RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
http://www.alloutdoor.com/2016/09/22...small-jack-25/In the 80s and early 90s a veritable legion of American cutlery companies died out. They were making traditional patterns when Spyderco and Benchmade and KAI USA were booming. Their two handed knives with the same old same old steels weren’t selling well. Sure, Case, with its perpetual fan base, and Queen were surviving, but many companies died or more accurately were zombified remains of what they once were. Schrade, United Cutlery, and many others, facing extinction, sold their intellectual property and their name to an overseas company and shut down their American plants. These knives, into the future, would be made overseas.
This wiped a lot of the old guard, centered around upstate New York and Pennsylvania, specificially Titusville. There were a lot of companies gone,
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
Yesterday, we had an early dinner at a Chinese restaurant. My wife couldn't open her fortune cookie. She gave it to me. I couldn't get the damn thing opened either. Out came the pocket knife ........... ain't life great?
“Keep your scope up and we’ll shoot that SOB down the throat” -- Dudley "Mush" Morton, USS Wahoo
"Hit hard, hit fast, hit often" -- Adm William "Bull" Halsey
hawgrider (09-23-2016),RubberDuck (09-23-2016),Sparkyprep (10-05-2016)
I'm obsessed with small pocket knives lately. Probably because it takes me back to my youth.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Arklatex (10-05-2016),DerBiermeister (09-23-2016),RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
I used to be a master at Mumbly Peg.
If you say the same .......... then we should have a shootout!
But first, I'd have to go get me a good Mumbly Peg knife. They have to be almost made for it, in balance, etc.
Speaking of which -- this is an art I need to teach my 11 yr old grandson. My DIL will ban me from the house for sure.
Last edited by DerBiermeister; 09-23-2016 at 10:36 AM.
“Keep your scope up and we’ll shoot that SOB down the throat” -- Dudley "Mush" Morton, USS Wahoo
"Hit hard, hit fast, hit often" -- Adm William "Bull" Halsey
hawgrider (09-23-2016),RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
DerBiermeister (09-23-2016),RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
Two things I vividly remember ----------- always looking for the perfect patch of soil
and always arguing over the rules
LOL
“Keep your scope up and we’ll shoot that SOB down the throat” -- Dudley "Mush" Morton, USS Wahoo
"Hit hard, hit fast, hit often" -- Adm William "Bull" Halsey
hawgrider (09-23-2016),RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
RubberDuck (09-23-2016)
Got 2 new folders for the collection.
Victorinox Farmer and the Opinel #8 stainless
I wanted the Farmer for a long time as an addition to my bushcraft kit. Should be a real winner in that category. Made in Switzerland.
I've heard lots of good stuff about Opinel. The design is from the late 1800's and it locks open/closed with a twist of the collar. Scary sharp outta the box. Nice wooden handle. And inexpensive. The stainless is $15 on amazon. They make a carbon steel version for $13. Made in Inor's favorite country: France. Very impressed.
hawgrider (10-05-2016),Inor (10-05-2016),RubberDuck (10-05-2016)
Nice Ark I like them both!
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Arklatex (10-05-2016),RubberDuck (10-06-2016)