What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[JJ Cahill]

I've been toting a Sowbelly and a thrifty older Imperial toothpick.

 

[Primble]

This is it! The stamp is faint, but it’s there about a half inch in front of the bolster. Do you have any idea how old it might be?

Wow - I love it !
It could be anywhere from 1890 to 1940.

I darkened your pic and cropped it to see the stamp or etch.

View attachment 2004552

Thank you for showing it !

Mr.P your knives impress me every time with their rich looking coats.

Thank you Mr. Rufus !

Couple dandy's Mr P

Thank you my friend.

Can I borrow your time machine? I feel like you have daily access to the 1920’s . So good!!!

I never thought of it that way, but, I reckon I might have daily access to the 1920's. Mucho appreciated !

Spectacular

Another gorgeous pair Mr P

Thank you Mr. Jack and I see the lamb is tasting the bounty ! Cherry or strawberry ?

Beauties both !

Thank you Steve and beauties all 3 for you. Love that spalted lamb !! No critters neither !

Favorites...

I can see why the FJ is a favorite. Beautiful color and patina !
Fantastic ring !

 

[screened porch]

I sometimes see some Barlow knives with a barber notch. Always wondered about that. Can anybody explain the function behind that?

If you mean what I think you mean, those were supposed to have come out after the Civil War, so one-armed men could open their pocketknives by hooking that cusp on the edge of something and rotating the handle.
And/or, some people think a pocketknife blade that looks like a straight razor is cool.

 

[iacchus]

If you mean what I think you mean, those were supposed to have come out after the Civil War, so one-armed men could open their pocketknives by hooking that cusp on the edge of something and rotating the handle.
And/or, some people think a pocketknife blade that looks like a straight razor is cool.

Okay, that makes sense.

I shave with a straight, and like the notch. It makes sense there, because ... well, nose. Always wondered about the pocketknife.

Making it a bit proud so one handed seems handy.

Thanks!

 

[TheFactor]

Fabulous Friday carry

 

[screened porch]

Okay, that makes sense.

I shave with a straight, and like the notch. It makes sense there, because ... well, nose. Always wondered about the pocketknife.

Making it a bit proud so one handed seems handy.

Thanks!

You're welcome.
I shaved with a straight razor only once and didn't get to appreciating the notch.

I have one Barlow that would work as a one hander, and one that is stylized enough that it wouldn't.

 

[Primble]

I've been toting a Sowbelly and a thrifty older Imperial toothpick.

I assume that Imperial has celluloid covers and some very very beautiful celluloid. Nice Winchester too !

 

[Crappie71]

Wow - I love it !
It could be anywhere from 1890 to 1940.

I darkened your pic and cropped it to see the stamp or etch.

View attachment 2004552

Thank you for showing it !



Thank you Mr. Rufus !



Thank you my friend.



I never thought of it that way, but, I reckon I might have daily access to the 1920's. Mucho appreciated !



Thank you Mr. Jack and I see the lamb is tasting the bounty ! Cherry or strawberry ?





Thank you Steve and beauties all 3 for you. Love that spalted lamb !! No critters neither !



I can see why the FJ is a favorite. Beautiful color and patina !
Fantastic ring !

Thanks! It was my pleasure to post it.

Best regards,
John

 

[JJ Cahill]

I assume that Imperial has celluloid covers and some very very beautiful celluloid. Nice Winchester too !

You are correct, Sir! Thank you for your kind comments, Primble !

 

[paulhilborn]

I can see why the FJ is a favorite. Beautiful color and patina !
Fantastic ring !

Thanks Primble, the bone covers are even becoming more and more pocket worn. Thanks also for the ring compliment, it's a Liberty half dollar. I love Silver

 

[majorpain1]

All that glitters is not gold...

 

[JonMcD]

View attachment 2003884

I’ve been enjoying your posts for the past few months my man. Your selections of customs and GEC’s are so good. The two Richie jacks are spot on and I especially love this jigged bone model. Very cool!!!

Awesome knife!! I love the Winchester black box knives, especially the ones with the dark jigged bone.

Mine for today
View attachment 2003958

Yessir…great pair. I started off convinced that I wasn’t a spear fan. Then I came to my senses. Spear + long pull is such a good look- especially on these two.

This is my very favorite of your favorites

Oil Field Jack and the 19

View attachment 2004336

Dynamite pair. Bombproof! Both could be a guy’s number one go-to knife.

 

[paulhilborn]

This is my very favorite of your favorites

Thanks Jon, I do have many favorites this is truly one of my favorite favorites

 

[echoscout]

Dynamite pair. Bombproof! Both could be a guy’s number one go-to knife.

Thank you kindly!

 

[JOELSM]

 

[bigfish64]

Thanks Todd.
View attachment 2003798
These two felt like a good idea today

Sweet pair Jon, that Albers would be cool to check out sometime.

View attachment 2003824

Beautiful John.

Posting my Friday picture early.
View attachment 2004402

Great idea and a sweet photo.

 

[DocJekl]

View attachment 2003863
A momentary slip of attention WILL teach you to respect the edge!

Do you have short thumbs, or is there something you aren't telling us?

 

[bigfish64]

No time today to take a proper new picture, but I had the PJ with me today. (old photo)

 

[Sacto]

Your forum knife is looking good Bart, and it’s nice to see that beautiful countryside undefiled by human waste.

Thanks, Todd. I like that big clip blade more than I expected I would. Also glad not to find any more garbage

That backdrop for your fine knife looks like wonderful country Bart.

Thanks, Bob. I’m losing lease ground every year but I’m fortunate to still hold on to a few good places.

Yesterday evening's carry ( I don't drink beer in the mornings ).
Sacto sorry to see how others are treating your property. I have to blame poor parenting for people to act with such disregard. I do always pick through trash dumped at our house (with gloves), sometimes you find a name and sometimes you find some good stuff in there. Once when in the midst of demolition work on the house I had a 40yd dumpster out back. Came out one morning to find someone had been helping me fill it up, so I promptly climbed in there and found one of my all-time favorite coffee mugs, a Star Trek Next Generation mug that de-cloaks a Klingon Warbird when hot Not as good as when my neighbor found 400 in cash in a grocery bag blown against her fence, though Nothing like diving your own dumpster!

Thanks, FC. Sounds like an awesome mug! Most of the places I graze are right outside of town and close to landfills, so the trash dumping happens all the time. Usually it’s in front of a gate, that time the fence was down so they drove on in.

I love seeing that Davison. By the way, your beer matches my brand.

Replacing a hose bib this morning, then on the dentist (again). I actually lost my Davison last week, noticed it missing after I got home from the drill 'n fill Immediately called, and the receptionist found it wedged in the crack of the chair I'd been suffering in . I take this as a lesson not to put handbuilts in my watch pocket, and as a metaphor for what sitting in that chair does to my knife budget.

It’s an awful feeling when you realize a knife is gone. Glad you found it.

Posting my Friday picture early.
View attachment 2004402

Is that allowed? Nice to see it (early)

 

[Sacto]

70s Case today.