Feeling “Blue”

[Dan In MI]

Beautiful little Muskrat, Mark!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thank you Dan.

[tvic]

That color IS beautiful! Nice one, Mark!

[Ivoryman]

This is a Wendell Carson “mink” muskrat. The blue on this is almost a turquoise in color. Everything I read about Wendell’s work is true. The fit and finish is excellent. There is a topic here on AAPK about his knives. Wendell used components from Queen and a few other knife manufacturers and hand finished them all. He used some unique handle materials. This one says on the tang stamp “mink” genuine bone USA”. Not sure that is a reference to the actual bone material or just the name of the pattern he gave it. I wouldn’t assume it’s made of mink bone. It’s a very unique color and jigging.

Beautiful color, and the jigging is great too. Very cool. Thanks for the EZO comments too.

[joeradza]

Rough Ryder blue denim micarta bow trapper.

[ken98k]

This is a Wendell Carson “mink” muskrat. The blue on this is almost a turquoise in color. Everything I read about Wendell’s work is true. The fit and finish is excellent. There is a topic here on AAPK about his knives. Wendell used components from Queen and a few other knife manufacturers and hand finished them all. He used some unique handle materials. This one says on the tang stamp “mink” genuine bone USA”. Not sure that is a reference to the actual bone material or just the name of the pattern he gave it. I wouldn’t assume it’s made of mink bone. It’s a very unique color and jigging.

Minks are smallish animals and I don't think they have any bones large enough to make handles from.
Nice knife though!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

That’s what I thought Ken. Figured it had more to do with purpose instead of material. Thanks.


That Bow trapper is gorgeous Joe, gorgeous.

[Madmarco]

To confirm what Mark just posted, your Bow trapper is gorgeous Joe, gorgeous!

[tvic]

And I will “third” that motion, Joe! It IS gorgeous! Great pic there, too!

[Ivoryman]

Rough Ryder blue denim micarta bow trapper.

Beautiful knife and great pic. Colors all pop out and grab you. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[joeradza]

Thanks guys. I always wanted a denim micarta knife and when it appeared in this pattern, I jumped. I'm heading out of state tomorrow and it's coming along for the ride.

[prober996]

The photo makes the Boker look very ratty, but it's actually much nicer than that.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I’ve had one of those Bokers and they are nice knives. Very well made. Not familiar with the bottom one. Both look like great EDC knives.

[tvic]

Wanted one of these for awhile - finally got this one a few months ago.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Wanted one of these for awhile - finally got this one a few months ago.

That’s one gorgeous knife.

[eveled]

Blue Buck knives. At one time they called it Indigo but too many people complained about the color variations. They are laminated wood handles. Nickel silver bolsters. Models 110,122&55

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I see the variation in the colors but they are all pretty nice looking. I just started collecting a few Buck knives. I will have to keep an eye open for these. I’m partial to wooden handles and these look pretty nice.

[eveled]

Thankyou.

Just so you know Buck sometimes uses a birch laminate died a color then impregnated with resin. Technically wood, but also plastic. It’s a very good stable material, but heavy. Nothing wrong with it, but you should know what you are getting.

I think the problem with these knives is the flatness of the handle only shows one layer. The different layers take the die differently. Sometimes its an off color layer at the top.

I’m not disappointed with them. Just making conversation about them They came from Silver Knight (SK) blades. A nice guy named Stephen he would order cool runs from Buck then sell them. They all had Nickel Silver parts.

The current management chose to no longer do small runs for him and he went out of business.

Buck knives are fun to collect.

[Madmarco]

Wanted one of these for awhile - finally got this one a few months ago.

Outstanding Case, Tim!
I used blue/black Kirinite for the new covers on a Dr.'s knife I have, that had shattered when I dropped it, and I found it to be very easy to work with and produced great results.
It's always exciting to finally get your hands on a certain knife you've wanted a long time, congratulations!

[tvic]

Wanted one of these for awhile - finally got this one a few months ago.

Outstanding Case, Tim!
I used blue/black Kirinite for the new covers on a Dr.'s knife I have, that had shattered when I dropped it, and I found it to be very easy to work with and produced great results.
It's always exciting to finally get your hands on a certain knife you've wanted a long time, congratulations!

Thanks, my friend!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Got this one in today. Probably going to list it in my store soon. This is the first pattern of Marbles knives I bought over 20 years ago. Love these EO Jacks.

[Madmarco]

That's gorgeous, Mark.
The blue is spectacular on that EZO frame.
Now, if it didn't have the pen blade.....!

[Ivoryman]

eveled, SSK, tvic, they sucked me in. Great knives all. Great colors being shown around this thread.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thanks Mark and Ivoryman. One of my favorites, I know I say that a lot, but EO Jacks are right near the top of the list of patterns that I like the most.

[Dan In MI]

Mark, that is an absolutely stunning knife. If I had the funds, you'd have it sold!