Matchng Pairs

[QTCut5]

Coupl'a matches I recently acquired. Is it just me or does it seem like once you get fixated on a particular knife, you start seeing it pop up everywhere you look (and you can't seem to stop buying them)? It's probably just me and my OCD (Obsessive Cutlery Disorder).

~Q~

[jerryd6818]

~Q~, fortunately buying duplicates is not a problem I have to contend with yet. Welll, except maybe for Camillus 72's. And 1987 Winchester 2921 Coffin Jacks. And Camillus #14's. And GEC #48s along with the Case Mini-Trappers or Sway-Back Jacks which I don't count because the handles are different on them.

See? My mental health is perfectly intact.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I have this OCD w/ Case Allegheny Mountain bone handled knives. Starting to pick up duplicates of some of these knives in the photo. When these were offered to CCC members, it was one of the absolute best looking knives I think Case every produced. The next closest is the burnt moss knives that were produced for CCC members. Anyone else liking these Allegheny Mountain Bone knives?

[QTCut5]

I happened to notice that Bruno (bdev) had a Queen Amber Carved Stag Bone #51 for sale recently. Although I already have one, I am a huge fan of ACSB, and I also have a well-documented "51 fixation" so, naturally, I bought it (Thank You Bruno!)

Of course, just like with all the other duplicates I've purchased, once again, my wife (Ann) & I went through the same old routine--which goes something like this:

Ann: Why do you need another knife that's exactly like one you already own?

Q: It's not exactly like the one I already own.

A: OK, why do you need another knife that's almost exactly like one you already own?

Q: I was thinking that I would keep the nicer of the two and sell the other one.

A: Uh-huh, that's what you always say but then you end up keeping both or all of them (as the case may be)...Like what happened with these three:

Q: Well, there's subtle differences in the color of the Rogers Bone that makes each one of them unique.
A: Uh-huh...and what about these two Case 1st Issue Honey Bone 07W Mini Trappers?

Q: Now you're just being silly, sweetheart...didn't you notice that one has a serrated wharncliffe and the other has a straight edge wharncliffe?

Q: Oh, and by the way...the two Queen ACSB 51s also have different master blade profiles...so, they're not "exactly" the same either!

(The remainder of the conversation is not appropriate to print here, but you can probably guess how it went.)
A:

~Q~

[Sharpnshinyknives]

That is so funny. And strangely that conversation sounds so familiar. Why don’t women understand us? Don’t they love us? She knew I was like that when she married me. Oh forget it!

[RalphAlsip]

It is interesting to read how others try to explain the need for for multiple similar knives. Many times my way of rationalizing multiple comparable knives is that one is for the collection and one is for the pocket. In the Tuna Valley patterns I like, I try to get a black buffalo horn example to carry and a fancier one such as Mammoth to collect. These pictures are a Tuna Valley Easy Open tear drop. The buffalo horn example is noticeably thinner and more pocket friend (IMO). Mechanically they are both very sound with firm half stops and snap to open and snap to close. Like Canal Street has found a way to continue I hope Tuna Valley also can find a way to continue.

[Quick Steel]

Both of those E/Os are very appealing. The difference in width is striking.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I didn’t realize that Tuna Valley made such beautiful knives. Now those are on my list of knives I am hunting.
Nice, nice, nice.
Mark

[Rookie]

Great set of Tuna's. The mammoth they used during that run of teardrops was some of the best I've seen, with a lot of color variation in it.

[RalphAlsip]

Thank you gents for the gracious comments.

I didn’t realize that Tuna Valley made such beautiful knives. Now those are on my list of knives I am hunting.
Mark

Mark, you need to ogle this thread on AAPK to see well-photographed beautiful Tuna Valley examples.
viewtopic.php?f=84&t=46857&p=660690#p660690

[dweb1897]

Weren't the Tuna Valley knives made by Queen?

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Ralph, Thanks for the thread. Looked at it and now I can’t stop thinking about it. This is just “knife porn”. You’re killing me Smalls.
Mark

[Rookie]

Weren't the Tuna Valley knives made by Queen?

Most were made by Queen. The 1906 ones were made in Germany, but imported and sold by Case.

The knives 2007-mid 2012 were made by GEC. All knives made mid 2012-present are made by Queen.

[RalphAlsip]

Here is a something old / something new matching pair. The old is a Wilbert Gladiator and the new is a Northwoods Gladiator. Both knives are on a large cigar moose frame. The Wilbert is 4 1/4" and the Northwoods is 4 1/8". The Wilbert is noticeably heavier by at least 2 ounces and is made of much thicker blade and spring stock. There are other noticeable differences in grinds, swedges, nail nicks, etc. They both probably represent state of the art factory knife production from their respective manufacturing eras. The "GLADIATOR" etch on my Wilbert uses different lettering than in the catalog cut. On my blade the etch lettering is all upper case.

[rarreola]

Great set of gladiators Ralph

[Ivoryman]

Two sweeties Ralph, love the through and through nicks on the Northwoods and the bones on the Wilbert. Gorgeous.

[gino]

GEC’ s

[QTCut5]

Nothing calms a collector's restless OCD quite like having a matching pair...for some reason it just feels so satisfying to have more than one, not only for the balance and order they represent, but to have a back up in case something happens to one of them. I know I'll sleep much easier tonight knowing my Stag Coleman Mini Trapper now has a stag brother to watch over him and keep him company. And for that, I have jerryd (aka, "The Mad Bomber") to thank.

Mahalo, jerryd,

~Q~

[QTCut5]

Here a couple more that seem close enough to be considered matching pairs...

2003 Case Ultraviolet 6207 & 2005 Case Ultraviolet 6207W Mini Trappers

1986 Parker-Edwards A95155S Winterbottom Bone Mini Trappers

~Q~

[gino]

Not exact matches but close

[JACK OF ALL TIRADES]

I just found one of these so I can play. It also could go in 'The most money spent' thread lol.So $60 or so. Kershaw Blurs. Never and barely used but one carried.

[jerryd6818]

A couple of Bucks. One made for open stock, the other an SFO made for Walmart. At first glance they look identical but further inspection shows the handles are a slightly different profile and the Walmart knife blade does not have a swedge. They came in green, gray and orange. The Spitfire 722 also came in a Mini. They are a robust knife, easy on the hand, easy on the eye and easy to open.

[gsmith7158]

Here are some pretty pairs!

[PCwizard]

Here are some pretty pairs!

Those's are some might fine knifes

[PCwizard]

Here a couple more that seem close enough to be considered matching pairs...

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~Q~

As always you amaze me with the amount and quality of Pairs you have.