Knife Chat: Slicing to the meat of all things sharp

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

@12_Gauge_Chimp y'all want another PoS knife?  Someone gifted me a Kershaw 2022 PROMO 2 (came as part of a three pack of knives for $20-$25 last year at Walmart).  It's an assisted flipper with a half-assed edge and so much side-to-side blade play you worry it's going to miss if you try to stick it in something.

Sure. Send it my way.

I sort of fixed that MTech folder, so I can try to fix this one as well.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Got my Estwing tanto from the slogan contest yesterday and it's a nice blade.

It's also really shiny too. I can almost use it as a mirror, but I won't lest my ugly mug crack the blade.

I've taken to calling it my Ukrainian knife since it's the same colors as the Ukrainian flag.

Thanks again, NT2C, for sending it to me. This is probably the first thing I've ever won in any sort of contest.

[MacWa77ace]

I won two sets of lingerie once at a pool hall raffle. These lingerie models were walking around the hall in the lingerie and selling the tickets. I won on two different drawings that I think it was a dollar an entry. I was there with my GF.

So I gave them to her. [So no comments ]

[NT2C]

I won two sets of lingerie once at a pool hall raffle. These lingerie models were walking around the hall in the lingerie and selling the tickets. I won on two different drawings that I think it was a dollar an entry. I was there with my GF.

So I gave them to her. [So no comments ]

So, your GF was okay with used underwear?    

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

For anyone interested (and for who wants to see something other than Sean Connery in a red diaper ), here's that Estwing tanto I mentioned earlier.

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[flybynight]

 I received my slogan contest loot knife today also.  It's almost too pretty to use.. Almost   Thanks...

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Potentially stupid question.

Y'all have seen those commercials for the Cerakote clear ceramic paint sealant for cars on TV, right ?

I saw it again last night and I started wondering if it'd work as a protective finish on carbon steel knives. It probably wouldn't work very well since it's moreso designed for car paint and not knife steel, but it may be an interesting experiment to try.

[Lodewijk]

Potentially stupid question.

Y'all have seen those commercials for the Cerakote clear ceramic paint sealant for cars on TV, right ?

I saw it again last night and I started wondering if it'd work as a protective finish on carbon steel knives. It probably wouldn't work very well since it's moreso designed for car paint and not knife steel, but it may be an interesting experiment to try.

Have not seen that ad, but Tops does clear Cerakote on a few knives I think. Supposedly my version of the MSK has it (Rockies Edition).

If it's similar it's probably worth trying. I like it better than their black powdercoat.

[JeeperCreeper]

Potentially stupid question.

Y'all have seen those commercials for the Cerakote clear ceramic paint sealant for cars on TV, right ?

I saw it again last night and I started wondering if it'd work as a protective finish on carbon steel knives. It probably wouldn't work very well since it's moreso designed for car paint and not knife steel, but it may be an interesting experiment to try.

Do it on a cheap carbon mora and see how it goes.

I don't see why it wouldn't work well...

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Potentially stupid question.

Y'all have seen those commercials for the Cerakote clear ceramic paint sealant for cars on TV, right ?

I saw it again last night and I started wondering if it'd work as a protective finish on carbon steel knives. It probably wouldn't work very well since it's moreso designed for car paint and not knife steel, but it may be an interesting experiment to try.

Do it on a cheap carbon mora and see how it goes.

I don't see why it wouldn't work well...

That's a good idea, JC.

I've got a carbon Mora, but I don't want to potentially mess that one up.

So this gives me an excuse to buy another one or some other cheap carbon steel knife to test this idea on.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Stopped at a yard sale today and picked up an interesting little pocket knife.

It was rusted a little, but just on the surface. A quick bit of cleaning and oiling got the majority of the rust off. There's still some staining on the blades, but it looks a lot better than it did before.

I'll try and upload some pics later.

Looking at the ricasso on the main blade, I found a marking that says "Y-B Cigars" and a quick bit of Googling tells me this company sold these knives as promotional items from 1949 to about 1952 and they'd engrave the buyer's name on the celluloid hande scales.

Apparently, my knife was ordered by someone named "Hoot" Hart.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

As promised, here's a pic of the knife I bought today.

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[MacWa77ace]

Did they say how many were made and sold? And by whom? [rare = collectable = valuable]

I found the one you have on etsy for $10 and then this one for $275
https://antiqueadvertising.com/free-antique-price-guide/antique-tobacco/y-b-cigars-pocket-knife/



When I was looking this up I found this photo. It's I knife I 'have', but I haven't seen this in forever and even forgot about it. It was tiny. Wonder where it went to? 



And I found a photo of the one I had in second grade. Got it for daycamp, 'cause everyone else had one.
Imperial
IIRC it broke.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I couldn't find anything on how many knives were made or sold or even who they were made by.

I couldn't even find anything on Y-B Cigars.

[MacWa77ace]

I couldn't find anything on how many knives were made or sold or even who they were made by.

I couldn't even find anything on Y-B Cigars.

http://www.tinviennaartplates.com/catablog-items/y-b-cigars/

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I couldn't find anything on how many knives were made or sold or even who they were made by.

I couldn't even find anything on Y-B Cigars.

http://www.tinviennaartplates.com/catablog-items/y-b-cigars/

Neat.

So Y-B Cigars was in business around from 1879 to 1966 ?

That explains why I'd never heard of them since they went out of business well before I was born.

[Lodewijk]

Hearing that Ontario got sold to a third party.

Pulled the trigger on an RTAK just in case it turns into yet another buy & outsource exercise.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Hearing that Ontario got sold to a third party.

Pulled the trigger on an RTAK just in case it turns into yet another buy & outsource exercise.

Apparently they got sold to some place called Blue Ridge Knives based in Virginia back in March.

[Lodewijk]

Hearing that Ontario got sold to a third party.

Pulled the trigger on an RTAK just in case it turns into yet another buy & outsource exercise.

Apparently they got sold to some place called Blue Ridge Knives based in Virginia back in March.

Yes - sounds like there was a decision made in late June though. Either the transaction is finalized now (sometimes does take a while), or the new ownership group pulled the trigger on something operationally.

Hearing from multiple places that the existing company (i.e. OKC) is being dissolved and the NY facility closed. Not sure how to validate though.

Supposedly the last day for most of the workforce is 7/27, but I'm reading this secondhand.

[JeeperCreeper]

Hearing that Ontario got sold to a third party.

Pulled the trigger on an RTAK just in case it turns into yet another buy & outsource exercise.

Apparently they got sold to some place called Blue Ridge Knives based in Virginia back in March.

Yes - sounds like there was a decision made in late June though. Either the transaction is finalized now (sometimes does take a while), or the new ownership group pulled the trigger on something operationally.

Hearing from multiple places that the existing company (i.e. OKC) is being dissolved and the NY facility closed. Not sure how to validate though.

Supposedly the last day for most of the workforce is 7/27, but I'm reading this secondhand.

I heard they're wild be over 50 layoffs, didn't hear about shutting things down but sadly I'm not surprised.

Hope it doesn't turn into a crappy rebranded junk knives from China