So, I'm a big lover of peanut knives and really enjoy the Cult of the Peanut thread. I also enjoy canoes. There's just something about them visually, the way they feel perfect in my hand, and that great main spear blade. I thought I would start a canoe thread because I'd like to see pictures of canoes, read about why people like or don't like canoes, and hear about what sort of cutting tasks people use their canoes for. This thread is for anything canoe-related! Canoes aren't as popular as other patterns, so this thread may fizzle out fast, but I hope that we can keep it alive and spread the love of canoes!
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Alex
Thanks for starting this thread, Alex! :thumbup: I'm apparently quite fond of canoes, since I have more of them than any other pattern, so this thread has turned into a fantastic Christmas gift for me!
Seeing your amber bone CV Case, as well as those of several others, has got me thinking that I've got to move that from my "wish list" at a couple of dealers to my "shopping cart" at one of them!
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Paul Not to pun, but I find myself in the same boat as you
just too much bolster on this pattern for my taste. Mind you, I think you can find shadow Canoes.
Regards, Will
I have personally benefitted from Will's distaste for canoes!
He kindly sent me this splendid Rough Rider gunstock checkered bone canoe, as well as a small Hen & Rooster beauty in verdant green pick bone. They remain a couple of my favorite examples. Thanks again, Will! :thumbup:
I'm another who has never taken to carrying a Canoe pattern pocketknife. I do own these two Case Canoes; a 1999 with Chestnut bone handles and blade etched CV steel, and a 1974 with standard bone handles and carbon steel (before Case began marketing them as "CV" and with the blade etch). I have gifted a number of Canoe patterns over the years and they were well received by the recipients. OH
Old Hunter, when I grow up I want to find a couple of canoes just like yours!!
:thumbup: Those are both highly desirable! I thoroughly enjoy several of Case's chestnut jigged bone knives, and will be on the hunt for a canoe with those covers, and your other canoe has the rich red bone for which Case is legendary! Wow!! :thumbup:
Two of my most beautifully handled knives are canoes that were very generously gifted to me. The Baby Butterbean came from Crazy Canuck and the Remington Canoe (named Pirogue) from 5K Qs (Gary). The figured bone and bolsters on the Case are opulent and elegant. The burl wood of the Remington is a maze for my eyes; I simply get lost looking into the rich texture.
I'll be honest though, they don't get carried often; not for any reason other than I've only been carrying a Peanut and #14TC exclusively for the past month or two.
I'll be keeping a keen eye on this thread, as I'm sure many wonderful examples will be exhibited.
Shawn, I really like your photo of those canoes; wonderful detail on the foreground canoes, and then incredible scope as the background fades to the buildings on the horizon!
I also think "opulent" is a spot-on word choice for describing your baby butterbean.
This is a fine looking user, Gevonovich!
I was just taking pictures till now, but maybe I'll give it some cutting soon.
Your Indian's line of sight seems different from mine?
That's a stunner, nifebrite! :thumbup: I'm not very good at Case dating; what year is your model? It certainly pre-dates the current amber bone CV model, right?
How do you like that one, Vinifera? I recently saw that one offered at a deep discount at SOME dealer; I wish my memory would be more cooperative! Yours looks great! :thumbup:
I've got several canoes, including the Single blade, bare headed canoe built by Jeff Mutz. Most of my canoes are Bulldogs made in Germany and I have one 4-blade "Gunboat" by Fight'n Rooster (made in the same place as the Bulldogs I believe). I missed getting one of the GEC canoes. I have 3 or 4 Case canoes including a gold lip pearl and one with Paua (abalone) covers.
Some pics:
Ignore that Copperlock on the bottom there, but it does have a "canoeish" bolster on the blade end...
Ed J
Congrats on all those fine, distinctive canoes, Ed!!! :thumbup::thumbup:
I only have one canoe but it do have a couple of AG Russell's War Eagle Brand small canoes which if I remember correctly are larger than a Baby Butterbean. I have to say that I am a recent convert. I don't know that they will replace my love of stockman but they do get a good amount of pocket time.
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I've looked at the War Eagle canoes on numerous occasions, but have yet to order one; your "testimonial" is persuasive, jsg71!
Any chance you'll post a photo of your War Eagles here??
These are my only canoes. Mostly I like the fat handles of the Schrade IXL!!
stef142, those seem like two very desirable canoes to have! :thumbup: The Hen and Rooster looks like a red pick bone big brother to the green H&R mini-canoe I posted above, and I have a Schrade I*XL very similar to yours that's one of my favorite canoes. I won it in a GAW here (thanks, cchu518), and when it arrived, I discovered that its serial number was my birthday in DDMM format!
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Well heck, I didn't know the Canittler counted. I have an older Rough Rider Canoe too but no picture.
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IMHO, those Canal Street cannitlers should count
double, dynamicmoves & Rick!! :thumbup: (Same goes for gunboats.) Here's a pic of my Rough Rider lockback cannitler that I hold in high esteem
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Congrats on your variety of splendid examples of the pattern, deskil!!
I've got one of those Colt canoes and it is a very nice example. The Colts are quite good across the range. I like them.
Ed J
I agree with Ed that Colt pocket knives are very well made; I'm sad to hear that they're no longer being produced (at least with the Colt name). Here are a couple of Colt canoes I have. One is titanium-coated carbon steel with black G-10 covers; the other is a Colt stag canoe that I think looks fantastic (but I might be biased
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Here are a few of my Rough Rider canoes. Excellent users.
Alex
That's a fine foursome of RR canoes, Alex!
The one on the left is exactly like my very first canoe, part of a set of 12 assorted RR patterns all in amber jigged bone. I resolved, after their arrival, that I'd carry each one for a week to see what I considered the pros and cons of each pattern, but somehow the canoe wouldn't leave my pocket for about 3 weeks. Somehow that eventually led to me having nearly 3 dozen canoes at the moment!
Here are pics of my first canoe and a nearly twin lockback version:
Long gone, but I loved the corn cob jigging on this one.
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Wow, Bob, that is a sumptuous example of a canittler! :thumbup: Do you remember what shapes the 2 secondary blades were?
- GT