Wondering about a bunch of old Farmers .

[Styerman]

Over the years I have gifted a bunch of farmers , mostly from brass liner days . Two were given to newly graduated Cops , four to apprentices and helpers , one to a guy I contracted for . In recent years I gave away mostly Wenger SI's and Eco Huntsmen ,not to mention an Electrician Plus and OHT or two .

I wonder how many are in service/serviceable today .

One of the apprentices is now an electrical engineer , another is a very high powered millwright .

As far as the tools go , I only know of one that was abused , a Farmer with a broken master blade , and the awl was used for cooking hash .

I hope the tools and owners are still usefull .

Chris

PS: one thing I'm kicking my ass over is First Mates , there were a bunch of them at a Toronto Surplus store back in the eighties , prices were marked way down . Knowing what i do know now I would have loaded up on vintage Alox in the Seventies and early eighties !

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Given the awesome quality of your average Sak, I'm sure most of them are still perfectly serviceable

[nuphoria]

Wow, shame about the First Mates... hindsight would make us all rich right?! 

Great to think about where all those old Farmers might be though . It's like tagging them and setting them free into the wilderness 

[P35]

you can load up on todays good deals on SAKs.
The Alox Vic. Soldiers come to mind. They are tomorrows "vintage " stuff.