Gift horse

[greensurfingbear]

Nice surprise today at work today. One of my colleagues said "you're into camping and stuff? Do you want these?"

Opinel no8 is my edc for scale
Well not one to say no!


Orric

 

[Mesquite]

Nice gift, the top one looks like a glaziers knife

 

[Clouston98]

Lucky man! Good stuff that!

 

[Shewie]

Great stuff Orric

I landed a Swazi in a similar conversation once

 

[greensurfingbear]

Nice gift, the top one looks like a glaziers knife

I did wonder what it was. Could do with a new handle. The cleaver is amazing. Really heavy and sharp on two sides


Orric

 

[greensurfingbear]

Great stuff Orric

I landed a Swazi in a similar conversation once

Ooooh think that's a cracking gift.


Orric

 

[Macaroon]

The top one is what glaziers use to hack out putty from old frames - made to be struck on the spine with a metal hammer, and make a great froe-like tool for splitting small kindling or battoning slices off a half-log for when you need a flat piece to carve,e.g. comb etc.

Guilt free battoning, eh?

 

[The Survivor]

Nice, it is good to have friends like that lol.

 

[tombear]

The cleaver looks like it has a army broad arrow stamp , is that a date and makers mark either side? I'd be surprised if it wasn't Sheffield made or UK at least. Very nice anyroad.

ATB

Tom

 

[greensurfingbear]

close up of the stamp


Orric

 

[greensurfingbear]

The top one is what glaziers use to hack out putty from old frames - made to be struck on the spine with a metal hammer, and make a great froe-like tool for splitting small kindling or battoning slices off a half-log for when you need a flat piece to carve,e.g. comb etc.

Guilt free battoning, eh?

Battoning was my first thought lol


Orric

 

[Macaroon]

The maker's mark on the cleaver looks like Elwell - and they didn't make a bad tool, did they?