What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Tuesday's two-blade.
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Carrying this pretty little Eisenhower I got from the Case Pass Around Box.A13C384D-1C63-4E5F-9DD0-463145E0BCEB.jpeg
If you haven’t seen the thread yet I put a link below. Tons of fun and you never know, you just might find a new favorite that you’d never considered before.

ROUND 21: Case Pass Around Box Check it out!

I Got the box on Saturday as we were leaving town so I took it in the car and had Mrs. Bigfish drive. 😄 Here are the knives that were in the box. By the time we got to our destination, about an hour later, Mrs. Bigfish had heard every detail of nearly every knife in the box and was just about...
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5K Qs said:
Nice red jack, and your pup is starting to get lanky! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:


Jack, my coddled egg had no sweater coddling it when it arrived. It was atop a serving of poutine, and I tried to mix the egg into the potatoes and cheese curds ASAP (while looking at the egg as little as possible as I stirred).

Play us a tune, Jack - you're the Piano Man! :thumbsup::thumbsup:🤓


Jeff, that wasn't actually ME teaching math in the video, but I've showed that video in several of my classes over the past 50 years! 😁

My college friend worked for US Steel in downtown Chicago, and lived in Oak Park next to the Eisenhower for a few years after graduation. I and some friends went there several times to celebrate New Year's Eve, playing bridge. Eventually, he started working in South America, and everyone kind of lost touch with him; he died several years ago. My wife and I spent some weekends in Chicago back in the 80s (including our honeymoon, which included a Cubs game), but we've not been there (except for passing through) for at least 30 years.

Thanks for your opinion on the relative usefulness of screwdriver vs. 2nd blade on TL-29.


Bob, FWIW I'm sure that "paraskevi" is Greek for "Friday".


Posting a pic of your mug in this thread https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/traditional-mug-shots.1009881/ is probably safe for everyone, since anyone going to that thread is probably aware that things "could get ugly." 🤓


Rob, that must have been a lot more scary than those critters you've been spotting in knife handles!! :eek:o_O
Glad to hear there were no injuries, and not massive property damage.

I don't know how old you are, but I'm guessing you're not a much springier chicken than I am, so maybe you remember the Good Friday 1974 "super outbreak" of more than 100 tornadoes in 24 hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Super_Outbreak
Something like 47 deaths in Indiana (it was the first year I lived in Lafayette IN while attending Purdue) and 71 deaths in Kentucky. One tornado first touched down a little northwest of Lafayette and stayed on the ground for over 100 miles, heading northeast. I rode my bicycle home from Purdue that afternoon after classes were cancelled, and later heard that while I was pedaling up the hill to my apartment, there was a slight earthquake felt in town. I didn't feel it on my bike. And searching Google recently produced no evidence of an earthquake near Lafayette that day. So maybe it was too weak to "record for posterity" other than in the memories of people who noticed some shaking.


Sensational soldier! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup: Did you do that all with a single pocketknife?


The cap and gloves are stylish, and the knives are substantive, Jeff! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:


Noteworthy OO pair, Greg! :cool::cool::thumbsup:


Bob, congrats on the Catt, and I hope the weather for golf was as sunny as the Catt's covers! :thumbsup::cool::cool:
(Even in my most enthusiastic golfing days, when I'd play 2 or 3 times per week, I don't think I've ever played in January! o_O;))


Congrats on the new #79; those are appealing knives! :cool::thumbsup::cool:


Admirable Alox scout knife! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

- GT
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I did get lucky finding my Cattaraugus....I do hope you get to enjoy the day now after your kind words to everyone.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Case Peabody Coal Co. Trapper and Camillus TL-29 today.View attachment 2049265View attachment 2049266
This TL-29 is unique among the ones I have. It comes from early after their switchover to synthetic from cocobolo. The forward placement of the shackle pin, and fully finished back are the clues of that. But what puzzles me is the handle material. It looks to me like the Bakelight invented as an electrical insulator and used by Leo Fender on his Telecasters from the fifties.View attachment 2049267 I bought a sheet of it when I built a Tele copy, and could swear this knife’s scales are Bakelight. They are definitely unlike all of the other black handled Linesman knives in my cigar box.
But in looking into it, I can find no evidence that Camillus used Bakelight. It could have been re-handled, but sure doesn’t look like it. Puzzling. 🧐
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You captured those two fine carries nicely. I hope someone can shed light upon the history of your handle material.
 
sf fanatic said:
Finally, the sun is out and no rain is forecast for the next week! On my way to the post office to mail a package to our Nordic Forum member. The usual lamb and this little CRKT are along for the ride. Sun rise pic taken from my little east facing balcony a few hours ago.View attachment 2049469View attachment 2049470
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Glad you are getting some of your " California" weather back. Enjoy.
 
bigfish64 said:
Good looking Gator Jeremy.😎👍
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bigfish64 said:
Carrying this pretty little Eisenhower I got from the Case Pass Around Box.View attachment 2049407
If you haven’t seen the thread yet I put a link below. Tons of fun and you never know, you just might find a new favorite that you’d never considered before.

ROUND 21: Case Pass Around Box Check it out!

I Got the box on Saturday as we were leaving town so I took it in the car and had Mrs. Bigfish drive. 😄 Here are the knives that were in the box. By the time we got to our destination, about an hour later, Mrs. Bigfish had heard every detail of nearly every knife in the box and was just about...
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Thanks Todd, that Eisenhower sure is smart looking. You picked a winner.
Angry Waiter said:
These small Barlows really punch above their weight class. View attachment 2049448
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That one looks like it has put in some work, Pete. Sawcut on that is much better than most of what we have seen lately from them.
Dan1892 said:
These 2 for me today.

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Great looking pair, Dan. :thumbsup:
 
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