melons and citrus and sausauge testers

petesknives · Post by **petesknives** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:49 pm

I have a "sweet spot" for these, dunno why. Just like them.

whittlenut · Post by **whittlenut** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:32 am

Whoa!

Nice collection there Pete. I only own one (stainless steel handle) and I carry it to restaurants when I go out to eat. Sometimes they don't have steak knives and I use it to cut up my salad. I don't like to try and put a whole lettuce leaf and a half 'o' tomato in my mouth at one time. I've been lookin for an automatic one without the nail groove. Hard to clean salad dressing out of the groove.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:20 pm

Very Nice Collection

There are a lot of collectors who would love to have your collection..

I have made my living growing Florida Citrus in one form or another for 26 years and you know what's funny is that I have never known a Citrus Farmer to ever use a "Citrus/Melon Knife" to cut fruit. They always whip out a Case trapper or stockman and cut on their fruit. Now that's not to say folks do not have Citrus knives and appreciate them it's really just the opposite, they appreciate them so much they immediately put them up or into their collection.

When the days were a little more lucrative in Citrus and the Chemical and Fertilizer companies had a nice cushion on their profits getting a nice Citrus knife was almost guaranteed as the individual company would try to entice you with hats, shirts and knives.

These days your lucky if you get a plastic measuring cup to use the $600.00 a gallon product you just bought from them...

I am curious though, what company names are written on the knives?

Thanks for sharing...

Sunburst

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:26 pm

I just noticed the one knife with the fork, I would have to say that has to be pretty rare....

petesknives · Post by **petesknives** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:40 pm

the one with the fork is marked Paul Henckles INOX Solagen. The rest are Schrade Walden, Colonial, Schrade Walden N.Y., Case XX Stainless, Schrade NY USA Stainless, Ulster, Hoffritz Germany, Queen, Bristol Line Germany. Glad you enjoyed!! Ken

petesknives · Post by **petesknives** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:44 pm

The one to the right of the one with a fork has one also. Bristol Line Germany is the maker. Thanks Ken

bopcca · Post by **bopcca** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:07 am

Just received my Case 2006 Club set. Great looking stags.

JOE62 · Post by **JOE62** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:25 am

I knew I should of became a life member. That Granddad Barlow is something else. Great set of knives Bopcca!

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:29 am

OK then,

I'm not sure how the Case Club knives fit in this thread...but since they are here, and they are stag...here is a Linder sausage knife in stag. I've heard these called "Picnic Knives" with one blade for sausage and one for fruit/cheese...the shorter blade is serrated, but it might not show.

Nice collection Ken...interesting thread.

Bill

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:03 am

I like these knives a lot too

. Don't know why, but I'm partial to the simple single blade version. ...although the one with the fork is very neet (I've never seen one of those). ...and how could you not like Bill's double end genuine stag. Great knives. Thanks for sharing the pictures

Bryan

Don Luis · Post by **Don Luis** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:25 am

I bought this one sometime in the mid 70´s in an old hardware store in Queretaro, Mexico, tang stamp reads:

Bonsa
Solingen
Germany

Blade is stainless (stamped Rostfrei on tang on back of main blade) and it is 3 5/8 inches closed.

Luis

bopcca · Post by **bopcca** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:32 pm

[quote="El Lobo"]OK then, I'm not sure how the Case Club knives fit in this thread...but since they are here, and they are stag...
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El Lobo, I read the main header for this topic and it stated: "General Knife Discussion - Discuss or show off anything that relates to knives." So I thought this was the place to put the Stags. Sorry if I messed up your thread.

El Lobo · Post by **El Lobo** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:16 pm

bopcca,

Not my thread...no apology necessary. They just kind of caught me by surprise, when I was expecting fruit knives and the like.

They are nice knives in any event.

And I still like Ken's collection.

Bill

bopcca · Post by **bopcca** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:33 pm

El Lobo, Thanks for the comments. I don't have any fruit knives but, Ken's collecton is ecellent.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:19 am

Here are a couple I had someone give to me yesterday, the one is a lockblade and the 2 blade knife has some nice half-stops which are nice..

Sunburst