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KMJ153's Annual Woodcutting (grail content inside)

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Some of you may remember me posting last year around this time about my annual trip to my grandfathers cabin to cut wood for the rest of the year. I thought I would post up pictures from this year, featuring a true "Grail Knife" that I have acquired recently. Less talk, more pics.

Grandfathers cabin. Been coming here for as long as I can remember. So many good memories here.


View from the road:



My little boy. He loves anything with wheels. He is starting to show interest in knives too, much to my wife's dismay.


And now the moment you've all been waiting for... My "Grail" JK. I know the word grail is tossed around often on this site. A grail, in most cases, is a knife that one of us knife nuts could never acquire. For me that was a stainless JK Camp and Trail. You might not know this, but I love the JK Camp and Trail (C&T). It is my absolute favorite knife. In fact, I own every singe C&T ever produced from John. I should do a full review on all of them one day, when I have the time. Up until the summer, JK knives was exclusively O1 steel. Stainless steel would never be possible from JK knives, but that all changed, and I jumped on the chance to get a JK in SS.






John was even nice enough to stamp "1" on the reverse side. A much welcomed surprise!

And because my boy wanted his picture too.

Here it is with the rest of the clan

And the whole family


I may embellish more when I get a minute to myself, but I have been meaning to post up for over a week.
 
nice pictures, thanks for sharing, your collection of JK's is coming along nicely (I like the anniversary edc with the custom sheath on top especially ;))
 
Can you describe the differences in the yellow handled knife compared to the others? I'm really drawn to that yellow C&T. Also, how do your Camp & Trails feel in hand?
 
wow. that really looks like a great knife. added to the list! thanks for posting.
 
Awesome!

Your son is cute too! Thanks for the excellent pictures!

best

mqqn
 
Sorry YoungCurmudgeon, I didn't see your post. It's hard to describe the differences between them because there is no "standard" C&T. The yellow one is 3/16" thick with G10 handles. I really like it and it'a a shame John does not offer G10 anymore. When I got that knife, I said 2 things: I need more 3/16" knives and I need more g10. The G10 feels harder than the micarta, but not unpleasant. I can feel the difference of the thicker blade compared to the original one in the tan micarta. All in all, they all feel the same or similar and very ergonomic.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
 
kmj153 said:
Sorry YoungCurmudgeon, I didn't see your post. It's hard to describe the differences between them because there is no "standard" C&T. The yellow one is 3/16" thick with G10 handles. I really like it and it'a a shame John does not offer G10 anymore. When I got that knife, I said 2 things: I need more 3/16" knives and I need more g10. The G10 feels harder than the micarta, but not unpleasant. I can feel the difference of the thicker blade compared to the original one in the tan micarta. All in all, they all feel the same or similar and very ergonomic.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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I`ll be trying a G10 alternative in a couple of weeks, so I will post how it compares. It`s available in all the G10 colors.
 
kmj153 said:
Sorry YoungCurmudgeon, I didn't see your post. It's hard to describe the differences between them because there is no "standard" C&T. The yellow one is 3/16" thick with G10 handles. I really like it and it'a a shame John does not offer G10 anymore. When I got that knife, I said 2 things: I need more 3/16" knives and I need more g10. The G10 feels harder than the micarta, but not unpleasant. I can feel the difference of the thicker blade compared to the original one in the tan micarta. All in all, they all feel the same or similar and very ergonomic.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Thanks for the reply. Just this morning I ordered a C&T with a similiar profile to your yellow G10 knife, but in IronWood and 1/8" O1.
 
YoungCurmudgeon said:
Thanks for the reply. Just this morning I ordered a C&T with a similiar profile to your yellow G10 knife, but in IronWood and 1/8" O1.
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You won't be dissapointed. I have Ironwood on my JK kephart and it is really nice. I prefer it to the Maple.
 
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