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Thanks, Guys!

Rangerbluedog,

The candy stripes are sweet!

knifegirl888 wrote:The candy stripes are sweet!

lol. That's pretty punny.

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

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

love that Fight'n Rooster with those handles!

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

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”

Ken....thats purdy!!

TY VM johnnie KOOL AVATAR

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

Very nice, Ken …

~ Edge

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

Very nice collection there

Tim

gee, several congress posts first thing?

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

Very NICE BD8B!! Great looking bunch.

IM

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

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

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

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

Tim

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

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...

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

Very nice Johnnie

Tim

Thanks Fella's.

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

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