Thread: Paper testing razors

Originally Posted by Steel

Beautiful knives there and that's a GREAT idea. Good thing your father didn't listen to all the nay Sayers. I have seen many blades honed into the tang. Not pretty. Sometimes you never know until you try.

are those Texas toothpicks?

Those are Case 61048 pattern, also known as the 'Dixie Switch', or the 'farmer's knife'. The 6 designating a bone scale, the 1 a single blade, and the 048 is the pattern. I was a young ironworker in my late teens when an old timer pulled one out and started peeling a peach. He just flipped the blade open with his thumb and started peeling. I went and got one and have been carrying one or another or the 048 pattern since then. Here are some I've picked up over the years, along with some 62048s (2 blades, same pattern) The one that Pixelfixed showed, that belonged to his grandfather, is a 5254 trapper pattern. The 5 designating genuine stag, the 2 for 2 blades and the 54 is the pattern #.