thread, I believe it was called an Electrician's - Janitor knife.
 
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