Did your Traditional knife get a workout today? -Part II

I grabbed my GEC 66 Serpentine Jack first thing when I needed a knife for something or other, can't remember what it was now, but I've been using it a lot today for everything from cutting thread while mending some jeans to making sandwiches.
 
I used the propably greatest steak knife on earth today - for what?! Cutting a wonderful steak I had with my wife for dinner just about 20 minutes ago. BTW: The knife was an Opinel #7 Carbon ;)
 


hey! both of them tonight got some real use
wife had me peel potatoes with the 85 and she left her can opener at work so the soldier got to open i think 6 or 7 cans of various items to make a new soup recipe she wanted to try out!

sorry no pics of actual use, but it really did happen!
 
My Sheepsfoot Charlow helped me prepare a friend New Year's Day breakfast :)
 
The spey TC Charlow in AB was used to make dinner then it was my steak knife at the table. In fact it's now my full-time steak/chicken/porkchop knife :)
 
Mothers Sour Dough - A Tradition

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Took me a while to post this photo, but just before Christmas I made a bunch of coasters out of wine & champagne corks, for my dad's basement bar. Used several traditional knives. The Opinel No. 10 was the most useful for this work, thanks to its thin blade, flat grind, and deep belly.

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My Boy's Knife helped me make a sandwich for lunch, then later it helped me use up some leftover veg (used the oven-gloves someone bought me for Xmas with Leeds architectural drawings! :D) I fancied something 'light', but I just can't bear to throw anything away!





Now what am I going to do with all the leftover beer in the fridge?! ;)
 
Dang, Jack, that looks good.
My lambsfoot continues to clean up mortises. This one is all knife, except for two drill holes. I appreciate everyone's restraint in not commenting on the quality of my handiwork, by the way. My simple churlish soul is content if the handles stay on.
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I suppose a Sharpfinger is a traditional pattern even though the pattern only dates to 1973. But what about an updated custom verson of the pattern? It has some real old to it. 10,000 year old mammoth tusk ivory, 5,000 year old bog oak with an 1880's Morgan silver dollar for a spacer? This is my first use of my Ryan Weeks SPK (sportsman's pareing knife), a nice buck I skinned and butchered today. He'll be jerky this time next week.

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I used the same knife to strip up some venison tenderloin for fajitas for supper. Sorry, no pictures. I ate em all. :)

Oh and the knife worked as expected, very nicely. I had done the previous deer, a spike buck, yesterday with my old faithful Sharpfinger.
 
Man it's great to see that Weeks being used as it's supposed to be used.
 
Hey Codger, Thanks for posting this up. I love seeing this knife get some use! The SPK's have been very popular and I couldn't have done it without your help!
 
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