Desert Douk-Douk.

Thanks Carl!
There's somethin' about your stories that makes you wanna go daydreaming about a less complicated world. :thumbup:
 
Thanks Carl. It is wonderful to be able to travel to a simpler world through your words.
 
Thank you
God bless you for your stories, they have a way of highlighting the truth and peace that can be found everywhere.
Take Care
Graham
 
Thank you for the great story. The only way I travel far away is in reading and you do a grwat job in your writings.
 
Great story again Carl:thumbup:
Wish Herder made those Sodbusters again my Dad and Granddad always carried.
Those they make now are a far cry from those of the past:thumbdn:
But your story made me want to carry my medium Douk Douk again:p
 
This is why I click on any post that says "Jackknife". Great story. Especially interesting because I have the knife you are talking about (assuming you mean Friedr. Herder). Purchased circa 1968. I use tung oil to treat the scales, otherwise as described.

Herder1.jpg
 
How did I miss this one a few days ago. Between carl's stories, dennis's pictures, and all the amazing other things in this subforum I am pretty much set on evening reading. Thanks guy I am sure I am not the only one.
 
iSaur said:
This is why I click on any post that says "Jackknife". Great story. Especially interesting because I have the knife you are talking about (assuming you mean Friedr. Herder). Purchased circa 1968. I use tung oil to treat the scales, otherwise as described.

Herder1.jpg
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Yes, that's the ubiquitous knife I saw in the hands of working people when I was stationed in Germany. If the Opinel is the working mans knife in France, then the Herter must have been the equal in Germany. Working with some of the civilian workers on base, it was hard to go a full day without seeing a Herter being pulled out of a pocket at least once for some chore.

I even saw some Freidr. Herter's with a locking blade, but not often.
 
jackknife said:
Yes, that's the ubiquitous knife I saw in the hands of working people when I was stationed in Germany. If the Opinel is the working mans knife in France, then the Herter must have been the equal in Germany. Working with some of the civilian workers on base, it was hard to go a full day without seeing a Herter being pulled out of a pocket at least once for some chore.

I even saw some Freidr. Herter's with a locking blade, but not often.
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It's just barely visible in the picture, but mine is a lockback (I really should take a better picture one of these days). It's a big knife, though - 4 5/8" (117mm) closed with a very thick handle. Most of the ones I have seen have been a more practical pocket size and non-locking.
 
Great tale, Carl!

Brings to mind my travels around Turkey with my (now) wife in 1996. My carry was a Victorinox Adventurer.
 
Great story, Jackknife.

I like seeing these stories about more exotic traditional patterns.
 
Thanks for those pics of Douk-Douks supratentorial. Nice set. Could you send me a PM as to where you got them?
 
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