Couldn't resist. - Printable Version

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Couldn't resist. - oldnretired1 - 08-30-2024

Well I got that other Arno Bernard knife on a trade deal and I couldn't resist bidding on this one (I won).
It's an Arno Bernard as well but is a little Bird and trout knife with some excellent multicolored scrimshaw on it. I don't know if Arno or somebody else did the scrimshaw but it's very nice scrimshaw and uses part of the natural color varience of the warthog tusk scale as part of the theme.
It's got a tapered tang like my other one and is impeccable in the fit and finish like all the other ones I've seen.
I can't wait to use it on trout or a couple of the many quail that frequent out property if I can get the idea past my wife that is............. After all they are "Her quail"

[Image: Arno-Bernard-Bird-and-Trout-002.jpg]

[Image: Arno-Bernand-Bird-and-Trout-001.jpg]

RE: Couldn't resist. - RocketFoot - 08-31-2024

(08-30-2024, 05:29 PM)oldnretired1 Wrote: Well I got that other Arno Bernard knife on a trade deal and I couldn't resist bidding on this one (I won).
It's an Arno Bernard as well but is a little Bird and trout knife with some excellent multicolored scrimshaw on it. I don't know if Arno or somebody else did the scrimshaw but it's very nice scrimshaw and uses part of the natural color varience of the warthog tusk scale as part of the theme.
It's got a tapered tang like my other one and is impeccable in the fit and finish like all the other ones I've seen.
I can't wait to use it on trout or a couple of the many quail that frequent out property if I can get the idea past my wife that is............. After all they are "Her quail"

Nice! It looks to be razor sharp!

RE: Couldn't resist. - oldnretired1 - 09-01-2024

(08-31-2024, 09:38 AM)RocketFoot Wrote:
(08-30-2024, 05:29 PM)oldnretired1 Wrote: Well I got that other Arno Bernard knife on a trade deal and I couldn't resist bidding on this one (I won).
It's an Arno Bernard as well but is a little Bird and trout knife with some excellent multicolored scrimshaw on it. I don't know if Arno or somebody else did the scrimshaw but it's very nice scrimshaw and uses part of the natural color varience of the warthog tusk scale as part of the theme.
It's got a tapered tang like my other one and is impeccable in the fit and finish like all the other ones I've seen.
I can't wait to use it on trout or a couple of the many quail that frequent out property if I can get the idea past my wife that is............. After all they are "Her quail"

Nice! It looks to be razor sharp!

It wasn't when I got it. Most used knives I get aren't very sharp. It's now what I consider "scary sharp". The Bohler N690 stainless takes an edge really well for me with my style of sharpening (old school with oil and whetstone). A little green compound and scary sharp.

RE: Couldn't resist. - srjdsmith - 09-01-2024

So… why can’t “her quail” be “her dinner”?

RE: Couldn't resist. - oldnretired1 - 09-02-2024

(09-01-2024, 09:51 PM)srjdsmith Wrote: So… why can’t “her quail” be “her dinner”?

Good point. She just loves all the critters on our property and seems to consider them (the quail) protected I guess. She grew up eating wild game and continues to do so. Raccons, coyotes, rodents and other vermin she seems to have no qualms when I kill them. Just the quail. If I shoot them on the property next to us she's good with it. Same quail (A typical covey of California quail has about 200 acres as their territory). They roam around all the properties around here but we have prime nesting and wintering habitat. I kinda get her wanting to keep our property as a safe haven for them.