What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

ephsea said:
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Tuesday happened. Some of the promised patina'd copper on the Stonehocker. The pin closest to the blade has a better patina than the rearward, which led to my supposition that sheath leather may have some effect?
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Very nice carries FC. Both are aging well.

Could it be from your grip only hitting forward pin?
 
Rufus1949 said:
Very nice carries FC. Both are aging well.

Could it be from your grip only hitting forward pin?
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Hi Bob, thanks for the compliment! I forgot to mention how much I loved your carry today, the dark jigged bone makes such a lovely contrast with the fluted bolsters on both those jacks. Interesting thought on the grip... I'll have to carry her a few more days (Puhhhlease don't throw me in that there briar patch!) and observe my hand positions in use.
 
ephsea said:
Hi Bob, thanks for the compliment! I forgot to mention how much I loved your carry today, the dark jigged bone makes such a lovely contrast with the fluted bolsters on both those jacks. Interesting thought on the grip... I'll have to carry her a few more days (Puhhhlease don't throw me in that there briar patch!) and observe my hand positions in use.
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😁...thanks for your kind comments.
 
Primble said:
Nice Utica ................ a bit curious how you pinned it down to the year 1929. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔:thumbsup:😊
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On the pile side of the master, it is stamped 29. I have maybe a dozen older Utica's. All but one are of the arched stamp era. I noticed that a few of them have numbers on the pile side that range from the late 20s to the early 30s. I forget what books I have that mention that Utica started to add a year on their blades at some point. I think it was short lived, and I run the risk of pushing, potentially erroneous internet myths that I can't immediately back up with a reference. ;)
 
Nexus-6 said:
On the pile side of the master, it is stamped 29. I have maybe a dozen older Utica's. All but one are of the arched stamp era. I noticed that a few of them have numbers on the pile side that range from the late 20s to the early 30s. I forget what books I have that mention that Utica started to add a year on their blades at some point. I think it was short lived, and I run the risk of pushing, potentially erroneous internet myths that I can't immediately back up with a reference. ;)
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Many thanks for the explanation and that sounds reasonable to me. Nice to know. I looked at mine and they are plain old duds. 😢
 
Rufus1949 said:
Jeff, it looks like you are headed in the right direction with those two.
Hope you get some practice in.
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Two steps forward, one step back is still in the right direction, right?
I practice pretty much every day.
It’s suposed to help🥴
Daniel W said:
Gents what would you call this blade shape on this TL 29 I have two different ones here at work. This one is out of a truck mounted maintenance enclosure? The other one I will post a picture of later after I go down in the cages and dig it out.

Daniel

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Technically, it’s not a TL-29. TL-29 is a govt. acronym for Tool, Linesman’s 1929.
Camillus differentiated .govt contract knives, TL-29, from the ones made for the civilian market by calling those TL-27.

Anyway, enough splitting hairs. You have a Klein Electrician’s Knife. Nearly all of Klein’s products were/are aimed at the trades, mostly electricians. You can still find a Klein section of tools in the electrical section of a good hardware store, although I think most is offshore produced now.

Yours has a hawkbill main. Which made it perfect for cutting openings in drywall in installing electrical boxes, etc. Very useful.

I have several Kleins, including one three blader that has a hawk, a spear, and of course the awesome screwdriver/wire stripper blade.
Good knives made for the trades.
 
Primble said:
I would say that all four could be hard workin' knives and they would look good doing it ! :thumbsup:😍
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Agreed Mr. P. They're all users except for the Bunny Knife. She'll one day become a user too but haven't had the urge to start using her yet. The Fall Creek with that sheath has been my favorite traditional EDC as of late though.

-Peter
 
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