Old Friends Friday

[Jack Black]

That is a lovely and rare bird, Paul. I like the cup, too. Hope to get out on the range with my CZ when things look safer.

I was just admiring the cup too I had a CZ75 a long time ago, in a past life

 

[Prester John]

Stag schrade walden 884 gets tough duty laying around the house listening to music and drinking green tea, about to turn the xbox on.

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Beautiful knife. Like the mug too.

I'm listening to music too--my son is playing piano. Not just playing, he's in "class" remotely with his music professor. He kicked me out of the room because I was distracting! (I'm working from home today.)

 

[Gevonovich]

 

[black mamba]

Not all that old, but definitely a friend!

 

[chuck4570]

Found this old Camillus Barlow that I haven’t seen in over a year, thought I lost it. Here I found it in my hunting pack that I didn’t get to use last fall. It kept company today in my pocket with the Lamb Foot and Slimline Trapper.

 

[Jack Black]

Found this old Camillus Barlow that I haven’t seen in over a year, thought I lost it. Here I found it in my hunting pack that I didn’t get to use last fall. It kept company today in my pocket with the Lamb Foot and Slimline Trapper.
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Nice find Chuck

 

[JustinR]

Little late for Friday but I carried this guy yesterday while mowing and tending to the property.

Glennbad recovered this Schrade 294 in 2014 and I carried it stock for several years before that. Going to put a new edge on it and out it back in rotation.

 

[Jack Black]

Little late for Friday but I carried this guy yesterday while mowing and tending to the property.

Glennbad recovered this Schrade 294 in 2014 and I carried it stock for several years before that. Going to put a new edge on it and out it back in rotation.

Very nice

 

[redsparrow]

Barlows always seem familiar to me, like an old friend. Perhaps because a barlow was the first knife I bought myself. Here's one that not been carried in awhile that feels just right for today.

 

[r8shell]

 

[JohnDF]

Looks like you turned it into a very usable blade shape. Kinda half clip and half sheep. I shall call it the "clipped sheep".

 

[r8shell]

Looks like you turned it into a very usable blade shape. Kinda half clip and half sheep. I shall call it the "clipped sheep".

Thanks, John. It's a very usable blade shape, and it was like that when I got it. That old Boker must have been someone's Old Friend long before it was mine. "Clipped sheep" is a nice name. Nicer than "Old Snubnose", which is what I've been calling it.
The other knife in my pocket today has a similar modification, probably was a spear blade once.

 

[Stich2442]

I guess these are all old friends of varying degrees.
My Ulster Boy Scout knife from when I became a Boy Scout in ‘82
Rossignol Laguiole is 20 years old this summer and the Case peanut has been in my pocket everyday for 8+ years

 

[Jack Black]

I guess these are all old friends of varying degrees.
My Ulster Boy Scout knife from when I became a Boy Scout in ‘82
Rossignol Laguiole is 20 years old this summer and the Case peanut has been in my pocket everyday for 8+ years

Fantastic Pete

 

[Jack Black]

I guess Lucy, my 2019 Guardians Lambsfoot SFO, is my old friend today With my Hartshead Barlow having take over my pocket these past few months, she doesn't get the pocket time she once did, when I carried her last Good Friday, as today

 

[black mamba]

The first "old" knife I bought, and still one of the best: 80+ yr old Robeson.

 

[tongueriver]

delete

 

[Headwinds]

Thanks, John. It's a very usable blade shape, and it was like that when I got it. That old Boker must have been someone's Old Friend long before it was mine. "Clipped sheep" is a nice name. Nicer than "Old Snubnose", which is what I've been calling it.

I posted this 108OT in “Old Friends” last year, but somehow your “Old Snubnose” reminded me of it again. Not exactly the same shape but somewhat similar. I’ve thought of it as just a pudgy Wharncliffe, but now I think Wharnclip sounds better.

 

[Half/Stop]

I may have posted this one here before. During this time of sheltering in place I’ve thought a lot about things. Foremost on my mind has been family and friends. This Old Timer 8OT was my paternal grandfathers knife. He’s been gone since ‘68, but the fond and loving memories are stronger than ever! Stay safe and God Bless!

 

[r8shell]

I posted this 108OT in “Old Friends” last year, but somehow your “Old Snubnose” reminded me of it again. Not exactly the same shape but somewhat similar. I’ve thought of it as just a pudgy Wharncliffe, but now I think Wharnclip sounds better.

Nicely done!