What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[ebrandwein]

https://imgur.com/a/aDiJGjf

 

[Jack Black]

71 today.
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Classic!

 

[echoscout]

English Whittler and a Lambsfoot

 

[Jakeywax31]

Classic!

Showed it to my son last week. He said it was cheesy!!! How dare he make fun of Snake Plissken like that .

 

[JJ Cahill]

hanks JJ, a tough life for sure! I polished that one off, and followed it with another toughie before bedtime (see below)!

They sound like some real page turners! I did see the "Get Carter" movie, Michael Caine is awesome!

That is a very aesthetic blade my friend, fantastic knife

Thank you very kindly, Jack!!!

Have a good day everyone Sticking with my Hartshead Barlow

Can't beat sticking with an amazing and faithful pal, Jack; hope your pain is subsiding, too!

 

[Jiki]

 

[Johnnythefox]

One of Mark's Fixed Blade Fish Barlow's and a 77 Barlow today.

you win

 

[Johnnythefox]

1977 I was young then

 

[5K Qs]

Thank you sir, I hope you have a great vacation!!!

Thank you very much Gary, I hope you have a great vacation

Thanks for the vacation well-wishes, gents.

Thanks, Gary. That's not a Tina; it's a CK Italy that Jack sent me a while back. A very pocketable pruner.
I envy your cold weather, if not the dryness. I visited a friend in the country, but even with the "cold front" it was too hot to play outside, except for about five minutes of rain that prompted us to put down our drinks and run outside to feel a few drops. We did get to see some shooting stars early in the morning, part of the Perseid meteor shower, I think.

Thanks for the correction, Rachel. I thought to myself, "Somehow, I got her CK and Tina mixed up." But I did a Search of this forum and found no evidence that you EVER posted a Tina, so I'm more mixed up than I realized!
I should look for some meteors when I wake up in the middle of the night this week. Looking south directly onto Lake Huron, I have very dark skies, but I don't know if south is a fruitful direction for the Perseids at, say 2am EDT, and there's a nearly full moon to contend with in almost the same direction.

Thanks Gary
That particular road is a private road. Its probably 1/2 mile long or so. There are two houses on it. One belongs to friend of mine. Its where I go to play cards. There are a couple of local county roads that aren't really two cars wide. I drive the one on a levee often. When meeting someone, the protocol is somebody pulls over as far as they feel safe doing and stops, and the other one eases by. The only non-locals on that road are lost

Thanks for the info, Mike. I don't see many roads that narrow, although I'm in the UP now and was walking on a private gravel road this morning that would be too narrow for 2 cars to meet.

It’s a scout with a pen blade instead of an awl. The shield indicates it’s from the 1980’s, at least from what I could find online to age Boker USA. The wear on it makes me think it was kept in a tool bag.

Thanks for the info. Those old scouts are cool!
And a much-belated welcome to The Porch!

5K Qs … Yes, as I understand it the knife was made as an advertising knife for New Holland farm equipment … came in a nice little box, just so …
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… glad you appreciated my little identity crisis!

Very cool photo of that New Holland knife in the box. Strange that they have the penny in there. My understanding of the "coin for a gift knife" tradition, that I picked up in some thread here on BF, is that the person receiving the gift is supposed to come up with a coin for the giver, rather than giver providing both knife and coin.

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Thanks, my friend. Have a great vacation!

I agree about Isaiah. My son chose 43:1 for his brother’s memorial, and that book just falls open to that passage.

Thanks, Jeff. Nice story about that passage.
Here's a photo of my only results from gardening; I managed to harvest some of these grapes from the vine on the fence along the alley before the birds, squirrels, and human passersby could get them all!

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Man, Jim. All you need is for the microwave to stop with your mug handle facing the wrong way, and you can just write it off as NOT YOUR DAY.
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Hate, HATE it when the microwave does that

I hate that mug handle to the back, too. I should be able to avoid it if I just measure the microwave's RPM. Too lazy, I guess, although I know that if I stick in the mug for one last 30 seconds of heating, the handle ALWAYS ends up on the back side.

Ain't that the truth!

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Canoes are the pattern of choice for persons of class!

I got a book in the mail today.
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Congrats!
NOS??

I know what you mean Gary, I can’t give him a game anymore, not even close!
Have a great vacation Gary.

Thanks, Todd.
You'd probably become competitive again if you cut back on cigars (or got your son to smoke a lot more of them).

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Stunning photos, Todd!
I liked the one with raindrops on your vehicle but blue sky above you; hope you didn't let rainy days and Monday get you down!

I was going to post a rigging knife, but some mysterious mental current brought me from the Battle of Trafalgar to the textile mills of Utica.

I'll bet some of the textile "fixers" would welcome having a marlinspike to do some probing.

Peeling my fruit while listening to 6 blade knife,who doesnt love picky blues?
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I love the guitar on that song.

I know nothing about playing guitar, but Dire Straits certainly has a lot of songs with guitar I like to listen to. I'll often say, "I'm gonna watch a Dire Straits video on YouTube before I go to bed." An hour later, I'm still watching them.

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I hope Rough Ryder is paying you a commission for each burlap micarta knife they sell, Alan! You sure are making that work knife look splendid!

Good Morning Porch Friends
I've been super duper busy the last few days and struggling to keep up here.
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Couple of winners, John!
I hope it doesn't take long for you to settle into an efficient routine for your school responsibilities this year.

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Superb sowbelly!

Sticking close to home today. Don't need anything heavy duty so this Queen aluminum framed Barlow should do. Sausage and eggs up for breakfast.

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Queen for a Day!

I have a Mikov knife from the Czech Republic with me on the shores of Lake Huron, as well as a Spanish Pallares Solsona (thanks, Tom):



- GT

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Why is it, a company can't leave well enough alone when they have a good product? For me the Eaton College has a clean, crisp smell and it makes a great lather and smooth shave

Somebody in Marketing convinced the brass that “New and Improved” would increase sales?

Anyway, shaving is overrated.

 

[afishhunter]

Tidioute 828318 Dixie Stockman and 141122 Tom's Choice, Tom's Back Barlow.
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Esterbrook "J" sporting a 9461 Rigid Fine nib. (suitable for use with/on carbon copies) Fed with Noodlers bulletproof archival black ink.

 

[mbkr]

Anyway, shaving is overrated.

 

[SteveC]

Stockyard Whittler and a Spalted Beech LF

 

[Centermass]

Canoes are the pattern of choice for persons of class!

You take that back! I know I have very little!

 

[screened porch]

I'll bet some of the textile "fixers" would welcome having a marlinspike to do some probing.

Could well be, for all I know about looms.

Spanish Pallares Solsona (

Those are great knives.

 

[joeradza]

I hope Rough Ryder is paying you a commission for each burlap micarta knife they sell, Alan! You sure are making that work knife look splendid!

Thanks Gary, if only.

 

[Corto_Malt]

I'm liking that one a lot !

Thanks.
(It is to be purchased.)

 

[Jack Black]

They sound like some real page turners! I did see the "Get Carter" movie, Michael Caine is awesome!

Thank you very kindly, Jack!!!

Can't beat sticking with an amazing and faithful pal, Jack; hope your pain is subsiding, too!

Michael Caine at his finest JJ! Great movie

Thank you my friend, I hope it's going to come soon

Stockyard Whittler and a Spalted Beech LF


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Fabulous pair Steve.

 

[SteveC]

Cheers Jack !

 

[Crappie71]

Cocobolo and straight pulls today.