Oh dear...i think i get it.

[Joben]

So i got my first Traditional today...it wasn't really planned I happened onto a good deal on ebay last week.

It may not seem like much to you folks. It's a Boker Magnum stockman. A small one.

It's pretty well finished with nice shiny nickel brass and steel. I've never had a knife with bone handles before...they have an odd sort of glow about them that doesn't come accross in pictures. The blades are small, even delicate compared to the hard use stuff i normally buy. I just find myself smiling when i hold it...It's like a little lump of solidified classyness.

I really see the appeal of this kind of knife now. I sense more purchases like this in my future.

 

[dannyp]

Just wait until you start using it. Then you'll really be hooked.

Bone scales, along with other natural materials are always more interesting to look at and handle in my experience. They give a uniqueness to each knife that you don't get with man made materials. Both types do have their place though. Congrats on the purchase, I'm sure it will be the first of many.

 

[Pipeman]

So i got my first Traditional today...it wasn't really planned I happened onto a good deal on ebay last week.

It may not seem like much to you folks. It's a Boker Magnum stockman. A small one.

It's pretty well finished with nice shiny nickel brass and steel. I've never had a knife with bone handles before...they have an odd sort of glow about them that doesn't come accross in pictures. The blades are small, even delicate compared to the hard use stuff i normally buy. I just find myself smiling when i hold it...It's like a little lump of solidified classyness.

I really see the appeal of this kind of knife now. I sense more purchases like this in my future.

Hi Joben, now you'll have to fight with yourself, another hawk, no, another slippie Congrats on your first.

Best regards

Robin

 

[TLARbb]

Be sure to put on your mudders, because you are stepping out on the slippery slope. Welcome to the traditional forum. You'll enjoy it here with the other patients, er.. members.

Ed

 

[Knife Crazied]

Hand your wallet over cause its down hill from here. Welcome to our pond. :thumbup: LOL

 

[LKJW]

Oh geez. You're in for it.

 

[L.J.Tibbs]

i know how you feel man. i only recently started getting into traditional knives and my wallet already taken a toll, and there seems to be no end in sight.

 

[Will Power]

Any Traditional knife however high or lowly, if it's appreciated and gives a glow to the owner is the RIGHT KNIFE!

 

[deepfry]

I found myself in the same situation a few weeks ago. I stumbled across this tiny little Uncle Henry stockman and something about it just clicked with me. I never had any intrest in traditionals before that but as soon as I found that little guy it was like somebody flipped a switch in my head and all of these knives that I had never given a second thought to were now appealing to me.

 

[Magus]

I hear ya.

I've pretty much come full circle on my EDC knife. When I was a teenager and on into my early 20's I carried just a plain old Remington slipjoint. Then I moved on to more modern style folders but could never find one that clicked with me. They all more or less look and feel the same after a while....too many black handles and stainless blades. Then it was on to small fixed blades....which I do still really like. But a folder is probably more practical in the end.

Bought my first Case knife about 3 months ago and I haven't stopped buying them since. So I'm pretty much back where I started and couldn't be happier. It's all I carry now and all I really need day to day. If the goal is just for some simple cutting tasks, then an old fashioned slipjoint is just fine. For tougher jobs I'll break out my ESEE Izula-II.

 

[jackknife]

So i got my first Traditional today...it wasn't really planned I happened onto a good deal on ebay last week.

It may not seem like much to you folks. It's a Boker Magnum stockman. A small one.

It's pretty well finished with nice shiny nickel brass and steel. I've never had a knife with bone handles before...they have an odd sort of glow about them that doesn't come accross in pictures. The blades are small, even delicate compared to the hard use stuff i normally buy. I just find myself smiling when i hold it...It's like a little lump of solidified classyness.

I really see the appeal of this kind of knife now. I sense more purchases like this in my future.

Welcome to traditional, Joben!:thumbup:

Wait till you get used to slicing things open with that little thin, flat ground blade. Traditionals cut great, with that faint whisper as it cuts. And easy to sharpen. But like you said, some of it is the way the bone looks. Try a nice stag handle, they mellow out to a great buttery yellow in time.

Carl.

 

[Joben]

Hi Joben, now you'll have to fight with yourself, another hawk, no, another slippie Congrats on your first.

Best regards

Robin

Hahaha too true. I think I'm going to have to do enie-meenie-miney-mo to pick between that francia and the A.G. Rusel Sowbelly theres a thread going about now. And I'm counting the days till i have enough spending money for either of them.

 

[Thalestin]

Ive been carrying them for a couple years now. I actually got interested by coming to this forum. Many of the members here have a sort of connection with their knives and this really intrigued me. It is different than many other types of knife collectors. It is hard to explain, but if you hang out here for a while, i think youll know what I mean.

Traditional blades have their own sort of magic. Every one is so unique and there are endless possibilities. They are such a simple design, but hold so much more than any other kind of knife. They really do have a certain glow to them--they have a certain kind of soul to them. They kind of house the memories of the past for a lot of people here including myself.

 

[bucksforus]

Be sure to put on your mudders, because you are stepping out on the slippery slope. Welcome to the traditional forum. You'll enjoy it here with the other patients, er.. members.

Ed

I say it's a sickness. Slippies are kinda like your wife they both have multi personalities, you just have to like them all. Welcome aboard the slippie ship.
Harold

 

[Pipeman]

Hahaha too true. I think I'm going to have to do enie-meenie-miney-mo to pick between that francia and the A.G. Rusel Sowbelly theres a thread going about now. And I'm counting the days till i have enough spending money for either of them.

Hi Joben
At least the AG Sowbelly is close to the size of a hawk
I love my hawks but I have to say there's nothing like an old whittler to turn my crank.

Best regards

Robin

 

[knarfeng]

So i got my first Traditional today...it wasn't really planned I happened onto a good deal on ebay last week.

It may not seem like much to you folks. It's a Boker Magnum stockman. A small one.

It's pretty well finished with nice shiny nickel brass and steel. I've never had a knife with bone handles before...they have an odd sort of glow about them that doesn't come accross in pictures. The blades are small, even delicate compared to the hard use stuff i normally buy. I just find myself smiling when i hold it...It's like a little lump of solidified classyness.

I really see the appeal of this kind of knife now. I sense more purchases like this in my future.

You be in deep stuff now. Welcome aboard.