New Stag arrival from France, less than 48 hours to get here from Lyon
Congrats on the intriguing new stag barehead, Will!
I really admire the photo, too, although it offers no clues to the size of the knife.
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
Thrilling trio of vintage knives!
(That Keen Kutter is another stunning pick bone example!)
Your memory of past events in your life is impressive, Rob!
Voos Jack and a new Barlow style Lambsfoot.
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Heavenly handles on those knives, Steve!
They're all from Armstrong Metalworks. He calls it solar blueprint and does several patterns. He's a really cool guy who does great pieces of art that are pocket trinkets.
Thanks for the info.
So the concentric circles might represent paths of planets orbiting their star, while the other circles might represent the orbits of moons for some of those planets? Very cool!
Rolling with a couple newer Case chestnuts.
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Chestnuts to cherish!
You've been posting a lot of knives recently that I think are real lookers!
Thanks! I had time and momentum on my side, and I wasn’t too picky. Painting is super fast. I’m leaving him at work far away from the dogs
I’m making a snowman (or girl) for my daughter. Something easy to get a feel for how the 59 works out.
One of the nastiest things about accidents is the mundanity of them Gary. If you look at photos of
old cutlers, they generally cut their shirts and jackets off at the elbow! 
I've seen a couple of nasty industrial accidents involving rings, but just hearing about our neighbour, made me think very carefully about wearing one
Thank you my friend, no matter how many penknives I give to Tool Man, he never has one on him
Very interesting that those cutlers would make safety modifications to their work clothes; makes sense with all the belts and wheels I've seen in photos.
Ethan and Dawg out on the hunt.
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Love the sunny stag!
Yep, an ettrick (and
a bag of salt) brings ‘em running every time
So the ettrick had some help.
Back in the 50s and 60s on our dairy farm, we used to have a steel stake driven into the ground in the barnyard or pasture that would hold a block of salt (50 lbs?) with a hole through the center. My 2 younger brothers used to occasionally lick it, too, or chip off a little flake to lick, but I've never been much of a salt fan. (They also used to eat the dogs' Milk Bones, which I only tried once.)
My knife of choice today became a “Survival” knife, it’s lucky just by chance it’s fairly long & slender unlike some of the shorter stouter stuff I’ve been carrying lately.
The situation began just a short time ago when I was served food without a knife
I was about to ask for one when I thought about what was in my pocket.
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Emergency over.
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And it worked better than a supplier knife would have done & just goes to show how even a humble “Traditional “ can be a Survival knife. I must just add though,
I didn’t notice any Zombies lurking around as this all played out.....
Nice edge on that knife!
(My experience is that you never notice the Zombies until it's too late.
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Charming Christmas bling!
Those cranes are obviously big fans of mistletoe.
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Totin’ one of my all time favorites today. It has been unusually cold and overcast this weekend. When I spend this much time inside, I usually focus on my knives. I wish all of you a blessed day.
Charismatic Churchill, LT!
I really like the pattern, but I had forgotten that one of its draws for me is the tang stamp: the first 2 digits are half my current age, and, more importantly, the last 4 digits are my house number!
John Primble India Steel Works Black Stag Crown Jack -
RARE ! is how it was listed in the big Primble ISW estate auction I got it from, about 8 years ago. It is definitely stag.
Thank you GT and I might add that Schrade to the pick bone thread.
Thanks for the listing info on that incredible knife.
I thought its bolster had something to do with crowns, but, as usual, I know just enough to be dangerous.
Family arrives mid week. I'm enjoying the calm before the storm.
Exquisite ebony Esquire!
I hope you have an enjoyable family holiday!
I’ve said it before…
@SteveC DOES NOT OWN ONE UGLY KNIFE!
Impeccable taste.
I'll second that motion!
Handsome knife, Bob!
Stellar stag, and I always prefer rounded bolsters; looks like at least the closed blade has a sunk joint. What pattern is it? I'm guessing it has blades at opposite ends and might be an improved muskrat.
- GT
Thank you Gary for your kind remarks. My pictures are more enlightening than my words. As you see, the mark side is slightly drab.
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Thanks for the additional photo of your stag Bulldog, Bob!
The 2 sides may not have matching stag, but still a very handsome knife, and I love theBulldog logo. (I really like tang stamps and shields that have Illustrations of "real stuff" on them - animals, trees, people, buildings, etc.)
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In Nashville, they have live music in McDonalds. Well, at least this one right by the big Opry joint.
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This old boy was scary good.
Front seat shot of my car knife.
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She said “so you are wearing a summer tie?”
Geez. At least it’s a damn tie.
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I offered my TL-29 to help with the wedding cake. Mrs Fleschwund said “grow up, and put away your knife.”
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Have a sweet day!
Have a safe and enjoyable trip, Jeff!
I'm not surprised that a guitar picker in a Nashville McDonald's is good:
That front seat shot shows that you're a guy who takes "Get a grip!" seriously!
I didn't realize that ties could be seasonal.
Your wife seems to be asking a lot; maybe she should start by giving you options: grow up OR put away your knife.
- GT
Hope the wedding goes off smooth and isn't totally ruined by your off-season tie.
Hope everything goes well Rachel, and that you have a great time 
