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Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:54 pm**

Thanks guys. Both knives are very, very nice but I'm leaning towards the Sway Back too.

Posted: **Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:10 pm**

I can't even come close to those, T.J. This little Richards Sheffield fob knife was in the mail today. It's a shell knife and in good condition but I didn't pay attention and when I bid on it, I didn't realize it's so tiny. Lil' sucker is only 2-1/8" long. I paid too much for it but that seems to be my modus operandi lately.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:57 am**

Imperial WWII Easy Open

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:27 am**

Knice Knife!

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:22 am**

Hey Scott, that Imperial is a cool knife! Murph, you got some real winners there from Mike too!
Those Northfields take and hold a great edge. Hey Jerry, I use to own that very same Schatt you have there. Wish I hadn't sold it tho

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:59 pm**

singin46 wrote:Hey Jerry, I use to own that very same Schatt you have there. Wish I hadn't sold it tho

It is a beauty isn't it. It's almost exactly like the Boker I bought last year but the S&M beats the Boker by a country mile, especially in F&F.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:49 pm**

Sweet knives guys!

I'm so far behind on this thread I don 't think I'm ever going to get caught up.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:15 pm**

My end of a trade with TJ: A vintage Helle 30 Jubileumkniven from the 1960s. This knife is a piece of art. 8 1/2 inches overall length, triple laminated full tang 4 1/2 inch blade with walnut handle ending in a diamond shaped pommel. Original Scandinavian style dangler sheath form fitted to the knife. I believe the knife is unused.

Thank you Tom, I love this knife!

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:34 pm**

Good looking knife ,Mike !!!!!!!_______when I saw that knife, I thought of our ol' buddy "'Froggyedge""

thinkin' that would be a knife,he used on his many hiking adventures,in Norway *****

_______I'm still wonderin',whatever happened to him

?????

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:45 pm**

Thank you monk, I wish I could take good enough pictures to show this knife off. It's really something in person. Froggy was a valuable member here. I miss him. I've sent him a few PMs but no response.

Posted: **Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:05 pm**

Not a problem Mike. Glad you like it. It was a great trade all the way 'round. I'm happy, you're happy, just don't get no better than that. I think too that the back-stitching on the sheath is kind of an art form in itself. You save stamps Mike? Got two neat ones on this package from Helle.

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:28 am**

Mike , got yourself a beauty !

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:25 am**

tjmurphy wrote:Well the postman dropped off two new ones today, straight out of Pennsylvania, courtesy of Vikingdog. Thanks Mike.

Second is a Case Sway Back Jack in Chestnut Brown Bone - Another Sweeeeeeeeeeet one. Thanks again Mike.

Sweet knives, TJ! Just wondering, what's the length on this sway back? Reminds me of an upside-down Case Tadpole, looks like a Tony Bose knife too.

Thanks!

-John

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:29 am**

Hey John, it's 3 1/8" closed and it is a Tony Bose

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:39 am**

I don't have my book or my memory with me right now but I think the tadpoles were 2" and something. Thanks!

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:09 pm**

Here's a few of my more recent acquisitions, a trio of GEC's.........

GEC Tidioute White Owl in black Buffalo Horn:

GEC Northfield Bullet End Jack in Cocobolo:

GEC Northfield Bullet End Harness Jack in Ebony:

I am really liking this new #85 pattern.

2xTap

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:35 pm**

Beauties 2x! Beauties!!

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:03 pm**

TripleF,

Thanks bud.....these things got me jonesing for some more. I'm hawking over a couple auctions right now but if they don't pan out I'm likely to have one or more GEC's enroute. One likely another #85.

2xTap

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:20 pm**

That Bullet End Harness Jack with the pinched and scrolled bolsters is my all time favorite of GECs current line

Posted: **Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:17 pm**

singin46 wrote:That Bullet End Harness Jack with the pinched and scrolled bolsters is my all time favorite of GECs current line

I'm likin' em' to,Perry !!!!!____!!!

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:16 am**

DANG IT! Where can I get me one of them?

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:33 am**

singin46 wrote:DANG IT! Where can I get me one of them?

Charlie,just listed the only three (3) he has left and none(0) of the ebony___look at the AAPK banner up top of the page!!! good luck

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:51 am**

I picked this up at a gun show today in Mesa, Arizona for $20.00. It's a fixer-upper. Most of the crap you see on the scales is simply grime. The blade is loose but still fires.

What can I use to clean the celluloid without hurting it? Its got some shrinkage but doesn't smell. By the way, what does off-gassing celluloid smell like? Stinky, chemical-ly, rotten eggs? Could the scales then be referred to as "smelluloid"?

Does anyone know approximately when it was made? Any idea what a professional level restoration would cost? Sorry for all the questions but I am a new guy here.

Thanks

EDIT: Mods, should this be moved to Q & A's?

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:05 am**

The middle Jack picture of the GEC...

Is that the same size as the little 3 inchers? Or a more normal 3.5-3.75?

Posted: **Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:51 am**

Just Plain Dave wrote:The middle Jack picture of the GEC...

Is that the same size as the little 3 inchers? Or a more normal 3.5-3.75?

All of them are 3 5/8 inches

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