What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Jonny D]

 

[Travman]

 

[Jiki]

Took a hike with my Madison this morning.

 

[sf fanatic]

Newly christened by Pete the “Beech Boy“ and a Viper with imho some killer stag.
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[Amir Fleschwund]

Love that Schrade Whittler. I've been keeping an eye out on the auction site recently for a nice example like yours.

Thanks! I highly recommend you searching one out.
It’s one of two I have. I’d admired one that TheChunk91 had shown here, a Schrade made Craftsman. And he encouraged me to look for one. Then, he sent me a link to one for sale on the ‘bay, and I snapped it up.
But this Schrade is a special one to me. A couple of years ago, we were visiting our Granddaughters down in Georgia, and Ron, aka: Half/Stop , called and invited us to meet him and his wife for breakfast on our way home. So we met at a Cracker Barrel in Tennesse, My wife and daughter hit it off with Pam and Ron, and we got caught up on things since we’d last met up with @OldEngineer at the Badger Knife Show. As we said goodbye, and broke the covid rules to shake hands, he pressed the 804 into my hand. It was only a few weeks later that he went home to the Lord. Great guy, much loved here on the Porch, and I wish I’d gotten to know him better.

 

[5K Qs]

I'll post the final 2 of my 10 favorite Case knives that I've been totin' since Monday.
I think this mini copperhead with blue jigged bone covers, red shield, and stainless wharncliffe/pen blade combo is maybe the prettiest knife I own (or maybe it's just the best/luckiest knife photo I've ever taken )


I like mini trappers more than I like full size trappers, and I have several Case mini trappers of which I'm quite fond, so I thought I should include one in my top ten Cases. My chestnut jigged bone CV mini trapper is certainly a champ, and I have a fine single-blade "lambcliffe" Carharrt mini trapper (thanks, John), but I finally settled on this one for "historical purposes". Jeff black mamba once created a Case Beerbelly stockman by taking a Case sowbelly and a Case amber jigged bone mini trapper with clip and cap lifter, and swapping the cap lifter with the spey blade of the sowbelly. Jeff generously sent the modified mini trapper to me with its unique blade combo of full-sized clip and smaller secondary spey blade (originally in the sowbelly), a combo that I prefer to equal length clip/spey characteristic of most mini trappers. Thanks, Jeff!


- GT

 

[Peregrin]

Definitely

Nice story Gary

Thanks Jack. Actually there is more to the story.....
My parents had decided on naming their first son David. Since I was first born, that should have been me, but there was a neighborhood "Dennis the Menace" named David when I was born. My folks couldn't bring themselves to name me David. So I got named Gary! Seven years later they'd forgotten about "David the Menace" and my brother got My name!
Life just ain't fair!

 

[Rufus1949]

Fresh from the craftsman and into my pocket.View attachment 1964665View attachment 1964666

 

[JW225]

Bocote afternoon...

 

[Peregrin]

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That's some nice burl wood! Is it Ironwood?

 

[BrotherJim]

My parents had decided on naming their first son David. Since I was first born, that should have been me, but there was a neighborhood "Dennis the Menace" named David when I was born. My folks couldn't bring themselves to name me David. So I got named Gary! Seven years later they'd forgotten about "David the Menace" and my brother got My name!
Life just ain't fair!

Same ... but different. I was supposed to be Michael (Mike) but the nurse said first born boy should be named after the father ... so, James (Jim)
Following year, my little brother Mike was born

 

[Rufus1949]

That's some nice burl wood! Is it Ironwood?

Thank you kind sir...it is dyed maple burl.

 

[Eads1999]

 

[Peregrin]

Rufus1949
Oh ok. Nice looking knife! If you stare at the handles awhile you start seeing some strange faces in there! It's all those eyes!
And no, I'm not smoking or day drinking!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. Actually there is more to the story.....
My parents had decided on naming their first son David. Since I was first born, that should have been me, but there was a neighborhood "Dennis the Menace" named David when I was born. My folks couldn't bring themselves to name me David. So I got named Gary! Seven years later they'd forgotten about "David the Menace" and my brother got My name!
Life just ain't fair!

Fresh from the craftsman and into my pocket.View attachment 1964665View attachment 1964666

Very attractive

 

[Rufus1949]

Rufus1949
Oh ok. Nice looking knife! If you stare at the handles awhile you start seeing some strange faces in there! It's all those eyes!
And no, I'm not smoking or day drinking!

Oh good I'm not the only one seeing things.

 

[Rufus1949]

Very attractive

Thank you Jack...if I may use a first name being new here.

 

[TylerG12]

I've been looking for 72 LB with a spear and in jigged bone for I can't tell ya how long. I know they've been around every now and then, but they've either been out of my price range or someone beat me to it. Well, I finally got one and it just came in the mail today!!
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[Rufus1949]

I've been looking for 72 LB with a spear and in jigged bone for I can't tell ya how long. I know they've been around every now and then, but they've either been out of my price range or someone beat me to it. Well, I finally got one and it just came in the mail today!!
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Beautiful.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]