Official June 2011 Walk A Mile In The Other Fella's Boots Challenge!

Okay, I'm in, late to the game but in. I'm setting aside my Queen Large Jack/Vic Cadet rotation for a AG Russell Barlow Lockback in Stag. Everybody knows what a Cadet looks like Silver/Gunmetal.

AGR Barlow Lockback - CM-10


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TLARbb said:
Corey, that doesn't really surprise me for some reason. Do you have a pattern in mind that you might like to try like a copperhead or a canoe or... I'd be glad to offer you one of mine for the summer if you would like to give something else a try. Give me a PM if you'd be interested.

Ed J
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Totally missed this somehow. Email inbound. But yeah. I am a stockman guy at heart. Was my first slipjoint pattern and I have fallen in love with em. Have atleast 12, and maybe 1 of a few differnt patterns.

As of now my H&R has been in my pocket with my when I went to Columbus, OH this past weekend. Did an admirable job of cutting some string at my cousins graduation party. Though my Aunt used the spey blade to cut some wire that I wasn't aware of. Hello flat spots...
 
Arrrrrugh, I'm out.

The AGR is too pretty and shiny for me to carry for what I'm doing at the moment, too much dirt, sweat, and general summer stuff. I may give er another go when it gets cooler.

I'll try to make it through the day, but the Cadet will be back on deck in the morning.

:o
 
Aside from the fact that the muskrat was pretty dull, which I fixed last Friday, I am finding using this knife to be somewhat of a difficult time. This is probably because I am not using this knife in a manner that it was originally intended. It does an admirable job of opening mail and general long blade work such as slicing food, but it is a bit awkward feeling when doing trimming type things and I notice that people notice when I take it out of my pocket and open it up. But, I am determined to stick this out. - Ed J
 
I'm still plugging along just fine with my 34OT. Being used to a Peanut, the stockman felt quite large to me. I've been giving my 6-year-old son some knife-safety/whittling lessons, though, and he doesn't seem to mind .... :D

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By the way, it looks like he's about to cut toward his fingers in this pic, but he's actually holding the knife up to the camera. I'm a better teacher than that!

-- Mark
 
I was helping to clean out a couple of large rooms yesterday. I was the only one with a pocket knife so I was the one who took down the old boxes. The coping blade on a cannitler sliced right through them and I even got a complement on how easy it made the job. I also had my Vic Manager with me and used its little phillips screwdriver on some small screws.
 
My H&R has been with me on the job daily. Been around lots of sweat and salt so I have to keep her clean at night. Still sharp as the dickens. Was cutting away some plant branches and it sliced right through them. Great knife.
 
I have to admit that this challenge has been a little harder than I expected. There have been plenty of times where I carried only one knife for a month or longer without giving it a second thought. I figured that I would just breeze through the month without a problem.

For some reason I find myself wanting to carry my other knives and I'm not sure why.:confused: I don't know if it's because this is a pattern I wouldn't normally EDC or if it's just because I'm thinking about it more than I otherwise would have. Either way, this has been an interesting experiment and I'm curious to see if I still feel like this at the end of the month.
 
I've used my #48 from one of the first posts for like 10 days, with great satisfaction
it's on the table and often in my pocket, glad I've carried and used it, will be carried and used more for sure

Maxx
 
I am way late into this, but I read the thread and loved the idea, I figured I gave all my EDC knives plenty of use, but I decided to take a look.
I found this Furtaker Trapper I had and figured it was time to get a good patina going.
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Going strong with my little SAK. Took it on a MC/camping trip and it treated me well.
 
I don't know how you guys do it. I can barely make it half a day without switching out my EDC knife a time or two. I'm sorta jealous.

dannyp said:
For some reason I find myself wanting to carry my other knives and I'm not sure why.:confused:
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I think its because switching knives will fire off the pleasure neurons in one's brain. Its like morphine which anesthetizes us in a cold, cruel world.
 
powernoodle said:
I think its because switching knives will fire off the pleasure neurons in one's brain. Its like morphine which anesthetizes us in a cold, cruel world.
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Maybe that's a part of it. Or maybe it's just from hanging out here too much and looking at pics of knives.:D
 
powernoodle said:
I don't know how you guys do it. I can barely make it half a day without switching out my EDC knife a time or two. I'm sorta jealous.
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With me, the problem is that in searching for my one "perfect" traditional EDC, I've amassed 15-20 great knives. Knives that perhaps aren't quite "perfect", but are too good not to carry. Mood has a lot to do with it too, as well as what the day might have planned for me. For example, if I'm going to do a lot of bike riding (and sweating), a carbon steel bladed knife won't be my first choice. Or maybe I feel like going in "heavy" and carry a bigger knife, or it's a day off and I feel like going light.

Sticking to carrying only my 6332 has been tough, or rather neglecting all the other knives has been tough. Especially since I got my replacement Queen ACBS whittler yesterday.
 
that's part of why this challenge is so great. The first few days I was really missing my pocket clipped, one handed openers. Then as you get going you realize that what you have on you usually works about as well as you need it to, and you don't need 18,000 EDC blades to choose from :P
 
goodeyesniper said:
.... and you don't need 18,000 EDC blades to choose from :P
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I need to hear/read this often.... BTW, so far the muskrat has done everything I needed it to do, but I'm thinking it will go back on the shelf at the end of this experiment.

Ed J
 
Mid-month update. The tops of the blades are darkening, especially the master clip since I have to pinch it to ease it closed so it doesn't snap so hard that it bounces against the backspring.

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I've been using my 48# pretty much, both at home and outside
has been rotated in the last few days but it ends in the pocket again and again
 
Consistently using the Large Case Saddlehorn - Yesterday it was food prep again - no patina on this one with the Case Tru-Sharp Stainless - but it isn't as much a hassle as I'd imagined to stick with something different.
 
Carrying my 34OT stockman, I'm reminded how the 1095 on those classic U.S. Old Timers takes and keeps a great edge .... but it definitely seems to get light rust spots a lot easier than Case CV. Of course I guess it could be that the weather's turned hot and muggy too. At any rate, a few little specks that I can scrape off with my thumb nail don't bother me a bit. And I just wiped her down with the Miracle Cloth I keep in my desk drawer, and all three blades are now speck free and smooth as a baby's arse.

-- Mark
 
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