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[Eustace]

French classics

[doglegg]

French classics

I like the knife and I like your flowers. Seems to me people in Europe have more flowers that us folks across the pond.

[Ivoryman]

Great shot Eustace, I'd hang that shot on the wall, the flowers, the glass, wood, great colors, and the knife is sweeeeeeeeet. Congrats.
Seller said these scales appeared to be micarta or some other manmade material. Took bad pics back far enough to show no grain. I think the seller knew better didn't want to say what it really was. So I took a chance on a Chuck Garlits custom. It was Buy It Now or best offer, my offer was substantially less than I paid for my last Northwoods, and about what I've paid for some after market GECs. Felt like I stole it for that reason alone. Has no nail nick, seller says it might be 440 C SS commonly used by Chuck. I don't know. Is an incredibly smooth action like a Canal Street half Moon Trapper. It's solid as any lock up but easy to open and good snap. Has no nail nick but you don't need one, pinches open easily given the ample spine exposed. Might be one of the best actions and pivot I have ever seen or owned or checked out. Right up there with the beast I've ever seen. Magnificent operation, dead center, sweet smooth click and build seems to be impeccable. And the icing on the cake is the ivory frosting, these are pachyderm all right, probably modern, with no papers, no year, no knowledge of whether honestly obtained or unethically poached. I have no idea. I do have some experience in ivory grain and if it's not tusk, it's an exact duplicate, good enough to fool me, and just like some I have worked before. Great grain, well matched, cut along the run of the grain to expose the undulations variations in color, if you look close there are tiny streaks of white, tan, yellow, glossy clear spots and other shades in very fine small areas clearly visible under magnification. In my pics it all looks white. When in direct sunlight the grain comes alive and you can see down into the patterns and the luster looks clear coated, but it's not. Micarta doesn't do that. But hey, once in a while you get lucky, once in a while fate smiles on you and you score one, make a coup, score one for the underground too and bless what gets through the cracks, the ones the gestapo didn't catch. Bummer people have to misrepresent or conceal what it really is to sell their rare knife or two with that kind of handles. Is what it is.

[doglegg]

Go buy a lottery ticket Ivoryman! You scored a great one there. Absolutely beautiful!

[TripleF]

Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

[Steve Warden]

Waiting for me when I got home this afternoon.
2017 6347 SS in Amber Bone

Happy camper!

[zzyzzogeton]

Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Scott, what's the blade length on that Ranger?

[FRJ]

Here's a sweet little Ulster. 2 7/8" closed.

[Steve Warden]

Here's a sweet little Ulster. 2 7/8" closed.

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[woodwalker]

Here's a sweet little Ulster. 2 7/8" closed.

Sweet indeed!! Very nice Joe!!

[FRJ]

Thank you, Steve and woodwalker.

[doglegg]

Thank me too, FRJ cause I agree with them, sweet.

[TripleF]

Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Scott, what's the blade length on that Ranger?

A smidge under 4.5"

[FRJ]

Thank you, doglegg.

[zzyzzogeton]

Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Scott, what's the blade length on that Ranger?

A smidge under 4.5"

OK, that would make it an L66 equivalent, although I have never seen what model numbers or names were applied to Rangers.

All I know about RANGER stamped Westerns is that they were made on contract for someone, kinda like the knives made for Coast Cutlery, Wards/Master Quality & Western Field, Sears/Craftsman, Western Auto and others. I have never identified exactly for whom the line was made. Ditto on the HAWTHORNE line. Unknown to me.

I have seen the RANGER stamp on L39 (5" skinner blade), L66 (4-5/8" blade), L36 (5-1/2" blade) and L44 (6" blade) equivalents.

The 1940s/1950s 36 and 44 had a clip point saber grind that sometimes gives the illusion of having the "66 spine hump" towards the tip. You have to measure blade length to differentiate them. All the RANGERs I have seen have the patent number, which means they were made primarily (and most likely) post-WW2 up to about 1951-1952, when use of the patent number was dropped.

[bigbore]

A Frank Buster Fight'n Rooster

[kootenay joe]

Very nice stag on that first gen Fight'n Rooster.
kj

[doglegg]

Those Germans like them fancy and that one is. Nice. Also is there a history to the button/coin/pocker chip/? in the picture

[bigbore]

Thanks kj, doglegg thats just a cheep button with my star sign i try to throw into my pictures as a signature.

[doglegg]

Thanks kj, doglegg thats just a cheep button with my star sign i try to throw into my pictures as a signature.

Cool

[steve99f]

Great photo of a gorgeous knife.

[bigbore]

What a week,
picked this 3 up from the local Customs Office today

Now here are my roosters, seems i need some hens

[doglegg]

What a week,
picked this 3 up from the local Customs Office today

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Now here are my roosters, seems i need some hens

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That, bigbore, is a very impressive group. They all definitely have a European flavor. Great knives.

[TripleF]

Beauties bigbore!!!


These just arrived!

[Steve Warden]

Scott, I never cease to be amazed at your almost daily hauls. Some sweet!