Aww geez. I knew better than that. What would I do without you to keep me straight? Good catch T.J. and thanks a bundle. I fixed it.tjmurphy wrote:Really nice knife Jerry, I really like the Camillus brand.![]()
It's not a tuxedo though, is it?
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Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
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"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
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Another great e-bay UK find and it's a signed copy too.




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Yard sales were slow but I scored a Western-USA-w49-B bowie knife with original sheath 1978 what a BEAST was told it is a replacement of the WW TWO V-44 
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Iron Hoarder i seen that book on ebay and missed it -did you buy it?? i think the listing was from the UK
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Yep. He took half of the asking price for a best offer.
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This one came in the mail recently. It's a 4-inch A. F. Bannister & Co double-end surveyor jack. The blades show some use, but the bone handles are perfect. 
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That knife i like alot good find--did it come offa Ebay??
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It did come from eBay. The pictures on eBay didn't show a lot of detail, but I could tell that the blades were just dirty and not rusted. The seller wasn't a knife guy so he was selling it uncleaned as found. That helped keep it in my budget. I was able to remove the dirt pretty easily without removing the patina.
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This ole rag hit TX this morn... TESTED 5254
Man, aint nuthin like that OLD CASE STAG
Not MINT but not a rag either.. Good snapper
What's BOOK on this thang, anyway ?
G U L P !! ! !! ! ! !!
Man, aint nuthin like that OLD CASE STAG
Not MINT but not a rag either.. Good snapper
What's BOOK on this thang, anyway ?
G U L P !! ! !! ! ! !!
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Mr. B Nice, I would love to have it. Good going!!
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I love it. I'll bet the seller didn't know it's a surveyor jack (I wouldn't have either. First I've heard of that pattern.)dcgm4 wrote:It did come from eBay. The pictures on eBay didn't show a lot of detail, but I could tell that the blades were just dirty and not rusted. The seller wasn't a knife guy so he was selling it uncleaned as found. That helped keep it in my budget. I was able to remove the dirt pretty easily without removing the patina.
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This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
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I love it too, Jerry. According to Levine's, double-end jack knives were last made in quantity in the 1930s. The A. F. Bannister & Co knife dates to no later than 1915. He describes the surveyor jack as a swell-center canoe.
You're right about the seller not knowing what he had. All he knew about it was the maker, that it was big and old, and that it had belonged to his grandfather.
You're right about the seller not knowing what he had. All he knew about it was the maker, that it was big and old, and that it had belonged to his grandfather.
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MrBlister wrote:This ole rag hit TX this morn... TESTED 5254
Man, aint nuthin like that OLD CASE STAG
Not MINT but not a rag either.. Good snapper
What's BOOK on this thang, anyway ?
G U L P !! ! !! ! ! !!
Nice knife you have Mr. B . Looks like the value on 5254 Tested is between $6000.00 to $7000.00 in mint condtion.
Good buy, I would take it.
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They'll bring you down to their level & beat you with experience
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They'll bring you down to their level & beat you with experience
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This ole Ulster dogleg jack came today. Looks like someone blued the blades at one time
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SWEET KNIFE!
I woulda thought I would have one to show, but it didn't arrive yet.
I woulda thought I would have one to show, but it didn't arrive yet.
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It's used, but it doesn't look like it was.....
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That dogleg is a jewel, basser. 
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Thanks fellas
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Here are several that I have recieved in the last few weks...............
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AAPK #6581
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Wow very nice trev gotta luv them gec well built knives
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REALLY would have thought I'd have another one by now.....
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Never Argue With a idiot
They'll bring you down to their level & beat you with experience
PAUL
They'll bring you down to their level & beat you with experience
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Got this MONSTER today! Thanks IMBand!!!

Well okay, it isn't so big after all....

Here they are with blades out. Sorry the little guy isn't in focus.

A HANDFUL of knife!

Well okay, it isn't so big after all....

Here they are with blades out. Sorry the little guy isn't in focus.

A HANDFUL of knife!
Looking for the magic penny!
