Traditionals in the Wild (Pic Heavy)

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Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail to Crawford Path, yes!

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I worked on that trail for a week as a YCC, many, many years ago. Hauling 80# bags of grass seed up there may have led to the back problems I have now!
Beautiful pictures, thanks for posting!
Dave
 
Managed to catch this Swirly Tailed Pioneer crawling over a boulder on one of my favorite trails a while back. the silver scales makes for pretty decent camouflage.

 
A rare and beautiful encounter.:D I had to look twice to see it.

Very nice spot, Todd. Thanks for sharing it :thumbup:
 
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I expect some traditional snow pics from my fellow south easterners. I'll be packing up to head out this afternoon:snowman:
 
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Not strictly a traditional pattern but I made it myself out of a piece of O1 scrap I had laying around and some walnut, which I also had laying around. (I make a point to always have some walnut laying around ;)) I didn't look at any pictures or follow any patterns, just sat and stared at the piece of steel until a knife appeared in my mind. I used pretty much the whole piece of steel, just rounded the corners and ground away everything that wasn't a knife. And this is what I came up with. Since I didn't put much thought into it, I wasn't expecting much out of it, but boy was I wrong. There isn't one big reason that I can point my finger at, just a handful of small ones that I can speculate about, but this little knife just plain works for everything I've done with it so far.

The place is Yosemite, hardly "wild" by my standards but it sure is pretty. I know there's far better backdrops I could have shot this knife against, but this just happened to be where I stopped for a snack. This was taken at the base of the closed road that leads to Mirror Lake from the stables, so that backdrop is part of the same formation as Half Dome, but I don't think it has its own name. I spent most of the trip playing tour guide for my girlfriend who had never been to Yosemite before, and had never seen snow either! I had a much more important mission on my hands than snapping knife pictures. :p But I managed to catch an apple break while she was sledding in my trusty saucer that I've had since I was really little, and she had been wearing on her back like a Viking shield all day.

Sadly there was a warm, wet storm on it's way so most of the fun stuff was shut down in preparation (skating rink, Badger ski area, and all associated cc ski/snowshoe trails) but at least the paved "trails" were open. The area is getting a ton of rain this weekend and the Merced river is expected to have a record-breaking flood, so the entire park is shut down this weekend. They said they were closing the roads at 5pm on Friday and not opening up again until Monday at the earliest, so we made sure to be out by four. We were staying just outside the park so we left early the next morning as the rains were starting and made it home just fine. I didn't notice the Merced being any higher than it was the past couple of days, but the San Joaquin looked pretty full and and the San Luis reservoir was the fullest I've seen it in a long time.

Here's another one of the knife, this was taken at home right after I finished it and is otherwise unrelated to the "wild" picture, but it gives you a nice full view. Later on, a couple weeks after finishing it I stumbled across a picture of a nessmuk knife and realized that I had probably taken sub-conscious inspiration from one that I had forgotten that I'd seen.

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boy&hisdogs, great job on your knife! It looks like it would be quite at home in a camp kitchen!
 
A few random pics from a quick trip with my son. We love a fresh snow :)

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Thanks for coming along
 
Tilley Knife

I really enjoyed your photographs! Looks like you had a wonderful time.Thanks for taking me along:D
 
Thanks Gev! My son brought along a couple of buddies so I had a ten, a nine, and an eight year old all hopped up on copious amounts of hot cocoa running wild through the woods. We had a blast!
 
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Thanks Gev! My son brought along a couple of buddies so I had a ten, a nine, and an eight year old all hopped up on copious amounts of hot cocoa running wild through the woods. We had a blast!
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It doesn't get better than that! I mean, you all have great things ahead that you haven't even thunk up yet, but what a tremendous rightnow.

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~ P.
 
Took a little solo walk today and I enjoyed some tea by the fire. The fire was a one stick hand warmer compliments of my farmer and ferro rod.

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Thanks for coming along:)

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I've really enjoyed "tagging along" in your adventures, Daniel! Thank you for posting the terrific pictures. That green Alox really pops in the snow! That Opinel combo looks fantastic, as well.
 
Thanks guys. I've had both for quiet a while but rarely carry them together. Today was the first time I realized how well they match.
 
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