New Patch Knife

[Mark Herman]

There's an answer from a man who knows.

 

[LRB]

From 1981. Bowie with my version of a Spanish notch. I used that design on several similar knives, but it is not my mark, and has no purpose beyond decoration.

Another

 

[smo]

Exquisite Craftsmanship Sir!

Thank you for posting those beautiful blades.

 

[Two Feathers]

No. It is simply decorative. Was popular and possibly originated in the Mediterranean region. Most were much better looking that that one shown.

Howdy Wick:
I stand corrected, my apologies. How ya.' holdin' up? The last time we spoke was last Summer and you were building a shed right ahead of a tropical storm. Not feeling the best as I recall?
Hopefully that has improved.
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[LRB]

I'm holding up pretty well, thanks, but do not have the stamina I once had. Very difficult to see well enough to do close up work. Had cataracts removed but need a little laser work done yet.

 

[FishDFly]

This past weekend I was at the Smoky Mountain Knife Works. I picked up the patch knife you see below. The knife has a doo-dad on the blade just in front of the handle. Does this have a name and what is it for? Thanks,

Jack

Can you share the model number of the knife, I like it and might have to order one.

Thanks

 

[twodollarpistol]

I have it on good authority that it is used to push down over the cap on the nipple to crimp it tight and prevent it from falling off. TDP

 

[twodollarpistol]

BTW Beautiful knife. I really like it. Blessings. TDP

 

[Two Feathers]

I'm holding up pretty well, thanks, but do not have the stamina I once had. Very difficult to see well enough to do close up work. Had cataracts removed but need a little laser work done yet.

LRB
Hang in there buddy, don't push it.
I had cataracts removed from both eyes in 2013. Best $66,000.00 I ever spent. Went from 20/400 vision to 20/20 in both eyes. If I had known how simple and painless it was, I'd have had it done 30 years ago. Now I tell folks: I can tell if a Gnat is a boy or a girl from 300 yards.
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[Rató:rats]

Nice get
I have a similar one that’s full tang with 3 pins 2 and 3/4 blade curly maple handle. I don’t patch balls so I mostly use it to get dirt from under my fingernails on the trail. At the time I thought curly maple was common on frontier knives but Mr. Ellerbe has since kindly disabused me of this. Yours looks much better with with the plainer wood grip.

 

[LRB]

LRB
Hang in there buddy, don't push it.
I had cataracts removed from both eyes in 2013. Best $66,000.00 I ever spent. Went from 20/400 vision to 20/20 in both eyes. If I had known how simple and painless it was, I'd have had it done 30 years ago. Now I tell folks: I can tell if a Gnat is a boy or a girl from 300 yards.
God bless:
Two Feathers

Me too. When it was all over, I had 20/20/ , about 4 yrs ago. Now anything past 75 yrds is blurry in the right eye, and the left is blurry at any distance, even up close, and not correctable by glasses. I need a some laser work done on them, but am having to wait to get in.

 

[Tanglefoot]

The fancy file work at the base of the blade on a Kukri is not purely decorative. The Kukri is/was standard issue for Gurkha troops who employed it with great success in many conflicts.

 

[Two Feathers]

Me too. When it was all over, I had 20/20/ , about 4 yrs ago. Now anything past 75 yrds is blurry in the right eye, and the left is blurry at any distance, even up close, and not correctable by glasses. I need a some laser work done on them, but am having to wait to get in.

Good mornin' Wick:
I'm sorry to hear that you have to wait; but with this virus stuff, and given the health issues we share, the last place either of us needs to be right now, is anywhere near a hospital!
I never was able to get any Boxwood from that link you gave me. I think it was someplace called the Wood Warehouse, or something like that?
Good luck with your eye surgery.
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[Two Feathers]

Wick:
Sorry. It was the Lumberyard. Not the Wood Warehouse.
Two Feathers

 

[Rifleman1776]

Got something similar on a couple of my knives. I think it's called a "decoration."

Same here.

 

[LRB]

The fancy file work at the base of the blade on a Kukri is not purely decorative. The Kukri is/was standard issue for Gurkha troops who employed it with great success in many conflicts.

Please explain the use of the filed cut out on a kukri, which is different from most Spanish notches anyway.

 

[LRB]

Wick:
Sorry. It was the Lumberyard. Not the Wood Warehouse.
Two Feathers

Try here. I can't get the lumber yard up either Octopus, Tonewood, Tonholz, Maderas para Instrumentos Musicales - Products I have never used this source, but knew of it and saved it for a back up.

 

[LRB]

I found the info on Kukris. Mostly for decoration but also is to stop blood from running onto the grip. Khukuri / Kukri Info | History-origin-value-myths of Nepali Gurkha Knife

 

[Two Feathers]

Try here. I can't get the lumber yard up either Octopus, Tonewood, Tonholz, Maderas para Instrumentos Musicales - Products I have never used this source, but knew of it and saved it for a back up.

Thanks Wick:
I got it buddy. The stuff is a bit "salty" huh? Not much wood for $ 3.55 + s&h from Europe? I didn't even check THAT price!?
Thank you for the link my friend. Hopefully I can acquire some, at least enough for one handle?
Stay safe.
God bless:
Two Feathers

 

[LRB]

I typed in "the lumber yard" and got it. Try here The Lumberyard - for model shipwrights