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by stumpstalker
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Veteran’s Forum
Topic: Happy Vietnam Veterans Day
Replies: 9
Views: 81

Re: Happy Vietnam Veterans Dayw

Thank you all for your service.

I was not there. My brother was. I'm just the family archivist.

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by stumpstalker
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:13 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Brass corrosion
Replies: 44
Views: 4891

Re: Brass corrosion

Mumbleypeg: Thanks for your summation of what you have found protects mint carbon steel knives for as much as over a 50-year period of storage. Beginning about 25 years ago, since I could not obtain the camellia oil recommended by Bernard Levine in his KNIFE GUIDE editions, I have used LA-CO-brand m...
by stumpstalker
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:08 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: NCCA show Sunday March 17th
Replies: 10
Views: 301

NCCA show Sunday March 17th

The next Northeast Cutlery Collectors Association show will be held in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, which is a more convenient drive for those coming from States South and West of Massachusetts, than some of the recent Massachusetts NCCA show venues. And, from any direction, it is right off of the sup...
by stumpstalker
Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: advice on bird call app.
Replies: 4
Views: 238

Re: advice on bird call app.

thanks again, doglegg. She has it working now. It identifies the bird so instantaneously.

I did fool it with my, "who cooks....who cooks.. for you", Barred Owl imitation.
by stumpstalker
Thu Dec 28, 2023 2:57 am
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: advice on bird call app.
Replies: 4
Views: 238

Re: advice on bird call app.

Thanks, Dogleg.

We got it downloaded, and now have to try it out.
by stumpstalker
Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: advice on bird call app.
Replies: 4
Views: 238

advice on bird call app.

If any birders would recommend a good (or the best) bird call app. I would appreciate hearing of it. Neither my significant other nor I know much about I-'phones. She just got one, I staying with the flip-'phone.
by stumpstalker
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:23 pm
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: Terrier Cutlery Company
Replies: 385
Views: 88671

Re: Terrier Cutlery Company

Yeah. Terrier cleaver. Who knew that they existed at all.

Deep stamped, too.
by stumpstalker
Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:29 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Old Imperial knife
Replies: 8
Views: 350

Re: Old Imperial knife

Good that you spied that apparent rust spot, Mumbleypeg.

Isolating incipient out-gassers can save the perfectly stable knives in ones collection.
by stumpstalker
Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Venue change for Knife Show in Massachusetts
Replies: 2
Views: 174

Venue change for Knife Show in Massachusetts

Being a Member of the NCCA I received this email yesterday about our up-coming November show: Fellow NCCA [Northeast Cutlery Collectors Association] Members: Please be advised the NCCA will no longer hold the one day shows at the Marlboro Holiday Inn and Suites location. The NCCA has been shut out f...
by stumpstalker
Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: John Primble Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co. 1940-1968
Replies: 37
Views: 8412

Re: John Primble Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Co. 1940-1968

A very worthy knife for a repair, with no pressure to render it high condition or a charlatan in any sense, but rather to return it to respectability, remain usable, and interesting, too. An epoxy fill-in would probably work, without getting fancy. For one, I have never known anyone who has carried ...
by stumpstalker
Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:28 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: GRIFFON SCISSORS
Replies: 3
Views: 245

Re: GRIFFON SCISSORS

I am not a scissors collector, but your Griffon pair is interesting to see and to learn were produced. I do enjoy using the vintage scissors that I have inherited; they appear to be forged and not stamped, and with better fit and finish, compared with more modern scissors in the house. . Thank you f...
by stumpstalker
Sun Sep 03, 2023 4:29 am
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Jimmy Buffet dies
Replies: 10
Views: 247

Re: Jimmy Buffet dies

An active outdoorsman, the man was having a new custom sportfishing boat built at Merritt Boat & Engine Works, in Pompano Beach, Florida. There's a lesson in this for us all that Death can come "like a thief in the night". There was an appealing humility about the entertainer and billi...
by stumpstalker
Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: General Off Topic Discussion
Topic: Old Fishing Gear
Replies: 32
Views: 973

Re: Old Fishing Gear

Nice collections displayed on this thread. Ridgegrass: That's very special that you have your original reel. I have plenty of old ones, but my original spinning reel was retained as a corroded relic for many years into adulthood, regrettably not cared for as yours was. Although I still fish, and in ...
by stumpstalker
Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:23 pm
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: Holley Mfg. Co., Lakeville, Conn.
Replies: 180
Views: 33290

Re: Holley Mfg. Co., Lakeville, Conn.

Very thoughtful post, Ridgegrass. inspired by that very nice curved jack. I tend to agree that, as with most collected artifacts today, there was little expectation by the cutlers of the future avidity of collectors, that clubs would form, and big money would eventually be paid for rare or mint exam...
by stumpstalker
Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:51 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Celluloid Knife Handle Deterioration (Out Gassing) STOP the Madness!!!
Replies: 28
Views: 1150

Re: Celluloid Knife Handle Deterioration (Out Gassing) STOP the Madness!!!

Does that mean, not only should we store our celluloid knives separate from the non-celluloid knives, but we should store the celluloid one's separate from each other?
by stumpstalker
Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:39 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: boatswain's knife 1827
Replies: 25
Views: 675

Re: boatswain's knife 1827

A marlinspike is as useful today for the mariner as it was in olden times. It is not to be viewed as a quaint tool. Any mariner of today has to do a considerable amount of rope splicing, which is the primary use of a marlinspike, and not for the un-tying knots in rope (although it will aid in that t...
by stumpstalker
Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: Old HIBBARD, SPENCER & BARTLET---OVB---Knives
Replies: 337
Views: 72628

Re: Old HIBBARD, SPENCER & BARTLET---OVB---Knives

Let me pile on the praise, John R. She's a beaut.

Any guesses on what factory produced that OVB?
by stumpstalker
Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: new york knife co
Replies: 803
Views: 118613

Re: new york knife co

Riggegrass, you got it.

Odd Fellows symbol: Friendship, Love, and Truth.
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by stumpstalker
Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:29 am
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: Union Stock Yards knives
Replies: 16
Views: 1272

Re: Union Stock Yards knives

Benjamin William Chon (1863-1952) “Benjamin Chon, the little man in the gray business suit and the blue yachting cap, and with the carnival pitchman's mesmerizing voice, was for more than half a century almost as much of a Chicago institution as the Stock Yards themselves. "Quality, sir?" ...
by stumpstalker
Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:26 am
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Blade etch mystery
Replies: 3
Views: 287

Re: Blade etch mystery

four minutes later and Mumbleypeg has it nailed down.
by stumpstalker
Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:21 am
Forum: Boker Knife Collector's Forum
Topic: H. Dorwal Knives
Replies: 12
Views: 6238

Re: H. Dorwal Knives

I like that one. Looks mint and beefy.
What is the length?
by stumpstalker
Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: The All Scout Knives Thread
Replies: 3570
Views: 387753

Re: The All Scout Knives Thread

Here is photo of an Ulster scout knife being offered for sale. Looks like synthetic handle covers to me. Seller says "slick" in spite of blade darkening. I suppose he means that it has flawless operations; that is, good "walk and talk". I am not a potential buyer. Just curious an...
by stumpstalker
Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:09 am
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: new york knife co
Replies: 803
Views: 118613

Re: new york knife co

A beautifully composed pair of exceptional knives.
by stumpstalker
Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:43 am
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: The "HATCH" cutlery company
Replies: 68
Views: 14745

Re: The "HATCH" cutlery company

These Hatch tang stamps, posted earlier, have a very pleasing look. They appear to me more finished, more detailed, than most found on quality vintage knives.
by stumpstalker
Thu Feb 23, 2023 5:06 am
Forum: Knife Lore - Traditional Knives From the Old Days
Topic: The All Scout Knives Thread
Replies: 3570
Views: 387753

Re: The All Scout Knives Thread

Thanks Mumblypeg and Rustyold for those explanations, and photos, too. A new acquirer of the Uster in my post will be better informed about his knife.

All I did was know where I could go to obtain a good answer.

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