Food & Traditional Knives

[Scubaroo]

Atlantic and pacific, wellfleet and gold rush oysters for a light lunch. Plainsman on final shucking duty!
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I need to know more about this plainsman!
Was it the jigged micarta that had the jigging removed? Is it a recover?

 

[AthroughZ]

I need to know more about this plainsman!
Was it the jigged micarta that had the jigging removed? Is it a recover?

You guessed it! I found one in the micarta for cheap with the idea of sanding out the jigging. It turned out halfway decent!

 

[Scubaroo]

You guessed it! I found one in the micarta for cheap with the idea of sanding out the jigging. It turned out halfway decent! View attachment 3077674

That’s awesome! Is the shield flush? How did you go about sanding it? By hand? Belt sander?

 

[Rookie82]

Missed this one around the holiday break. These Daniels coffin jacks are so cool. I have a prototype and it’s one of my favorites. View attachment 3077035

Nice color and jigging on that piece of bone

 

[AthroughZ]

That’s awesome! Is the shield flush? How did you go about sanding it? By hand? Belt sander?

No belt sander, I started with a half round file to get the bulk off and then used progressively finer grits of sandpaper. I finished the shield flush with the flat of the file and it turned out really nice! I usually satin finish all my tidioute GEC hardware so I didn’t worry about polishing back up to factory new. Thanks for the compliments!

Pulled it out of the drawer today, it carries really nice with the slimmed down profile

Plus some food content today with a Harrison Brothers & Howson oyster knife

 

[Scubaroo]

No belt sander, I started with a half round file to get the bulk off and then used progressively finer grits of sandpaper. I finished the shield flush with the flat of the file and it turned out really nice! I usually satin finish all my tidioute GEC hardware so I didn’t worry about polishing back up to factory new. Thanks for the compliments! View attachment 3078576

Pulled it out of the drawer today, it carries really nice with the slimmed down profile

Plus some food content today with a Harrison Brothers & Howson oyster knife

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Very nice, thanks for explaining it! I might give it a shot some time if I can find one for a reasonable price.

 

[Peregrin]

5K Qs A belated Happy Birthday to you!

My better half cooked up a wonderful Cioppino with spinach linguini last night. A nice Pinot Grigio accompanied it.
I cheated and added the Cramer LC after the fact. What can I say, I was hungry!

 

[5K Qs]

5K Qs A belated Happy Birthday to you!

My better half cooked up a wonderful Cioppino with spinach linguini last night. A nice Pinot Grigio accompanied it.
I cheated and added the Cramer LC after the fact. What can I say, I was hungry!
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Thanks, Gary. My birthday was over a month ago, but late last week I took the leftover birthday chili out of the freezer, and am kind of reliving that "thrilling day of yesteryear" (as they used to say on the intro to The Lone Ranger radio and TV shows).

Your meal looks like something that can take the chill off a winter evening!

- GT

 

[Xhul]

Everything is improved by smoked habanero sauce

 

[5K Qs]

For lunch on Sunday, I had beans and cheese on toast. The photo also includes an orange laminate Crossroads Sodbuster Jr. with S35VN blade that was a recent generous gift (along with a couple of splendid hawkbills) from Modoc ED .

- GT