All About Pocket Knives

FRJ wrote:Here is a Holley Hobo that came in the mail today.
It's old but in very good condition. 4 7/16"
Great springs and a half stop on the knife blade.

Thanks for looking.

gsmith7158 wrote:These three came in this week.

Awesome knives!

glennbad wrote:

gsmith7158 wrote:These three came in this week.

Awesome knives!

Thanks Glenn! A little bit of new and a little bit of old.

I'll agree with y'all but the ol' big Case Coke bottle is "super awesome", what a great knife!
Greg, you probably had to haul an extra load for that one.
Treefarmer

treefarmer wrote:I'll agree with y'all but the ol' big Case Coke bottle is "super awesome", what a great knife!
Greg, you probably had to haul an extra load for that one.
Treefarmer

Phillip we'll just say it took a full day's work to get that one.

Fresh off the USPS truck!!!

Mail man dropped off two more this evening. An old Ebony handled Russell Cattle knife and an exquisite tested era 6318 in green bone.

That 18 is gorgeous Greg! You've had some nice knives come in this week!

steve99f wrote:That 18 is gorgeous Greg! You've had some nice knives come in this week!

Thanks Steve! I like it when I have a run like that.

Arrived yesterday.....

French classics

Eustace wrote:French classics

I like the knife and I like your flowers. Seems to me people in Europe have more flowers that us folks across the pond.

Great shot Eustace, I'd hang that shot on the wall, the flowers, the glass, wood, great colors, and the knife is sweeeeeeeeet. Congrats.
Seller said these scales appeared to be micarta or some other manmade material. Took bad pics back far enough to show no grain. I think the seller knew better didn't want to say what it really was. So I took a chance on a Chuck Garlits custom. It was Buy It Now or best offer, my offer was substantially less than I paid for my last Northwoods, and about what I've paid for some after market GECs. Felt like I stole it for that reason alone. Has no nail nick, seller says it might be 440 C SS commonly used by Chuck. I don't know. Is an incredibly smooth action like a Canal Street half Moon Trapper. It's solid as any lock up but easy to open and good snap. Has no nail nick but you don't need one, pinches open easily given the ample spine exposed. Might be one of the best actions and pivot I have ever seen or owned or checked out. Right up there with the beast I've ever seen. Magnificent operation, dead center, sweet smooth click and build seems to be impeccable. And the icing on the cake is the ivory frosting, these are pachyderm all right, probably modern, with no papers, no year, no knowledge of whether honestly obtained or unethically poached. I have no idea. I do have some experience in ivory grain and if it's not tusk, it's an exact duplicate, good enough to fool me, and just like some I have worked before. Great grain, well matched, cut along the run of the grain to expose the undulations variations in color, if you look close there are tiny streaks of white, tan, yellow, glossy clear spots and other shades in very fine small areas clearly visible under magnification. In my pics it all looks white. When in direct sunlight the grain comes alive and you can see down into the patterns and the luster looks clear coated, but it's not. Micarta doesn't do that. But hey, once in a while you get lucky, once in a while fate smiles on you and you score one, make a coup, score one for the underground too and bless what gets through the cracks, the ones the gestapo didn't catch. Bummer people have to misrepresent or conceal what it really is to sell their rare knife or two with that kind of handles. Is what it is.

Go buy a lottery ticket Ivoryman! You scored a great one there. Absolutely beautiful!

Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Waiting for me when I got home this afternoon.
2017 6347 SS in Amber Bone Happy camper!

TripleF wrote:Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Scott, what's the blade length on that Ranger?

Here's a sweet little Ulster. 2 7/8" closed.

FRJ wrote:Here's a sweet little Ulster. 2 7/8" closed.

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FRJ wrote:Here's a sweet little Ulster. 2 7/8" closed.

Sweet indeed!! Very nice Joe!!

Thank you, Steve and woodwalker.

Thank me too, FRJ cause I agree with them, sweet.

zzyzzogeton wrote:

TripleF wrote:Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Scott, what's the blade length on that Ranger?

A smidge under 4.5"

Thank you, doglegg.

TripleF wrote:

zzyzzogeton wrote:

TripleF wrote:Got these fixed blades in a few moments ago.....

Scott, what's the blade length on that Ranger?

A smidge under 4.5"

OK, that would make it an L66 equivalent, although I have never seen what model numbers or names were applied to Rangers.

All I know about RANGER stamped Westerns is that they were made on contract for someone, kinda like the knives made for Coast Cutlery, Wards/Master Quality & Western Field, Sears/Craftsman, Western Auto and others. I have never identified exactly for whom the line was made. Ditto on the HAWTHORNE line. Unknown to me.

I have seen the RANGER stamp on L39 (5" skinner blade), L66 (4-5/8" blade), L36 (5-1/2" blade) and L44 (6" blade) equivalents.

The 1940s/1950s 36 and 44 had a clip point saber grind that sometimes gives the illusion of having the "66 spine hump" towards the tip. You have to measure blade length to differentiate them. All the RANGERs I have seen have the patent number, which means they were made primarily (and most likely) post-WW2 up to about 1951-1952, when use of the patent number was dropped.