waynorth
Dealer / Materials Provider
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In this neck of the woods, a strip of western Canada along the border with the US, there are fewer knife nuts per capita, than just over the border in Washington. So we have to be organized!
There is a lot of satisfaction in meeting up with a group of like-minded individuals, to share your interests.
There are only about 9 or 10 hardcore knife people in the small club that I belong to but it is always interesting to show and tell, and do a little horse trading face-to-face, and as small as the group is, it is usually amazing what is brought to our monthly meetings.
One fellow in particular is a relentless haunter of yard sales and flea markets, and always has a few goodies, some irresistable.
Like this cast-handled I*XL pruning knife!
The each handle is a one-piece slab of iron. The spring is a monster, and it's a good thing there are positive half stops or I might have to change my name to Stumpy! Someone ground on the blade a bit, but the edge is well shaped and deadly sharp! At our Saturday meeting, I traded a nice Premier Stockman, for it and $40 boot.
The Mora came in the mail on Friday with two others identical. It is a knife with the (possibly discontinued) older style laminated carbon steel, and a real leather sheath. I bought the three for a total of $91 all in.
I have two trades pending, and am keeping one to add to my carving kit.
I wish we could do this every week instead of every month.
Have you traded any traditional knives lately?
There is a lot of satisfaction in meeting up with a group of like-minded individuals, to share your interests.
There are only about 9 or 10 hardcore knife people in the small club that I belong to but it is always interesting to show and tell, and do a little horse trading face-to-face, and as small as the group is, it is usually amazing what is brought to our monthly meetings.
One fellow in particular is a relentless haunter of yard sales and flea markets, and always has a few goodies, some irresistable.
Like this cast-handled I*XL pruning knife!
The each handle is a one-piece slab of iron. The spring is a monster, and it's a good thing there are positive half stops or I might have to change my name to Stumpy! Someone ground on the blade a bit, but the edge is well shaped and deadly sharp! At our Saturday meeting, I traded a nice Premier Stockman, for it and $40 boot.
The Mora came in the mail on Friday with two others identical. It is a knife with the (possibly discontinued) older style laminated carbon steel, and a real leather sheath. I bought the three for a total of $91 all in.
I have two trades pending, and am keeping one to add to my carving kit.
I wish we could do this every week instead of every month.
Have you traded any traditional knives lately?
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. I just finished up my schooling at ubc and moved back to the island. I'm now living in Cobble Hill which is north of Victoria just over the malahat. 
