A teenager who needs help with horseman knives

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Hello, new to the forum, and new to vintage knife collecting. Sorry I have pictures of the knives but can't figure out how to put them on. So this is a very long story and I apologize in advance feel free to skip to the bottom and read the bullets. I have been showing horses for 3 years and decided to recently buy a vintage horseman knife as I was planning to use one and bought an old one because I figured the craftsmanship and quality regardless of age would hold up well. I bought a Slater Brothers 5 blade but the blades were thin and the knife was in good shape and I knew I would beat it up and be sad about it. So I bought the Irving Cutlery Co. 7 blade knife because it had a lot of wear and I would be okay with beating it up even further. So along with that knife I carry my crkt because again I don't trust the thin blades. Which leads to my main reasons of reaching out:
-How do I maintain these knives? What products to use and how on the blades and scales?
-How do I care for rust without damaging anything else?
-Where can I find someone TRUSTWORTHY to repair these knives in case I really need it? I am in the Dayton Ohio area.
-Where or who can I buy a vintage horseman knife off of with blades and back spring in good enough shape to use? Preferably a 7 blade but hoof pick and awl is a must. I am tired of riding with and carrying 2 large knives on the daily but find myself using the hoof pick about 6 times a day and the crkt blade 4 times a day. If I had a horseman knife in good enough shape I could stop carrying the crkt.
 
1568 said:
Hello, new to the forum, and new to vintage knife collecting. Sorry I have pictures of the knives but can't figure out how to put them on. So this is a very long story and I apologize in advance feel free to skip to the bottom and read the bullets. I have been showing horses for 3 years and decided to recently buy a vintage horseman knife as I was planning to use one and bought an old one because I figured the craftsmanship and quality regardless of age would hold up well. I bought a Slater Brothers 5 blade but the blades were thin and the knife was in good shape and I knew I would beat it up and be sad about it. So I bought the Irving Cutlery Co. 7 blade knife because it had a lot of wear and I would be okay with beating it up even further. So along with that knife I carry my crkt because again I don't trust the thin blades. Which leads to my main reasons of reaching out:
-How do I maintain these knives? What products to use and how on the blades and scales?
-How do I care for rust without damaging anything else?
-Where can I find someone TRUSTWORTHY to repair these knives in case I really need it? I am in the Dayton Ohio area.
-Where or who can I buy a vintage horseman knife off of with blades and back spring in good enough shape to use? Preferably a 7 blade but hoof pick and awl is a must. I am tired of riding with and carrying 2 large knives on the daily but find myself using the hoof pick about 6 times a day and the crkt blade 4 times a day. If I had a horseman knife in good enough shape I could stop carrying the crkt.
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Not easy Questions to answer. YOU need to visit more than one subforum, to get all the answers.
#1 check the Maintenance & Tinkering subforum.
#2 Mineral oil and Flitz are good rustpreventers.
#3 Check the Custom knifemakers subforum.
#4 Great Eastern Cutlery made a batch of 72's with hoofpick and 1 blade in 2013. The second hand market are your source.

Check the Traditional subforum for more info. An active member there, is Horsewright / Dave Ferry. He and his wife are ranchowners, knife and leatherware makers and know a lot of the life on horsebacks. Hope this helps.
 
Mikael W said:
Not easy Questions to answer. YOU need to visit more than one subforum, to get all the answers.
#1 check the Maintenance & Tinkering subforum.
#2 Mineral oil and Flitz are good rustpreventers.
#3 Check the Custom knifemakers subforum.
#4 Great Eastern Cutlery made a batch of 72's with hoofpick and 1 blade in 2013. The second hand market are your source.

Check the Traditional subforum for more info. An active member there, is Horsewright / Dave Ferry. He and his wife are ranchowners, knife and leatherware makers and know a lot of the life on horsebacks. Hope this helps.
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Thank you so much I will look at the other subforums and reach out
 
I'm probably late, but you might want to take a look at the Victorinox Equestrian. It has a hoofpick and an awl like you requested, plus a few extra handy tools.

SAKs hold up quite well, and they are covered by a fantastic warranty, just in case.

VT0-8583_01_victorinox
 
Great Eastern Cutlery just did a run earlier this summer

72 TIDIOUTE CUTLERY / GEC | Great Eastern Cutlery

GEC Blog - Great Eastern Cutlery
greateasterncutlery.net

It is called the Range Rider, and you should be able to find one new in the tube second hand on eBay or this forum slip joint sales section. Don’t wait, these will all disappear as not a lot of 72s with the hoof pick were made.
 
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