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Great looking knives Mark you should be proud ,

alfa5069 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:55 pm I got this half congress knife from Mark at Sharpynshiney knives store. It's my first Carl Schlieper knife.

Ah-ha...so that's where that one disappeared to. I had my eye on it but my knife budget is so deep in the hole right now that I could only cross my fingers and hope it was still available once I dug myself out. Congrats on a GREAT score. Beautiful knife, nice looking stag. Mark is a real pleasure to deal with. Nice score.

Madmarco wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:49 am I wasn't expecting these 2 knives yet, so it was a nice surprise to find them in my mailbox today! Both hand-made in and shipped from Spain!

Two sweet pick-ups, Marco. I lived in Spain for a couple of years back in the early 1980s and saw a lot of knives (navajas) like those. Wish I had bought a bunch to bring back home, but at the time I was only interested in automatics and all my Spanish switches were confiscated at the airport when I tried to smuggle them home in my shaving kit bag. I managed to get them out of Spain, but when I tried to convince the airport security at Kennedy International they were novelty letter openers, they were not convinced (obviously I am not a very clever smuggler).

Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:23 am Took a shot in the dark, just bought this one, I think it’s legit
The price was right though....

Nice find! Congrats!
I couldn't tell what the name of the town in N.Y. was so I Googled "Union Cutlery Company" and it lead me to WIKIPEDIA so here is the link if anyone wants to read.: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar

TPK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:31 am

Whitneyrifle wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:23 am Took a shot in the dark, just bought this one, I think it’s legit
The price was right though....

Nice find! Congrats!
I couldn't tell what the name of the town in N.Y. was so I Googled "Union Cutlery Company" and it lead me to WIKIPEDIA so here is the link if anyone wants to read.: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka-Bar

It would be Olean, NY. Union changed its name to KA-BAR later. I like collecting Tidioute, Brown Bros., Union, and Ka-bar, all the same company.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:15 am

Madmarco wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:49 am I wasn't expecting these 2 knives yet, so it was a nice surprise to find them in my mailbox today! Both hand-made in and shipped from Spain!

Two sweet pick-ups, Marco. I lived in Spain for a couple of years back in the early 1980s and saw a lot of knives (navajas) like those. Wish I had bought a bunch to bring back home, but at the time I was only interested in automatics and all my Spanish switches were confiscated at the airport when I tried to smuggle them home in my shaving kit bag. I managed to get them out of Spain, but when I tried to convince the airport security at Kennedy International they were novelty letter openers, they were not convinced (obviously I am not a very clever smuggler).

~Q~ I swear they wrote this song about you.

Couldn't resist!

Excellent choice and the new Zippo shield to boot.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 3:16 pm ~Q~ I swear they wrote this song about you.

You know me too well, jerryd. I think I must've inherited the nomadic wanderlust gene from my father who never stayed too long in any one place. For someone not in the military or a job that required any long-distance travel I seem to have gotten around quite a bit in my 57 years. And with the exception of my years in Spain, it was all by automobile or motorcycle road trips.

You know how sometimes people who almost died say that they "saw their life flash before their eyes," well, as I was listening to that song, I saw my life...or a travelogue of my life, anyway, laid out in song: as Johnny Cash was rattling off all those places, in my mind I kept thinking, I've been there, and there, and there, drove through there once but didn't stop, etc. Of all the places he mentions, I think I've been to (or passed through) approximately two thirds of them. Hilarious!!

ken98k wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:22 pm Couldn't resist!

Ken, congratulations on keeping your New Year's Resolution...for nearly one whole month! (Which is 3½ weeks longer than I was able to go without buying a new knife in 2022!!)

gordonjohn wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 2:40 am Great looking knives Mark you should be proud ,

Thanks a bunch Gordy!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:15 am

Madmarco wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 2:49 am I wasn't expecting these 2 knives yet, so it was a nice surprise to find them in my mailbox today! Both hand-made in and shipped from Spain!

Two sweet pick-ups, Marco. I lived in Spain for a couple of years back in the early 1980s and saw a lot of knives (navajas) like those. Wish I had bought a bunch to bring back home, but at the time I was only interested in automatics and all my Spanish switches were confiscated at the airport when I tried to smuggle them home in my shaving kit bag. I managed to get them out of Spain, but when I tried to convince the airport security at Kennedy International they were novelty letter openers, they were not convinced (obviously I am not a very clever smuggler).

Hey thanks ~Q~! Navajas is what the seller described them as but I couldn't remember the name when I was posting them. I'm a fiend for automatics and it's a real shame you couldn't get your Spanish models back home with you, I'd have loved to see pictures of them. I did a similar smuggling attempt when I was in Mexico on my honeymoon with my ex, but I happened to get lucky and got them home with us. I wrapped them(3)in tin-foil and then white masking tape and put the package waaaaay off to one corner of my suitcase, and it worked cuz neither Mexican nor Canadian Customs spotted the package. Of course they were the absolute cheapest knives you could get your hands on, one being a 9" swivel-bolster stiletto and two being those Nato style OTF's, and they provided "click therapy" for me until the springs broke. Ya know, I think we should have met and been friends when we both were younger because the things you like and do are some of the exact things I too like and do, such as knives, warm weather, travelling, smuggling(LOL!), motorcycles, inherited nomadic wanderlust, etc.! I've not been overseas but I've been in or through most of the states, and every time I visit my spirit asks me, "why don't you live here?" And BTW, don't feel bad, I don't think there is such a thing as a "clever" smuggler!

ken98k wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:22 pm Couldn't resist!

I don't blame you Ken, and why should you resist! New Year's is over, you have the whole year ahead to tell yourself you won't buy anymore knives! LOL! Beautiful trapper and shield!

Just picked up this handsome Henckels pair. Bought one of the three bladed Barlows from Mark - Sharpnshineyknives last year, and gave it as a gift to a German born friend of mine. Well, I just had to have one for myself! Then I decided it needed a friend. I’m a hopeless addict.

Your not the only hopeless addict here!
I have a thing for multi blade knives. I love the work om them.
just bought 2 more 5 blade sowbellies. Moore Maker by queen.

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:37 am Just picked up this handsome Henckels pair. Bought one of the three bladed Barlows from Mark - Sharpnshineyknives last year, and gave it as a gift to a German born friend of mine. Well, I just had to have one for myself! Then I decided it needed a friend. I’m a hopeless addict.

Nice Henkel’s there Steamboat . And welcome to the Addiction. By the way ,like your reasoning for the “friend “.
Take care out there

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:37 am Just picked up this handsome Henckels pair. Bought one of the three bladed Barlows from Mark - Sharpnshineyknives last year, and gave it as a gift to a German born friend of mine. Well, I just had to have one for myself! Then I decided it needed a friend. I’m a hopeless addict.

But what a great thing to be addicted to Willie! When you do business with Mark you can always be sure you'll be receiving a quality product. That was a nice gesture to buy a knife for your friend, I wish I had friends like you! I love your reasoning for getting another knife, you certainly can't have the others getting lonely! Those are gorgeous knives you picked-up, congrats!

robpa wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:45 am I have a thing for multi blade knives. I love the work om them.
just bought 2 more 5 blade sowbellies. Moore Maker by queen.

I’ve been eyeing a couple of those myself! For years I was happy just toting a single blade lock back. Now I try to have as many blades as practical on me!

Madmarco wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:09 am But what a great thing to be addicted to Willie! When you do business with Mark you can always be sure you'll be receiving a quality product. That was a nice gesture to buy a knife for your friend, I wish I had friends like you! I love your reasoning for getting another knife, you certainly can't have the others getting lonely! Those are gorgeous knives you picked-up, congrats!

Thanks Marco
Yea, I guess knives are healthier than smoking (and maybe cheaper???). Mark always brings the goods

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:49 am Nice Henkel’s there Steamboat . And welcome to the Addiction. By the way ,like your reasoning for the “friend “.
Take care out there

I think it’s a sound reason, Ripster. Don’t know if the lady will go for it, but I think she realizes I’m sick!

Willy, I think you have a very impressive pair of Henkels.

Willy, I think you have a very impressive pair of Henkels.

Steamboat Willie wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:37 am Just picked up this handsome Henckels pair. Bought one of the three bladed Barlows from Mark - Sharpnshineyknives last year, and gave it as a gift to a German born friend of mine. Well, I just had to have one for myself! Then I decided it needed a friend. I’m a hopeless addict.

Awesome additions Willy! Congrats Buddy!

Thank you! So I was lucky that could get it early!

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:06 am

alfa5069 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:55 pm I got this half congress knife from Mark at Sharpynshiney knives store. It's my first Carl Schlieper knife.

Ah-ha...so that's where that one disappeared to. I had my eye on it but my knife budget is so deep in the hole right now that I could only cross my fingers and hope it was still available once I dug myself out. Congrats on a GREAT score. Beautiful knife, nice looking stag. Mark is a real pleasure to deal with. Nice score.

Glad you like those Willie. Those Henckels are some of my favorite knives to collect, what a great job they did on those.

I got in a few here recently. A new Case Canoe with Brilliant Green Shamrock jigged bone handles. A Paragon skinner designed by George Herron and made in Seki Japan. Cocobolo handles, stainless steel blade and pins. The tang is tapered to give this more balance.
Last is a Henckels Whittler with premium stag handles.

Mark, PM sent.

Sharpnshinyknives wrote: ↑Sun Jan 30, 2022 8:52 pm Glad you like those Willie. Those Henckels are some of my favorite knives to collect, what a great job they did on those.

I got in a few here recently. A new Case Canoe with Brilliant Green Shamrock jigged bone handles. A Paragon skinner designed by George Herron and made in Seki Japan. Cocobolo handles, stainless steel blade and pins. The tang is tapered to give this more balance.
Last is a Henckels Whittler with premium stag handles.

All fine additions Mark, but I know you're partial to that Paragon!