What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Remington Radio Jack, circa1920/1940 with Conductor today.
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It’s been a minute. Life changes at my age. I’ve changed almost everything about me. Sadly, it took the passing of people close to me, to realize, I had to make life changes. I hope everyone is doing well. This has been a go to for a while.
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Tyson A Wright said:
I expect every knife to eventually have the pins show in the bolsters - I don't have safe queens, and I don't (yet) have anything fancy with bushings between the blade and the pins, so the pins always become visible over time. I've had these two knives for just a little over a week, and both the pivot in front bolster and the base pin for the spring in the back bolster are visible on both sides on both knives. Usually I expect this to take a couple of months. I don't think it's a problem, any indicator of quality issues, or even unattractive. I knew it would happen, I just didn't think it would be quite this fast. Still loving these two and will be carrying them for a while.
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Yeah. I wasn’t impressed with my 2013 BF knife when after a week of light use the pivot pin popped loose. At least all my Case knives, although you can see the pins, they don’t pop out. Case in point, lol, my 48 year old EDC Slimline trapper with pins showing still has some walk n talk left and a lot of blade years left. Yours will stand the test of time too.
 
jakemex said:
Yeah. I wasn’t impressed with my 2013 BF knife when after a week of light use the pivot pin popped loose. At least all my Case knives, although you can see the pins, they don’t pop out. Case in point, lol, my 48 year old EDC Slimline trapper with pins showing still has some walk n talk left and a lot of blade years left. Yours will stand the test of time too.
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Nothing is loose on these at all - still very crisp action on all blades on both knives. The pin showing is trivial and expected; I was only surprised at how quickly it happened. These are my first two Case knives, and I'm quite impressed so far.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Hmm. I just noticed and zoomed in on what’s left of that blade. It looks like Schmachtenberg had a really cool blade etch!
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Yep! 😀 "CLIM (axe)"
Even though the blade is broken, it makes for a very nifty box-cutter.

Chiming in on the discussion about pivot pins showing, I don't mind it at all. Could be because I'm familiar with the old German cutlery style of iron pins set in nickel bolsters. The Swindon Key is a solution looking for a problem, in my opinion. ;)

edit: I may have read too quickly. I meant I have no problem with the pins showing due to color finishing. If they're sinking or popping up, I agree that can be a functional problem.
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OK - I'm not techincally carrying the table knife show in this picture but I did have it handy and had a Bull Nose in my pocket which qualifies this post for the "What Traditional Knife are Ya Totin Today" thread. Anyway, I was hankering for an afternoon snack and spied Cindy eating some pretzels and that got my mouth watering for pretzels BUT with no lower teeth, I can't even gum them as they're too hard. Then it hit me !!!! I'm gonna call it my "Crush & Gum" technique. Works great !! Peanuts, almonds, etc. on the horizon.:thumbsup::)

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HST said:
It’s been a minute. Life changes at my age. I’ve changed almost everything about me. Sadly, it took the passing of people close to me, to realize, I had to make life changes. I hope everyone is doing well. This has been a go to for a while.
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Nice to see you post. Hope all the changes are good ones. My best to you and yours.
Modoc ED said:
OK - I'm not techincally carrying the table knife show in this picture but I did have it handy and had a Bull Nose in my pocket which qualifies this post for the "What Traditional Knife are Ya Totin Today" thread. Anyway, I was hankering for an afternoon snack and spied Cindy eating some pretzels and that got my mouth watering for pretzels BUT with no lower teeth, I can't even gum them as they're too hard. Then it hit me !!!! I'm gonna call it my "Crush & Gum" technique. Works great !! Peanuts, almonds, etc. on the horizon.:thumbsup::)

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Necessity is the mother of invention, Ed! :thumbsup:;)
 
sbh06 said:
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Love the quotes and the knives Jeremy.
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JohnDF said:
Thank you, Bart. :)
and it's a full Whittler. ;)
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Sacto said:
I guess I could only see part of it 😁
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Come on Bart, you know John never does anything halfway! 🤣🤣🤣
Sacto said:
I’m carrying my TC forum knife today.
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I had both kids at the skate park today before work. And a picture for Todd:
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Oh man, love it! Reminds me of my boy. Thanks Bart. 😊👍
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That’s some nice looking patina Mike.
😎👍
 
Peregrin said:
That makes sense. Serves the same purpose, and a step up from just gluing the shield.
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Peregrin said:
I like the knife and the pocket slip, Rob! Gary makes a nice slip!
Your comment on the pinned shield made me go look at the Boker Gents knife that I have, with a similar shield. It's pinned also. Interesting to note that the brass scale on the pile side is drilled to accept a shield pin also. Makes sense with that particular pattern.
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Tyson A Wright said:
My impression was that the shield on these has an integral cutlers rivet - so the shield would be held in place while the rivet end would be pressed back into the liner. (My photography skills and equipment are too meager to try to capture this on the inside of my Böker Barlow but that's what it looks like.)
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Glad to see I had you all doing your Boker Examinations ! 😲☺️ My Henckels was made by Boker, as you may have already known. I am impressed with the overall quality of the Henckels by Boker.

The seller thought it was made around the year 2000. I think it may be a few years older, 1990's or possibly late 1980's. I have my odd reasons.🤓

I looked at the twins shield under a magnifying glass this afternoon and noticed a slight dome, about the size of a small pin. It was under the red enamel, so the pin might go all the way through the shield.

Gary - I love that wood Boker you show. It is a real beauty of a knife ! I would love to find one like it.

This John Primble Belknap HDW. & MFG. harness jack was made by Boker for Belknap, indicated by a star on the back of the tang. 1940-1968 era - split that in half and you get a manufacture date of 1954, which is my birth year. Convert that to my logical mind and you will see my harness jack was made in 1954. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤣 I posted this knife to show Gary the similarities to his newer, yet fine, Boker.

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I almost forgot - 25 till 2:00 ..............and 20 seconds 🤣
 
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