Couple of captivating classics!
That's a shame Gary, we lose so much to the mists of time
Thank you my friend, it's a knife I really like
Thanks again pal
That's only the second Brazilian folder I've seen myself, the other being a Tramontina-markeds Pruner, I gave away to a neighbour
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Thanks for your responses, Jack, and for broadening my horizons with a photo of another Brazilian knife!
Q: How many pruning knives has Jack given away to neighbors?
A: A Brazilian
(brazillion…. never mind.)
Well, I like it, Tom!
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And of course my Usual Lamb is still in the pocket...
John, your usual lambsfoot is just like your beer, Hearty and Smooth!
Got these two wooden beauties with me today. Having a few beers down at our lakeside bar with a buddy I teach with after basketball practice tonight. We call it a “Teacher’s Workshop,” sometimes we call it “Professional Development!”
Either way the cap lifter on this little Boker will come in handy.
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Distinctive wood on that pair, Todd!
I like your idea of PD!
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Thanks, Gary. It been fun so far, until I thought about the insurance.
The corn sign came from one of my Grandpa's corn fields in Iowa. Nice hat!
That corn sign is a very cool "family heirloom"!
Always a treat to see your rosewood Big 'Un, Jack!
One Christmas when we were in high school, my 2 brothers and I received a couple of pairs of boxing gloves as a gift from our parents. Not sure what they were thinking!
I think it went something like this: in 1951 they introduced the modern can opener and cap lifter, in '58 they started with hidden rivets, in '61 the hidden reamer replaced the exposed awl (no sowing eye yet), in '68 they switched to key rings and in '73 the pen blade replaced the clip point blade.
Thanks for the useful information!
I wish I could remember it.
Toting these two fragrant French slicers today.
For me, that knife with the Camargue Cross is unforgettable, JJ!
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Cards are in the playoffs, so I had to celebrate with something red today
Congrats!
That's a beauty
Thanks, Mike; you'll definitely get no argument from me!
Beautiful covers on that Sowbelly... I miss Ron.
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Very special knife indeed, Jack & John; The Porch is definitely different without Ron's daily posts.
Splendid stag lambsfoot duo, Jack!
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Yes, the pure stuff takes a while to dry. LOL!
I'm afraid that
my middle-name is actually Arthur, but I continue to work hard to change it!
They are such consummate performers aren't they?
I also enjoy the part where Roy re-mounts,
@Horsewright told me that the early Californians were in the saddle so much, they even built their houses on horseback!
So you're a "double face card": not only a Jack, but also a King! Very impressive!
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Thanks. I'd been thinking maybe I might be a jack knife guy rather than a stockman guy after all, and there was the black one on special at a non-participating dealer, and it was available for a limited time only, so...
Then somebody in Case 1095? quoted somebody saying that the SS is much softer than the CV (I suspect the quotee was from customer relations rather than metallurgy, anyway I don't believe it). And CK had the CV in stock at an even better price than the guys with the specials I've been in the habit of checking, and the copperhead is still on its way back into the vault, so...
It will be interesting, at least for me, to see how this develops. I didn't expect to fall in love with the first one, and I sure never expected to be carrying both of them every day.
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I admire your enthusiasm for your copperhead pair, Jer!
Victorinox 7, Boker TL-29 with a blade removed, a gift from
@JohnDF, Bull Buster.
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Power trio, Jeff!
I don't much care for Victorinox's switch to the numbers instead of names for their Alox line.
Is that Swiss Army 7 what used to be called the Harvester (maybe even Pioneer Harvester) with saw and pruner blade?
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Received the awful news of a shipmate I sailed with during my time in Bahrain had passed. Life perspective moments occur far too often and too easily forgotten in our day to day lives. Fair winds and following seas to those that have come before us and are no longer with us.
My sympathies on your loss.
- GT
All were about 5 inches long. But still a good day.
