What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Travman]

 

[Rufus1949]

I love that one. I wish they would make that one of their annual vault release

I will have to agree with you Bart. I wish they would release more of these with the same quality and craftsmanship.
Enjoy the park, I miss both skate and surf boards. Too many leg injuries over the years.

 

[I'mSoSharp]

 

[5K Qs]

Black Catt Friday

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Those black Cats look like GOOD luck to me, Rob!
The photo of the second knife contains a "buffalo nickel". I frequently see those coins in pics here, and it seems to me that they're almost always from either 1936 or 1937. I finally investigated on Google to see if there's a reason for that. Turns out there were about 159 million of them minted in 1936, 102 million in 1937, and the next biggest "model" was about 88 million in 1916 (the coin was minted from 1913 through 1938, and in half of those years the number minted was 41 million or lower).

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I've noticed that in the Old Knives thread pristine,etches intact still got the ink on the blades kinda knives causes us to drool and marvel. We often wonder how such a knives passed a century or more without use. But then there's the knives that were carried and used and sometimes repaired along the way. And everyone drools and marvels and wonders "Boy if that thing could talk,the stories it could tell" . Well Ol'97 here is well on its way to the "stories it could tell" and for myself I wouldn't have it any other way. So back in the day there must've been safe queens just as today, and users as well. We enjoy each in their own way and from the start it proves that there's no wrong way to enjoy the hobby.

Preach it, Brother David!

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Stuffed, but thankful.

Sublime pair of folders, LT!

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Game, set, match - what an incredible matched set!!

This pair today. Kinda gloomy afternoon but I do not mind. Hope you all are having a good one.

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Cool colors to drive away the gloom!

Sweet knife, but the barn really caught my eye. Reminds me a lot of the barn on the dairy farm where I was raised. Our barn had a gambrel roof instead of the gabled roof on the barn in your pic, but otherwise lots of architectural similarities: the "ramp" leading up to the double doors on the front of the barn, the lower level revealed on the right end of the barn (we had a milk house attached there, and eventually a "feed shed" when we put up a silo on that front corner), the level lower ground behind the barn where we had our barnyard where the cows entered and left the bottom level of the barn.

Here are my remaining 2 Ideal knives (shown here with an Opinel No. 8 for scale):

Both have the typical “shell” construction with the folded tabs on the fake bolsters. I modified the pen blade on the red one for whittling. I really like these knives, but they are harder to open than I like. Maybe they will loosen up a little with use.

As an aside, I propose the Opinel No. 8 should be the standard unit of measurement for all descriptions of knife size…

I was hoping maybe you'd be able to see the handle "attachment system" I tried to describe recently, so I was slightly disappointed to hear yours have the folded tabs on the bolsters. Interesting that you mention the "harder to open" feature. I have no problem with the main clip on the Ideal jack you sent me, but the secondary blade is a definite challenge to open.

I assume your suggested measurement standard refers to an unmodified Opinel No. 8. Here are the 2 I have.

For Saturday's tote, I chose an early Cattaraugus Gelding Jack and an old Robeson candle end lobster, which has finely coined NS liners.

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Outstanding bone on both of those knives!
I remember being impressed by that time card when you've posted it previously. But this was the first time I ever "studied" it. Pretty interesting! I couldn't read all the in-out columns on the card, but I'm guessing Mr. Ellis typically worked from 7:30am to 4pm with a half hour for lunch, for an 8-hour day. Maybe he knew his limitations and didn't want to be responsible for the Friday quality concerns that people sometimes mention, so he just took Fridays off. I wonder if Mr. Ellis wrote the stuff at the bottom of the card, or that was a job for somebody in the office? $17.05 for 31 hours comes out to a wage of 55¢/hour (so I guess he could afford to take Fridays off). What puzzles me is the 10% deduction ($1.70 subtracted) to get take-home pay of $15.35 for the week. Was that income tax withholding? A mandatory 10% 401k plan? A penalty for only working 31 hours? Union dues? Fascinating stuff.

- GT

 

[bigfish64]

"Smoke on the water,
A fire in the sky!"
Pony Jack and slip look appealing in the great outdoors, Todd!

Thanks Gary. Too bad it’s not purple!

Your support undoubtedly gave them the slight edge they needed!
- GT

I wish it worked like that all the time.

My B-Day carry today
Couldn’t think of a better carry then my beloved Bladeforums knife .

Happy belated birthday Ed.

Skatepark with my SAK first thing this morning.

Then home to a fire and coffee on the patio.

Perfect start to the day Bart.

Have a good week everyone Starting mine with my trusty Hartshead Barlow, and something Ukrainian for Metal Monday

Very cool Jack.

 

[JohnDF]

Very nice, John. I like the swayback frame

Thank you, Bart.

Sitting at home by the fire is more my speed.

Very nice Trio working together.

Great picture, Jack.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Porch Friends

 

[TheFactor]

 

[r8shell]

Good morning, everyone! Did I miss anything?

I carried my Johnny On The Spot all weekend, ready for any can or bottle opening needs.

A replacement for Dad's Old Timer Peanut, lost to a pocket-hole. He seemed pleased with a Queen in Winterbottom:

I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

 

[JohnDF]

Very nice.

 

[Primble]

Robeson's in tote for this Monday.

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[TheFactor]

Happy birthday mate

Thank you My Friend!

 

[Ed G]

starting to develop an interest in SAKs … models, variants, mods, etc.
discovered this little beast recently … today it will be my sole carry …

 

[BrotherJim]

Cleaned, sharpened, ready to go. Hard to pick one, so I'll prolly rotate ... or go with something else. Still early

 

[ferider]

fresh snow outside and still early …

 

[Rufus1949]

Cleaned, sharpened, ready to go. Hard to pick one, so I'll prolly rotate ... or go with something else. Still early

I would also have a hard time selecting from that fine trio.
Bob

 

[Ironbut]

 

[BrotherJim]

I would also have a hard time selecting from that fine trio.
Bob

Thanks Bob !!!
The Rosewood is the slimmest and the blade is 01 Tool Steel while the other two are C70.
The Karelian Birch has a bulldog pull and alligator snap. The strongest of any knife I own except MAYBE only one other,
a clip point Eye Witness Barlow (not pictured of course)
Really nothing to say about the Ebony. Just that it's a good example of the Lamb Foot pattern and well put together.
No disappointments with either of the three and why it's hard to pick just one.

 

[Modoc ED]

Headed to Klamath Falls, Oregon in a bit for a visit to Cindy's cardiologist for her quarterly check up. We'll do some shopping at Walmart and a couple/three other stores. I'm getting ready to call the Wagon Wheel Cafe for a couple to go breakfast sandwiches to eat on the road and they'll be ready by the time we get there. I'll be totin this Scout Trapper.