What MANLY thing did your (traditional) knife do today?

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Today was kind of slow. While waiting at a warehouse, I used the delicate little pen blade on my Elephant Toe to sipe the drive tires on my truck. It did an amazingly good job.
 
The thin lines perpendicular to the tread that aid in cooling and traction are called sipes. I'd take a picture but they are so thin you can't see them well.
 
Yep, the LTX, esp. when newish, is a very good all-season tire. A number of deep-tread "mud" tires are greatly improved for driving on ice with some siping after they wear in.
 
Gentlemen, let's get back to the discussion of traditional knives, please.
 
Used my Case chestnut cv swayback jack to skin and cut up an 18 lb. coon that my brother in law caught in a trap. I was pleasantly suprised at how well it performed, and the blade just needed a little stropping afterwards. I love this knife.
 
I cut some fiberglass insulation from the inside of a geothermal furnace with the wharncliffe blade on my Queen/Dan Burke small barlow. It was the ideal blade for that task.
 
the rat said:
Used my Case chestnut cv swayback jack to skin and cut up an 18 lb. coon that my brother in law caught in a trap. I was pleasantly suprised at how well it performed, and the blade just needed a little stropping afterwards. I love this knife.
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Did you use the pen blade or Wharncliffe? I love my Case swayback also. :thumbup:
 
GEC 25 EZ Open Spear blade to slash open a sack of sunflower seeds for the birds. The cold is harsh today -25c and many would die without the feed. It's manly enough for me.
 
I used my Mora #1 to cut up an old pair of shoes to scavange the rubber heal to use to repair an expensive pair of Terra boots. I was putzing around with a utility knife but I needed a real knife to get the job done so I went to the Mora. The laminated steel really cut through that rubber.
 
just lost my "ball in a cage" virginity...
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hoopster said:
Did you use the pen blade or Wharncliffe? I love my Case swayback also. :thumbup:
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I used the wharncliffe blade, this thing cuts like a scalpel I am very happy with it and it is starting to take on a nice patina to the blades. This may be one of the best patterns that Case has made since the peanut to me.
 
For the past twenty plus years we have been doing volunteer work at a church in Chicago. The church is right between the Gold Coast (affluent) and the former Cabrini Green (projects). Every Saturday we offer a nice lunch for the needy. We head one of the six teams that rotate every Saturday and on January 1st we were preparing a holiday meal. It was a feast and required a lot of preparation. Earlier on that morning my wife surprised me and asked me for my pocket knife. This was a surprise because it was the first time she had asked to use my pocket knife and the church kitchen is filled with sharp and pointy things. After she used it another volunteer asked her for knife as he was opening boxes. Later on that morning, after the knife was passed around to 3 - 4 of the male volunteers it was eventually returned to me. A couple of the volunteers talked about how nice it was to use a sharp knife and not have to use box cutters, dull scissors, etc. They even talked about carrying a pocket knife in the future. I now know where some of the SAK Cadet's that picked up on close-out when the color versions were being discontinued are going the next time that our team serves. :thumbup:

The knife that I was carrying was a single-blade, dogleg GEC 48. I normally carry a Cadet on the Saturdays that I volunteer.

- David
 
Broke down a crapload of leftover Christmas boxes. Knife cut through them like butter.
 
Shaved the back of my neck with my Case Texas Jack. I used to shave my head so I'm not used to having fuzzy stuff on the back of my neck. The hair is back on top, well, actually, around the edges of the top, but I still like to keep the neck trimmed up between haircuts. A sharp knife is just the thing for the job. I also used it to cut the tape on a box that a new knife came in.
 
Happy Jack Daddy Barlow dismembered a large onion and sliced up a large, very scary apple . . . with promises of more death and devastation to follow :-)
 
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