Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 12:48 am
Oops! 
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looks like I put everybody to sleep.... 
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... looks like I put everybody to sleep.... ...... 
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Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 3:20 am
Have this pair next to me down in my basement in my comfort zone.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 6:04 am
That's what it's all 'bout! 
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 3:51 pm
Very nice, TWKG!
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 9:25 pm
I like the wood scales, very "Knice"ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:20 am Have this pair next to me down in my basement in my comfort zone.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 11:34 pm
The photo is Comfort to boot TWKG!ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:20 am Have this pair next to me down in my basement in my comfort zone.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 10:06 pm
Going with B.M.C.K. today..... 
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 11:22 am
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 1:05 am
Thanks CxIII
.... I have been doing some research on knife sharpening and I turned up some old ink prints of back when 'Ol Marco was "honing" his skills at sharpening a blade... It looks like even back in those days he had developed a pretty good technique on the old grinding wheel..... 
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 4:45 pm
Gorgeous knives guys!! I love slipjoints! 
I got one a couple of days ago and I can't let it out of my hands. I don't know who worked with it, but it's pretty modified. I measured the hardness - 59-60 HRc, not that it matters but i was wondering if it was closer to 57 or 59
I got one a couple of days ago and I can't let it out of my hands. I don't know who worked with it, but it's pretty modified. I measured the hardness - 59-60 HRc, not that it matters but i was wondering if it was closer to 57 or 59
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 5:53 pm
Looks awesome!ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:20 am Have this pair next to me down in my basement in my comfort zone.
Both striped maple?
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 3:16 pm
Thank you sir, and all others who commenteddesert.snake wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 5:53 pmLooks awesome!ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:20 am Have this pair next to me down in my basement in my comfort zone.
Both striped maple?
My buddy who rehandled these for me would be honored to read them. I know that it's maple, but not what kind. I've got another electricians knife like this but with oak, and two more from him on the way; an 8" chef knife and a small Western skinner both with Black walnut. He jokingly calls his operation Bubba Lee's Customs, but he does good work and I love to keep him busy by giving him work orders and rusty knives to clean.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 10:30 pm
Great comments and knives, guys, a real nice showing.
I'm not feeling well lately thus my absence of posts, but I come by when I can to see what's new.
Thanks for all your kind wishes, bros, they help a lot.
I'm not feeling well lately thus my absence of posts, but I come by when I can to see what's new.
Thanks for all your kind wishes, bros, they help a lot.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 11:11 pm
Feel better, Marco! it's not the same without you, buddy..
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:28 pm
Wow, I hope you're feeling better, your posts are so inspiring
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2025 12:37 am
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 11:11 pmFeel better, Marco! it's not the same without you, buddy..
x2 *Going to some old-time standard C.K.s today......
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:29 am
Thanks Kerry, and many thanks to everyone else wishing me well, I hope you know I appreciate it. I'll do my best to stay active cuz I miss being here with all my friends, but I'm feeling so lousy most of the time that I can't make any promises. I'll leave ya today with this little piece, and hope you all will continue contributing to this thread, cuz nearly 170 pages of posters can't be wrong!
Just a simple single blade 10" slip-joint Melon-Tester with rosewood covers and brass hardware from unknown origins.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:49 am
That might be the only melon tester on the planet that I would thoroughly enjoy owning. Good one buddyMadmarco wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:29 am Thanks Kerry, and many thanks to everyone else wishing me well, I hope you know I appreciate it. I'll do my best to stay active cuz I miss being here with all my friends, but I'm feeling so lousy most of the time that I can't make any promises. I'll leave ya today with this little piece, and hope you all will continue contributing to this thread, cuz nearly 170 pages of posters can't be wrong!
8)WIN_20231023_19_01_22_Pro.jpgWIN_20231023_19_01_47_Pro.jpgJust a simple single blade 10" slip-joint Melon-Tester with rosewood covers and brass hardware from unknown origins.
You're in my thoughts friend, wishing you all the best.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:57 am
Marco, that is a great slip-joint Melon-Tester
... My slip-joint Melon-Testers all have synthetic scales, so your rosewood and brass combo is very pleasing to my eye ... I have found that the rosewood and brass combo with no markings tend to indicate a handmade piece from Pakistan* (and sometimes India or Afghanistan). I have some pieces made in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, all hand made of good general quality. Not the fit and finish of GEC, but a fraction of the cost with good high carbon steel and great for EDC and hard use in the field.
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... rosewood is common in Pakistan. Specifically, Indian rosewood, also known as sheesham, is widely grown in regions like Punjab and Sindh. It is cultivated in block plantations and is valued for its timber, fuel wood, and other secondary productsRe: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:09 am
Thank you kindly, Zach, the unusual wooden covers and brass hardware is what caught my eye.ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:49 amThat might be the only melon tester on the planet that I would thoroughly enjoy owning. Good one buddyMadmarco wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:29 am Thanks Kerry, and many thanks to everyone else wishing me well, I hope you know I appreciate it. I'll do my best to stay active cuz I miss being here with all my friends, but I'm feeling so lousy most of the time that I can't make any promises. I'll leave ya today with this little piece, and hope you all will continue contributing to this thread, cuz nearly 170 pages of posters can't be wrong!
8)WIN_20231023_19_01_22_Pro.jpgWIN_20231023_19_01_47_Pro.jpgJust a simple single blade 10" slip-joint Melon-Tester with rosewood covers and brass hardware from unknown origins.
You're in my thoughts friend, wishing you all the best.
Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:18 am
Thanks for the information, buddy,GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:57 amMarco, that is a great slip-joint Melon-Tester
I have found that the rosewood and brass combo with no markings tend to indicate a handmade piece from Pakistan* (and sometimes India or Afghanistan). I have some pieces made in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, all hand made of good general quality. Not the fit and finish of GEC, but a fraction of the cost with good high carbon steel and great for EDC and hard use in the field.
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your comments confirm much of what I thought. The wood and brass was what I liked so much, and whoever made it did fine job, not a flaw to be seen. I think I have one more with wooden covers I'll try to find and post. Rosewood was a calculated guess on my part, and what you say sounds right. Thx again!Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 1:34 am
You are welcome Marco I'm just hanging out today with Zeus and my latest "Comfort Axe". ...
I was lucky enough to find a rather rare (down here) Walters "boys-axe" as some might call it...*The Walters Axe Company in Hull**, founded in the 1850s, was in continuous operation, passed from father to son for over one hundred and fifteen years. Morley, son of Henry Walters, inherited the business and was still running it at the age of 96 when it shut down in the early 1970s. The closing of the Walters plant signaled the end of the one-time flourishing axe industry in the Ottawa-Hull area.
**Hull is the central business district and oldest neighborhood of the city of Gatineau, Quebec....
P.S. Marco, ...
in case you are not aware Quebec and Ottawa are both provinces in the G.W.N. ..... Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:12 pm
Interesting info about axe's, Dogg, and they certainly have caught your attention. I hope we don't need to start calling you Norman Bates??? 
And your geography is pretty good, too, except, Hull and Gatineau are CDN CITIES located in the PROVINCE of Quebec, whereas Quebec is a PROVINCE not a CITY, that has Hull and Gatineau as 2 of it's CITIES. Same thing as Los Angles, the CITY, in the STATE of California. Get it, buddy?::hmm:: Please give Zeus a good rub-down for me, and maybe a treat for being such a good boy!
And your geography is pretty good, too, except, Hull and Gatineau are CDN CITIES located in the PROVINCE of Quebec, whereas Quebec is a PROVINCE not a CITY, that has Hull and Gatineau as 2 of it's CITIES. Same thing as Los Angles, the CITY, in the STATE of California. Get it, buddy?::hmm::
Please give Zeus a good rub-down for me, and maybe a treat for being such a good boy!Re: Comfort Knives!
Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2025 10:01 pm
Marco is BACK!! He is the "Dog" at the "Top" of this thread TopDog ... hehe 
These two are a daily carry CK and CC (comfort cup)...