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Canoe-new!! A new addition to the flotilla arrived today.

Nice Charlie. Love green bone and that shield is pretty sweet too.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 1:04 am Nice Charlie. Love green bone and that shield is pretty sweet too.

Thanks Mark. That's one more I can cross off of my wanted list.

Charlie that Case looks super. I don't know if it's just my opinion or not, but I'm thinking Case has stepped up their game a little in the last year or two. In any case (pun intended) I do like your new canoe.

Congrats Charles. Somehow green bone gives a knife a kind of subtly sophisticated look. At any rate that is how it strikes me.

philco wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 1:38 am Charlie that Case looks super. I don't know if it's just my opinion or not, but I'm thinking Case has stepped up their game a little in the last year or two. In any case (pun intended) I do like your new canoe.

Thanks Phil!

Case has always been top notch but I think you're right, they're offering a wider variety of handle materials, colors, and patterns.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 1:56 am Congrats Charles. Somehow green bone gives a knife a kind of subtly sophisticated look. At any rate that is how it strikes me.

Thanks QS!

Being of Irish descent, I never met a shade of green or a potato I didn't like! The olive green scales and peach seed jigging do give this knife a sophisticated "gentlemanly" look. The bomb shield certainly enhances that look.

royal0014 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 9:27 am That's a rel looker sir Charles !

Thanks Royal!!

Another new addition to the fleet...

That is a mighty fine looking Canoe Charles. Love that blue.

Thanks QS.

The scales are G-10, only the second Case canoe I've bought with that handle material.

Another new addition to the fleet.

I've never been a big fan of Frost cutlery, always thought that they were mass produced "cheapos". However I really liked this handle so I threw $20.00 into the bidding and won. I remember seeing Frost canoes like this in the '80s and '90s but can't find any info on how one might date a Frost knife. I believe this knife was made in Japan and dates from the 1980s but there is nothing in the tang stamps that indicates when and where it was made. Does anyone know if there is a way to date Frost knives?

Charlie, you can use that knife if you need to put someone in a trance. It is cool looking.

I’ve seen those knives Charlie and they are nice. Love the red and white.

I got this beauty in yesterday, cleaned it up and listed it last night and it sold already. Just wanted to share this one it has some pretty amazing stag on it. Not sure when Hen and Rooster made these but I’m guessing either 70’s or 80’s and likely the 80’s. Everyone of these I have seen has had some really nice stag on it. This one was exceptional, front and back.

Mark, That is a full out total WOW! Sorry I missed this yesterday. I would confidently bet dollars to donuts that it was made under the reign of AG Russell. Although the current Hen and Roosters can be decent knives, this level of quality did not survive the final bankruptcy. Just my opinion. Others may differ.

I agree Garry, it is has some very nice stag. The build quality makes me think the same as you, that it was probably made during the A.G. Russell days.

Exceptionally beautiful.

Here was another beauty that sold within hours of my listing it. A Hen and Rooster canoe. I think this is from either before or during the A.G. Russell era. I included a picture of a Mohawk canoe that was made in 1969 for A.G. Russell for comparisons. They look identical except the Mohawk has nickel silver pins, liners and bolsters. I think the brass caused the patina on the backspring that isn’t on the Mohawk. Both have beautiful stag on them.

Nice boats Mark! Some good stag on all three but I like that older A.G. Russell the best.

Thanks Charlie, I agree. I haven’t seen one of these old A.G. Russell Mohawks in stag yet that didn’t have great stag on it like this. You don’t find many made that way anymore.

Three more pics of the 1981 Schrade-I*XL Orgill Bros. commemorative and matching ivory plaques. Scrimshaw by Bill Feeney of Spouting Whale (F&F Inc.).

Beautiful Bladecollectorr!!!

Bladecollector those are wonderful Canoes. Really beautifull.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:18 am Beautiful Bladecollectorr!!!

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:16 am Bladecollector those are wonderful Canoes. Really beautifull.

Thanks guys! Here's my example of the Schrade I*XL 2-blade canoe in white bone, also scrimmed by Feeney.