Farmer's Jacks

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Nice FJ Lyle ::tu:: ::tu:: ... another for your pile :) ..

Keith - Nice Remington - looks pretty good to me ::tu:: ::tu:: ... at least you found one as I have had little luck in my searches looking for FJs...
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Thanks for posting it Keith, glad you found one. I know where one that looked pretty near unused in the pictures. That looked like a fairly nice one that sold on eBay recently,it had reddish handles.

He wanted about $500 for it and I decided to wait it out. There are a few out there.
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Sometimes insomnia pays off, snagged this Schrade Cut Co as a BIN in the middle of the night last night. Secondary blade is a rooster comb and flat grind on one side, have not seen that all that often. Lyle has posted a couple with that blade. Unfortunately someone cleaned the blades with sandpaper, pics are sellers, will take better pics when it arrives.
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They are very rare John. Great snag. I looked for that knife a long time. ::tu:: ::tu:: :)

Thanks for posting it.
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Thank you Lyle, I would not have known how rare this one is but thanks to this thread and your posts I was able to figure it out, thanks again buddy.
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Showed up today and its in better condition than the sellers pics showed.
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JohnR that's some kinda gorgeous right there.
The thumb ridges on the kick is extra, too !
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Beautiful knife John. You did really good on that one!!!
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That one is very nice, John!
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Beauty of a FJ John ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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John, ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks guys, really lucked out on this one.
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You get lucky quite often. Grin’n
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Finally completed the 2009 Queen farmers jack set. These handles vary and I'm fortunate to get this pretty nice example.Thanks John and all who help me in this endeavor.
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JohnR wrote:Showed up today and its in better condition than the sellers pics showed.
That is a very pretty knife. Maybe some good things do happen after mid night.
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wlf wrote:Finally completed the 2009 Queen farmers jack set. These handles vary and I'm fortunate to get this pretty nice example.Thanks John and all who help me in this endeavor.
Nice to complete the set and for it to be such a good one. Congrats.
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Congrats Lyle, glad you got it buddy.
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That’s a real beauty Lyle ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Everything about it from bone to blades makes it a stunner !! Congrats on that score ::handshake::
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That’s an old tooth Lee. A mastodon tooth.

Thanks fellas
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That is even better Lyle - an old tooth :shock: - :lol: :lol: ... I bet that hurt when that mastodon had that tooth pulled :D .. Seriously that is quite the stunner - very very nice and thanks for the clarification ::tu:: ...
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Beautiful knives, John and Lyle. Congratulations to both of you. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Been awhile since I've visited this thread...My Goodness!!

I'll just say, two thumbs up to you all!! ::tu:: ::tu::


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Got this earliest Camillus from a friend in Oregon. Like a lot of these, it has half stops on the spey. Still has good action after over a hundred years.
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Looks familiar ::hmm::
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Lyle, that's a great old workhorse in just the condition I love to find them.___Dave
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