What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Ed G]

Stay warm Ed !
It was a crisp 16 degrees here this morning. The brass on the Gunstock pattern works nicely.

Thank you, Sir!
16? … can’t claim anything close to that! we were in the high 20s earlier, but having grown up in New York, I’m no stranger to the teens!

 

[Heathenhymnal]

Early Morning, 1912 ............................. one hundred ten years ago:

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January 6 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S.

February 14 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state

March 6 – Oreo cookies introduced.

April 10 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her maiden voyage for New York City.

April 18 – The RMS Carpathia arrives in New York City with Titanic's 706 survivors.

April 20 – Baseball parks opened:

• Tiger Stadium (Detroit) as Navin Field.
• Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.

May 11 – Alaska is constituted as a territory of the U.S.

May 18 – The Detroit Tigers go on strike to protest the suspension of Ty Cobb

June 9 – The Villisca axe murders take place in Villisca, Iowa

July 19 – A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg explodes over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona causing thousands of pieces of debris to rain down on the town.

November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1912: Democratic challenger and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft.


Births of 1912:

May 18 – Perry Como, singer

May 27

• John Cheever, fiction writer
• Sam Snead, golfer

July 17 – Art Linkletter, television host

August 13 – Ben Hogan, golfer

October 25 – Minnie Pearl, humorist

That Keen Kutter barlow....

 

[Ed G]

Early Morning, 1912 ............................. one hundred ten years ago:

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January 6 – New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S.

February 14 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state

March 6 – Oreo cookies introduced.

April 10 - The British ocean liner RMS Titanic leaves Southampton, England on her maiden voyage for New York City.

April 18 – The RMS Carpathia arrives in New York City with Titanic's 706 survivors.

April 20 – Baseball parks opened:

• Tiger Stadium (Detroit) as Navin Field.
• Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.

May 11 – Alaska is constituted as a territory of the U.S.

May 18 – The Detroit Tigers go on strike to protest the suspension of Ty Cobb

June 9 – The Villisca axe murders take place in Villisca, Iowa

July 19 – A meteorite with an estimated mass of 190 kg explodes over the town of Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona causing thousands of pieces of debris to rain down on the town.

November 5 – U.S. presidential election, 1912: Democratic challenger and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft.


Births of 1912:

May 18 – Perry Como, singer

May 27

• John Cheever, fiction writer
• Sam Snead, golfer

July 17 – Art Linkletter, television host

August 13 – Ben Hogan, golfer

October 25 – Minnie Pearl, humorist

More stunning beauties!
Love the bolsters on that Keen Kutter!
And a really interesting snapshot in time!
Thank you for sharing all!

 

[Ed G]

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That is just gorgeous!
Easily one of the nicest ‘Dogs I’ve seen!

 

[JJ Cahill]

We've had a lot of rain this week, but I'm hoping it's dry enough for me to go for a walk tomorrow Going to take these 3 with me Have a great weekend folks

Hopefully you get a good stretch of the legs with those three robust beauties; have a great Saturday!

 

[JJ Cahill]

I love Penknife patterns, and always mean to carry one more often. Those are a couple of beauties JJ

Thank you very much, Jack!!! They definitely disappear into the pocket

 

[Modoc ED]

We're staying home this weekend. I'm going to trim a couple/three tree limbs that broke under the weight of the snow we got this past week with our chain saw and might need a stout knife in my pocket to do some close-up cutting of twig size off shoots. My Ebony A. Wright Bunny Knife should do what I need for that. It's built like a tank and the C70 steel takes a very sharp edge. Biscuits and gravy with sausage for breakfast.

 

[bigfish64]

All three are absolute stunners, but the easy open tear drop is my favorite of the three!

Here's mine; some stag for Saturday. Hope everybody has a great weekend.
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Super carries James.

tidying up out back today … mornings are starting to feel a bit crisp …
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Beautiful photo, looks like a calendar shot, well done.

 

[bigfish64]

I’m just going to roll with this one for another day. Have a great Saturday everyone.

 

[Primble]

That is just gorgeous!
Easily one of the nicest ‘Dogs I’ve seen!

I really wish you hadn't mentioned "Dogs".
It so happens the Georgia Bulldogs football team is in Lexington this afternoon, to devour our Wildcats.
I give the Cats a one in a ? .................. no chance ! Georgia by 45 .................errrrr ............ I meant by 10.
Hoping for a blizzard, but, the sun keeps on shining.

 

[SteveC]

Voos Jack and a new Barlow style Lambsfoot.

 

[Jon0385]

 

[Corn Fed]

A safe queen. Considering as a user.

 

[5K Qs]

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Finished up the Chief last night

Looks great, and the final carving stages and painting must have gone fast!
Did you use dog-repellent paint this time??

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It's Hump Day.

Clever Hump Day choices!
Do you think of that pair as 2 dromedary camels, or one Bactrian camel, when you're using your knives to play zoo (as so many of us occasionally do)?

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Handsome knife, but the other object in the photo caught my attention. I think you have several objects with that same "overlapping circles" design that have appeared in knife photos you've posted recently. What does the design represent??

Good Morning Porch Friends
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"Black sheep" often has negative connotations, but that black lamb is positivity personified!!

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Kool Kamp-King! I'll probably always remember that I bought an almost-mint Kamp-King at an antique store the weekend before COVID hit my city.

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EDIT: I just so happen to be carrying it so why not post a pic of the offending scale.

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Matt

Practically perfect patch, pal!! (If I ever managed to do such a good job, I wouldn't even dream of messing with it any more.)

I am going to go get this Stag and put it in my pockets also . It is not Saturday yet , but this day does end with a "Y " .

Harry

Fascinating knife, Harry!
What pattern is it? The bolster by the blade looks like maybe the knife is a lockback copperhead. (And with the lock release bar so far back, the bolster on that end looks like another copperhead bolster, but rotated 180 degrees).

Lost my focus.

That puppy seems so earnest/serious! How are your other 2 dogs getting along with the "new kid on the block"?

Pulled out the Nontron Violin for knife content in an off topic Bunny Knife thread post
May as well toss into my pocket ... Wooden Wednesday and all

In the 70's, my father was national sales manager for American Candy Co and landed an account with Disney
He was presented with this original artwork from Disney Corporation and signed by Disney illustrator, colorist and layout artist
Alvin White, Gene Ware and Hawley Pratt, who all did the piece

That's an outstanding family heirloom, Jim; thanks for showing it!

I saw a knife with the same tang stamp and a handle advertising somebody's blue prints, so maybe B&B was actually a maker, but I don't know. When I bought the knife, i think I had some success googling it, but now all I get is bed and breakfasts.
I can't make my old post come up in a search, either.

I decided to try googling "b&b st. paul mn knife" and I think I found the company. This Wikipedia site for Brown & Bigelow is pretty interesting, although not much about knives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_&_Bigelow
They were apparently big in making calendars, including calendars for the Boy Scouts of America (Norman Rockwell did covers for the BSA calendars for 50 years), and they had contracts with popular "pin-up artists". They also commissioned a series of 16 ever-popular "Dogs Playing Poker" illustrations (I think another website reported that those works were used for cigar ads). They also produced Hoyle playing cards. Real Americana!!
The company appears to be still operating, and my cursory glance at their website (https://www.brownandbigelow.com) suggests that their current business is mainly providing promotional products of many kinds to other businesses. I searched their website for knives, and they had at least a couple hundred options of knife-ish objects (multitools, camp knives, a couple of lockbacks, carabiner knives, ...) that they could put your name on and you could give to your valued customers. The impression I had was that B&B gets all of their products from third parties, and then applies promotional messages to those products for customers who come to B&B for that service.

Yeah, I think the daughter feinted Incredible how easy it can be to injure yourself, I can think of several horrific injury/mundane circumstances stories offhand, but I'll spare you!
Thanks Gary, somebody probably has a story that'd fit in there, but not me!

I'm helping my pal out at the market tomorrow, and we're expecting heavy rain all day Taking these two along Have a good day everyone

I feel kind of fortunate that I made it through 18 years of growing up on a dairy farm without serious mishaps! There were a lot of farmers in our area who were "missing parts" because of accidents involving machinery (often power take-off shafts and loose clothing).
Your knife pair for Thursday looks like it could handle anything the market throws at you (other than low-hanging rafters).

Thanks Gary, it's a Schrade Cutco.

Thanks, Steve. You'd think I'd be able to guess that just counting letters on the stamp!

Thanks, Gary. Comfortable shoes and a good knife are necessities, along with a comfortable mattress so ya don't wake up each day with a backache.

These two in the pocket today. Fight'n Rooster and Western 522.
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Couple of ace knives, Greg!
I think all the walking I do these days has been good for my back, but we've have 1.5 feet of snow the past 2 days, and they predict another 6-12 inches today. The shoveling is gonna be a real test of how sound my back really is, especially since the snow is the wet, heavy stuff that sticks to the shovel when you try to throw it. So far, so good though - three 30+ minute sessions Friday and one more first thing this morning with no back flare-ups! Probably 2 more sessions this afternoon, and if the forecast is correct, 3 more Sunday, and then I should be good through Thanksgiving at least.

I've been toting these two single bladed wood covered jacks today.

It's been more than a week since election day, but I'm still in a voting mood, JJ!
I'll vote for that elegant black Al Mar!

Oak handled MAM

The oak handle is a classy touch for that MAM!

Yes it is Gary, a lucky find on the bay. I also got a large Texas Jack in Chestnut. I’ll post a picture soon.

Thanks, Todd; I found the photo in that Case thread.

I carried my ettrick today.

Wow, cattle seem really drawn to that ettrick, Bart! (Wonder if cattle rustlers used to use them back in the day.)

- GT

 

[Jonny D]

Buck 532 in ancient ivory.

 

[Centermass]

Out running some errands before the wedding of one of my wife’s friends tonight. Let’s just say I hope there are beverages. It’ll probably be this one, the Shuffler, or Tascosa for the event later. All are dress slacks worthy IMO.

 

[Peregrin]

Out running some errands before the wedding of one of my wife’s friends tonight. Let’s just say I hope there are beverages. It’ll probably be this one, the Shuffler, or Tascosa for the event later. All are dress slacks worthy IMO.

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Those Fox Cutlery Recoil Gunstocks are great knives! Nice one!

 

[Centermass]

Those Fox Cutlery Recoil Gunstocks are great knives! Nice one!

Indeed. Only had it a little while, but it has been in my pocket quite frequently since.

 

[Jiki]

I found evidence of another whittler in the area on my trek though the wetlands this morning.

 

[Ironbut]