T~bone Tuesday

[rockgolfer]

Welcome to T~bone Tuesday! A place dedicated to the bone handled traditional knives we carry. I look forward to seeing the beautiful knives ahead each week. To start it off I am carrying a special knife to me. It was given to me by a member here when I first started patrolling this sub-forum. It was such a wonderful gesture and I will always cherish and use it, thanks again friend.

GEC Montana whittler #79 with Ruby Red Bone covers

 

[PaulBosley]

Not a fresh pic but I packed my Charlow today but then I have packed it everyday since I got it

What a great knife! Almost everyone who sees it wants one.

 

[lambertiana]

I normally carry wood handles, but coincidentally today I have this in my pocket

 

[sitflyer]

A little green tea for me tomorrow...

 

[stevomiller]

I love the these big Moore Maker stockmen, need to buy one. They are the only large serpentine stockmen I know with a turkish/california clip main blade.

Oh, sitflyer, I have a 2007 GEC green tea just like yours!

 

[Jack Black]

I'm carrying bone today anyway

 

[jwren]

GEC #62 Raisin Jig Bone

 

[TLARbb]

I think I'll just keep the ivory bone 92 in my pocket again today.



Ed J

 

[Planterz]

^^I need to get me one of those. I'm torn between the ivory bone and the ebony wood though. I guess that means I'll have to get one of each. Kinda wish the Tidioute ones had a shield though.

 

[pertinux]

~ P.

 

[pistonsandgears]

 

[Mink]

 

[Stich2442]

Here you go Jeff

Pete

 

[Jack Black]

Here you go Jeff

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Pete

Very good Pete!

Jack

 

[smiling-knife]

Some old Sheffield bone.

 

[Planterz]

Some old Sheffield bone.

I'm not sure if I hate how worn the blade is, or love the shape it has become. I'm leaning towards the latter. Great bone either way.

 

[Stich2442]

Thanks Jack

 

[smiling-knife]

I'm not sure if I hate how worn the blade is, or love the shape it has become. I'm leaning towards the latter. Great bone either way.

Thanks for the comment. I know what you mean. Most pruner blades become flatter with sharpening. This one seems to be even more curved. I like to think it was well used but also well treated.

 

[Planterz]

Thanks for the comment. I know what you mean. Most pruner blades become flatter with sharpening. This one seems to be even more curved. I like to think it was well used but also well treated.

Usually it's what happens to the tip that bothers me. Too often I've seen on eBay or in the "Old Knives" thread a worn pruner blade where the tip is rounded or completely gone. My most used knife (sorry, a modern, non-traditional Spyderco Tasman Salt) still has it's pointy tip, and in my experience, it's the pointy tip that gets most of the job done. It's a mixed emotion - one loves seeing a well-used knife, but when you see a knife that's so worn that its original usefulness has been sharpened away, you've got to sigh a bit.

 

[Humppa]

Bone is such a great handle material!!