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Too many quotes, sorry for the confusion. ::shrug::
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Perfectly understandable! And I agree that Daddy's should be in their own category!
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That was fun so I think I will do it again next week with another pattern. Thanks for all who posted either with their knives or comments on the ones posted. That Holley is a great knife for sure.

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Please do so! :D

The Jacks from Robeson and Terrier have some quite special jigging with those “grooves”..? What's the story?
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The contrasting deeper longer jig or groove, is often called a "worm groove" because of its length, and random appearance, I believe. It was a tradition with Cattaraugus, and others from time to time. It helped "bone stag" (jigged bone) look more like stag as well as whatever unknown reasons created it/them. Now it is a prized feature on old knives.
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Way to go upnorth.

By the way I love the Ulster's that you keep posting. I don't have any in my collection and wish I had a nice one. Thought I had an etched Cattle Knife a few months ago on ebay but was out bid.
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Was it Eric who outbid you on that one?
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I don't know Eric but the high bidder was lizard1123. He also out bid me on a horn handled jack a few weeks ago.
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upnorth wrote:Was it Eric who outbid you on that one?


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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upnorth wrote:The contrasting deeper longer jig or groove, is often called a "worm groove" because of its length, and random appearance, I believe. It was a tradition with Cattaraugus, and others from time to time. It helped "bone stag" (jigged bone) look more like stag as well as whatever unknown reasons created it/them. Now it is a prized feature on old knives.
Thanks very much for the info! :D
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galvanic1882 wrote:I don't know Eric but the high bidder was lizard1123. He also out bid me on a horn handled jack a few weeks ago.
Lizard1123 is a sniper who bids huge. He's beat me on some exceptional knives. I've only managed to return the "favor" once. since then, I swear he bids even higher.
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Here's another English Jack, at 4 3/8". I just clipped it out of my Empire display, which I am slowly reworking.
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Hi:
Thanks for the thread. There has been a couple of others that I have shown this in but I always enjoy showing one of my favorites. At 4 1/4 " closed it is small by standards. I like it anyway.
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Very nice knives everyone ::tu:: ::tu:: It is a great pattern. As Upnorth once noted; all my jacks are English. This is an old Eye Witness knife circa 1880s-90s. :D s-k

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This thread has some of the nicest knives I've seen in a while, great knives everyone! :)
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Here's an Ulster! Just for Mike!!
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OK upnorth just send me a PM and I will send one back with my address so you can sned it to me since, as you said, this one is for Mike.
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But - but :shock: !
Glad you like it! I think I'll hang on for a while! :mrgreen:
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When I die I want to be reincarnated as a nice old pocket knife, so I can go live at Upnorth's house with all his knives :P
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Yikes :shock: !! Now I'm gonna have bad dreams :shock: :shock: !!
People living in my safe ::paranoid:: ::paranoid:: !

I take it as a compliment, Adam; thanks ::tu:: :mrgreen:
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Weird wish indeed, wanting to be reincarnated as a harness jack! Anyway, how does the little release work on the side of some of those English Jack's? Are they a lock and release mechanism?
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thawk wrote:Weird wish indeed, wanting to be reincarnated as a harness jack! Anyway, how does the little release work on the side of some of those English Jack's? Are they a lock and release mechanism?
The "hump" on the back is a lock release, Thawk. You push it in to release the blade. It's essentially similar to the back lock that sits in a cutout, but rides higher.
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Hello everybody, Those are sure some awesome looking english jacks posted. I thought I would share my Napanoch English Jack--Thanks Mark
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Ratlesnake, I really like that Nap. I don't have any Nap's. Here are a couple Challenge with a Remington in the center. Nothing as nice as the Nap.

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Those challenge jacks are sure awesome looking!! Thx Mark
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