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Knife ?

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited September 2018 in General Discussion
My best friends brother makes knives. He wants to sell some. They are 41something stainless and stag handles. They dont come with holders of any kind. Would anybody be interested? I will post pics next week.

He cuts the blade out with the cnc machine and then finishes the blade by hand.
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1 of the knives i bought is a thin handled knife about 5 inches long that has made in USA on the blade with no other markings anywhere on the knife.

    Any ideas on what it might be?
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I went to Alaska in 2008 or 2009 and bought my dad a 6 inch knife with a antler handle and a old timey holster. I would like to get another knife similar. Any ideas where i can find one? Thanks David
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Kabar knife made for the Marines and i was wondering what knives might be better?
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Today i bought a good looking knife at my daughters pawn shop. The knife is 9 1/4 inches long and the blade is 4 5/8. The handle is some type of antler/bone.

    The only thing stamped on the knife is RW stamped on the left side. You can tell the knife is very well made.

    The sheath is as nice than the knife. The sheath is 9 inches long and the leather is 1/4 thick and folded over that makes it 1/2 inch and laced in a x pattern.

    When the knife is in the sheath only about 1 inch sticks out. I googled knives made with RW on the blade and i saw a sheath almost exactly on RW Wilsons web sight.

    I paid 6 dollars for the knife. I just got the knife because it looked so nice and i liked the sheath. I wonder if it is worth anything? I know on RW Wilsons web sight they go for 600 to 2800 but they have more writing on it than just RW.

    Any ideas?
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does anyone wax there knife blades. I have a lot of knives some are cheap and some are worth a little bit of money.

    I dont have any Randall knives but some old Pumas and other knives. I am limited on what i can store inside the house.

    I was thinking about waxing the knives and putting them in old ammo cans and storing them in a cheap stack on gun safe in my shop.

    Good idea or bad.
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My dad asked me to find information about a schrade knife. It is old and has a stag handle. The sheeth was made to hold about a 6 or 7 inch blade and a smaller 3 or 4 inch blade. All he has is the big knife a friend of his stole the little knife.

    Any idea when it was made or what it was called and the value. He does not want to sell it but was just curious. It does have a nice edge to it though.
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  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you have a good idea. Wax will probably last longer than an oil and grease is messy.
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  • navc130navc130 Member Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you have a good idea. Wax will probably last longer than an oil and grease is messy.
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If stainless steel, then why?

    If high carbon steel, then oil/grease.

    Wax? Why wax? What kind of wax?
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,285 ******
    edited November -1
    Knife wax.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Neutral shoe wax like Kiwi protects guns. knives, and a lot of stuff besides shoes.
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I believe most firearms in museums are waxed not oiled. I have a ton of knives most of which are stainless however the LT Wright Coyote I have with me right now is carbon steel and will rust if I don?t keep a light coat of oil on it. I have a ton of knives. Right now in the car I have the LT Wright, a Swiss Army Camper, a Benchmade 950, an Emerson Mini Commander, and a Timberline Ceramic folder. Oh and a Cold Steel machatte in the trunk. I find a light coat of something like Rem Oil works great.
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  • Ricci WrightRicci Wright Member Posts: 8,259 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you want what the pros use google Renaissance Wax.
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was thinking about car wax.
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  • KnifecollectorKnifecollector Member Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are going to wax them, and I believe it's a good idea, then use
    Renaissance Wax.
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you're throwing them into a dry box, why don't you put some disiccant silicone gel beads in with them... That'll keep the moisture out... I
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,285 ******
    edited November -1
    In shop class, our teacher had us use something called Beacon wax on axes and such after we sharpened them.
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