California Dreaming

[Jack Black]

Lovely package,I had a 110 many moons ago no idea what happened to it.
I didn’t know much about knives then ,but knew it was a solid classic to be used.

I would just love to see those birds in the wild

Thank you, that's a shame you don't have your 110 anymore The birds look incredible, there are so many different types of raptor I'm enjoying your travel photographs immensely, safe travels

@Tyson A Wright
Well done and very generous of you and what great timing to give Jack a lift during difficult times.
That’s a fine looking 110 Jack. It’s the first serious knife I ever purchased with my own money back in 1974. I still have it. Congratulations on the wonderful books too!

Thanks Dwight, it's nice to be part of the 110 Club at last!

 

[Sacto]

Nice work, Tyson, great care package! I hope you enjoy reading about California, Jack. It’s an amazing place, especially the Sierras.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice work, Tyson, great care package! I hope you enjoy reading about California, Jack. It’s an amazing place, especially the Sierras.

Thank you Sacto, it looks incredible

 

[Horsewright]

Great package! Jack my Buck 110 from bout 74 is California gurgling not dreaming. I was helping a buddy check some crab traps south of Avila. One came up all tangled in seaweed. He asked to borrow my knife and as he was cutting the trap loose, SPLASH, gurgle and ya could watch that brass shimmer till ya couldn't see it anymore as it went down. California gurgling. Have to agree on the Sierra. The southern tip is on our ranch:

We call that "rocky point" there in the distance as it comes down to the flats of the Tehachapi valley. Ya can see the tip come down just to the left of Mitchy's face.

The mountains to the right of Mitchy with the wind mills in the background are the Tehachapis and are not part of the Sierra. Riding in the Sierra, looking for cattle and and looking south to the Tehachapis:

Lots of folks want to say Sierras but I was corrected in my youth, as the word Sierra is plural to start with.

Great knife and a great package.

 

[Jack Black]

Great package! Jack my Buck 110 from bout 74 is California gurgling not dreaming. I was helping a buddy check some crab traps south of Avila. One came up all tangled in seaweed. He asked to borrow my knife and as he was cutting the trap loose, SPLASH, gurgle and ya could watch that brass shimmer till ya couldn't see it anymore as it went down. California gurgling. Have to agree on the Sierra. The southern tip is on our ranch:

We call that "rocky point" there in the distance as it comes down to the flats of the Tehachapi valley. Ya can see the tip come down just to the left of Mitchy's face.

The mountains to the right of Mitchy with the wind mills in the background are the Tehachapis and are not part of the Sierra. Riding in the Sierra, looking for cattle and and looking south to the Tehachapis:

Sorry to hear about your 110 buddy! Thanks for the amazing photos, as always Dave If I was 40 years younger, (and had any cowboy skills whatsoever), I'd be knocking on your door looking for a job!

Lots of folks want to say Sierras but I was corrected in my youth, as the word Sierra is plural to start with.

Nobody says Lambsfoots either!

 

[Horsewright]

Ya’d be welcome my friend!

 

[Markeologist]

@Tyson A Wright
Well done and very generous of you and what great timing to give Jack a lift during difficult times.
That’s a fine looking 110 Jack. It’s the first serious knife I ever purchased with my own money back in 1974. I still have it. Congratulations on the wonderful books too!

Lets see that 110 Fodderwing! Mine, pictured above, was something I worked all summer for…I still have box and receipt…$16.00. That was a lot of lawn mowing for a 12 year old in the summer of 73!

 

[Jack Black]

Ya’d be welcome my friend!

Thanks a lot pal

 

[Markeologist]

Great package! Jack my Buck 110 from bout 74 is California gurgling not dreaming. I was helping a buddy check some crab traps south of Avila. One came up all tangled in seaweed. He asked to borrow my knife and as he was cutting the trap loose, SPLASH, gurgle and ya could watch that brass shimmer till ya couldn't see it anymore as it went down. California gurgling. Have to agree on the Sierra. The southern tip is on our ranch:

We call that "rocky point" there in the distance as it comes down to the flats of the Tehachapi valley. Ya can see the tip come down just to the left of Mitchy's face.

The mountains to the right of Mitchy with the wind mills in the background are the Tehachapis and are not part of the Sierra. Riding in the Sierra, looking for cattle and and looking south to the Tehachapis:

Lots of folks want to say Sierras but I was corrected in my youth, as the word Sierra is plural to start with.

Great knife and a great package.

The Transverse Range vs the Sierra Nevada (drives me crazy too when folks say “the Sierras”). The Transverse Range is kind of an anomaly as it runs generally east-west as opposed to the north-south alignments of most of the other mtn ranges in far west…but then again the Kern River down in that general neck of the woods runs north-south in the Sierra instead of flowing west or east out of the Sierra like other rivers. I’ve spent many months (years) working in both the southern extent of the Sierra as well as Transverse Range…absolutely lovely country.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Very cool.


Blue diamond Almonds are actually grown all around me but I've never took a factory tour or anything.
One of these days I should go ask them how they make any money with all the almonds that fall of the truck at that particular turn on 5th street here in town, I don't know how many buckets full my dad has scooped up over the years.


I've been to a few tourist traps here in northern California, but since my idea of vacation is usually fishing there's actually a lot of local places I've never been or seen let alone across the country and certainly no places I'd have to fly knifeless.

 

[Horsewright]

Sorry to hear about your 110 buddy! Thanks for the amazing photos, as always Dave If I was 40 years younger, (and had any cowboy skills whatsoever), I'd be knocking on your door looking for a job!

Nobody says Lambsfoots either!

Course not it‘d be Lambsfeet!!!

Lets see that 110 Fodderwing! Mine, pictured above, was something I worked all summer for…I still have box and receipt…$16.00. That was a lot of lawn mowing for a 12 year old in the summer of 73!

Yeah mine was a Bday gift in 74 and lost in 80-81. Dang near every guy had and wore one when I was at Santa Maria High and then later at Hancock College.

 

[Jack Black]

Very cool.


Blue diamond Almonds are actually grown all around me but I've never took a factory tour or anything.
One of these days I should go ask them how they make any money with all the almonds that fall of the truck at that particular turn on 5th street here in town, I don't know how many buckets full my dad has scooped up over the years.


I've been to a few tourist traps here in northern California, but since my idea of vacation is usually fishing there's actually a lot of local places I've never been or seen let alone across the country and certainly no places I'd have to fly knifeless.

I've always loved both the taste and smell of almonds That's fascinating about Blue Diamond Almonds, and some great local knowledge!

Course not it‘d be Lambsfeet!!!

Yeah mine was a Bday gift in 74 and lost in 80-81. Dang near every guy had and wore one when I was at Sant Maria High and then later at Hancock College.

That's a real shame Dave It seems that just about all you guys had a 110 when you were youngsters, certainly an icon

 

[Fodderwing]

Lets see that 110 Fodderwing! Mine, pictured above, was something I worked all summer for…I still have box and receipt…$16.00. That was a lot of lawn mowing for a 12 year old in the summer of 73!

Here ya go Mark. I'm afraid the old feller is not too handsome anymore but he has a lot of sentimental value. The belt sheath was made for me by a friend back in 1979.

 

[Hickory n steel]

It seems that just about all you guys had a 110 when you were youngsters, certainly an icon

I couldn't afford one as a kid so I got mine as a high school graduation gift, but just about everyone in my rural area has a 110 ob their belt or Case 54 trapper in a hand tooled Mexican belt sheath.

 

[mitch13]

Great package! Jack my Buck 110 from bout 74 is California gurgling not dreaming. I was helping a buddy check some crab traps south of Avila. One came up all tangled in seaweed. He asked to borrow my knife and as he was cutting the trap loose, SPLASH, gurgle and ya could watch that brass shimmer till ya couldn't see it anymore as it went down. California gurgling. Have to agree on the Sierra. The southern tip is on our ranch:

We call that "rocky point" there in the distance as it comes down to the flats of the Tehachapi valley. Ya can see the tip come down just to the left of Mitchy's face.

The mountains to the right of Mitchy with the wind mills in the background are the Tehachapis and are not part of the Sierra. Riding in the Sierra, looking for cattle and and looking south to the Tehachapis:

Lots of folks want to say Sierras but I was corrected in my youth, as the word Sierra is plural to start with.

Great knife and a great package.

Great pics &
A horse with a noble name
Mitch

 

[Sacto]

Lots of folks want to say Sierras but I was corrected in my youth, as the word Sierra is plural to start with.

(drives me crazy too when folks say “the Sierras”).

I’m 44 years old and I’ve lived in California since I was 2. I’ve spent a lot of time in various parts of the Sierra Nevada. I’m guilty of saying Sierras and didn’t even know Sierra vs Sierras was a thing. I also say Legos (which apparently is wrong) and I pronounce the “L” in almond. I’m probably guilty of saying ATM machine or PIN number from time to time as well

 

[Hickory n steel]

I’m probably guilty of saying ATM machine or PIN number from time to time as well

Could be worse, I know somebody who calls it OJ juice.

 

[Horsewright]

Great pics &
A horse with a noble name
Mitch

His registered name is Mitchy The Kid, so Mitchy for short. He is a son of Call Me Mitch. Google Call Me Mitch. Mitchy’s little bit older brothers and sisters are winning everything these days. A noble name indeed.

 

[lambertiana]

I've always loved both the taste and smell of almonds That's fascinating about Blue Diamond Almonds, and some great local knowledge!

You would like it here. There are large parts of this valley where you can drive for mile after mile and see nothing but almond orchards, punctuated by the occasional pistachio orchard.

I have a good friend who manages a medium sized almond processing plant...to the tune of 500,000 lb/day. It smells divine in the parking lot with that much almond roasting going on. Sometimes when I go to his house there is a 25 lb bag of almonds in the hallway, pulled from the production line for QC. He keeps me well supplied with almonds - whole, slivered, sliced - as well as almond butter. On camping trips with the scouts, he always has almond flour to add to the pancake batter. If you buy an American-made candy bar with almonds in it, chances are the almonds came from his plant, and his plant also supplies almonds and almond butter to many well known brands.

 

[Jack Black]

You would like it here. There are large parts of this valley where you can drive for mile after mile and see nothing but almond orchards, punctuated by the occasional pistachio orchard.

I have a good friend who manages a medium sized almond processing plant...to the tune of 500,000 lb/day. It smells divine in the parking lot with that much almond roasting going on. Sometimes when I go to his house there is a 25 lb bag of almonds in the hallway, pulled from the production line for QC. He keeps me well supplied with almonds - whole, slivered, sliced - as well as almond butter. On camping trips with the scouts, he always has almond flour to add to the pancake batter. If you buy an American-made candy bar with almonds in it, chances are the almonds came from his plant, and his plant also supplies almonds and almond butter to many well known brands.

I'm sure I would my friend