Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

[Will Power]

MOST impressed by that Brown Snakeskin acrylic:thumbup:

Would look very fine on small patterns too, I wasn't able to get one but I feel it looks even better than my Osage Orange Viper

Thanks, Will

 

[traumkommode]

Case Half Whittler, some kind of antique bone covers. The F&F on this knife is pretty spectacular, actually, nearly GEC quality. The knife itself is sort of like a smaller version of the #33 Conductor. 3.25" closed, clip main pen secondary. Two springs, but still very thin and light. And check it out, centered blades that aren't touching each other!

 

[Atiger]

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This one came in the mail yesterday.

 

[Dschal]

Also bitten by the Barlow bug. This came in the mail today.

 

[Cory Hess]

Just got these two previously appreciated knives in from a trade. I was really just after the canoe and the workhorse was thrown in at the end as a way to even things up a bit. I'm surprised by how much I like this workhorse, and after having it for a couple of days I'm shocked that we don't hear more about these knives around here. The spear's a little fat for my tastes, but it's a great slicer. It's super easy to pinch open. The 3 3/4" length is just about perfect, and the single spring makes it really nice to carry. The spear/coping blade combination is obviously a winner, and the frame shape makes the knife very comfortable to use with the main blade. The fat spear makes it a little awkward when using the secondary, but it's really not too bad. This is a pattern I never would have thought to try, but am really glad I did. As a bonus, no sunk pins!!

The canoe has one fairly significant gap between the spring and one of the liners. Other than that, it's a really fine knife as well. Queen's ACSB is wonderful, of course. The spear is a better shape than the one on the workhorse, but the secondary is comically fat. It's a step away from being a perfect circle. The pull on both blades of this knife is perfect. The blades easily glide open and closed, but snap home with authority.

 

[deltaboy]

 

[deltaboy]

 

[Wurrwulf]

I picked up this Kamp King at the flea market today for only $8!

 

[r8shell]

Nice! I recently found one just like that, but with the Old Timer shield. The pull is pretty hard, especially on the spey blade so I need to work it with some oil before I sharpen and carry it. How's the pull on yours?

 

[TsarBomba]

A knife made for "Telecom Australia" by Stanley Rogers in the 80's for issue to their technicians - common of similar knives supplied in the work place it has a round back so it cannot be placed on the bench Blade sharp side up.

Something along these lines both from a single TL 29 original with scales from an old rifle stock ...
... add bolsters smooth the action ... and drop the blade lower into the body.
Something I can probably still do with this knife preserving the existing walnut scales and the "T" logo (If I am careful )
PS Picked up another of these Telecom Knives last night - on the auction site - for $15 au

You do some absolutely fantastic work, both with the sheaths and the knives themselves. I have a few ideas that flit through my mind to use up a few of my old composite TL-29s that still have great blades, but those jacks just excude class and style. It almost intimidates me away from trying my concepts.

Any chance those telecom knife seller(s) ship stateside? I'm a little surprised (and impressed) with how nice the wood looks on work knives like those.

I should have had something alongside these two #98 Whittlers as a size reference since they are Godzilla size.
Maybe the button helps, but by now you all probably know the 98 frame.

That snakewood whittler is every bit as beautiful as I was worried it would be. I love big knives -- have a 4.25" or better knife with me almost every day, often two, a 5" (closed) Congress just the other day -- but life conspired against me ordering one of those (or one of the camp knives; sorry, Charlie Wan Kenobi, the Force was not with me). I think it was a karmic reaction by the universe for going overboard on #18s...

This knife just in. It wasn't the tool used for the whittle jobs pictured. Though it will be soon!

Some top-notch woodwork there, both on the knife and on what the knife was made for. :thumbup: What kind of wood did you use for the chain links? I really like that coloration.

Here's my haul this week. Ray Cover Sr. amber stag hunter, and a Fiddleback Forge 12" Machete. They actually make a good pair for heading into the woods!

That's a honking hunk of stag, sir! That knife doesn't get lost next to the machete at all.

This 2005 Schatt & Morgan File & Wire single-blade Gunstock arrived today.
It's a peculiarly busy knife, with lots of branding and bevels and fluting and that aggressive wormgroove jigging. It's much less sleek than the single-bladers I usually go for, with its exposed joint and big ol' fin of a blade (which, odder still, has that extra bevel that keeps it from being pinchable, despite there being ample blade for pinching). I've been waffling about buying one for the past three months or so.
But somehow it just works. I couldn't get the damned thing out of my head!
I love the chunky, beveled bolsters, and the matching bevels on the covers. The wormgroove, which I find tends to look unappealing in sales photos, is beautiful in person. Fit and finish are the best I've seen on any of the S&M knives I own/have owned, and I love ATS-34 steel.

There was criticism of the Queen/S&M wormgroove in the discussion thread for the '16 forum knife. Personally, I prefer a more understated approach, like the single large grooves you'd find in a Case Barlow back in the 60s and 70s, but I've seen a couple of those grooved Queens up close and to a one they have been absolute eye candy. Yours seems no different, great pickup! I really like Queen's take on the gunstock pattern, though I sadly have none of my own.

Oh, so you're the reason I can't have a #98. :grumpy:

Here's a knife I picked up on clearance for a single digit price at a national home improvement store a couple of weekends ago. Seems to me to be a solid, useful knife (and the box is kind of cool, too ).
Some sort of carbon fiber covers on a stainless steel frame:
This model is called the Camillus Blac-Jaket, with a little wasp carved on the box, but the store website indicated that the Yello-Jaket model was the one on clearance. So I hunted for quite a while, and asked for help from several employees, and never did find any of the yellow-handled version. So I grabbed this one, which was marked down but not as low as the other model. At checkout, it "rang up" as a Yello-Jaket with the better discount. All in all, a very mysterious shopping experience for me (but I'm not someone who shops for pleasure anyway).
I'm not a huge muskrat fan, but I'm happy I found this one.

Thanks, Lloyd. Not as nice as a vintage Barlow, but it's a knife I like. (My problem is I like almost anything. )

That's one of those Extreme Good Fortune situations, I think, both in terms of price and quality of pickup, GT. The Blac Jakets seem to be all but nonexistent on the secondary market, and you seem to have gotten a bone mint one complete with original everything. Forget the little gaps, that's a rare knife in a rarer condition. Anyone who appreciates Camillus is absolutely green with envy over it -- I know I am. And for under $10, that's just salt in the wound. Beautiful find, sir! I understand your nascent affinity for the 'rats. I've got a couple new mooses recently and just this week I carried up a new green Utica 'rat with the slimmest clips I've ever seen from the factory.

Vintage Barlow, you say? Keep reading.

Case G-10 Back Pocket.

I see my decision for handle material on the backpocket has been made.

I hope these GEC's aren't addictive or anything...

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."

This one came in the mail yesterday.

I used your Russell as a jumping-off point for mine in the other thread, so I just wanted to say here that I really dig yours too. That wonderful dark bone and strong, clear stamp are top notch, awesome pickup!

Also bitten by the Barlow bug. This came in the mail today.

It's more like a Barlow tick. Once it gets on you, it gets under your skin. I know the call of the Barlow too well...

My newest arrivals. A Russell-marked regular Barlow of indeterminate age and a Dixon (Germany) XTRA Barlow from (near as I can tell) the 1920s. The Russell already rode with me today, and the Dixon was happily waiting in the mailbox when I returned home.

 

[TsarBomba]

Nice finds. Did your Uncle Henry come with an injured blade?

That sawcut stockman (Master Mechanic?) looks like a rebranded Schrade, though I can't quite tell if it'd be a 34OT frame or if it's something bigger. I've struck out on a couple chances to pick up a Schrade stockman with serrated sheepsfoot (try saying that five times fast).

You should post more pics of those carries of yours. :thumbup:

I picked up this Kamp King at the flea market today for only $8!

Looks like yours is virtually untouched, excellent work!

 

[deltaboy]

Nice! I recently found one just like that, but with the Old Timer shield. The pull is pretty hard, especially on the spey blade so I need to work it with some oil before I sharpen and carry it. How's the pull on yours?

About 4-5 on all 3 blades, but it very smooth.

 

[deltaboy]

Nice finds. Did your Uncle Henry come with an injured blade?

That sawcut stockman (Master Mechanic?) looks like a rebranded Schrade, though I can't quite tell if it'd be a 34OT frame or if it's something bigger. I've struck out on a couple chances to pick up a Schrade stockman with serrated sheepsfoot (try saying that five times fast).

You should post more pics of those carries of yours. :thumbup:



Looks like yours is virtually untouched, excellent work!

Yep master Mechanic Knifes were made by Schrade for True Value Hardware Stones. And your correct they are hard to find for a good price. I spend 6 months before I got this one for a price of 9 bucks.
And the Uncle Henry had suffered a bit of Abuse and I got it for under 10 bucks off the Bay.
It the same size of a OT8.

 

[zolthar]

That snakeskin look incredible [emoji41]

 

[Will Power]

Case Half Whittler, some kind of antique bone covers. The F&F on this knife is pretty spectacular, actually, nearly GEC quality. The knife itself is sort of like a smaller version of the #33 Conductor. 3.25" closed, clip main pen secondary. Two springs, but still very thin and light. And check it out, centered blades that aren't touching each other!

I like this a lot! Oddly enough, I have a CASE Half Whittler, Crandall Cutlery, that is from about 10years ago. This one is single-spring , with rather severely crinked blades. I didn't know they had gone over to a two spring arrangement.

 

[A.L.]

My Michael Morris friction folder came in the mail today. Definitely worth the wait! :thumbup:

I love the colors! I had Morris but I ended up selling it because it was too thick for me and I didn't like the rasping as it hindered slicing.

 

[BigBiscuit]

Newly acquired in a trade with a BF member. :thumbup:

 

[clutchcarter]

Here's my newest addition, wildfire acrylic.

 

[A.L.]

I love those acrylics!

 

[btb01]

I love the colors! I had Morris but I ended up selling it because it was too thick for me and I didn't like the rasping as it hindered slicing.

I can see what you're saying about the thickness (it certainly is thick), and the sliciness. I'm glad I went the wharncliffe. Might not be the best slicer, but it should be great for draw cuts.