What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Thinking of my Grandfather, Army Air Corps, WW1 in France, my Dad, Coast Guard, WW2 in the South Pacific, and all those who served. Thanks for your service!
I'm a member of the DD-214 club myself, discharged from the USAF in 1973.
Today's carry.
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Thanks to all who served. My Dd 214 looks like the declaration of independence it's so brown and wrinkled.
I think of my father and the strangeness of war. He bombed the village in Sicily where his father grew up.
 
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I usually don't pay very much attention to GEC models, but there are several models over the years that have definitely caught my eye, and these sowbellies with the clip/lambsfoot blade combo certainly fall into that "impossible to ignore" category!

Jer, that CRKT Daedalus is very cool! I waited too long to decide I wanted one, and now they're very "thin on the ground."


Splendid Case red bone trio!!


Good wood, Jeff!


Fine fall foto of your quotidian lamb, John!


Welcome back, David, and thanks for the update; your story is a real inspiration! I hope that the situation continues to improve for your wife and you!


I very rarely wear overalls (I have a pair of Big Macs from about 1972), but when I do, I've given up trying to carry a knife in a "chest pocket". Every time I have to sit on the toilet and the front of the overalls folds down, any knife in a chest pocket falls out!


Great grains!!


My purpose in life is to admire competence!


First time the annual flu shot hasn't protected me in 5 years, so I was probably "due". Pretty much over it now. Maybe the worst part was not being able to take advantage (until yesterday) of unusually nice November weather to take photos of those fine knives you sent me. (My indoor photos tend to be quite low quality.)


Great idea!!
Since life can brew up an unexpected storm almost any day, I tend to ALWAYS carry a canoe (along with whatever other knives I'm carrying).


Striking Northfield Barlow, Todd! What kind of wood is that?


Congrats on a marvelous find; the bone is outstanding!!


Thanks, Todd.
I think that set of 12 Rough Riders turned me into a RR enthusiast for life!

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Sublime stag on that knife, Joshua! Churchill, right?
(Another of the relatively few GECs that have caught my fancy; wish they'd make one with a spear main.)


Thanks for the additional info.


Hope the storm ride wasn't too rough, and that the Chief-carving goes well!


Thanks for the additional info, including pics, Jeff; really impressive knife!!


That is one funky foto!


Looking good, Alan! Is that a tulip tree leaf?
(I haven't been listing the tater skin RR you sent me among my carries the past few weeks, but it's constantly in the backpack I carry daily.)


Best wishes with the critter and the copperhead!


Notable pair, Steve (as always)!!


Really like the covers on that one! Some kind of acrylic?


Couple of sturdy stag beasts, Jack!!




I admire so many of your knives, many of which are models that only appear in your posts!!

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Many thanks, my friend!

You are correct about overalls. Another thing that turns me off is when the bottoms of the pockets are sewn to the legs. If you sit on something low, the pockets will be upside down, and your knives will slide out.

Chainsawing, and took a break to sit on a stump. That cost me some time figuring out where my knife had gone.
 
Peregrin said:
Thinking of my Grandfather, Army Air Corps, WW1 in France, my Dad, Coast Guard, WW2 in the South Pacific, and all those who served. Thanks for your service!
I'm a member of the DD-214 club myself, discharged from the USAF in 1973.
Today's carry.
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Fantastic pairing Gary :) :thumbsup:
 
5K Qs said:
I usually don't pay very much attention to GEC models, but there are several models over the years that have definitely caught my eye, and these sowbellies with the clip/lambsfoot blade combo certainly fall into that "impossible to ignore" category!

- GT
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Thanks Gary. I got mine in a trade with Modoc ED Modoc ED . It's a pretty nice knife :D
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5K Qs said:
I admire so many of your knives
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Thank you. Nearly forty knives carried & used on the days posted & as yet I don't think I've posted the same knife twice....
These have been my work "users", I'll have to start & carry some that are my "clean clothes" knives. 😄

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many of which are models that only appear in your posts!!
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The brass one is my first attempt at a slip-joint made some years ago, inspired by the Douk Douk, only five parts, one piece sheet brass body, blade, spring & two rivets.
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