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I'm toting these again today to support your effort! :thumbup:
Wow! I really like the looks of the worn Alox.
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I think i am going to do it/ pre-new years resolution
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Wow! I really like the looks of the worn Alox.
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After the new year, I'm going to add the Sardinian resolza back into my edc rotation. As much as a love my peanut, I also like the resolza. I can't help it, I'm a knife floozy.
Carl.
Carry em both! It's not like they're a half-latina who is a good shot with a K-38 and a temper to match an Irishman and who will get jealous and hurt you real, real bad.
(As far as I know A Place to Shoot is still there. I did my last security commission requalification there.)
Knives don't care if you see other knives or even carry two at the same time.
Weekly check in.
Carried this all week.
edc-pair-2 by Pinnah, on Flickr
Rsmith, maybe you should change your resolution to testing 2 or 3 knives every day for the duration. Living with a knife isn't the point. Finding it might be.
Carried this all week.
edc-pair-2 by Pinnah, on Flickr
Rsmith, maybe you should change your resolution to testing 2 or 3 knives every day for the duration. Living with a knife isn't the point. Finding it might be.
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Oh, i am going to do it...i just taking these last couple days to decide for sure which knife to do it with
since deciding that i will keep my Wenger SI in the other pocket, i am feeling alot better about the whole thing. now the wenger is there for "just in case" the other knife will be the go-to knife..just keeping that clear
i think there were some really good points made in the other post. If i want to watch a knife grow old and age WITH me, i need to pick a knife that will do that ...stainless and delrin dont really age you know
since deciding that i will keep my Wenger SI in the other pocket, i am feeling alot better about the whole thing. now the wenger is there for "just in case" the other knife will be the go-to knife..just keeping that clear
i think there were some really good points made in the other post. If i want to watch a knife grow old and age WITH me, i need to pick a knife that will do that ...stainless and delrin dont really age you know
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Well now. I lately seem to have been adding a few Case knives in smooth chestnut bone to go with the mini-trapper in the same that resides in my pocket. First it was the Canoe that I saw on the bay and said, "That would go nicely with my MT." Then last week I saw a 6318 Medium Stockman in the smooth chestnut nearing auction end and just north of the $25 mark.
I think to myself that I don't really have a Case stockman of any kind and I'd like to give the pattern a try again. It's the medium so it should be a good pocketable size and it's in the same scale material as my dear MT. So I did it.
I got it in the mail a few days ago and touched up the blades. This is another 2013 made and it is better put together than the Canoe that's also a 2013. Not as good as my 2006 made, but not far off. I wanted to carry it, but I just couldn't bring myself to not carry my mini-trapper. So the solution I came up with was to simply move the MT to my left pocket and put the medium stockman in my right pocket and reach for it first for awhile.
I toss this in to show a few things. One, it is possible for a guy who has grown used to carrying one knife everyday without fail to want to try out or carry another knife. Two, if you've carried one knife day in and day out it feels really weird to even consider not carrying it. Three, the answer is simple, carry old faithful, and just toss another knife in another pocket.
If it proves too tough and you just feel you absolutely have to carry a different knife, just designate one pocket as your "rotation" pocket and rotate different knives in and out. But... Designate one pocket as your always and everyday knife pocket and carry that one there.
Good luck and hang in there. Just don't be surprised if that Wenger becomes your regular go to knife as a result.
I think to myself that I don't really have a Case stockman of any kind and I'd like to give the pattern a try again. It's the medium so it should be a good pocketable size and it's in the same scale material as my dear MT. So I did it.
I got it in the mail a few days ago and touched up the blades. This is another 2013 made and it is better put together than the Canoe that's also a 2013. Not as good as my 2006 made, but not far off. I wanted to carry it, but I just couldn't bring myself to not carry my mini-trapper. So the solution I came up with was to simply move the MT to my left pocket and put the medium stockman in my right pocket and reach for it first for awhile.
I toss this in to show a few things. One, it is possible for a guy who has grown used to carrying one knife everyday without fail to want to try out or carry another knife. Two, if you've carried one knife day in and day out it feels really weird to even consider not carrying it. Three, the answer is simple, carry old faithful, and just toss another knife in another pocket.
If it proves too tough and you just feel you absolutely have to carry a different knife, just designate one pocket as your "rotation" pocket and rotate different knives in and out. But... Designate one pocket as your always and everyday knife pocket and carry that one there.
Good luck and hang in there. Just don't be surprised if that Wenger becomes your regular go to knife as a result.
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I think what it is, is good old fashioned nostalgia
or more precisely, a longing for what might have been.
My father never carried a knife (well until recently anyways), if either of my grandfathers did, it was never a thing, i am pretty sure i saw my mother's father with a pen knife of some sort once or twice but *shrugs*
I dont have any children, nor does it look like that is in the cards for me and the wife...so the stories people tell about their fathers/grandfather/uncles-what-have-you's "Knife" with dark blades and mellowed handles ...just speaks to me. A longing for what might have been (if that makes sense)
Is it practical? not at all. Can any knife i have do what my wenger does? no, not in a practical, utilitarian sense. Yeah the wenger wont patina or mellow or any of that.
Can my wenger do things that none of my other knives can? why yes, yes it can.
When the weather turns bad (i do live in tornado alley) or i am expecting a long trip...or if i know i am going to do something and i am not sure what to expect. That wenger is the first thing i make sure is in my pocket. Intellectually, i am pretty sure this is already my knife. Its low key, its not flashy, its not going to "age" with me. But its my old reliable.
Lets also consider the other factors.
1) i live in central mississippi, it gets HOT in the summer, hot enough for anyone to sweat and working in a warehouse with no A/C doesnt help
2) i sweat alot anyways, so combine this with #1. The last summer i ended up having to ditch carrying any of my carbon blades because they would rust so bad in just a few hours.
The weird part is that i constantly revolve back around to this realization. But i WANT to fall in love with something else, and i switch things up for a day or two, maybe a week, but then i get that itch and throw it back in the left front pocket...just to be there. eventually i look around and say why the heck am i carrying 3 knives (classic alox on my key ring) and ditch the other knife leaving the wenger. Then i read some story on this forum or see some really nice pretty pic of some knife with gorgeous scales and gray/black blade and this longing kicks in. Rinse and repeat.
LOL
i think i have a problem
or more precisely, a longing for what might have been.
My father never carried a knife (well until recently anyways), if either of my grandfathers did, it was never a thing, i am pretty sure i saw my mother's father with a pen knife of some sort once or twice but *shrugs*
I dont have any children, nor does it look like that is in the cards for me and the wife...so the stories people tell about their fathers/grandfather/uncles-what-have-you's "Knife" with dark blades and mellowed handles ...just speaks to me. A longing for what might have been (if that makes sense)
Is it practical? not at all. Can any knife i have do what my wenger does? no, not in a practical, utilitarian sense. Yeah the wenger wont patina or mellow or any of that.
Can my wenger do things that none of my other knives can? why yes, yes it can.
When the weather turns bad (i do live in tornado alley) or i am expecting a long trip...or if i know i am going to do something and i am not sure what to expect. That wenger is the first thing i make sure is in my pocket. Intellectually, i am pretty sure this is already my knife. Its low key, its not flashy, its not going to "age" with me. But its my old reliable.
Lets also consider the other factors.
1) i live in central mississippi, it gets HOT in the summer, hot enough for anyone to sweat and working in a warehouse with no A/C doesnt help
2) i sweat alot anyways, so combine this with #1. The last summer i ended up having to ditch carrying any of my carbon blades because they would rust so bad in just a few hours.
The weird part is that i constantly revolve back around to this realization. But i WANT to fall in love with something else, and i switch things up for a day or two, maybe a week, but then i get that itch and throw it back in the left front pocket...just to be there. eventually i look around and say why the heck am i carrying 3 knives (classic alox on my key ring) and ditch the other knife leaving the wenger. Then i read some story on this forum or see some really nice pretty pic of some knife with gorgeous scales and gray/black blade and this longing kicks in. Rinse and repeat.
LOL
i think i have a problem
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You aren't alone. I also ended up buying a yellow handled Case Peanut in CV on the bay just because it was just too cheap to pass up, and 2007 NIB at that. I carried one for awhile back when I first got back into traditionals and got a yellow handle kick to boot. I sold, traded, or gave that one away and there's always that "I'd kind of like to have another one." in the back of my mind.
Then pop in here too much and I start getting the hankering for a few new knives. Nothing pricey, but new and either in a pattern I've wanted to try or in something I like and want to add a few more.
Let's see. Even running the po boy route, which I have because I are one, since popping back in here after a long absence my knife purchases in the last few weeks looks something like this:
Rough Rider Elephant Toenail (My $3.74 knife that will someday be my "Famous $3.74 Knife
)
Rough Rider Yellow Handle Barlow
Case XX Smooth Chestnut Canoe
Colt 175th Anniversary Black Stag Bone Barlow
Colt Black Stag Congress in a too nice for the price presentation case
Case XX Smooth Chestnut Medium Stockman
A Patch Knife (cheap Paki steel, but the rest of it's good and I'm going to use it to practice thinning a blade one)
Then last night I ended up winning auctions for:
Rough Rider Granddaddy Barlow in Yellow Handle
3 Rough Rider Yellow Handle Barlows in one lot (for $10.40 for all three I couldn't say no. I can give one to each of my adult boys and have one too.)
Oh yeah, and that Case Yellow Handle CV Peanut.
(Yikes! I just looked that list over. Good thing the most expensive Case was still under $30 and most those RRs and Colts running mostly $10 an under. Yeesh.)
A problem? Nothing hanging out here can't aggravate.
Nothing wrong with that Wenger being your signature knife. Plenty of fellows from generations past have carried them so you're still connected. But, I can appreciate the nostalgia and the desire to connect with something you didn't quite get. In a way I think we are all doing something like that. We remember times, places and a way of life that we might only have gotten to dip a toe in and wish we had been able to fully immerse in it, but it was slipping away even then.
Make your own tradition and someday you can pass it on as a legacy to someone. My first real pocket knife, other than the Boy Scout knife I won as a prize for selling a bunch of tickets to a Jamboree, and any glimmer that traditional knives were something interesting was a Christmas gift from the neighbor down the road. His own adult son I found out later was in jail for burglary or something like that. But this fellow collected old knives, reloaded, shot trap, hunted birds, bunnies, and coon and kept coonhounds. It was he who took more interest in introducing me to outdoor things. Other than that it was just the fact that I was living on a farm and pouncing on any copy of Field and Stream or Outdoor Life back in the 60s and early 70s I could get my hands on. Having woods and a pond got me out and running them. Stories of mountain men, cowboys, and explorers were the things that honed my eagerness for that kind of character.
So it doesn't always come from a parent or grandparent. Sometimes it just finds a seed in a person and sometimes that seed gets watered now and then by someone outside the family. Someday you can corrupt another while their parents or even spouse isn't looking.
Then pop in here too much and I start getting the hankering for a few new knives. Nothing pricey, but new and either in a pattern I've wanted to try or in something I like and want to add a few more.
Let's see. Even running the po boy route, which I have because I are one, since popping back in here after a long absence my knife purchases in the last few weeks looks something like this:
Rough Rider Elephant Toenail (My $3.74 knife that will someday be my "Famous $3.74 Knife
)Rough Rider Yellow Handle Barlow
Case XX Smooth Chestnut Canoe
Colt 175th Anniversary Black Stag Bone Barlow
Colt Black Stag Congress in a too nice for the price presentation case
Case XX Smooth Chestnut Medium Stockman
A Patch Knife (cheap Paki steel, but the rest of it's good and I'm going to use it to practice thinning a blade one)
Then last night I ended up winning auctions for:
Rough Rider Granddaddy Barlow in Yellow Handle
3 Rough Rider Yellow Handle Barlows in one lot (for $10.40 for all three I couldn't say no. I can give one to each of my adult boys and have one too.)
Oh yeah, and that Case Yellow Handle CV Peanut.
(Yikes! I just looked that list over. Good thing the most expensive Case was still under $30 and most those RRs and Colts running mostly $10 an under. Yeesh.)
A problem? Nothing hanging out here can't aggravate.
Nothing wrong with that Wenger being your signature knife. Plenty of fellows from generations past have carried them so you're still connected. But, I can appreciate the nostalgia and the desire to connect with something you didn't quite get. In a way I think we are all doing something like that. We remember times, places and a way of life that we might only have gotten to dip a toe in and wish we had been able to fully immerse in it, but it was slipping away even then.
Make your own tradition and someday you can pass it on as a legacy to someone. My first real pocket knife, other than the Boy Scout knife I won as a prize for selling a bunch of tickets to a Jamboree, and any glimmer that traditional knives were something interesting was a Christmas gift from the neighbor down the road. His own adult son I found out later was in jail for burglary or something like that. But this fellow collected old knives, reloaded, shot trap, hunted birds, bunnies, and coon and kept coonhounds. It was he who took more interest in introducing me to outdoor things. Other than that it was just the fact that I was living on a farm and pouncing on any copy of Field and Stream or Outdoor Life back in the 60s and early 70s I could get my hands on. Having woods and a pond got me out and running them. Stories of mountain men, cowboys, and explorers were the things that honed my eagerness for that kind of character.
So it doesn't always come from a parent or grandparent. Sometimes it just finds a seed in a person and sometimes that seed gets watered now and then by someone outside the family. Someday you can corrupt another while their parents or even spouse isn't looking.
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Some decades ago as a young man I carried a single knife for more than 10 years. It was a Camillus-made Buck 303. I carried that 3 1/4" stockman while working all sorts of jobs, from shop floor to research lab with a half dozen construction and factory jobs in between, and I never felt like I wasn't carrying a big enough knife.
Which is to say, pick a knife. Flip a coin if you have to. Whichever one you choose, it will most likely be all the knife you really need.
Which is to say, pick a knife. Flip a coin if you have to. Whichever one you choose, it will most likely be all the knife you really need.
Hi Folks,
Amos, Smith, and others, what great writing and sharing of stories. This is an incredible forum with so many nice, pleasant, sincere, and articulate members. Just amazing. Thanks to you all....
Yes, I want to try to carry "one/well, maybe two" knives/knife. I signed on the for "the carry three" with my #72. Actually, did pretty well....put aside a Buck stockman that came in but fell off the wagon when I received my Radio knife.
This time I've looked over everything I have and have decided to carry a Boy's knife with clip and pen. It's a great looking ebony...bareheaded? (still trying to learn the lingo)...only one bolster. Anyway, the blade is aging nicely and it really does look like an old-timey knife. It seems pretty-darn sharp and as I'm no longer working it will only be asked to perform the more mundane tasks of life. Well, I am going to have another go at whittlin' which the pen blade will do fine.
I had mentioned maybe two knives. My canvas Bull Nose will be headed my way today. I think there's going to be a little something special about this one....not sure why exactly.
So, I would also like to take up the challenge if that's the proper term, using my Boy's knife and the Bull Nose that's on its way (yes, I have an orange one that I've used and enjoyed).
I'm going to "clear the deck" of all of my other knives.
Again, folks....thanks for providing such a great forum.
Regards,
George
Amos, Smith, and others, what great writing and sharing of stories. This is an incredible forum with so many nice, pleasant, sincere, and articulate members. Just amazing. Thanks to you all....
Yes, I want to try to carry "one/well, maybe two" knives/knife. I signed on the for "the carry three" with my #72. Actually, did pretty well....put aside a Buck stockman that came in but fell off the wagon when I received my Radio knife.
This time I've looked over everything I have and have decided to carry a Boy's knife with clip and pen. It's a great looking ebony...bareheaded? (still trying to learn the lingo)...only one bolster. Anyway, the blade is aging nicely and it really does look like an old-timey knife. It seems pretty-darn sharp and as I'm no longer working it will only be asked to perform the more mundane tasks of life. Well, I am going to have another go at whittlin' which the pen blade will do fine.
I had mentioned maybe two knives. My canvas Bull Nose will be headed my way today. I think there's going to be a little something special about this one....not sure why exactly.
So, I would also like to take up the challenge if that's the proper term, using my Boy's knife and the Bull Nose that's on its way (yes, I have an orange one that I've used and enjoyed).
I'm going to "clear the deck" of all of my other knives.
Again, folks....thanks for providing such a great forum.
Regards,
George
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Excellent choice. It's a good all around knife for sure.
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lol! i am already wavering...
not with the challenge of carrying just one knife for 5 months
but as to which knife i should carry!
yellow delrin is sturdy, good stuff
but it wont age like bone or even wood. Its not going to have the worry stone aspect everyone always talks about it
that "carried my peanut for 2 years" thread and all those pretty GECs in the "what traditional are you 'totin today" are getting to me
did i choose the right knife for this experiment?
Yellow Delrin will wear, it just does so differently.
There's always plenty of knives to try and gawk at. For sticking to a single knife, the SBJr is a good choice.
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ok, so, this is going back to the Resolution thread. Today is day one
here is how the texas jack be looking today
and this link is for those who didnt know there was a 2nd thread that basically changed my mind as to what knife to complete this challenge with!
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...HICH-knife-to-complete-my-new-resolution-with
here is how the texas jack be looking today
and this link is for those who didnt know there was a 2nd thread that basically changed my mind as to what knife to complete this challenge with!
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...HICH-knife-to-complete-my-new-resolution-with
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Finally! Now we can eat somewhere except the Waffle House! Lol.
You ought to change the title I'd the thread though. Something like mine. lol. I'd offer a suggestion, but I took pain medicine for my shoulder tear and I'm about out right now.
You ought to change the title I'd the thread though. Something like mine.
lol. I'd offer a suggestion, but I took pain medicine for my shoulder tear and I'm about out right now.- Joined
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Just bought myself a Texas Jack, CV in Amber Bone, like the one you're carrying for your challenge. I figure this might give you some inspiration for your experiment I mostly have to buy knives online due to a lack of knife shops in Toronto, and even more of a lack of traditional slipjoints, but main local knife shop has a few Case knives, a couple of which are in CV (literally a couple). One is the TJ and I noticed it some time back. Though it was kind of a nice pattern. Seeing pics the last few months has made me really want to try this knife more and more, and today I finally braved the absolutely ridiculous cold to pick it up. Man, almost instant love. Thought it was nice in the store but it didn't immediately grab me for some reason. Running errands around the city afterwards I had no good chance in public to examine it or play with it again. Got home, and love. Love. Love! My Boys 15 is my precious. My second favourite is my stag 73, but I've some attachment to (not yet like with my 15, but more than any of my other knives), but never has a knife so immediately grabbed me as this one has. Even my 15 I think too some time to really love (although now I feel naked without it).
Beautiful bone that pics never do justice to, great walk/talk, good firm springs (the pen is actually a bit difficult to open sadly, being a lil bit sunk in and with a strong spring, but not horrible and time and wear will fix it). Probably the sharpest blades I've had out of the box. My other two Case knives had burrs out of the box that I didn't really bother knocking off for some reason, but I put these blades lightly through some hardwood and that's all, no sharpening or stropping, and was amazed at how they sliced and push cut through the pulpy paper from a cheap novel I use to test my blades. I love the modified pen blade. I like that the main blade is not that wide. I tend to prefer it a bit wider than this, but the reason I like it is that is looks like it's already been through several years of sharpening and it's fresh out of the box. Why do I like that? I don't know, I normally wouldn't, but in this case (or Case, har har) I do.
It's not somehow suddenly supplanted my 15, but it's already earned a full time spot in my pocket. As long as I don't have any sharpening/retention problems with the CV (that I've very limited experience with so far), I don't see this changing. I don't usually fall in love with a knife this fast, but I have. I just wish that pen blade was a bit easier to open, but I can forgive it that.
I mostly have to buy knives online due to a lack of knife shops in Toronto, and even more of a lack of traditional slipjoints, but main local knife shop has a few Case knives, a couple of which are in CV (literally a couple). One is the TJ and I noticed it some time back. Though it was kind of a nice pattern. Seeing pics the last few months has made me really want to try this knife more and more, and today I finally braved the absolutely ridiculous cold to pick it up. Man, almost instant love. Thought it was nice in the store but it didn't immediately grab me for some reason. Running errands around the city afterwards I had no good chance in public to examine it or play with it again. Got home, and love. Love. Love! My Boys 15 is my precious. My second favourite is my stag 73, but I've some attachment to (not yet like with my 15, but more than any of my other knives), but never has a knife so immediately grabbed me as this one has. Even my 15 I think too some time to really love (although now I feel naked without it). Beautiful bone that pics never do justice to, great walk/talk, good firm springs (the pen is actually a bit difficult to open sadly, being a lil bit sunk in and with a strong spring, but not horrible and time and wear will fix it). Probably the sharpest blades I've had out of the box. My other two Case knives had burrs out of the box that I didn't really bother knocking off for some reason, but I put these blades lightly through some hardwood and that's all, no sharpening or stropping, and was amazed at how they sliced and push cut through the pulpy paper from a cheap novel I use to test my blades. I love the modified pen blade. I like that the main blade is not that wide. I tend to prefer it a bit wider than this, but the reason I like it is that is looks like it's already been through several years of sharpening and it's fresh out of the box. Why do I like that? I don't know, I normally wouldn't, but in this case (or Case, har har) I do.
It's not somehow suddenly supplanted my 15, but it's already earned a full time spot in my pocket. As long as I don't have any sharpening/retention problems with the CV (that I've very limited experience with so far), I don't see this changing. I don't usually fall in love with a knife this fast, but I have. I just wish that pen blade was a bit easier to open, but I can forgive it that.
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Just bought myself a Texas Jack, CV in Amber Bone, like the one you're carrying for your challenge. I figure this might give you some inspiration for your experiment
Beautiful bone that pics never do justice to, great walk/talk, good firm springs (the pen is actually a bit difficult to open sadly, being a lil bit sunk in and with a strong spring, but not horrible and time and wear will fix it). Probably the sharpest blades I've had out of the box. My other two Case knives had burrs out of the box that I didn't really bother knocking off for some reason, but I put these blades lightly through some hardwood and that's all, no sharpening or stropping, and was amazed at how they sliced and push cut through the pulpy paper from a cheap novel I use to test my blades. I love the modified pen blade. I like that the main blade is not that wide. I tend to prefer it a bit wider than this, but the reason I like it is that is looks like it's already been through several years of sharpening and it's fresh out of the box. Why do I like that? I don't know, I normally wouldn't, but in this case (or Case, har har) I do.
It's not somehow suddenly supplanted my 15, but it's already earned a full time spot in my pocket. As long as I don't have any sharpening/retention problems with the CV (that I've very limited experience with so far), I don't see this changing. I don't usually fall in love with a knife this fast, but I have. I just wish that pen blade was a bit easier to open, but I can forgive it that.
well she's a good 'un
and a purty one too
shame about your pen blade, i have no such issue with mine :/
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It's not as major as I might have made it sound, it's not hard to open, just need to grip it in the right spot to get a hold on it. After I flush it out and use it a bit I'm sure it will loosen up even more.
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hmm i may be in trouble.
after considerable thought, and after the (self-imposed) pressure of choosing a knife and what i wanted it to do/look like and all that
I have started to calm down and process
alot of people have made mention that they wonder why i would do something like this, or what i had to prove by doing such an experiment and i didnt respond because i didnt have an answer. But now after a few days i think i do.
jealousy. pure and simple. I see all these wonderful pictures of mellowed stag or deep dark patinas that tell stories about their and their owners lives and experiences. I read Carl's stories about the men and their knives throughout his life (and lets face it, his stories are awesome) and i look at my knife collection and i just cant fit in or relate and i want so desperately to fit in with these stories and maybe tell some stories of my own. I understand that this is a very silly thing, trying to be a part of a group of folks online involving their mutual appreciation for traditional cutlery, but i do so dont judge me to harshly
the fact of the matter is, i DO have my "one". Its not my precious, its attractive without being pretty/beautiful. It is useful all out of proportion to its size/cost/appearance. The humble sak, or in my case the wenger standard issue. My problem is that it doesnt patina, its handles dont mellow, it doesnt appear to age along with me, these things are important in the world of traditional knife lovers, of which i most closely resemble.
But that wenger SI has been carried either as a 2nd knife or as my only knife about 95% of the time over the last 3 or so years since i got it. It has never once failed, and i dont look for it to fail. If i had to guess which knife would be buried with me at the end of this life journey, it would be that wenger SI or a knife just like it. That is something i have been thinking about as well, discontinued, nearly impossible to replace if lost. So I used a little of my bday monday to order me "a knife just like it". A victorinox pioneer in black alox. When it arrives the wenger will be put up for nostalgia's sake and I will throw the pioneer in my left front pocket.
what does this long rambling post mean, well nothing really. I will attempt to be a man of my word and carry my texas jack for the next 5 months. I will attempt to ensure that the TJ is the "go to" cutting tool until the end of my experiment. I will prove to myself that I can get by with less than i think i need. But the pioneer or SI will be there, just in case...
just like it always has been
after considerable thought, and after the (self-imposed) pressure of choosing a knife and what i wanted it to do/look like and all that
I have started to calm down and process
alot of people have made mention that they wonder why i would do something like this, or what i had to prove by doing such an experiment and i didnt respond because i didnt have an answer. But now after a few days i think i do.
jealousy. pure and simple. I see all these wonderful pictures of mellowed stag or deep dark patinas that tell stories about their and their owners lives and experiences. I read Carl's stories about the men and their knives throughout his life (and lets face it, his stories are awesome) and i look at my knife collection and i just cant fit in or relate and i want so desperately to fit in with these stories and maybe tell some stories of my own. I understand that this is a very silly thing, trying to be a part of a group of folks online involving their mutual appreciation for traditional cutlery, but i do so dont judge me to harshly
the fact of the matter is, i DO have my "one". Its not my precious, its attractive without being pretty/beautiful. It is useful all out of proportion to its size/cost/appearance. The humble sak, or in my case the wenger standard issue. My problem is that it doesnt patina, its handles dont mellow, it doesnt appear to age along with me, these things are important in the world of traditional knife lovers, of which i most closely resemble.
But that wenger SI has been carried either as a 2nd knife or as my only knife about 95% of the time over the last 3 or so years since i got it. It has never once failed, and i dont look for it to fail. If i had to guess which knife would be buried with me at the end of this life journey, it would be that wenger SI or a knife just like it. That is something i have been thinking about as well, discontinued, nearly impossible to replace if lost. So I used a little of my bday monday to order me "a knife just like it". A victorinox pioneer in black alox. When it arrives the wenger will be put up for nostalgia's sake and I will throw the pioneer in my left front pocket.
what does this long rambling post mean, well nothing really. I will attempt to be a man of my word and carry my texas jack for the next 5 months. I will attempt to ensure that the TJ is the "go to" cutting tool until the end of my experiment. I will prove to myself that I can get by with less than i think i need. But the pioneer or SI will be there, just in case...
just like it always has been
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I understand your reasoning and respect your choice..Well done and good luck................FES