Guys Talk Knives: Marble's Madness (S2 Ep. 48)

[@donniegardner1146]

Great show today I look forward every week to see what your doing next. ( I actually would like to see you do a segment on using the marble gear/card)

[@Frontiersmanbushcraft]

Sure wish marbles would make some more like this , the ideal knives being made in Argentina currency are nice but good ole American made marbles is where it’s at and these were thick well built knives. Please blue ridge knife works make more marbles in America where they should be.

[@Mosey410]

We have my Great Uncles Marled knife with the nearly 8” Blade deep blood groove and leather washer handle . My Gran used to use it in the garden on the rose bushes

[@SMKWcom]

That is an awesome knife tale! Thanks for sharing

[@dtbroad5862]

Guys those are "fullers," not "blood groves."

[@josephtousignant7318]

You guys are both wrong, as I believe on the Marbles "Ideal" pattern those channels were designed as big as they were,...for "Weight Reduction". Personally. I've never liked the look of that knife, and I've seen some older ones that have been sharpened over the years where the edge is now very close to the groove. A flat blade without that grouve with get 2-3 times the lives-of-use out of it! 🙂 The old Marbles Woodcraft pattern was (and still is) a classic beauty IMO...

[@jusme8060]

​@@josephtousignant7318 aka...a fuller

[@josephtousignant7318]

@@jusme8060 Personally, as LARGE as the "fuller" was on the original "Marble's Ideal" pattern knife, it's purpose was very clear to anyone with any common sense. It was there to greatly lessen the overall weight of the knife, and help in getting to a better balanced knife. (especially in the longer blade lengths!). Giving a knife this "feature" of course greatly lessened the overall lifespan of useful life, since as we have seen through the passage of time many of them have been resharpened right up to near the start of the lower lip of the cutout. SO, in my mind Marbles missed a great opportunity in marketing it.(although ithe "Ideal" was always a best seller for them). Because the cutaway area was MANY times the size of the usual "fuller" (again because the intent was to save weight and better balance the knives),... they should have marketed it a knife having the first "lesser", and described it as an advantage in weight savings and knife balance where *"less is more"! In simpler times where common sense seemed more prevalent, that "feature" was obvious as to the intended benefits. (* "less is more", according to the Oxford dictionary, that phrase is defined as: "used to express the view that a minimalist approach to artistic or aesthetic matters is more effective."

[@SteveB357]

The Marble's Parang, and I have had several machetes in the past 40 years, is the best way for me to trim my hedge that I know. I've had Marbles Madness for 50 years. The reamer, with a sharp edge, in the position that it opens to, is the best thing in the world to strike a fire starter rod with.

[@elee9056]

watching this because some dude traded his marbles for a pack of cheap beer haha it needs some cleaning work but i am stoked

[@timmiller8645]

I have many Marbels knives and my go to is the pilot survival

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Great show guys. Caught the last half here and the first half on FB. Marbles is doing some pretty cool stuff. The first one that I bought was the Fly Fisherman. And I still love it. Scissors on it are down right awesome and it works great for not only fly fishing but Ice fishing.

[@mikestephenson6309]

Is bark river making the 120th anniversary knife for marbles?

[@michaelklein3915]

Ive got a 10in 2sided bone handled marbles skinning knife with original case. Cannot find one like it anywhere to compare it to. Can anyone help?

[@AlfredoArbe]

Quite amazing so little time dedicated to de legendary Ideal. I have one from my grandfather, he bought it in 1920 and we r still using it 100years before. I wd love to buy a new shinny Ideal but I have many US made great knives thta are about 40-50 bucks, they´re American, not chinesse stuff and work perfect ( ontario SP1, SP2 and SP6) , so I feel theres a huge gap from 40$ to 280 or more margble´s is asking for that knife, and please keep making them in the USA, nothging wrong about El salvador , I feel re4spect for every man in every nation, but as scotch whisky has to be made in scotlad, some things got to be US made.

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Dang it! I gotta go to a stupid meeting. First half was great on FB. Hopefully I catch the end here!

[@ericblade8330]

Knife Chats with Tobias good luck wit yur sobriety. I used to go. Now im too old to play game🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂👊🔪

[@dwainsw4076]

P-38 and larger p-51.

[@ericblade8330]

Dwain S&w luv dem things. My girlfriends laugh till they git hungry. Then they know who really running the show!! I am🔪🔪🇺🇸🇺🇸🚂🚂👊

[@vanillaguerilla5250]

Marbles is truly a great value I love the small fish knife but wish it was full tang.

[@0351nick-ch8ee]

The crap made in China IS NOT marbles quality. They really aught to stop making those knives, it's a real disgrace.

[@milfslayer5814]

I found a marbles knife it's in good shape from ww2

[@kurt8matthew]

WOW Greats Show Guys, I need to add some Marbles to my Summer #Funtimes

[@bdh3949]

Good show but for the record the scout knife with blade, opener, awl originated well before WWII, even before WWI,

[@robertthorn9560]

Are you talking about American made Marbles or Chinese junk knives. If you collect stay with the original unless you want beater knife.

[@johnhannon7956]

too much telling and not enough showing quit talkin so damn much and show us some knives

[@brucebrunner3268]

If it isn't made in America its either Chinese or pakistan!😮😮😮

[@LarsRibe]

13$ for that scout knife? Sold!

[@dixieboy5689]

Blah blah blah Where's the beef?? Good grief. FAIL