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09/21/2026

THE FIRST TRY FAILED… SO I DID IT AGAIN

Last night this old Ulster Jack handed me a lesson. It came to me with a broken pen blade, so I pulled it and rebuilt the knife as a single-blade jack. New axles, freshened everything up, and went all out with some beautiful stabilized wood covers. Then, right at the finish line, the backspring pin blew the wood out. 😑 That one hurt.

So I regrouped and came back at it with buffalo horn. This time everything came together. No cracks, no blowouts, good fit, and that dark horn looks damn good against the old steel, brass liners, and bolsters. After last night’s failure, this one feels GOOD. Sometimes you screw one up, learn from it, and try again. Now this old Ulster is ready for another chapter.

09/20/2026

Halloween Is Coming… 🎃

There’s something about this time of year. Strange noises outside the shop. That feeling somebody’s watching. Things moving around that probably shouldn’t be moving around.

And apparently, even creepy clowns appreciate a good axe.

I’m just trying to mind my own business in the RedBeard shop. Whatever happens outside those doors after dark is between the clown and the pumpkin.

I saw nothing.

Halloween is coming. 🎃🤡🪓

09/20/2026

⚠️ FAKE AXE ALERT | SEPTEMBER 19, 2026

SHARE THIS. Axe collectors, Case collectors, vintage tool guys, everybody.

What you’re looking at is an axe being advertised on eBay as an “Antique W.R. Case & Sons Axe Head.”

That W.R. Case & Sons etch is fake.

This isn’t some innocent misidentification of an old axe. This seller is known in the axe community for adding counterfeit markings to vintage axes and putting them back into circulation as something they never were.

And THAT is what pi**es me off.

Once one of these sells, the problem doesn’t end with the original buyer. Five years from now it gets sold again. Ten years from now somebody sees that Case marking and thinks they’ve found an incredibly rare piece of American cutlery history. The fake becomes part of the story.

That damages the entire collecting community.

The seller shown in this video is petronea on eBay. Look at the listing. Look at the markings. Remember the name.

I’m asking W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. to take a look at this as well. Their name is being put on an axe that they did not make and then used to advertise it as an antique W.R. Case & Sons axe.

If you collect axes, knives or vintage tools, SHARE THIS VIDEO. Getting the word out is one thing we can do right now.

Protect the history. Protect the collectors. Call the fakes what they are.

​​RCase

09/19/2026

WHAT’S IN MY POCKET | 9/19/26

I normally just post pictures for What’s In My Pocket, but today I felt like doing something a little different. So we’re doing a video.

Pocket:
An older Parker Edwards single-blade trapper. Super clean, nice half stop, good snap, and just a damn nice knife to keep in the pocket.

On the sheath:
Another Parker. This one is a Parker Cut Co. Japan, and this freakin thing is COOL. I’m not even sure what pattern I’d call it. Roughly 10 inches overall with about a 5-inch blade, and that snap speaks for itself.

Apparently 9/19/26 turned into a Parker kind of day.

That’s what I’m carrying today. What’s in your pocket?

09/19/2026

Six Beauties Looking for New Homes!

For sale post incoming with some FIRE.

I’ve got six axes up for grabs, and there’s a little bit of everything in this pile. Vintage steel, beautiful handles, cruisers, hatchets, and some damn good users. Some of these have been through my shop, some have some really cool details, and every one of them is ready for its next chapter.

I run through all six in the video so you can get a good look at the heads, handles, finishes, and the little things that make each one different.

See something that needs to be yours? Shoot me a message. First come, first served.

As always, these are tools. I want to see them used, carried, swung, and enjoyed.

09/19/2026

SHOW & TELL: My Moon Crater Kentucky Axe

Check this thing out.

I’ve had this old Kentucky pattern for a while, and it’s easily one of the coolest heads in my collection. I call it the Moon Crater Kentucky, and one look at that surface tells you why.

I found it rusted solid. Decades of corrosion had eaten deep into the steel, leaving behind some absolutely wild pitting. When I finally cleaned it up, something started showing through those craters.

Orange paint.

Buried down inside the pits where all that rust couldn’t quite get to it.

That made me smile because somebody before me had already saved this axe once. They cleaned it up, painted it orange, put it back to work, and somewhere along the way it got forgotten again.

Now it’s my turn.

I’m not grinding those craters away. I’m not trying to make decades of life disappear. That texture and that little bit of orange paint are staying right where they are.

I don’t know every chapter this Kentucky has lived through. I just know there were a bunch of them before it landed on my bench, and hopefully there’ll be plenty more after me.

Not my tool, just my turn.

🔴 RED FRIDAY | WHAT’S IN MY POCKETWORKHORSEVintage strawberry bone Robeson trapper.This thing here! I freakin love it. T...
09/18/2026

🔴 RED FRIDAY | WHAT’S IN MY POCKET

WORKHORSE
Vintage strawberry bone Robeson trapper.

This thing here! I freakin love it. Those old carbon steel blades have plenty of honest wear left on them, and that strawberry bone is just beautiful. It came to me missing its Robeson shield, but I managed to track one down. That little empty spot bothered me more than it probably should have. 😂 Now she’s complete again and going straight to work.

POCKET DROPPER
’22 Case Coke Bottle Jack. Red synthetic scales with stonewashed carbon steel blades. You guys already know how I feel about the Coke Bottle Jack. This one just happens to be dressed appropriately for today.

Just a great pairing for Red Friday.

And yeah, I’m still missing my son. I’m proud as hell of what he’s doing, but that doesn’t make me miss him any less. So I’ll carry a little extra red today and keep thinking about my boy.

Remember Everyone Deployed.

09/18/2026

Vintage Jack Knife Blade Delete | Bringing an Old Knife Back to Life

Last night this old jack knife was completely blown apart on my bench. It showed up with a broken secondary blade, but the main blade was still full, the action was snappy, and that old jigged bone was just too damn beautiful to give up on.

So… blade delete time.

I removed the broken secondary blade and its backspring, cleaned everything up, then rebuilt the knife as a slim single-blade jack.

And man, I freaking love how this one turned out.

The main blade sits right where I wanted it, the knife is noticeably slimmer, and that old bone gets to keep doing what it’s been doing for decades. I believe it may be old green bone that’s aged into that gorgeous amber color, but either way, I’m leaving every bit of that character alone.

This is exactly why I love working on old pocket knives. Sometimes a broken knife doesn’t need to become a parts knife. Sometimes it just needs its next chapter.

Now it’s back together, snappy, sharp, and ready for somebody’s pocket.

09/17/2026

Just picked up this old jack and it’s got a busted secondary blade, but everything else about this knife is too damn good to pass up.

The main blade is full, the action is super snappy, and that old jigged bone is absolutely beautiful. So instead of letting a broken secondary blade put this one on the sidelines, I’ve got a plan.

I’m gonna tear it down, delete the broken blade and its backspring, then put it back together as a slim single-blade jack.

Same old knife. One less blade. A whole lot more pocket time.

What do y’all think? Save it with a blade delete or would you have left it alone?

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