Share your tradionals-themed haiku

WhittlinAway

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How about a little traditionals-inspired fun, set in verse? We've got a lot of creative folks here on the porch and I'm curious what haiku we can collectively conjure to pay tribute to our favorite traditional knives and related subjects.

For those who've forgotten, a haiku is a three line poem with the first line having 5 syllables, the second 7, and the third 5.

Here's one from me to get the thread going:

medium stockman
its three blades sturdy and sharp
my daily carry


Anyone else feel like having some fun with words?
 
They are slipjoint knives,
wrongly called Traditionals,
a pet peeve of mine.
 
A thin blade is great
When you're cutting anything
I love my slippies


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Canoes, big or small,
So symmetric with sunk joints,
Always float my boat!


Two-bladed toothpicks,
Like Grandpa carried, take me
Down memory lane.

- GT
 
Spey blade very sharp
Index finger got in way
Twelve sutures repaired!
 
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Not Haikus, but

This is the ax my grandfather made
My father replaced the handle and I replaced the blade



From the forest itself comes the handle to the axe.
 
Fun poems, everyone. Thanks for sharing!

I thought of another:

whittler in one hand
hunk of wood in the other
shavings fall to ground

I'm looking forward to reading more contributions.
 
Old Sheffield folders:
popcorn stag and hand forged blades-
art of little mesters.

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Beer scouts and barlows
Jacks of all shapes and sizes
My bank account weeps
 
A haiku topic. Now I've seen everything! ;) :D

kamagong said:
They are slipjoint knives,
wrongly called Traditionals,
a pet peeve of mine.
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I'm not sure that slipjoint is any better. ;)

bernard_levine said:
That last line from the EB is interesting.

"Slipjoint" is a very recent collector term, never used in the industry til very recently, and still unknown outside the collector marketplace. It is a silly term, but not as silly as "non-locking folder."

BRL...
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bernard_levine said:
Just for grins...

The first time I saw the term "slipjoint," I figured it must mean a changeable blade knife, such as a Napanoch or Utica tool kit knife, or one of the Case, Ka-Bar, or Kershaw change-a-blade hunting knives. The word would have fit that concept pretty well. But it did not fit the context it was in at all. :D Eventually I puzzled it out, and I was (and still am) baffled at how somebody came up with it. I would like to find out who that was, buy them a nice blue Kool Aid. :eek:

BRL...
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davek14 said:
Not Haikus, but

This is the ax my grandfather made
My father replaced the handle and I replaced the blade...
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That old proverb seems fitting for Ebay

Rare Remington 5-blade sowbelly circa 1920. Collector dream! The handle and blades were replaced.
;) :D
 
At least people know what slipjoints are Jake. Traditionals? What are those? Bowies? Puukkos? Navajas? Balisongs? Machetes?

This is the only place that refers to jacks, pen knives, and their ilk as traditionals.
 
Don't want to derail. But I would also call many of those traditionals. Some of the modern versions are so.... modernized... that I'm not sure if they are traditional any more. But there certainly some that I would call traditional. That seems to be popular now. The trend seems to be modern knives made to look like traditional knives and traditional knives made to look like modern knives. A lot of traditional knife converts seem to seek knives that are similar to modern knives.

As far as the forum guidelines, that's for the moderators to decide. It is my understanding that some of those knives are discussed here. I think the popularity of slipjoint knives may be overwhelming compared to the others in this particular traditionals forum. But I don't think it means that the other knives aren't traditionals.
 
Congress in pocket.
So many blades to choose from!
I will use them all.


And


Walk and talk with me.
My knife is like my best friend.
Comfortable silence.


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I don't like that the term traditional is used as a synonym for slipjoint. That's the point I was trying to get across.
 
kamagong said:
I don't like that the term traditional is used as a synonym for slipjoint. That's the point I was trying to get across.
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I agree. It shouldn't be. As an example, an Opinel isn't a slipjoint but it is very traditional and it is discussed in this topic.

I was unable to send you a message so I posted here. Sorry for the interuption, guys. And I can't think of a haiku to get back on track!
 
I love my slipjoints.
A rose by any other
Name would smell as sweet.


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