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Fixed Blade and Folder Combo
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I put epoxy to seal the gap between the guard and tang, simply for increased cleanliness while doing hunting / cooking tasks.
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I’m sorry I don’t have pictures to show, I tried but they were to grainy for posting. But I was reading an article about the people and their lifestyle and most commonly used items including some old grainy news pint pictures from back in 1900 northeastern New Mexico around Folsom. The local cowboys and trail hands that passed through used a combination fixed blade and folding knife. It appeared that most all the fixed blades sheath knives were similar to a butcher knife aprox, 4.5 -5 inch range and their folders were generally 4 inch closed, two blade jack knives, or stockman they kept in their chaps pocket.
I found it very interesting with many people telling stories and experiences with knives and cutting tools including axes and wish the old pictures could be enhanced with new techniques. Unfortunately I don’t have that talent or the process. One picture showed a knife display case in the mercantile store but to blurry I couldn’t tell what kind they had on hand.
They used their knives daily for many different tasks from skinny game, butchering hogs, beef, to whittling and fitting a new chair leg to doing some emergency surgery. Chores of all kinds included the use of a knife and having both fixed and folding knives they could cover about anything they needed to do. Sometimes I think I was born a century or two late.
I found it very interesting with many people telling stories and experiences with knives and cutting tools including axes and wish the old pictures could be enhanced with new techniques. Unfortunately I don’t have that talent or the process. One picture showed a knife display case in the mercantile store but to blurry I couldn’t tell what kind they had on hand.
They used their knives daily for many different tasks from skinny game, butchering hogs, beef, to whittling and fitting a new chair leg to doing some emergency surgery. Chores of all kinds included the use of a knife and having both fixed and folding knives they could cover about anything they needed to do. Sometimes I think I was born a century or two late.
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Today was a Bandit and a Lancer.
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Bayou Trapper and TPK Mini Camper 
