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Floorabove
climber
The Gunks y'all
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May 21, 2014 - 08:47pm PT
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Fighting knife carried by Grandpappy in the Pacific during WW2
Folder worn on my waist often.
Anyone else have one of these. I want to love it, but I don't yet.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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May 21, 2014 - 09:24pm PT
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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May 21, 2014 - 09:45pm PT
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little Z, Cool knifes, especially the baseball knife. Do you know the the place of origin, or the history of the baseball knife?......provenance.
edit for below...: Thanks, little Z...
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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May 22, 2014 - 01:44am PT
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Here's one I made about 15 years ago for a pretty extensive restoration job. I have a pretty complete set of European carving chisels, but this made my life easier.
NW Coast style crooked knife . Unlike the Eastern Crooked knives both edges are sharp, so you can carve in either direction depending on grain.
The steel is from an old Nicholson file.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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May 22, 2014 - 08:17am PT
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A reprodiction of a Tlingit-style dagger that commissioned last year. Made in England.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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May 22, 2014 - 09:47am PT
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Hey Nita,
unfortunately I don't know the history of those little gems. I remember seeing them on top of my Dad's dresser in a little bowl with other knick-knacks when I was a kid, but never asked about them. My Mom knew nothing other than to say that my Dad had had them for as long as she knew him. My Dad lived his entire early life in Ohio except for his service in the Navy in WWII (N.Atlantic and Mediterranean). That lady's leg knife looks like something a sailor would have.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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May 22, 2014 - 12:39pm PT
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Say Lorenzo that reminded me of when we would take about a 3&1/2 nail and pound it flat with a hammer, curve it a little and then scrape it on the sidewalk into a sort of sharp blade. Oh yeah and clothes pin matchguns.
Not mine.
Not these either, we were too impatient.
anita514:
What material is on the handle of your knife?
lovelyNita:
Big z here. I don't know where little's came from, but there are similar ones on eBay.
Timber Wolf High Heel Pocket Knife Stainless Steel Handcrafted #530W (made in Chia)
or check out Jay http://www.jaysknives.com/customknives_1.htm
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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May 22, 2014 - 01:08pm PT
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Say Lorenzo that reminded me of when we would take about a 3&1/2 nail and pound it flat with a hammer, curve it a little and then scrape it on the sidewalk into a sort of sharp blade. Oh yeah and clothes pin matchguns.
You don't need $40 German chisels to do pretty intricate stuff. Here are some carving knives from Bali, where they carve pretty amazing stuff
And here are some Balinese chisels made from leaf Springs. Not too different from your nail models.
I was at a carving festival where NW Coast carvers and the Balinese counterparts were trading tools.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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May 22, 2014 - 01:30pm PT
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little Z, thanks for the reply......Do either of the knifes have a makers mark, Companies ..like > N Shure co,... Hibb, spencer & bartlett...
My girlfriend has an antique store in Chico. It's kind of fun to help her look up items from the past and price them.
I could not find the baseball knife, but many novelty ladies legs knifes.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=novelty+knife%2C+ladies+leg&_nkwusc=Novelity+knife%2C+ladies+leg&_rdc=1
edit, zb.. I just saw your post.. (-;
edit.. many other kinds of novelty knifes..http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=knifes+novelty&_pgn=17&_skc=800&rt=nc
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little Z, lightly rub a little tooth paste across the blade, wipe off with soft cloth...It may or may not help...
Make sure all the toothpaste is wiped off and dry..or use silver polish if you have.
How about the other knife, can you see the makers mark?
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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May 22, 2014 - 02:23pm PT
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looks like the letters "s-t-e-r-n-s" might be part of two words, the first "western" and the second one starting with an "s"
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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May 22, 2014 - 02:37pm PT
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Here's another knife that I commissioned. It's a reproduction of an early medieval whittle tang knife. It's made in the tradition manner, with a pattern welded blade wrapped around a steel edge, with a wrought iton spine. Made in Poland.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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May 22, 2014 - 03:28pm PT
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little Z, Good hunting job...but i agree, similar but not the same. Your knife is in much better shape than the one you posted.... I did take notice of the shoelace holes on the boot..> very cool detail.
It does look like westerns ...and (something)-der company.
edit... Hey Wally, did you see this ( below) knife from Milwaukee >Wally Schmidt, Milwaukee
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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May 22, 2014 - 06:24pm PT
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another baseball themed pocket knife
and what's baseball without peanuts
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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May 22, 2014 - 08:14pm PT
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eKat those custom knives are super cool! Love the story
what about the "knife hand"?
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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May 23, 2014 - 09:29pm PT
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zBrown: I believe it's rosewood
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perswig
climber
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Aug 16, 2014 - 03:31pm PT
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Never been a knife guy (although I did play a mean game of mumblety-peg as a kid), but I just found this Plumb 2-bit with the original sheath - too pretty to pass up.
I'd heard these were issued to the Army and USFS at one time, and even though I can't find a "US" stamp anywhere, the blade and sheath have a SS#, which to me suggests gov't?
Anyway, it's got a nice heft and swing, narrow head and lots of life left. Now I'll have to start looking for a scaled-down Cruiser in similar good shape.
Dale
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Aug 16, 2014 - 06:31pm PT
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Nice find Dale!
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