What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Amir Fleschwund]

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Wow, Dwight! That’s a nice old barlow right there.

Being in a hole always affords you the opportunity to climb out and rise above.

You mean when I’m in a hole, I should stop digging???

Twine's Nemesis....

I like the Winchester

Have a great time John



Many thanks for all your kind words my friend, it's great to see your Yorkshire Day Lambsfoot

Nice work

Laid low with sciatica today, so please excuse the recycled pic. Have a good day everyone

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Lousy timing, mate! Feel better soon.

I carry today this little Finnish.

That’s a nice one, Jose’.

You sure do!


Sad news; it will be tragic if you can only carve bald bears from now on.


I'd have trouble telling the difference between your mosquitoes and moose up there! I suppose the mosquitoes don't have antlers.
Beard patina seems something to be proud of!


Let's not make a hasty decision!
I'll wax politically incorrect here, with an ethnic/national stereotype: those Swiss sure pay attention to details, and we should try to follow their lead. If we pay attention to the "fine print" on the SAKWiki page I linked to, we see that both an Explorer model AND an Explorer Plus model are described there, and the photos show only the Explorer Plus. We also note that the hook tool only appears after 1991. Furthermore, the twirly thing (eyeglasses screwdriver) and the short separate thing (straight pin) are tools ONLY for the Explorer Plus model; as you note, they might be lost (from the Plus model) or your knife never had them (if it was a "plain" Explorer). Does your SAK have an ink pen in the scales? Here's my conjecture: your knife is pre-1991 and if it has a pen, it's an Explorer Plus (with eyeglasses screwdriver and straight pin missing). If it does NOT have a pen, and no space for a pen in the scales, it's an Explorer.


Thanks, Rob.
It's a contemporary Marbles model, made in China.


Thanks for the kind words, Jack, and for your input on the phrase "color commentator".


Splendid pair of knives, José!


Notable pair, Steve!


Primo Pony Jack (and dandy dodecahedral die)!


Glad you could get away, John; hope you had a great time!


Captivating Case canoe!


That's a very appealing knife!


Recycled or not, an A-1 photo, Jack!
Sorry to hear that your back "relapsed", on Yorkshire Day, no less.
I hope you're fit again ASAP!

My recent knife shopping spree included a couple of paring knives, a beech-handled Otter Messer with 3" carbon steel blade and a Victorinox utility knife with 4" stainless blade, black synthetic handle, and a nylon belt sheath. (The sheath was probably the main reason I bought the Victorinox.) The knives are shown with a red-handled Vic paring knife I'd purchased previously; the sheath will work with each of the 3 knives.
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- GT

Nice deep dive into Victorinox lore!

This Camillus-made Schrade a lot lately. It hasn't got the stainless springs that make me feel secure, but it's significantly shorter than the Case **47 with the same size main blade.

I'm trying to think of a suitable unit of measurement for coot-perceived ergs.

Aha! My coot-deceived memory got triggered.
I knew I wasn’t gone round the bend when I asked about your Camillus Stockman. I just forgot it was a Schrade

when mornin comes and it’s time to go, Pony Boy carry me home …

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Dicky Betts!

 

[JTR357]

The medium stockman is becoming one of my favorite patterns.


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[screened porch]

Found this on searching - use at your own risk : The removal of not yet completely cured epoxy resin is of course much easier than if the material is already completely dry.

For this purpose, the use of isopropyl alcohol (also known as isopropanol) is the most suitable option. Epoxy can also be removed very well with vinegar or acetone if it has not yet dried through.

Hmm. Thanks.
I'll try that. What could possibly go wrong?
{I'll let you know.)

 

[JohnDF]

You mean when I’m in a hole, I should stop digging???

I don't know, I've put myself in some pretty deep holes before, makes climbing out that much more of an achievement.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[r8shell]

A 2021 Pony Jack, or a 1913-1927 Morley?

Both!

 

[Bloefield]

Today for the morning trail walk with the dog. Sak Walker and 1993 Buck 501
Dog drank [attempted to] all the water from hand. Hot here.

 

[afishhunter]

Good Morning Porch Friends
I got to sneak away for a little fishing yesterday evening... I even caught a handful of little Trout.

"A handful of little trout" ... If "keepers" and you have average "human" male size hands ... That'd be what? One?
That's still more than I caught last time I went ...

 

[JohnDF]

If "keepers" and you have average "human" male size hands ... That'd be what? One?

No "keepers" in the bunch... just little guys.

 

[sf fanatic]

A couple of herbivores today.
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[Gary W. Graley]

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G2

 

[Primble]

"A handful of little trout" ... If "keepers" and you have average "human" male size hands ... That'd be what? One?
That's still more than I caught last time I went ...

It's not that hard to catch big ones ................................................. if you are a bald eagle. Some forty years ago, some of my fishing friends and I went to the tail waters of Lake Cumberland to fish for Rainbow trout. Had to stop and buy trout bait and a trout stamp. Had a memorable breakfast. I might have caught ten trout that morning, the biggest being about 5 or 4 inches long. Lots of deer activity and bald eagles soaring above.

A beautiful morning, but, no good fish were caught............... except about 3 hours into the excursion, one of the bald eagles came down and skimmed across the water, and came up with at least a 20 inch trout. He flapped his wings to the other side and landed on a cliff. That fish looked big from our side. He sat there and had his breakfast, as we watched. So you see, it ain't all that hard.

 

[Ironbut]

 

[Modoc ED]

Don't know what we'll do today. Maybe run into town for a pizza. It actually rained hard here yesterday afternoon and last night. Anyway, this CV Sowbelly will handle most anything that comes up. Very easy pocket carry.

 

[DKIN]

The humidity has been driving me into the workshop lately. I've had this 86 in tow because of the subtle wrench shield that suggests: 'workshop'.

 

[JonMcD]

 

[pmek5]

 

[unclekurty]

Enjoyed a walk on the cliffs this morning with this one in my pocket.

 

[mbkr]

I like everything about that knife. The pattern. The blade compliment. The bone. The Damascus. Just everything

 

[JM2]

Anyone ever seen a paperweight like this. It’s solid brass. Looks like a high school shop project. We found it in a fallen down house that was 100 years old. Bunch of other stuff from the 1960s or earlier too. I been meaning to post a picture of it for quite a while. I finally dug it out.

https://imgur.com/uEY6dlv