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The knife thread

I’m late to the party again but when I get a chance I’ll post up some pics. I don’t have anything crazy. I also really like some of the stuff that has been posted already.

@crankcall in your initial post you have the pin sailing knife. I have an old bone handled one that was handed down to me and always wondered what the pin was for lol. I did sail albacore’s for a few years but didn’t ever see anyone use them or even mention them.


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SVeezy said:
I’m late to the party again but when I get a chance I’ll post up some pics. I don’t have anything crazy. I also really like some of the stuff that has been posted already.

@crankcall in your initial post you have the pin sailing knife. I have an old bone handled one that was handed down to me and always wondered what the pin was for lol. I did sail albacore’s for a few years but didn’t ever see anyone use them or even mention them.


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The spike to open up tight knots? I think you can also use it for splicing but that is a skill I dont have.
 
I've got a Lansky sharpening system gathering dust here somewhere if someone wants it. It's the one with the clamp-on angle guide. I don't recall if it's the basic one with 3 stones or the fancy one with 5 stones.
 
Ash said:
I've got a Lansky sharpening system gathering dust here somewhere if someone wants it. It's the one with the clamp-on angle guide. I don't recall if it's the basic one with 3 stones or the fancy one with 5 stones.
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That's very kind. Those arent cheap. I have one. I dont like it for most things. At first it seems like a good idea but the geometry doesnt work and it cuts a constantly changing bevel angle if the blade is not a rectangle (and very few knives are a rectangle).
 
42DB7163-87F3-4921-B665-46AC186808D5.jpeg@Ash yes you’re correct, it’s a Robiklaas Solingen. Here it is after a vinegar wipe.
 
@SVessy , yes the spikes are for getting into a knot to open it , when rope is wet knots are a bugger, also for sticking into shackle pin to unwind it , fishing out core when splicing line , breaking ice cubes of a big block to make drinks and stabbing olives at a dock party while talking like a pirate . So pretty handy .


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Roadghost said:
Its nice to own cool knives but its even more fun to learn the fine science of sharpening them.
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Or restoring them!

I don't want to know how many hours of my life I've lost to watching videos like this. Something so mesmerizing about seeing the project start to finish:


And then you click on the next video and the next video, until suddenly you realize it's 4AM in the morning.
 
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Camilus US coast guard issue boat knives , nice bone handles and German silver plating over brass frames .
One was my dads , he traded a ugly bulky Canadian navy knife and a bottle of rye for the left one in the picture somewhere in the UK during the war .
In the first picture I posted in post #1 the far left knife was my Dads first navy knife as a trainee , I’ve had it for years , they called them toad stabbers .

The CDN navy knives were really heavy built as a lot of rope was wire rope , cable , and splicing wire rope was half art and half bandages .
Cutting actual rope was put the blade on it and hit the blade with a mallet , or a fro as the Brit’s called the goofy mallets they had .


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crankcall said:
or a fro as the Brit’s called the goofy mallets they had .
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Kinda sorta. This is a fro (or froe). The mallet is a fro mallet.
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Yes thats it the round mallet, for folks that cant whack a flat spot. We have one of the Froes, the bladed thing that Gramps used to spit cedar shingles with sitting around someplace , he would split white cedar shingles for chicken coops and sheds , real asphalt shingles like the city folks had cost money. ( He had money but, you know .... scottish)
 
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My favourite kitchen knives / tools , the mezzaluna , Italian with olive wood handles , cheapo plastic handled version and the double mezzo for whacking up herbs .
No Italian kitchen should be without. Not that they are any better, it’s tradition. But they do chop onions in a hurry and both hands on the handles means no blood in the salad .


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There is a folding handled version mezzaluna somewhere in the house leftover from our camper . Set up at the outdoor kitchen I would put on a clinic making campfire pizza . Wife would shake her head and mix drinks for spectators , then everyone got pizza


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I see some people have purpose built knives that they use on a regular basis.
Others just have fancy collections.

Are we still talking about knives? Or adventure bikes?
 
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Camilus US coast guard issue boat knives , nice bone handles and German silver plating over brass frames .
One was my dads , he traded a ugly bulky Canadian navy knife and a bottle of rye for the left one in the picture somewhere in the UK during the war .
In the first picture I posted in post #1 the far left knife was my Dads first navy knife as a trainee , I’ve had it for years , they called them toad stabbers .

The CDN navy knives were really heavy built as a lot of rope was wire rope , cable , and splicing wire rope was half art and half bandages .
Cutting actual rope was put the blade on it and hit the blade with a mallet , or a fro as the Brit’s called the goofy mallets they had .


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Those look similar to the one I have but I haven’t pulled it out in a while


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mimico_polak said:
Here’s my first in the collection. A lowly Gerber…
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Nice.

Gerbers are considered lowly? Was trying to find the one my wife had, but she just told me it was stolen along with the rest of our motorcycle and camping gear. Right now, we've got a *really* cheap Coast LX320 for camping. I guess she didn't want to spring for another $100+ knife...

She's really into blades. She's eyeing a trail saw and bike mount for cutting down branches and small fallen trees on the trail. Do we need another thread for this?

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