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Beautiful knife Jerry, and one I wasn’t aware of. Here is another one I wasn’t aware of.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:41 pm While scrolling through another thread, I realized I have another "Loomfixer" but it's not called "Loomfixer". It's a GEC 563211 and they called it a "Weaver Jack".

By the way, there are several listings on eBay for Rough Rider Half-Hawk Coal Miners. All listed for $16 & change.
Wow! I wasn’t aware of those! That one’s very nice! ::tu::
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eveled wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 10:32 am Beautiful knife Jerry, and one I wasn’t aware of. Here is another one I wasn’t aware of.

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I’ve never seen one of those either that I’m aware of.
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I’m carrying these today. Don’t they look pretty together?
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I find the LoomFixer compliments a sheath knife very well. The big sheepsfoot is great for all those utility tasks, and the pen blade handles the detail work.
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This is an engaging thread. Bittersweet in some respects, because my most regretted “trade-away” was a mint ten-dot Case red bone Loom Fixer, acquired from JIm Sargent. A provenance of historical import, in my mind, went with that knife.

Here’s one quibble:

LongBlade: You wrote: “New England Whalers may be drilled for a lanyard, but they have no bail.".
I do have a mint Case which is marked on the wood handle CASE XX WHALER, with a bail. True, it doesn’t say, “NEW ENGLAND WHALER”.

eleved notes that, [it] “Makes sense about the lanyard hole around water you would want a safety to prevent loosing it. Conversely around a loom a lanyard would just get tangled up.”

Good point about entanglement in machinery. And, yes, a mariner does not want to lose his knife overboard, especially if he’s routinely working over water, out on a yard-arm or bow-sprit. He also does not want to be aloft and fumble his knife, and lacking a lanyard, have to climb down to the deck to retrieve it; or have it drop from above and land on a shipmate.

Jdub shows a nice Case in that noted ten-dot red bone.

Both Gunsil and LongBlade have disabused me, with their illustrations, of believing that a NEW ENGLAND WHALER-marked knife must either have a bail or a drill-hole for a lanyard. I had long believed that the bail or lanyard hole would necessarily distinguish a Loom Fixer from a sheep’s-foot-bladed mariner’s knife. The photos posted show otherwise.
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Great pairing.

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I've seen this thread going and I surely associate the Case Loom Fixer with my favorite Kentucky Colonel Wade. But I have one and didn't even remember - it's part of my 1970's Case collection and not one that I use or carry - basic Case 6217 of the mid 1970's with jigged wooden handles (Four-Dot). OH
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Old Hunter wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:48 pm I've seen this thread going and I surely associate the Case Loom Fixer with my favorite Kentucky Colonel Wade. But I have one and didn't even remember - it's part of my 1970's Case collection and not one that I use or carry - basic Case 6217 of the mid 1970's with jigged wooden handles (Four-Dot). OH
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Old Hunter wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:48 pm I've seen this thread going and I surely associate the Case Loom Fixer with my favorite Kentucky Colonel Wade. But I have one and didn't even remember - it's part of my 1970's Case collection and not one that I use or carry - basic Case 6217 of the mid 1970's with jigged wooden handles (Four-Dot). OH
That one is outstanding Colonel! ::tu::
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Old Hunter wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:48 pm I've seen this thread going and I surely associate the Case Loom Fixer with my favorite Kentucky Colonel Wade. But I have one and didn't even remember - it's part of my 1970's Case collection and not one that I use or carry - basic Case 6217 of the mid 1970's with jigged wooden handles (Four-Dot). OH
:shock: Wow! Nice! ::tu:: ::nod::
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TPK wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:50 pm
Old Hunter wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:48 pm I've seen this thread going and I surely associate the Case Loom Fixer with my favorite Kentucky Colonel Wade. But I have one and didn't even remember - it's part of my 1970's Case collection and not one that I use or carry - basic Case 6217 of the mid 1970's with jigged wooden handles (Four-Dot). OH
:shock: Wow! Nice! ::tu:: ::nod::
Yeah, Wow is the right response.
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jerryd6818 wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:57 pm
TPK wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:50 pm
Old Hunter wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:48 pm I've seen this thread going and I surely associate the Case Loom Fixer with my favorite Kentucky Colonel Wade. But I have one and didn't even remember - it's part of my 1970's Case collection and not one that I use or carry - basic Case 6217 of the mid 1970's with jigged wooden handles (Four-Dot). OH
:shock: Wow! Nice! ::tu:: ::nod::
Yeah, Wow is the right response.
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Guess this qualifies. VALLEY FORGE 4". Brass liners, iron bolsters. Great bones. J.O'.
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Beautiful knife JO! I’d gladly allow it to play with my Loomfixers.

But I’m not sure I’d call it a loomfixer as it doesn’t appear to have a swayback frame. ::shrug::

But I surely do like it! ::tu::
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Yep. Beautiful old knife, but not a LoomFixer.
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OK. Just a Sheepsfoot jack then.. Oh well, learned something. Thanks, :D J.O'.
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J.O. that is a beautiful old knife. Bones are warm and would look good in any pants pocket. love it. ::nod:: ::nod::
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I agree with Floyd!!👍😎👍
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Thanks.
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How about this one? Sway-back, sheepsfoot, but single, never had a pen blade. Will it fix a loom ?
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CITY C. 1922-32 Pick bone, iron liners and bolsters. 3-5/8" J.O'.
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Well it’s a lot closer, and another beautiful knife. But still not a LoomFixer.

Nothing wrong with those two. They are great knives. A LoomFixer is a very specific pattern.
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Guess I'll have to hunt one up. :D :oops: J.O'.
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Great Loom Fixers all! I need a user for sure as a sheepfoot is a handy blade.

Showed these a few years back and certainly fit here.

Two CASE XX 17 examples. Nice blood or cranberry red scales on the 6217. The 2217 is a pretty rare bird and unused/ near mint at that. Personally never observed another example but they are likely out there I would hope.

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zp4ja wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:05 am Great Loom Fixers all! I need a user for sure as a sheepfoot is a handy blade.

Showed these a few years back and certainly fit here.

Two CASE XX 17 examples. Nice blood or cranberry red scales on the 6217. The 2217 is a pretty rare bird and unused/ near mint at that. Personally never observed another example but they are likely out there I would hope.

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Those are outstanding! Dream knives for sure!

I’ve never seen the black handled one before, I didn’t know they existed. And the bone one, wow! I have a USA era bone handled one that’s been pretty well used that I carry sometimes. If you ever get tired of them.......
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