Knife woes again
Lost my Uncle Henry due to big holes in my damned pants pockets. I think I’m gonna make myself a belt holster that will hang on to the knives more securely. In the meantime I have been carrying my Swiss Army Champ. Feels like a whole loaf of frozen bread in my pocket, and it’s hard on my ass. Such ass as I have these days.
So today I went to the Crown Point Funshow, or as we affectionatly refer to it, “Jerky, Candy, and some things that go bang”
We were not disapointed, for the most part, in our disapointment. Same group of stuff. Same guy selling gun cases- though we do always buy something because it is made in the USA.
One new dealer, who seemed to specialize in the odd. he had a Geco 1933, in flawless condition. I mean, out of the box new condition. He had a bucketload of Win 1895’s, many of them with the case colors intact. Including a 30-40 Krag version. A 30-06 Saddle Ring. A 1895 Russian Contract, chambered for the 7.62 x 54r. Did I mention he had a krag Carbine- a real one- with it’s blue intact? A prussian Cape gun in 16 gauge/9.3X74R.
Nothing I could afford. Lots of beautiful old rifles in amazing condition, including a Winchester bolt action repeater, tubefed through the stock, whose action was indistinguishable from a nagant. I never did find a marking that indicated it’s type, just the big Winchester stamp, and what appeared to be a magazine cutout switch on the side. It was in incredible condition. I suspected this dude of having a flux capacitor stowed away in his Durango. Or at the very least an Oscillation Overthruster.
At our local shops we also saw an SVT40
We also stopped by Precision Cartridge and loaded up the truck and moved to beverl… No, wait, we just loaded up the truck. Have to deliver that stuff monday. Dennis is gonna hook me up with some nice 45-70 stuff to practice with.
And on the way out of the show we looked at the collection oif used knives in tupperware containers and I found a replacement oldTimer, anda Buck muskrat, both very worthy knives of the style i like the most.
All in all, a productive day.
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I’ve never yet (touch wood) lost a knife. I do, however, wear ’em out. Right now I have a first generation Leatherman on my belt and a Victorinox Swiss Army Tinker in my pants pocket. The blade on the Tinker is nearly sharpened away, time to get a new one pretty soon. I wish to hell they’d learn to make the blades of something more durable than aluminum foil. It’s the shits when a fifteen dollar knife only lasts two years.
Gerry N.
I made a ratizooly or whatever they are called. Just a tube or sheath, the size of your pocket knife, made from doubling and then sewing a piece of leather together while leaving a long tail attached with a slit in one end. Stick the sheath thru the hole so it is attached to your belt or belt loop. Handier to get out of your pants pocket also. Petty simple to make.
Just renewed my nerd card by knowing where the Oscillation Overthruster reference came from without clicking the link :)
Grau, that’s because you WORK for yoyodyne propulsion systems, Limited.
I bought a pair of Bucks off Amazon that seem fairly decent, but they both have that China label on them.
The chinese knives are incredibly good quality. I’ve had a few and they’re impressive. It is nice to find a good condition old USA BUck though.
Hate to say it, but the tools from harbor Freight are way up in quality.
Grinders for one.
A hell of a lot of stuff from Harbor Freight is good shit. Especially for the price.
Okay, I posted a picture of my little knife sheath, or ratazoolie or whatever they are called, on my blog. Check it out. Not great picture, but shows what I tried to explain.
A Krag carbine’s a rare bird, often they get faked. And a Win 1895 in 30-40 Govt. would be kewl, see those around here even – and kinder to the shoulder than one in .405 – I’m just not a bigbore blaster.