Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

[Sonny14]

Hey Old Engineer, this will sound weird but take a whiff of the inside of the box that the Whittler came in. I was raised by a machinist, and I could definitely smell machine shop when I opened the box today, (if you've ever spent time in a machine shop you will know what I'm talking about). We could dub it, "new knife smell"! Reminded me of my dad.

 

[LastRodeo]

LastRodeo that my friend is a BEAUTIFUL Barlow:thumbup:

I have been trying to snag one of these for awhile, no luck yet. Congratulations, you must have been a very good boy indeed, (love the jig on this one)!

That is a real beauty. Hope to see mine by Saturday! I hope it looks that good. Nice photo by the way.

Thank you all. I appreciate your kind words and sharing my excitement.

 

[Railsplitter]

Very nice Railsplitter Rick:thumbup:

Rick you really do have some very nice knives!

I really like the look of that one. I'm a fan of the old acsb that Queen put out for years, and was somewhat concerned when they announced that they were changing it.

I still love the old style, and I love the look of the new style as well. Thanks for sharing the picture of a great knife

Very nice! I read your review and I'm glad to hear it's a good one.

Thank you all for the kind words.

 

[Old Engineer]

Hey Old Engineer, this will sound weird but take a whiff of the inside of the box that the Whittler came in. I was raised by a machinist, and I could definitely smell machine shop when I opened the box today, (if you've ever spent time in a machine shop you will know what I'm talking about). We could dub it, "new knife smell"! Reminded me of my dad.

I spent a fair amount of time around a machine shop in my career as well as : Concrete Pumps , Construction Equipment , Ag Equipment , Diesel Engines , Big Transmissions , Ag Tractors , and many machined parts both made in house and purchased . The box smelled to me like machining oil mixed with machining coolant with a slight hint of Cardboard .
What reminds me of my Dad is : Your posting and I thank you very much for that /// and whenever I use his old Hawkbill Pruner knife that he used as an Electric Lineman .
The day he retired , he climbed the tallest pole in the downtown area of Crothersville , Indiana and nailed his hard hat on top of it.
And you really don't know how much I have enjoyed answering your post . Thank you Sonny !!!!

Harry

 

[Sonny14]

I spent a fair amount of time around a machine shop in my career as well as : Concrete Pumps , Construction Equipment , Ag Equipment , Diesel Engines , Big Transmissions , Ag Tractors , and many machined parts both made in house and purchased . The box smelled to me like machining oil mixed with machining coolant with a slight hint of Cardboard .
What reminds me of my Dad is : Your posting and I thank you very much for that /// and whenever I use his old Hawkbill Pruner knife that he used as an Electric Lineman .
The day he retired , he climbed the tallest pole in the downtown area of Crothersville , Indiana and nailed his hard hat on top of it.
And you really don't know how much I have enjoyed answering your post . Thank you Sonny !!!!

Harry

My pleasure. What a great remembrance, is that hard hat still on that pole?
I smelled much the same, with a hint of metal grinding fragrance in there. Amazing how smells trigger memories, in this case sweet memories. Dunno why I even took a whiff, but glad that I did. That is probably what the Case factory smells like.

 

[Old Engineer]

My pleasure. What a great remembrance, is that hard hat still on that pole?
I smelled much the same, with a hint of metal grinding fragrance in there. Amazing how smells trigger memories, in this case sweet memories. Dunno why I even took a whiff, but glad that I did. That is probably what the Case factory smells like.

I do not know if the hard hat is still there or not. I have not been back there for 8 years or more.
I expect that he Case knife factories did have that smell . I worked for 36 years in the other Case Co. facilities , and at one time , I had been in all of them , and if they did machining , that is what they smelled like.

Harry

 

[RDaneel]

I've thought about getting one of these for awhile. This one came up on sale and I went for it. Case Office Knife in 154CM.

 

[paulhilborn]

That's BEAUTIFUL Dean:thumbup:

I've had one in my cart before but never hit the "buy" button I may change that after the holidays are over.

 

[willard0341]

just got this in the mail from a fellow member, I have been wanting this pattern for some time now. Good evening

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[r8shell]

Lots of beautiful knives last couple of pages, Guys!

I wasn't planning on buying anything new for the rest of the year, but I couldn't resist checking out an inexpensive Ok'api slipjoint:




I'll put an edge on it tomorrow and see how it holds up.

 

[knarfeng]

I saw these on a site where I have bought some Case knives. Very interesting? I did not know they made that blade so heavy. That's a great looking, robust piece.

What steel are the blades? Doesn't say on the site's I've checked?

Case calls it "Tru-Sharp Surgical Stainless Steel", which is marketing hype if you ask me, meant to be vague. I have never seen Case describe it any other way, so I think they prefer we don't know exactly what that is. I think it is an iteration of 420 of some type.

If you contact them, they will tell you. Case Tru-Sharp is 420HC, which Case runs at ~ 55HRC.

 

[Gevonovich]

I've thought about getting one of these for awhile. This one came up on sale and I went for it. Case Office Knife in 154CM.

Very nice piece, Dean! I always loved the old Office Knife folders and that is even better :thumbup:

 

[MJ71]

Santa came early.. and I have really been that good a boy!

There is something absolutely seductive about that knife. Congrats on snaring one, and thanks for posting such a great image.


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[MJ71]

Santa came early.. and I have really been that good a boy!

There is something absolutely seductive about that knife. Congrats on snaring one, and thanks for posting such a great image.


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[Ramrodmb]

2016 Queen #63 Railsplitter dressed in Amber Carved Stag Bone and D2 steel with a pinned shield.

That looks real good! The new pinned metal shield looks GREAT! Big improvement over the plastic looking shield!:thumbup:

 

[RDaneel]

That's BEAUTIFUL Dean:thumbup:

I've had one in my cart before but never hit the "buy" button I may change that after the holidays are over.

Thanks, Paul. It was definitely a spur of the moment; saw the lower price, hit buy, waited.

Very nice piece, Dean! I always loved the old Office Knife folders and that is even better :thumbup:

Thanks, Gev. The folders are also on my radar. I have seen a couple around, but the condition was not up to snuff.

 

[mrknife]

this just in for me, the s&m is back again qc stillll bad







cool feature of those TC's tubes, there are tiny variations with each knife, which is news to me!

 

[Sonny14]

If you contact them, they will tell you. Case Tru-Sharp is 420HC, which Case runs at ~ 55HRC.

That's what I thought, thanks for the confirmation.

 

[KBA]

Lots of beautiful knives last couple of pages, Guys!

I wasn't planning on buying anything new for the rest of the year, but I couldn't resist checking out an inexpensive Ok'api slipjoint:




I'll put an edge on it tomorrow and see how it holds up.

Rachel, Ive been one of those for a few months. How are you liking it? The origin and history of those is what has me interested.

 

[r8shell]

Rachel, Ive been one of those for a few months. How are you liking it? The origin and history of those is what has me interested.

I've just gotten around to sharpening it today, (it came with a terrible, almost chisel ground edge) and will carry it around the house tomorrow, so I'll have to let you know what I think of it. The steel seems decently hard, judging by my sharpening efforts, so I expect it will make a nice, tough user.

I don't know much about the history of the OK'API. I take it that it falls into the almost universal "peasant knife" category: Sodbuster; Higonokami; Clasp Knife; Opinel, etc?