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Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 1:38 am
by Tsar Bomba
A good sharp guthook makes a surprisingly useful wire stripper FYI.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:47 am
by TripleF
Tsar Bomba wrote:I have three or four of the "regular" length horsehead puukkos, they were one of my early focuses in fixed-blades, which actually started before I ever got into traditional OR modern folders. One of them is part of my EDC rotation but due to the sheath style and general logistics I don't find myself carrying it much outside the home. It is a demon slicer with wicked-sharp carbon steel, however, and it gets a good amount of work as a food slicer, parcel opener and occasional potato peeler.
Is that brown handle bakelite, Scott, or something else? It doesn't look as uniformly-colored as the ones I have, almost subtly mottled, but that could be a trick of the light or the camera.
I was wondering the same....is it bakelite? Almost looks like marble, so I'd guess bakelite.....
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:27 pm
by Tsar Bomba
I couldn't really make out the etchings on the bolster and metal portions of the sheath from your photo, Scott, but depending on the age of your knife I'm fairly sure it would be bakelite. Most of the non-synthetic horsehead puukkos I've seen have leather-ring handles instead (these have eluded me so far), though I'm sure some smaller cutlers might have produced some with bone or maybe even antler. I think most, if not all, of the solid-colored horseheads are some form of composition or another, and most of the early-mid 20th century examples appear to be bakelite or something similar.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:00 pm
by FRJ
I got this nice Robeson barlow at the flea today.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:21 am
by BWT
Great looking knife, I never get that lucky at the flea market.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:24 am
by philco
BWT wrote:Great looking knife, I never get that lucky at the flea market.
Same here. Nice catch Joe.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:36 am
by FRJ
Thanks BWT and welcome here.
Thanks Phil. It's unusual to find a decent knife at the two flea markets I go to.
Most are broken trash.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:54 pm
by TripleF
E.Pack & SOHNE bayonet
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:04 am
by Quick Steel
Tsar & Scott, the handle material on the puukko may be made from casein which is a protein found in milk. I don't recall if it predated bakelite, but it probably did.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 1:18 am
by Just Plain Dave
I've had for a long time an old Mauser made in Berlin. It had the barrel cut off behind where the front sight was and the stock cut off some. My cousins husband is selling it for us.
I still have my Moison Nagant for a big boom.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:12 pm
by Old Folder
TripleF wrote:E.Pack & SOHNE bayonet
Nice bayonet Scott.
Look forward to your bright, shiny and magic
work on this beauty.
(I'll wear my sunglasses.)
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:44 pm
by TripleF
Old Folder wrote:TripleF wrote:E.Pack & SOHNE bayonet
Nice bayonet Scott.
Look forward to your bright, shiny and magic
work on this beauty.
(I'll wear my sunglasses.)
Never had to do any work Dan, sold 'er already!!!
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:44 pm
by Old Folder
In & Out Scott
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:16 pm
by djknife13
Home from the Cambridge Antique Show in central Minnesota with 7 knives, and spent a little over $100. I found (top to bottom) a KA-BAR lockback with sheath, a Catt. whittler that has seen a fair amount of sharpening but has excellent snap on all three blades and will see some pocket time at work, a Ka-Bar mariners fixed blade, a Valley Forge celluloid Eureka jack, a Kids knife from Germany, an Ulster pearl, and Friedr. Herder Abr. and Sohn sod buster. No real treasures this time but not a shabby mornings haul.____Dave
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 3:25 am
by treefarmer
Dave,
Interesting bunch of knives but what in the world is a "Kabar Mariners fixed blade"? Almost looks like a kitchen knife from the picture.
Treefarmer
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:04 pm
by djknife13
Phil, they are a fairly stout sheepsfoot bladed rope knife in a sheath with a good sized marlin spike. This one didn't have the sheath or the spike but I have a nice full set somewhere in my safe along with another single knife that I made a sheath for.____Dave
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:38 pm
by TripleF
Scored most of these at the estate sale this morning.....shoulda seen what I didn't get!!!
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:02 pm
by gsmith7158
I tell you what Scott. It wouldn't be wise to break in to those old folks houses before they die!
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:35 pm
by bronze4u
This came in today!
W.H. Morley jigged ring turn.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 2:59 am
by Just Plain Dave
I'd be asking Scott about buying one or two from him if I had two nickels to rub together.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:03 pm
by djknife13
Scott, looks like a couple nice Westerns in the pile. What is the smaller leather fixed second from the bottom. Looks like a little Ka-Bar or Case. Good work again.____Dave
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:05 pm
by djknife13
Bronze4u, you are on a roll with these bone ring openers. Nice work. ___Dave
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:18 pm
by LongBlade
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:38 pm
by bighomer
Found a new ole buck, a new China Imperial, and a new Gerber.
Re: KNIFE FINDS OF THE DAY
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:09 am
by FRJ
Nice Finds of the Day, guys.
Here's a very small dogleg.
Any one familiar with this stamp?
