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Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:23 pm
by GSPTOPDOG
ken98k wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:37 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:24 amMkIIs[/quote

Cool! ::tu::
::handshake:: Thanks Ken! ::nod::

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:21 pm
by Good Old Luke
doglegg wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 3:17 am
Good Old Luke wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 3:57 pm
That's a HOK. ::tu::
Sorry, I’m an acronym dummie ::shrug:: But what is “HOK”?
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Honest Old Knife.
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Ahhh… I get it, now. Yes. It is an HOK. Interesting story, how I tracked down the author of a book on “German Eye Brand” Knives, who is also an archeologist-expert on indigenous cultures, who authenticated this somewhat rare fixed blade. And where I found it…. Long story, but just for your info, whenever you see a big bin, of rusty old blades, sitting in a second hand shop—make sure you look through to the bottom!

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:23 pm
by Good Old Luke
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:23 pm
ken98k wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:37 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:24 amMkIIs[/quote

Cool! ::tu::
::handshake:: Thanks Ken! ::nod::
BTW, what kind of hound is that in your avatar? Yours?

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:11 pm
by GSPTOPDOG
Good Old Luke wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:23 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:23 pm
ken98k wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:37 pm
BTW, what kind of hound is that in your avatar? Yours?
It represents a GSP (German Shorthaired Pointer). AKA: A perpetual motion machine on 4 legs.... ::facepalm::

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 5:18 am
by Good Old Luke
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:11 pm
Good Old Luke wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:23 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:23 pm

BTW, what kind of hound is that in your avatar? Yours?
It represents a GSP (German Shorthaired Pointer). AKA: A perpetual motion machine on 4 legs.... ::facepalm::
What a good looking dog. I know a little about the breed. Never had the pleasure of hunting over one. Our family had Weimaraners when I was a boy. More my father’s dogs, than mine. We used to take that dog to a local football field, and run it goal line to goal line, to burn off unused “field energy.”
I imagine that a GSP has similar energy levels.
My last dog was a “Fiest Dog” with JR terrier and beagle roots. A wonderful all-round dog that treed squirrels, flushed birds, stood off Coyotes, and was one of my smartest and closest friends.
Haven’t found a proper replacement yet. Though I am slowly looking.

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 2:36 pm
by toomanyknives
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:11 pm
Good Old Luke wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:23 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 7:23 pm

BTW, what kind of hound is that in your avatar? Yours?
It represents a GSP (German Shorthaired Pointer). AKA: A perpetual motion machine on 4 legs.... ::facepalm::
ZEUS!! Great Dog!!

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:27 pm
by Corn Creek Cutlery
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:24 amMkIIs
Great knives TopDog, and valuable today! ::tu::

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 10:25 pm
by GSPTOPDOG
Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:27 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:24 amMkIIs
Great knives TopDog, and valuable today! ::tu::
Thanks CxIII ::tu:: I loved 'em back years ago when I was a 'lill'en and I love 'em just as much today 😍🥰😍 ... ::hmm:: I guess knives are the one I have loved that didn't break BOTH my heart and my wallet .... ::paranoid:: knives have just broken my wallet, ... ::doh:: but cars, women and dogs always seem to have broken both ...😥

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:55 pm
by Madmarco
Your Mark II's look even better over here than in the other thread, Dog, and you know I love Zeus! ::handshake::
"Cars, women, and dogs"! A book should be written! ::facepalm::
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Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:09 pm
by Duels3144
T L Davis

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:14 pm
by bestgear
Official Boy Scout with the marlin spike - she spoke to me and now she’s got a roof over her head!

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 3:19 am
by ken98k
Duels3144 wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:09 pmT L Davis
bestgear wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:14 pm Official Boy Scout with the marlin spike - she spoke to me and now she’s got a roof over her head!
Nice knives guys! ::tu::

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 5:32 am
by Madmarco
Duels3144 wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:09 pmT L Davis
That's a great old knife, D-3144, beautiful stag/bone handle! And ::welcome:: to AAPK! ::handshake::
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Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 5:39 am
by Madmarco
bestgear wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:14 pm Official Boy Scout with the marlin spike - she spoke to me and now she’s got a roof over her head!
I would think she's still babbling away at you, Tom, what a cool old knife! What would you call that blade, "modified to huge Wharncliffe"? It looks almost too big for a Boy Scout to handle, ::hmm:: although, I'm guessing that might simply be it's title.
Very nice indeed!
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Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:15 pm
by GSPTOPDOG
Madmarco wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:55 pm Your Mark II's look even better over here than in the other thread, Dog, and you know I love Zeus! ::handshake::
"Cars, women, and dogs"! A book should be written! ::facepalm::
"Cars, women, and dogs"! A story of tragedy ::facepalm::


Here is a hand forged butcher knife/cleaver I got from the maker, right out of his shop in Katmandu, Nepal a few years ago. ::hmm:: I will try and dig out some pictures of him at work, he sat on the floor of his shop and used a piece of railroad track as an anvil.

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:38 am
by GSPTOPDOG
Good Old Luke wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 5:18 am
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:11 pm
Good Old Luke wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 8:23 pm
It represents a GSP (German Shorthaired Pointer). AKA: A perpetual motion machine on 4 legs.... ::facepalm::
What a good looking dog. I know a little about the breed. Never had the pleasure of hunting over one. Our family had Weimaraners when I was a boy. More my father’s dogs, than mine. We used to take that dog to a local football field, and run it goal line to goal line, to burn off unused “field energy.”

I imagine that a GSP has similar energy levels.
I think that very few people that have not owned one can comprehend the "energy levels" of a GSP ::skeptic:: ... ::hmm:: I think Einstein may have come close: E = mc2

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:21 pm
by Madmarco
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:15 pm
Madmarco wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:55 pm Your Mark II's look even better over here than in the other thread, Dog, and you know I love Zeus! ::handshake::
"Cars, women, and dogs"! A book should be written! ::facepalm::
"Cars, women, and dogs"! A story of tragedy ::facepalm::


Here is a hand forged butcher knife/cleaver I got from the maker, right out of his shop in Katmandu, Nepal a few years ago. ::hmm:: I will try and dig out some pictures of him at work, he sat on the floor of his shop and used a piece of railroad track as an anvil.
Wicked, Dog, what else can I say? ::shrug::
Being able to say you've actually been to Katmandu is a memory to treasure all on it's own! ::hmm::
I've always thought the ideal anvil would be a chunk of railroad track, ::nod:: and I now know of at least one other guy who agrees. ::nod::
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Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:59 am
by GSPTOPDOG
Madmarco wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:21 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:15 pm
Madmarco wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:55 pm Your Mark II's look even better over here than in the other thread, Dog, and you know I love Zeus! ::handshake::
"Cars, women, and dogs"! A book should be written! ::facepalm::
Being able to say you've actually been to Katmandu is a memory to treasure all on it's own! ::hmm::
I've always thought the ideal anvil would be a chunk of railroad track, ::nod:: and I now know of at least one other guy who agrees. ::nod::
Marco, you would be amazed at the quality of blades the blacksmiths there in Nepal, were turning out using very simple tools and skills passed on for hundreds of years... ::hmm::

::paranoid:: And speaking of quality blades that blacksmiths have been turning out using very simple tools;
Here is a Filipino haras or lampas scythe before and after cleaning. You can see how the blade was covered in rust.

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:33 am
by toomanyknives
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:59 am
Madmarco wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 10:21 pm
GSPTOPDOG wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:15 pm
Being able to say you've actually been to Katmandu is a memory to treasure all on it's own! ::hmm::
I've always thought the ideal anvil would be a chunk of railroad track, ::nod:: and I now know of at least one other guy who agrees. ::nod::
Marco, you would be amazed at the quality of blades the blacksmiths there in Nepal, were turning out using very simple tools and skills passed on for hundreds of years... ::hmm::

::paranoid:: And speaking of quality blades that blacksmiths have been turning out using very simple tools;
Here is a Filipino haras or lampas scythe before and after cleaning. You can see how the blade was covered in rust.
Awesome TOPDOG!! ::woot::

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 9:43 pm
by Madmarco
Very cool, Dog, you possess some of the oddest knives I've seen, and you have some wonderful memories of all the places they came from, I applaud you, my friend! ::clapping::
Great job cleaning her up too!
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Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 2:30 pm
by Chief-wahoo
Hello all was wondering if someone could give me some information on this knife I picked up this weekend it’s a WW Cronk with an upswept point and maybe reddish brown micarta? Handle. I know it’s been sharpened and scuffed was wondering if you think it’s legit? How rare is it? Estimate of value being in it’s condition?

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 2:42 pm
by Chief-wahoo
I also picked up these two Chris Peterson knives was wondering what your thoughts are on these two as far as rarity and maybe what the model is?

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:46 pm
by Chief-wahoo
Chief-wahoo wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2024 2:30 pm Hello all was wondering if someone could give me some information on this knife I picked up this weekend it’s a WW Cronk with an upswept point and maybe reddish brown micarta? Handle. I know it’s been sharpened and scuffed was wondering if you think it’s legit? How rare is it? Estimate of value being in it’s condition?

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 6:38 pm
by Rockingkj
Chief-wahoo wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2024 2:30 pm Hello all was wondering if someone could give me some information on this knife I picked up this weekend it’s a WW Cronk with an upswept point and maybe reddish brown micarta? Handle. I know it’s been sharpened and scuffed was wondering if you think it’s legit? How rare is it? Estimate of value being in it’s condition?
Had to do a google search for the maker. Sure looks like a correct knife. I do like the design. No experience as to value. Not knowing the maker if I saw it in the wild would have picked it up if the price was right. Can’t tell you what that amount would be. Depends on the knife, if I like it and have $ burning a hole in my pocket. Some iner devil says buy it under those circumstances.

Re: Show off your fixed blades!

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2024 11:21 pm
by Chief-wahoo
I picked this one up today. Can’t find much doing an Internet search. Was wondering if anyone has ever heard of this maker?