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Beautiful!!Too arrogant to include this one I just scored? Semi traditional perhaps. My second GP, this one with jigged bone.
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Thank you very much, Jack!!!Those two fragrant Frenchies are outstanding my friend![]()
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Ha, ha; thanks a lot, Gary!!!Noteworthy pair, JJ, scouts' honor!![]()


















Wonderful journey- you and your knife.I am late for parade I just went to write
Your Traditional Knife of the Year 2021
To slow, it was closed quite some time ago,my fault for putting it off.
Well I received quite a few knives I liked a lot but this one wins,easy.
I returned after an absence after getting fed up with all the power buying of GEC for profit or gain made me lose interest.
Much the same as to why I dont watch football anymore the greed and inflated wages turns my stomach.
I had no idea of the furore going on with the forum knife etc.
When I received one I was overjoyed and determined to make the most of the opportunity and use it as intended.
That I have done taking it on 2 big motorbike road trips and using it here there and everywhere.
Today I have been cleaning and oiling it (twice in fact) and its ready to be used again and add some fresh (unforced) patina.
What an absolute pleasure it is to use,I love the way I can pinch it open and the satisfying mechanical way it clicks to half stop then closes.
Its mechanical poetry.
Here it is Billy Barlow (my first ever Barlow) my knife of the year...
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I hopeToday's carry.
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It's sort of weird to have a knife again. We just spent 2 weeks in the hospital whereMrsR&T had an emergency c-section and at just under 34 weeks along a 4lb 2.1oz baby boy. He'll have to stay in NICU for several weeks before going home with his adoptive parents. We're visiting regularly and will be a part of his life.
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Thank you.I hopeMrsR&T is doing okay!
Glad Mrs.R&T is recoveringThank you.
Her first couple days were pretty rough but now that the preclampsia is subsiding she's starting to recover.
Nice, Paul. Now may I suggest you get down on your knees in the garden or flower bed? Those hands are just too clean!
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Manny is waiting for a couple of shots.
Two beauties with you today. Hope you catch your limit.
That Viper is such a beautiful balance of aesthetics … so refined … looks like a custom.
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