Traditional knives and tools

[5K Qs]

I think your knife is a lot better quality than mine..

Thanks, Leon! I like my knife and it functions very well, but many folks would probably turn up their noses at its "quality". It's an inexpensive (under 15 USD) Italian knife made by CEM Cutlery and called a bubinga agriculture folder. Looks very similar to yours, which I have admired in previous photos. I confess that I'm baffled by the notch in the handle on yours! Certainly not an Easy Open notch, given its "no-leverage" placement, and who wants a DO (difficult open) notch? My current best guess is that it's intended to be a notch for the index finger of the hand holding the open knife?

- GT

 

[5K Qs]

Ha Ha! Couldn't you find a newer knife??

Here are some interesting old Pliers!!View attachment 1658255

Nice variety of pliers, Charlie, and the guy who designed that superb lambsfoot sure knew what the heck he was doing!

- GT

 

[waynorth]

Nice variety of pliers, Charlie, and the guy who designed that superb lambsfoot sure knew what the heck he was doing!

- GT

Thanks, GT!! That design actually goes back to the original Joseph Rogers, to which venerable company I must give credit!!

 

[Johnnythefox]

I Went in my bike shed today so took in a old Sheffield scout knife with me.

The hammer was issued to me in the 70s.

 

[TheChunk91]

 

[Gonzalo]

I like that one with the saw.

Thank you! It's an old Dumas Aine 32 with ebony scales (possibly manufactured in the first decades of the 20th century).

 

[cudgee]

Thanks, Leon! I like my knife and it functions very well, but many folks would probably turn up their noses at its "quality". It's an inexpensive (under 15 USD) Italian knife made by CEM Cutlery and called a bubinga agriculture folder. Looks very similar to yours, which I have admired in previous photos. I confess that I'm baffled by the notch in the handle on yours! Certainly not an Easy Open notch, given its "no-leverage" placement, and who wants a DO (difficult open) notch? My current best guess is that it's intended to be a notch for the index finger of the hand holding the open knife?

- GT

Thanks mate, mine like your is a cheap knife, both look the same, and are both sturdy work knives. I paid roughly the same for mine, made in Taiwan i think, no markings to say where it was made, but the quality is surprisingly good. Side by side you would think they came out of the same factory. I can help you with the notch, it is to hold the spring in while you close the blade, it is a liner spring lockback making it a very safe work knife. Have a good week mate.

 

[Will Power]

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks mate, mine like your is a cheap knife, both look the same, and are both sturdy work knives. I paid roughly the same for mine, made in Taiwan i think, no markings to say where it was made, but the quality is surprisingly good. Side by side you would think they came out of the same factory. I can help you with the notch, it is to hold the spring in while you close the blade, it is a liner spring lockback making it a very safe work knife. Have a good week mate.

Thanks for clearing up my "mystery", Leon! I obviously don't have a lot of experience with liner lock knives, other than TL-29 style knives with a tab on the liner that sticks out beyond the edge of the covers.

- GT

 

[Hickory n steel]

A little brass.

 

[cudgee]

Thanks for clearing up my "mystery", Leon! I obviously don't have a lot of experience with liner lock knives, other than TL-29 style knives with a tab on the liner that sticks out beyond the edge of the covers.

- GT

It does make this a very strong, sturdy and safe work knife, there is no way that blade is going to snap closed, and there is no protruding tab. Have a good day my friend.

 

[Hickory n steel]

 

[cudgee]

If this is not in the spirit of this thread, i will delete it. But as i had the knife out, thought i may as well give it a sharpen. There is at least a spanner in the photo..

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks, GT!! That design actually goes back to the original Joseph Rogers, to which venerable company I must give credit!! ...

Giving credit to the Joseph Rogers company is admirable, Charlie, but you also deserve credit for having the vision, persistence, and "juice" to bring the pattern to the Western Hemisphere!

Assorted tools from the back porch:


- GT

 

[Jack Black]

Giving credit to the Joseph Rogers company is admirable, Charlie, but you also deserve credit for having the vision, persistence, and "juice" to bring the pattern to the Western Hemisphere!

Assorted tools from the back porch:
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- GT

Most definitely, Rodgers did the groundwork, Charlie took it across the pond!

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

I could post a hundred pics a week in this thread lol. But I'm to busy using'em to take pics of the tools usually

 

[waynorth]

Giving credit to the Joseph Rogers company is admirable, Charlie, but you also deserve credit for having the vision, persistence, and "juice" to bring the pattern to the Western Hemisphere!

Very kind of you, GT!!

 

[waynorth]

Most definitely, Rodgers did the groundwork, Charlie took it across the pond!

Inspired by Jack's passion for the "breed" also!!

 

[TheChunk91]

Small pipe wrench, large knife.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Small pipe wrench, large knife.

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I keep forgetting that I've been wanting to find myself one of those mini RIGID's.

My smallest is a Western Forge 8" ( actually comes in at 7.25 with the jaw closed) ,arguably more practical but those little 6" models from RIGID are just cool.
Too bad they don't seem to make one anymore.