Will Power
Gold Member
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2007
- Messages
- 31,423
Osage
Better luck to you for today (if the Catfish was capable of a point of view I could understand it!). We have the Blue Angels Air Show to attend today at Cherry Point Air Station, but tomorrow I’m hitting the Bogue Inlet Pier to do a little sunrise fishing in the Atlantic. OHI had hoped to test it out on a catfish or two today, but the catfish were not interested.
Shows what I know! If it's 3 3/4", it should be the 35. The 31 is 3 3/8" or so.
Edit--Correction of bad info thanks to @mbkr --the 31 is the longer frame, the 35 the shorter.
Here are some Delrin handled knives from the 70s, 35s on the top, 31 center bottom:
I'm a few days behind but I had to drag this back up.Have a great weekend everyone.
I’m also a few days behind…View attachment 1646634View attachment 1646635View attachment 1646636
Does anyone know why Elk covers seems to be associated with stainless steel blades? Is this just a GEC habit or is there an historical relationship?
Enjoying my second cup on the first cool morning in south Louisiana this fall. What a relief! Have a great weekend everyone.
That's interesting and I haven't heard that before... thanks for teaching me something new.the GEC branded line uses only materials from the U.S.
ie. American cattle bone. American elk.
Fantastic old Imperial knife with a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it, GT.
There we go... That's the Good Stuff right there.
I've used fencing pliers a plenty, but I'm not sure what the other tool is? My guess is a wire twister? We used big screwdrivers... Love the knife by the way.
Thanks, John. The other tool is a piece of metal tubing that I use to put on the t-post clips. Same idea as the screw driver - hook the clip on the wire, put the tube through the loop on the clip and wrap it around the wire. On most of the clips we get, the hook end isn’t very hooked, so the tubing also allows you to bend that end around the wire more by putting the tubing over the end of it and bending. The handle was a chunk of walnut I had and was a way to try out my lathe when I first got it.I've used fencing pliers a plenty, but I'm not sure what the other tool is? My guess is a wire twister? We used big screwdrivers... Love the knife by the way.
Oh, very cool idea... I just used slip joint pliers to bend the hooks around.Thanks, John. The other tool is a piece of metal tubing that I use to put on the t-post clips. Same idea as the screw driver - hook the clip on the wire, put the tube through the loop on the clip and wrap it around the wire. On most of the clips we get, the hook end isn’t very hooked, so the tubing also allows you to bend that end around the wire more by putting the tubing over the end of it and bending. The handle was a chunk of walnut I had and was a way to try out my lathe when I first got it.
I had to look it up to make sure I was correct, now that I know someone’s is paying attention!That's interesting and I haven't heard that before... thanks for teaching me something new.
I love the walletknives!
It definitely saves time vs. pliers if you’re doing a bunch of them.Oh, very cool idea... I just used slip joint pliers to bend the hooks around.
Your tube idea is much quicker and handier though for sure... I like it.