Old farts and friction folders.

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Modoc ED]

 

[Mayonardo]

I have one too. Mine is in ironwood. What is yours?

 

[Modoc ED]

I have one too. Mine is in ironwood. What is yours?

Cocobolo

 

[screened porch]

I just tried to buy a Trattenbacher Taschenfeitel. No dice. Llamaland Germany tells me they can't send it to this country, and no other vendor can either. Sure wish I'd bought that one I saw at an estate sale years ago before I knew what it was.

 

[Modoc ED]

Another wiz-bang photo for my absence next week.

 

[d.r.h.]

Love my hammered copper Higos by Shelby Mihalevich. Their thin frames make them very comfortable to carry in my back pocket.

 

[Modoc ED]

Time for you "Old Farts" and apprentice "Old Farts" to wake up.

 

[rishma]

I am going backpacking this week and did not have my opined with my gear. This thread reminded me to correct my error.

 

[rishma]

My friction folder locks.

sir, what is this beauty? I cannot quite make out the same in your pictures.

 

[draggat]

Haven't been around much lately, but what a great thread! According to Modoc ED I'm a youngster to most of you here, but an Old Fart to a 15 year old, so Apprentice Old Fart is where I probably stand. Lol!!

Friction folders, aka the knife with two nails, are some of my favorite designs because of the simplicity and also because it's like holding a piece of living history every time you use one.

Arguably the oldest knife design from France is the Capuchin.



This Spanish version has been in my EDC rotation for a few years now.



This one is possibly my absoute favorite design though

 

[draggat]

My only knife from Corsica. Very thick stock on the blade and a fairly rough finish altogether but very sutiable for the end product.

 

[draggat]

One from the maker Mickael Moing in amboyna burl



And a couple more in olivewood, which has a very nice scent to it.

 

[jackknife]

Haven't been around much lately, but what a great thread! According to Modoc ED I'm a youngster to most of you here, but an Old Fart to a 15 year old, so Apprentice Old Fart is where I probably stand. Lol!!

Friction folders, aka the knife with two nails, are some of my favorite designs because of the simplicity and also because it's like holding a piece of living history every time you use one.

draggat, you're more than welcome to be the resident apprentice old fart here. Your taste in knives is exquisite and you have some prime and enviable examples of the breed in your pics!

And you're right about holding living history. I think about that every time I hold a knife that some cowpoke pushing heard up the trail, or a knife that some 19th century working man would recognize. I guess thats why I am still a revolver man in this age of plastic semi auto's. My rifle is still a lever action too. So a friction folder fits right in with my retro desires.

 

[Chui]

A few of mine. The Kotoh is a work of art from one-piece Des-Ir

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[draggat]

My current apple knife

 

[jackknife]

My current apple knife

Absolutely exquisite beauty!!!

The way the horn blends from the light cream to the dark is soooo beautiful. With a knife like that, I think I'd be living off apple just for the joy of using that knife.

 

[draggat]

Absolutely exquisite beauty!!!

The way the horn blends from the light cream to the dark is soooo beautiful. With a knife like that, I think I'd be living off apple just for the joy of using that knife.

Thanks! I do enjoy using it and I eat an apple nearly every day!

 

[Pt-Luso]