Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

Not sure this really belongs in this thread but here goes anyway. Just received this incredible GEC 85 mod from @jsdistin . I’m super excited about how it turned out.

Edit - those aren’t gaps at the bolsters, just shadows from my shoddy camera work!

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AnW said:
Not sure this really belongs in this thread but here goes anyway. Just received this incredible GEC 85 mod from @jsdistin . I’m super excited about how it turned out.

Edit - those aren’t gaps at the bolsters, just shadows from my shoddy camera work!

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8mGwZ4C.jpg
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I have an 85 crown lifter out for recover myself currently. This looks fantastic! Congratulations
 
Ugly knife, that's what it is called😃
There's a story to this 1, knifemaker Scott Mackenzie a while back he wanted a new shop knife for himself, does saddlery ad well. He made this which he dubbed the ugly knife. Scott knows I really liked the sheepsfoot profile on it, Anyway Scott it taking a break from everyhing, another story.
Yesterday afternoon I recieved a package fom Scott. Inside the box was the ugly knife he gifted it to me, how awesome is that😃😃😎😎
A present to treasure & make me smile when I using it.
It's 440c
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AnW said:
Not sure this really belongs in this thread but here goes anyway. Just received this incredible GEC 85 mod from @jsdistin . I’m super excited about how it turned out.

Edit - those aren’t gaps at the bolsters, just shadows from my shoddy camera work!

1Gnp6DP.jpg


8mGwZ4C.jpg
Click to expand...
I just got two 85CL’s back from JD’s recovering and that came out great but I would’ve done stag if I’d seen this first. That thing is fantastic!
 
Despite having spent very very many nights outdoors as a child and young adult, I just got my first ever real “camp knife” yesterday:

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“The Ideal” was a low-budget brand from Providence, Rhode Island, sold on cardboard displays like the one in this image from the seller I got mine from:

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It is a pretty good size for me at 3-3/4”, with a decent heft to it, but as with the others of this brand I have, the blades are ridiculously hard to open, the points are completely rounded off, and only a perfunctory attempt was made to sharpen it in the factory.

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(I modified the pen blade on the red one)

It is in excellent NOS condition, considering it has been sitting around for probably 35 years or more. If I can loosen it up a little and get a reasonable edge on it, I may take it with me next time I go camping.
 
Happy Jacks were made from 1987-1989 in Rosman, North Carolina by Chuck Garlits. He reportedly used 440c stainless for the blades and stainless for the backspring. That's the sum total of my knowledge of the brand. Oh, and he is "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' cousin 🏎️

Its an extremely well made knife. No gaps anywhere. Nice bolster transitions. Nicely recessed/flush pins. Backspring is flush when closed and ever so slightly recessed when open. Very nice, smooth, walk with no half-stop. Excellent snap both directions. The blade isn't centered and it appears that the shield is not pinned. Approx. 3.5" closed. Really pretty bone and nice jigging.
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