EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

Thanks, it is, my only quibble with it is the caged pivot, I would rather have a regular stop pin, as that internal slot can fill up with gunk and cause the blade not to lockup and you have to take the knife apart to clean it out. Otherwise, it's a stunner with it's shape and blade, cuts quite well.
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Sporting a little Italian flair today with a Maserin AM22 fixed blade…

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woodysone said:
Nice fixed blade and I also have seen that sticker before, are you a realtor? If so where are you located.🤔
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Thanks! woodysone woodysone . Actually, the logo you’re seeing is for Roush, they do aftermarket performance upgrades for vehicles. In this case it’s a Ford Ranger, my off-road “baby”.

Coincidentally, however…I held a real estate license for about 15 years here in southwest FL (Naples). My wife has been actively selling for 35 years. In one form or another, real estate has always been our primary business.

It’s funny…I never saw the Realter “R” in the Roush logo before. Lol, now it’s all I see😂

Have a great weekend!
 
Continuing on with my run of modest steels, today has me carrying a modest knife as well. The Tenacious was my gateway knife into Spyderco's and is a pattern I still like very well. The steel, honestly, not so much, but one can get an edge on it and cut stuff, though not as well, perhaps, as one might like. It's not actually dated, either, as there's still quite a bit of it being produced and budget knives made with it.

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Here's the one of my five Tenaci that I chose this morning in the drawer I pulled out of the three-tiered box with my other four along with two Delicas and two Enduras. The hinged, glass top of the box has a second Spydie level with my Sage collection in a case in my tall knife cabinet. The black handled, combo bladed Tenacious in the upper right corner is the one that started all this business with knives that have holes in their blades, was a regular work user in years past, and occasionally still gets a chance when there's a job to be done.

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ferider said:
Today's knife photos come with a little story, hope you don't mind the longer post.

Both my parents left us in the last 3 years: my mom passed in 2020, followed by my dad last Dec. My sisters were kind enough to leave me my dad's film camera, a Leicaflex that he acquired in the early 70s. He carried that camera everywhere, shooting slides exclusively, and about once every two months we would see slide shows on Saturdays after dinner - it was part of the family routine. There are literally thousands of his slides left in his estate, which we are still organizing.

The Leicaflex broke down in the early 2010s, mirror loose, desilvered prism, timing off, etc. So I sent it for my dad to the mothership in Wetzlar where it was completely overhauled. After half a year, when I returned the camera to my dad however, he had switched to digital, and had decided to stop using film. So, since then, the camera sat packed away in his office desk, unused.

I used to be much deeper into film photography, developing, scanning and post-processing black and white film about once a week, being an active member in a camera forum, etc. Then, in 2014, my wife gave me a digital camera for Christmas, making me abandon film as well. Still, I have a dedicated freezer full of film, both 35mm and 6x6, stashed away 10 years ago for when the film bug would bite me again. And, to be honest, I miss the smell of fixer on Sunday mornings. :)

Anyways, for the first time after 10 years, I took a few negative rools out of my freezer and ran the Leicaflex through it's paces over the last few weeks, and it still works beautifully. So today you get a Leicaflex photo of two of my favorite knives:

This is digital, obviously:

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This is a photo of me and my sister taken by my mom, in the mid 70s. Back then, my mom used an even older camera, that broke down long ago. The reason why I'm showing this, is my dad's camera on the rocks in the foreground.

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And here are two low resolution lab scans that I received yesterday, from the first roll I ran through my dad's Leica a couple of weeks ago:

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We'll be moving soon. Afterwards, the plan is to shoot more film again. I still have to dig out my development equipment, see if my scanner is still functional, etc. Hopefully , you'll see some more film pictures later in the year :)

Roland.
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Love love love that story Roland. Thanks for sharing with us
 
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