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Old 09-28-2006, 09:35 AM
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Old Time Decorative File Work

Hi Guys,

now that I'm forging (oh, and Ht'ing my own blades (I impress the heck out'a myself, haha ), I'm really getting into the frontier style knives. I've also been visiting the sheath forum a lot, now that the winter is approaching I thought making sheath's would be a great way to pass the time indoors. Anyway, enough rambling. I was wondering if any of you guys could post some pictures of frontier style knives with filewrok.

I know they did their file work differently back then, but all I remember are some old blades I saw at a knife show a few years ago.

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Old 09-28-2006, 03:49 PM
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Maybe I put this in the wrong forum, guys. Anyway, Thanks for looking. I do have some reference material, was just hoping to see something a little different.

Dave
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Hold your horses. You are in the right place. I have been thinking if I ever seen any fronteer knives with file work. I do have several examples of Bowies of that period with file work.


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Post some pics of the examples you have.


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This site has been posted before:

http://www.lanouvelle-france.com/beltknives.html

Scroll about half way down to the example of the French boucheron Crown IC Doron knife with the scalloped spine.
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One pattern that does stand out for me is this Russel Greenriver.


They always have the scalloped top edge on them. I found out recently from BL that this is patterned after a sailors knife, fishing knife, bait knife. How it made its way onto the frontier is a mystery. The file work may be functional as a fish scaler maybe? Pure speculation.


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Thanks, Guys

That was intersting reading. I went to the Northern Virginia Gun Show a few years ago. Aside from some truely wonderful old guns, there was a fairly large showing of old frontier knives. I was struck by how unusual some of the file work was, it was different from what modern makers are producing. Hard to descibe, but it seemed more bold. I wish I had the money, but the prices was in the thousands. (Well, I had the money, but my wife would'a jilled me!)

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