WHAT ARE YOU CARRYIN RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS YOUR FAV EDC?

[1967redrider]

This oddball Case lept from the cobwebs into my pocket tonight.
Can you spot the discrepancies .. .. .. ?

That Sheepfoot secondary looks odd to me, and was this mystery pattern made in Delrin?

[1967redrider]

Totin' a Russell to round out my workweek Barlows. Will there be more?

[Fingers]

Bear MGC

[toomanyknives]

This oddball Case lept from the cobwebs into my pocket tonight.
Can you spot the discrepancies .. .. .. ?

Well, the secondary blade should be a pen blade, not a sheepsfoot. But, I like it!

[toomanyknives]

The spring on the small blade is very stiff, my nails hurt after opening it 3 times
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I fixed your picture.

[toomanyknives]

Totin' a Russell to round out my workweek Barlows. Will there be more?

Very cool old Russell, RR!

[toomanyknives]

Bear MGC

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

[desert.snake]

I fixed your picture.

Thank you

[toomanyknives]

Here's a cool old one I picked up at a flea market yesterday. It was painted totally ROYAL BLUE!! Yes, you read that properly. It was so rusty, I had to scrape the tang to see what it was. This is what I found underneath! A Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport Cigar Jack with great bone handles! If you look very closely, I left a smidge of the blue paint on the edge of the shield, and a bit on the pile side on the top left. You can't see it until I blew up the pictures.

Walk and talk is still awesome, half stops work great, and it is sharp as can be. And what patina! Man, I love old knives!

[woodwalker]

Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

[toomanyknives]

Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

That one should be right at home in your new knife case, Kev! What an old beauty!

[1967redrider]

Here's a cool old one I picked up at a flea market yesterday. It was painted totally ROYAL BLUE!! Yes, you read that properly. It was so rusty, I had to scrape the tang to see what it was. This is what I found underneath! A Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport Cigar Jack with great bone handles! If you look very closely, I left a smidge of the blue paint on the edge of the shield, and a bit on the pile side on the top left. You can't see it until I blew up the pictures.

Walk and talk is still awesome, half stops work great, and it is sharp as can be. And what patina! Man, I love old knives!

Challenge equal end Jack Mark 1.JPG
Challenge Equal End Jack Pile side1.JPG

Thanks, and that was an awesome find.

[1967redrider]

Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

Awesome art work, is it ivory?

[Fingers]

Bear MGC

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

[woodwalker]

Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

That one should be right at home in your new knife case, Kev! What an old beauty!

Thank you Kerry! It resides in there, except for today!

[woodwalker]

Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett today. I've been told made by New York Knife Co.

Awesome art work, is it ivory?

No sir, not Ivory! Some sort of plastic. Best I can tell.

[Knives-of-france]

Aurillac in horn

[royal0014]

Well, the secondary blade should be a pen blade, not a sheepsfoot. But, I like it!

That Sheepfoot secondary looks odd to me, and was this mystery pattern made in Delrin?

One blade is stainless, the other one is not stainless

Y'all are pretty slick. The main is stainless while the secondary is carbon. And I have it on
good authority from Mr Phieffer that Case never made this pattern with a sheepsfoot secondary.
Someone did a good job of cobbling it together ....

[doglegg]

Aurillac in horn
IMG_5809.jpeg

[1967redrider]

Y'all are pretty slick. The main is stainless while the secondary is carbon. And I have it on
good authority from Mr Phieffer that Case never made this pattern with a sheepsfoot secondary.
Someone did a good job of cobbling it together ....

A fun test, Chris.

[toomanyknives]

Here's a cool old one I picked up at a flea market yesterday. It was painted totally ROYAL BLUE!! Yes, you read that properly. It was so rusty, I had to scrape the tang to see what it was. This is what I found underneath! A Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport Cigar Jack with great bone handles! If you look very closely, I left a smidge of the blue paint on the edge of the shield, and a bit on the pile side on the top left. You can't see it until I blew up the pictures.

Walk and talk is still awesome, half stops work great, and it is sharp as can be. And what patina! Man, I love old knives!

Challenge equal end Jack Mark 1.JPG
Challenge Equal End Jack Pile side1.JPG

Thanks, and that was an awesome find.

[toomanyknives]

Bear MGC

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

Hey fingers,

I'm pretty sure MGC was the name of the original company. It was the last initial of each partner.
When Ken Griffey (the current owner) purchased it from the partners in 2004 it became Bear and Son.

[toomanyknives]

Aurillac in horn
IMG_5809.jpeg

[Fingers]

I like the MGC era of Bear. Nice knife, Fingers!

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

Hey fingers,

I'm pretty sure MGC was the name of the original company. It was the last initial of each partner.
When Ken Griffey (the current owner) purchased it from the partners in 2004 it became Bear and Son.

Thanks. I guess I was just too lazy to look it up myself. In another post I learned they used a dot system for dating the year of manufacture. For example, this one has 7 stars subtracted from a base year of 2020 puts its year at 2013.

[toomanyknives]

Can you educate me on the difference between the MGC and Bear and Son knives. Is it just age?

Hey fingers,

I'm pretty sure MGC was the name of the original company. It was the last initial of each partner.
When Ken Griffey (the current owner) purchased it from the partners in 2004 it became Bear and Son.

Thanks. I guess I was just too lazy to look it up myself. In another post I learned they used a dot system for dating the year of manufacture. For example, this one has 7 stars subtracted from a base year of 2020 puts its year at 2013.

Yep. Ken Griffey used to work for Case. He took that method with him to Bear and Son.