IF It Were Only In Better Condition.....My Rarest Junk Knife

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Here's an old American Knife Co., Plymouth, that I wish was more presentable.
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If I had to say I had one that fit into this category, it would be this American Shear whittler. Sure has had a lot of rust on it and a lot of pitting.Otherwise it is fairly good shape.
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Joe, I have a weakness for hawk bills, even when well used. Like the stock on that one. ::tu::
O C even with pitting it is not pitiful, very wonderful old knife. ::nod::
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I agree on the American Shear. Beautiful old knife and great pattern. Doesn't look like it was rode hard but got put up wet and pitted.

Joe that American knife sure qualifies.
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Thank you, doglegg.
The handle on this knife is very solid and a real handful and warm and beautiful.

Thank you, Wayne. I sure am enjoying this thread. ::tu::

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It seems like you are talking about my whole collection. Here are a few closest to the top. the other 2 are the ones I wouldn't change, no amount of improvement would improve them.

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Thanks to Keith for reviving this thread, it is interesting to see what folks considered their "rarest junk". I ended up with something that was apparently pretty rare and it had broken bone handles that I was considering having replaced. Some how Dimitri and I made a deal and he became the new owner of my "rarest junk", a big old Platts Bros. Here is what it looked like when I traded it to Miller Bro's:
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Nice knife treefarmer, if I know Dimitri I bet it still looks like that. ::tu::
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This is one I wish was in better shape. The pearl is cracked and the edges chipped out a little and one side is a tad loose. It's not terrible and I'm very glad to have it, but oh if only it were minty.

It does make me feel better that it's the only one I've seen. Never thought I'd find a survivor to begin with.
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KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:This is one I wish was in better shape. The pearl is cracked and the edges chipped out a little and one side is a tad loose. It's not terrible and I'm very glad to have it, but oh if only it were minty.

It does make me feel better that it's the only one I've seen. Never thought I'd find a survivor to begin with.

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Very nice Paul. ::tu:: I call that a cattleman’s Sunday dress knife. Just like the one he carried every other day, but all dressed up in pearl!

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espn77 wrote:Nice knife treefarmer, if I know Dimitri I bet it still looks like that. ::tu::
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You know it Keith! :)

Thanks again Phil ::tu::
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Nice posting by treefarmer and great group by Bruce. Paul I don't think junk should be used anywhere near that pearl cattle. I've always loved any old larger pearl knife on a working frame. Some rare knives in any condition being posted here.
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Thanks for the kind words gents. I sure do like a good cattle knife whether it's fancy or plain. I wouldn't have it if it weren't for Dimitri ::tu::
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One side has a big chip. Its a mixed blessing. I wish it was better but I wouldn’t have been able to buy it if it were mint. It’s a type 2 10 th mountain division knife from ww2. Sorry the for the bad picture. I’ll take more and repost it.
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I don't know about rare...but I'll put this in the "Once it was a really nice knife...now it's junk" category. I got this Camillus in a box of about 20 knives. When I first saw it, I thought I had a great find. The front bone is beautiful. From there, it appears to be a story of "Mods gone bad". It would appear that someone broke off the tip and reprofiled it. From there, I'm guessing the tip was exposed, in the easy open well...so they decided to grind the kick down, to drop the tip down....unfortunately that submerged the beautiful long pull, leaving no access to open the blade. So, it would seem, the ModMaster decided to grind out some of the easy open well, and put a crappy "nail nick" on the opposite side, to have any kind of access to the blade. I have no idea why most of the side of the blade has been ground off, or why they decided to grind a notch out of the base of the blade. I feel really sorry for this knife...will probably throw a little Acraglas repair in the area of broken out bone. It actually cuts pretty well.
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I've never seen anything quite like that before.
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Sure wish this large 4 3/4" ivory Taylor Sportsmans knife did not have a broken blade, other than that it's in good shape for pre 1890.
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So many to choose from:

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In great shape if some idiot hadn'yt used the main blade as a pry bar. Stan Shaw replaced the corkscrew.
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Iron Hoarder wrote, " Stan Shaw replaced the corkscrew".
That's like having God do your repair.

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He would have replaced the main blade too but didn't have one the right size. He also pointed out that getting the bolster work back right after that would be nearly impossible so he just reshaped what was there.
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My only Barnett Plier Knife has a broken blade and a slightly mangled "screw bit", but is otherwise in good condition.. Still better than one with a wrong blade, as you seem to see a lot of. Got it from a member of another board (who'd planned to rebuild it yet like me, never got around to it) for $20. Still, you see them in even worse shape, for more money. Forged tool steel everything, something multitools don't have anymore and suffer as a result. And with the Barnett predating the Leatherman by almost a century, I feel the Barnett, not the Leatherman, is the "Original American Multitool".


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I wish this one was in better condition ::oh_my::
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