Old Friends Friday

[sf fanatic]

You have impeccable taste in knives and coffee mugs, my friend.

Thank you sir! But I have to fess up that after seeing your coffee mug on a different post I searched for one on like it and was obviously successful. Louie was a Christmas gift for my beautiful bride and she loves it!

 

[screened porch]

That's cool Jer

After 50 years, maybe I should make a sheath for it.
(I'd been thinking my mid-teens were more recent than that.)

 

[redsparrow]

Not exactly old but a good friend that hasn't been carried in about a year. It has a easy-to-grip (with-gloves-on) handle so it does an excellent job as it accompanies me on WWW's (winter woods walks).

Happy New Year Old (young & new) Friends (Alike)

 

[JohnDF]

I have to fess up that after seeing your coffee mug on a different post I searched for one on like it

Like I said, impeccable taste.

 

[screened porch]

From the attic of the old house on Steuben Street. Dad said I had to check with Uncle Bill, because it had been made for him by somebody at work. Uncle Bill didn't want it, which is why it was in his parents' attic.

 

[Zulus]

 

[Jack Black]

From the attic of the old house on Steuben Street. Dad said I had to check with Uncle Bill, because it had been made for him by somebody at work. Uncle Bill didn't want it, which is why it was in his parents' attic.

Nice Old Friend Jer

That's cool

My Old Friend was a gift from JohnDF

 

[redsparrow]

Camillus made "Old Friend"

 

[black mamba]

 

[cbach8tw]

From the attic of the old house on Steuben Street. Dad said I had to check with Uncle Bill, because it had been made for him by somebody at work. Uncle Bill didn't want it, which is why it was in his parents' attic.

any possibility it was made for WWII Or another conflic?

 

[JohnDF]

Back when Queen made an excellent knife.

 

[screened porch]

any possibility it was made for WWII Or another conflic?

I doubt it. Dad said it was made for Bill by somebody at work, and Bill wasn't able to get into the war. Assuming of course that Dad was right. It had a straight back when I grabbed it. I ground in the bit of a clip to make it look more like my idea of a knife. So an awkward length for a hunter and an awkward point for a sticker. Maybe an eastern woodlands survival knife? I should have asked Uncle Bill at the time.

 

[Jack Black]

Back when Queen made an excellent knife.

Sure did buddy

 

[screened porch]

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks a cracking Old Friend Jer, I don't recall seeing it before

 

[redsparrow]

screened porch What a wonderful old BSA knife Jer!
My choice for this Friday is similar and of similar age too, but it'll never show.
Great minds...

Do-It-All Compact

can/bottle opener/wire stripper/screwdriver combo, scissors, "slices like the dickens" blade, corkscrew, mini-screwdriver, parcel hook/nail file, toothpick, tweezers, pen, pin and keyring!!! What more do ya need?

 

[screened porch]

Thanks a cracking Old Friend Jer, I don't recall seeing it before

Thanks!
I almost never carry it now that I'm indulging my cutlery foibles. It was my invariable edc for a long time, and there's an ever-present danger that I'll say, "You know what? I was right", and go back to it.
But then you get into an alternative foible universe: this is almost as thin as a single blade, and for one more layer I could have x, or y, and...

 

[black mamba]

 

[Jack Black]

screened porch What a wonderful old BSA knife Jer!
My choice for this Friday is similar and of similar age too, but it'll never show.
Great minds...

Do-It-All Compact

can/bottle opener/wire stripper/screwdriver combo, scissors, "slices like the dickens" blade, corkscrew, mini-screwdriver, parcel hook/nail file, toothpick, tweezers, pen, pin and keyring!!! What more do ya need?

The Compact has a special place in my heart James

Thanks!
I almost never carry it now that I'm indulging my cutlery foibles. It was my invariable edc for a long time, and there's an ever-present danger that I'll say, "You know what? I was right", and go back to it.
But then you get into an alternative foible universe: this is almost as thin as a single blade, and for one more layer I could have x, or y, and...

I know what you mean Jer, I carried my Vic Mauser for the best part of a decade

That's a beauty Jeff, those knives look better with age I think

 

[Jack Black]

Slipping one of Charlie's Ancient Barlows in my pocket today I have three of his Ancients, and thought they were an inspired project, and great knives. This is the most recent of the three, but definitely an Old Friend, which deserves a day out