Congress is in session

[knifegirl888]

Thanks, Guys!

Rangerbluedog,

The candy stripes are sweet!

[rangerbluedog]

The candy stripes are sweet!

lol. That's pretty punny.

[cattaraugus57]

nice small one there knifegirl!
almost forgot the small pearl W T Stanforth I have
about 2 3/8.

[TLARbb]

I have tried over the years to like congress knives, but haven't been able to get into them at all. But, my recent experiment with a sowbelly stockman is hinting to me at what I need to do to like a congress. The problem for me with a congress is that "handfull of blades" feeling I have when I'm trying to use it. I have two congress patterns that I like to use even though I don't carry either one that much. One is a two blade Bulldog "transition" congress which has what looks to me to be the small blade from a canoe pattern at each end on a single spring. The other one is a Rough Rider congress whittler, a small, knife with a sheepsfoot main and two small pen blades in a whittler configuration. In both of these knives the other blade(s) ride(s) close enough to the frame to not have that pressure point in the fingers of a big 4-blade congress. I'm really liking the GEC with the wharncliffe main and coping secondary (wish it was a pen) that was shown earlier. Anyway, above you find why I am not over-run with congress knives like I am with some other patterns.

Here are pictures of the two I mentioned:





Here is the only full size 4-blader I have (and may become the subject of an experiment):



and lastly, a tiny 4-blade Fight'n Rooster with nice swedged blades and glitter stripe/Christmas handles:



The muskrat up there is a "stray".

EJ

[cattaraugus57]

love that Fight'n Rooster with those handles!

[TLARbb]

It's a real cutie, but it is pretty small. Not nearly as big as it looks in that picture. - EJ

[justold52]

Thank you all for showing them Congress.

I happen to have a new one and just want to show her off too.

GEC 613409 Congress Amber Jig Bone 1095 #42 of 50 5 ¾”

[johnnierotten]

Ken....thats purdy!!

[justold52]

TY VM johnnie KOOL AVATAR

SHE IS A DANDY in the hand as well....

[On Edge]

Very nice, Ken …

~ Edge

[bigdaddys8ball]

wow there is a lot of good looking congresses here a congress is my favorite pattern here is a few of my congress collection

[basser5]

Very nice collection there

Tim

[gringo]

gee, several congress posts first thing?

here is mine. http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 30&t=25631

[IMBand]

Very NICE BD8B!! Great looking bunch.

IM

[bigdaddys8ball]

thanks everybody the congress pattern is one of my favorites ive got that many more not cased up ill see if i can dig up somemore later and the other two in the pic are the one on top is a i think a 5th gen bulldog whittler 1 of 18 with a 1/8 inch thick master blade and the other one is a kinfolks from the parker era made in germany both with the same handels

[johnnierotten]

Nice bunch,Big Daddy. ......what is the significance of the watch?......sentimental value... or is it rare?

[bigdaddys8ball]

no the watch is from 1884 its a waltham i put it there cause its a safe place and it dont look to bad does it lol

[basser5]

They look to be all German knives Bigdaddy, are they? And show some more soon

Tim

[bigdaddys8ball]

yes everyone in that case is german ill try to dig up some more laterr thanks

[johnnierotten]

Yes....the watch looks cool. ....very nicely displayed...looking forward to seeing more congress pattern knives.
They're also one of my favorite patterns.
Heres a couple of my fav Bokers...

[bigdaddys8ball]

the bottom one looks nice love that stag but the top one i dont care for the bolsters but its still nice

[basser5]

Very nice Johnnie

Tim

[johnnierotten]

Thanks Fella's.

[bigdaddys8ball]

here is another german congress that i dug up its a fighting rooster i got a couple more ill picture later

[bigdaddys8ball]

and here is a couple more german congress and they are boker