Old Friends Friday

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From the Kroger down the hill and through the woods from North Campus housing, 1980 or '81.

 

[Jack Black]

From the Kroger down the hill and through the woods from North Campus housing, 1980 or '81.

Very nice Jer Great pics too

It's been a while since I last carried a Ring-Opener

 

[Jack Black]

I'm that tired, I forgot what day it was! Been a hard week!

 

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It's been a while since I last carried a Ring-Opener

I'm that tired, I forgot what day it was! Been a hard week!

That ring-opener you sent me is great for when my thumbs are tired out from other knives!

Very nice Jer Great pics too

Thanks!

 

[Jack Black]

That ring-opener you sent me is great for when my thumbs are tired out from other knives!

Thanks!

It's a good idea, and they were popular Jer, but I don't see the old ones so much anymore

Going with my first TC Barlow today, from Charlie

 

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Of course the new-fangled springless knives are easy on the thumbnails.
Here's an electrician knife that doesn't hurt your thumbnail with the screwdriver.

 

[Just Tom.]

An old friend from work brought me this calligraphy back from Hong Kong a number of years ago, when he went back home to visit. I’m not sure if it’s Mandarin or Cantonese (he spoke Cantonese), but apparently my name means “soup”. I’m OK with folks calling me “soup”, just don’t call me LATE for soup…

(Shown here with an old knife friend, to keep things relevant)

 

[Jack Black]

Of course the new-fangled springless knives are easy on the thumbnails.
Here's an electrician knife that doesn't hurt your thumbnail with the screwdriver.

I think that's a really cool knife Jer, and looks to be decently made too

An old friend from work brought me this calligraphy back from Hong Kong a number of years ago, when he went back home to visit. I’m not sure if it’s Mandarin or Cantonese (he spoke Cantonese), but apparently my name means “soup”. I’m OK with folks calling me “soup”, just don’t call me LATE for soup…

(Shown here with an old knife friend, to keep things relevant)

That's also pretty cool Tom Nice Okapi too

 

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I think that's a really cool knife Jer, and looks to be decently made too

Thanks! It reminds me of those Queen Barlows with the one-piece cast handles.

 

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I know, this never happens, but I have no idea where or when I got this.

But now I'm all set to rig that sailing canoe I don't have.
It will be a bit of a hybrid if I use the oarlocks that I do have.

 

[Jack Black]

I know, this never happens, but I have no idea where or when I got this.

But now I'm all set to rig that sailing canoe I don't have.
It will be a bit of a hybrid if I use the oarlocks that I do have.

That's a nice one Jer It's been a while since I last carried one of the British Army clasp knives I used to carry regularly. This one follows the same pattern, but was actually issued to the Belgian Navy

 

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That's a nice one Jer It's been a while since I last carried one of the British Army clasp knives I used to carry regularly. This one follows the same pattern, but was actually issued to the Belgian Navy

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Nice one!
I found a couple more of mine in the drawer with the rigging knives and some hawksbills.

 

[Jack Black]

Carrying this lovingly-improved Kiwi Peasant, kindly gifted to me by Johnnythefox

 

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I had a few possibilities today, but my hydrogeology field camp Camillus suddenly asserted itself.

Kind of a slim, light, Buck 110. I had it before field camp, but the rubber handle seemed extra appropriate during field camp.

 

[Jack Black]

I had a few possibilities today, but my hydrogeology field camp Camillus suddenly asserted itself.

Kind of a slim, light, Buck 110. I had it before field camp, but the rubber handle seemed extra appropriate during field camp.

Nice Jer

 

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My old Gras bayonet. I almost never carry this, but the coyotes have got me thinking.

I might want something shorter for the coyotes who don't face you at high noon from thirty paces.
"Always on the watch, Sir! They don't all fight like fine gentlemen!"

 

[Jack Black]

My old Gras bayonet. I almost never carry this, but the coyotes have got me thinking.

I might want something shorter for the coyotes who don't face you at high noon from thirty paces.
"Always on the watch, Sir! They don't all fight like fine gentlemen!"

Brilliant Jer!

 

[Jack Black]

#66 Serpentine Jack, a long-term favourite

 

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#66 Serpentine Jack, a long-term favourite

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Beautiful!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks mate, that's a great pattern