So when are these going up on the karma thread? [emoji16]


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I will second that

25 April 2018
 

More Don Cowles goodness; two of his “Gentlemen’s Pocket Knives” one handled in Mesquite Wood, the other in Apple Coral.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...6/cowlesx2.jpg

I like the bottom one, nice handle on that one!


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26 April 2019
 

Another Norn Levine stag handled fixed blade knife. Absolutely stunning.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...s/levine_2.jpg










I think overall this knife is just under 2” long overall!

THAT is probably my favorite knife so far. That is a beautiful knife!! WOW

27 April 2019
 

Original Westinghouse Micarta, scrimshaw, made by George. That’s all I know about this knife.


http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...s/George_1.jpg

Bowie
 

Nearing completion on the big Bowie I'm making. All that is left is to send it off for heat treating and then pin the handle and polish.

Blade: D2 heat treated to 59 Rockwell (hopefully) and then cryo treated to convert any remaining austenite to martensite.

Handle: Golden Ebony. Twice as hard as red oak, sinks in water. I will probably put a sealer on it to prevent darkening with age, but it requires no finish and can be polished to a mirror finish with fine crocus cloth.

Sheath: 5/32" thick tooling leather, finished to match the ebony.

Here is what it looks like. It will be shinier after completion.
https://i.imgur.com/3aGJy33.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/njYG6o5.jpg

http://www.cotep.org/forum/picture.p...&pictureid=888

28 April 2019
 

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...lary_knife.jpg

Ed Lary knife

^^^^ Beautiful!

Very much so ... WOW !!

Every time I see that coin in a pic I think to myself what is that worth? Enlighten me please?!

If you took that coin to a coin shop, they probably wouldn't pay you much over melt price. $11.55 currently

http://www.cotep.org/forum/picture.p...&pictureid=888

and that's why I wouldn't sell that or the other silver dollars I have! ;)

I've got quite a few of those silver dollars (approx. 1890's-1922 ... I believe?) and although you'll not get rich selling them off mine have great sentimental value as my Grandfather gave me the ones I have. :)

Morgans like that one are going for $19 on eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1878-1904-1...UAAOSwuTta9ux9

VG condition, $23
About Uncirculated condition, $33
http://www.cotep.org/forum/picture.p...&pictureid=888

Interesting, don't know anything about coins.....

Knife of the Day
 

I dabble a little in coins and there is very little value in them above the spot price of the metal for most coins. There are a few rare coins that have value, but you would have to be a real expert to find those, and I’m not an expert.

That said, I usually stop at the coin table when I’m leaving a gun show and convert my pocket cash to silver as I’m leaving. Never know when a cashless society would make these worth something.

29 April 2019
 

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ed_fighter.jpg

Tracey Mickley Carved Fighter

^^^ Another beauty, damn that's nice!!
Different Morgan as well.

1 May 2019
 

Jim Downs, Powell, OH tactical knife:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...s_tactical.jpg

2 May 2019
 

J. T. Downie, Canadian Maker:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ownie_stag.jpg

beautiful there!

3 May 2019
 

William C. “Bill” Johnson, CMSGT, USAF Retired; a great second career as a knife maker.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...lt_fighter.jpg

Mammoth Ivory, sub-hilt, recurve blade fighter

4 May 2019
 

Roger "Mudbone" Jones Mini-Scagel style knives:

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...atures_001.jpg

4 May 2019
 

While no longer in my possession, these two Patent Pending Peter Martin assisted opening Gentleman's knives are still in the family. I gave one each to both of my wife's sons; one lives in Paris, France; the other has moved from Bogota, to Buenos Aires, and now Cancun! They are scaled with presentation grade White and Gold Lip Mother of Pearl.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...martinx2_1.jpg

5 May 2019
 

Don Hanson damascus and scrimshawed Elephant Toenail. Sold but still one of my favorite knives!

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...6/hanson_3.jpg

Elephant toenail? That is the first I have heard of that

Also called a rope knife for cutting rope!

6 May 2019
 

Once again we call on the talented Mickey Yurco for one of his knives that my former wife scrimshawed for me...let's call the knife "The Claw" but the scrimshaw is of a Tarantula... I like the way Mickey incorporated a snap to hold the knife in the sheath.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...yurco_claw.jpg

very unique!

Cool little blade!


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7 May 2019
 

Another Canadian made Knife. A long, slender dagger by Steve Vanderkolff...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...2KLgXXy64BnXjr

8 May 2019
 

I don't know much about this knife of maker. Its a smaller version of the basic "Clasp" knife. The handle is elephant ivory. The pistol is a 1908 Colt 6.35 auto.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al.../Colt_1908.jpg

Nice little Colt and blade.


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With C lyde being into knives the way he is I'm surprised he's not been participating in this thread. :confused:

9 May 2019 WWII THEATER KNIFE(s)
 

At the start of WWII America, like many countries on both sides of the war lack adequate quantities of almost everything. This included “combat knives.” Many knives were made by hand, often in the somewhat crude and makeshift machine shops; and some, like the WWI (and WWII) bayonet maker, KUTMASTER. Here are two ex-KUTMASTER Bayonets that have been converted to fig(5ing knives; the (probably chromed) Knife is more then likely a factory done job; shortened blade with a “knife” profile; the barrel ring has been cut and peeled over, and the bayonet lug has been filled in to preclude its original use as a bayonet. The darker finished knife was probably done by someone who copied what KUTMASTER had done. Some of the WWII Theater Knives were very well made knives and others were quite amateurish. Many commercially made hunting knives were often rehandled - with plexiglass, plastics, or leather; the has also been counterfeited knives as the collectibility and value rose.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...ster_m1905.jpg

Nice brief history lesson on these, thanks. Cool blades for sure.


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Another pair of knives; this time made by Frank Dilluvio, a Michigan Knife Maker. Finished with Desert ironwood and red fiberglass. These are two truly wicked sharp knives.


http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...d_assasins.jpg

11May 2019
 

Jim Downs - Alabama Damascus Steel and Mammoth Ivory.

http://iwantthatknife.com/Gallery/al...owns_fixed.jpg