Yes that Jumbo Case is definitely a great working knife. I smile every time I open that big ol’ meat cleaver of a sheepfoot blade.
This Richartz, which a friend found in a ‘trash ’n’ treasure’ market and bought for me, is one of the few knives, I’ve been glad to see with a big chip out of the blade.
The proud new owner of the shiny new knife must have gone to use the blade to pry out a nail and heard the dreaded ‘tink’.
End result being I get to examine an old Solingen knife with a factory edge, which was never sharpened after it was sold.
The thickness behind the edge is 0.009”. That’s less than half the edge thickness of most modern pocketknives.
Thanks mate. Definitely!
Cool pic. I see the Wright Senator in the foreground but I don’t recognise the pattern of the knives in construction. The bolsters look like a clasp knife style. Interesting that they use actual nails still for the ‘iron’ pins. Those checkered covers are very cool.
I’m guessing it’s work-in-progress at Wright’s, but it’s not Stan Shaw’s bench possibly, is it?
A beauty indeed, thanks for showing it.
So fine, Harvey. The knife and the photography.
Yes I’m the same Gary. Funnily enough, the last time I had to pull out one of my suits for a funeral, I noted they all had wear marks through the left pocket, from the ring of the Opinel No. 7 I used to EDC in those days.
Another cool knife Mitch, I hadn’t seen one of those JR Biltong knives before.
Great knives Paul! That Duncan’s a top bloke, eh?
@Campbellclanman - Well done mate!
If I ever leave a worn old toothpick of a pocketknife behind, I guess it’ll be this one, eventually...