Your favorite knives with "kinks"

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By "kink" I mean the bit you see on the back of a eureka jack or the front of some gunstock patterns. I'm a big fan of simple, clean, symmetrical curves like you get from a barlow or a teardrop pattern, but I personally prefer a handle with a bit more . . . character?

I've only owned a few knives with this design motif: A swellcenter jack, a similar looking whittler, a gunstock, and a eureka jack. Out of these I only kept the eureka jack, it's by far my favorite pattern. It's very visually appealing, it's relatively unique, and it's very comfortable in the hand. Here's mine, a GEC #92:

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I'd love to see what some of your past/present favorites are
 
A beauty of a 92, is that snakewood?

Sadly I don't have any more 92's and have never had a gunstock pattern (really wish they came in a single blade) but I do love how my eureka jack/talon felt in hand. Even with a 'kink' it fit perfectly in all grips/carried very well. Most people would think that hump might present a hotspot but it actually was more comfortable in some grips than my swayback jack.

I do enjoy knives with more curvature, namely I love the 56 Dogleg Pattern and how it fits in the hand with natural organic curvature. A straight handled knife is great as well but some 'kinks' are indeed nice to work out.
 
I like the kinks too. I have a few knives with kinks but this Case/Bose Norfolk is my favorite. I don't have a photo of the backspring but the kink really looks good from that angle and I like to think that it shows good craftsmanship as well. It seems like it would be harder to make a knife with a kink than one without.

 
Here are three of my "kinky" knives . I did have a #48 GEC single blade Dogleg Trapper although as it only had one blade i suppose it was not a trapper and it was one of the most comfortable knives to use, but i found it just to long to carry.

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My 92 is actually rosewood, the opposite cover has less of that dark mottling and makes it more obvious (a nice example of snakewood in bozack's first photo).

Railsplitter said:
I like the kinks too. I have a few knives with kinks but this Case/Bose Norfolk is my favorite. I don't have a photo of the backspring but the kink really looks good from that angle and I like to think that it shows good craftsmanship as well. It seems like it would be harder to make a knife with a kink than one without.
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Wow, that's stunning. I've always wanted a Norfolk/Norfolk Whittler (are they the same pattern) and that Case has some great jigging on its covers.

oldmanrunning said:
Here are three of my "kinky" knives . I did have a #48 GEC single blade Dogleg Trapper although as it only had one blade i suppose it was not a trapper and it was one of the most comfortable knives to use, but i found it just to long to carry.
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Is that bottom one a Pemberton? Nice trio
 
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Carboniferous said:
Wow, that's stunning. I've always wanted a Norfolk/Norfolk Whittler (are they the same pattern) and that Case has some great jigging on its covers.
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Thanks! I do believe the Case/Bose version is often referred to as the Norfolk Whittler. There's another version under the Northwoods brand that looks rather attractive as well.
 
bozack said:
My 92 is Snakewood, Carboniferous. It says it on the blade.
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That's actually what I meant to say, that the contrast between actual snakewood on yours and the opposite cover on mine is much more obvious without the mottling. Thanks for the correction.
 
Stag gunstock stockman
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Buffalo horn railsplitter stockman
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Jigged bone eureka jack
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Is that bottom one a Pemberton? Nice trio[/QUOTE]

Yes it is a single bladed Pemby ( how lucky am i ? )
 
Here's my favourite 'kinky' knife from my traditionals collection... a GEC Northfield #76 Western Outlaw.

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-Brett
 
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Beside I have also a Case Seahorse Whittler, I'm not sure she qualifies.
 
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