What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Rufus1949]

Two favorites today. 86 Black Jack and the stag lamb.
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Very nice....great combo.

 

[Headwinds]

My father’s old Sabre pen. Carrying today for Two Blade Tuesday...

 

[joeradza]

Can’t resist a new knife.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Boker Castlewood today …
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Hi Paul!

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, you're gonna go far
You're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die

Hell, have 3 cigars while you're at it.

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I’d have a hard time chosing just one of those cigar jacks, so all 3 works.

By the way, which one’s Pink?

Cracker Barrel is my favorite. Where are you dudes meeting up?!?!?!

Mr. McMasters, it’s the Badger Knife Show in Janesville, Wisconsin.

This link has a map~

Explore Janesville - Wisconsin's Great Outside

Recharge your spirit as you explore hundreds of acres of tranquil parkland and miles of peaceful trails. Take in the breathtaking beauty of our award-winning botanical garden and discover the charm of our 13 historic districts and quaint downtown. Explore our variety of shopping and dining...

www.janesvillecvb.com

It’s on I-90 at the Rt14 Janesville exit, not far from the border crossing between Illanoyistan and the Cheddar Curtain.

And like almost every Cracker Barrel I’ve ever tried to find, this one is tucked away off the frontage road where it’s invisible. It’s actually off the next I-90 exit, but it’s real close to the Holiday Inn where the exhibit is. Just follow that frontage road, Deerfield Rd, cross that other road at the light, and turn left. https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...727986!4d-88.9928868!16s/g/1hc5qks_s?hl=en-us

Been there several times, and manage to get lost every time. I straggle in around 9:30, 9:45, and the other guys are half done eating.

Going to be a warmer day in Tennessee with temps in the 60s. Have a great Tuesday, porch!

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That’s an excellent spear blade on your Northfield, and and excellent choice for 60 degree weather. Going to hit the mid forties here ~ I’ll take it.

This one has been calling to me lately.

$2.50 at an estate sale because half of the other handle cover was gone.

The main blade is slightly bent a half inch from the point also.
Not terribly bent:

1970 Redbone
You scored.

Thanks, Bob.


Thanks.
I agree with you about Staglon, maybe because I saw Staglon long before I ever saw any real stag. Sometimes I think of stag as "imitation Staglon".
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Thanks, Jack.


That Navy knife or utility knife or whatever you call the top knife (bail, spear/pen, EO) is an iconic knife, Bob!
That's an impressive-looking sharpening rig you have set up there! What model is it? Are you pleased with it's performance?


That RR Barlow looks great in copper!


Handsome knife, excellent photo!
What's the little "box"?



Thanks, Todd.
Dapper wood duo for you (although there's something fishy about that pen)!
Speaking of stories, what's the story of that "black map" that frequently show up in your photos?


Cherish the Churchill!


Prestigious pair, Jack!
I really like the pic of your Big Biscuit stag with the little biscuits.


Compelling Case canoe!


Thanks, and no charge.



Totally agree! Love the smooth profile of a closed canoe, so symmetric and no sharp corners sticking out anywhere!


I was looking at an old catalog recently (I think it was a link @Just Tom. posted) and none of the patterns were "named", just model numbers or order numbers. I actually DID know that another word for "bail" is "shackle", and shackle actually makes more sense to me.
That's a LOT of wood chips, however you move them!





Thanks for the canoe compliment, Jeff.

You were born in '56, eh?
That's my wife's birth year, and also the birth year for one of my sisters (sister's birthday is actually today, and my avatar is taken from a photo of her 3rd birthday party). Here's a pic of a birth year sewer manhole cover for you; the knife is a Boker USA electrician.
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Welcome back, Tom! Looking forward to seeing some of your knives on the rocks!


I'm a taskmaster, Bob!
Besides, if I can get a couple more years of use from some of these tired old knives, maybe I can squeeze a couple more years out of tired old me!


Thanks for the encouragement, Jeremy.
There are not very many GEC that grab my serious attention, but those 88s certainly do! Sowbelly AND Lambsfoot? Yes, please!

- GT

Yes! Stag is imitation Staglon. And bone is imitation Dupont Delrin

Yes, Gary. 19and 56.
Now if you could swipe that manhole cover and mail it to me, that’d be great.

A Serpentine Jack and Split-back Whittler from the New York Knife Company for Tuesday's totes.

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Really nice pair, Rob! Could we see their blades in a more revealing pose? Please?

No knife knut can stick with just one forever, so the streak of the 35 cattle has finally been broken. The 1950’s schrade walden 861 will take its place for now.

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It was a long streak!

Eureka on lunch duty today.

I see some glop on the blade there, but I notice it’s the second day in a row that you’re hiding what you’re eating.

 

[Jack Black]

Some progress Jack. My search request at the museum has been passed on to the metallurgy department.

Good luck Bob, the resources I referred to were the online ones Your knife is so far back now, I can't remember the name on the blade!

Two favorites today. 86 Black Jack and the stag lamb.
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Two of my favourites too

 

[Jakeywax31]

Good luck Bob, the resources I referred to were the online ones Your knife is so far back now, I can't remember the name on the blade!

Two of my favourites too

Thanks Jack. When I carry these two knives together can't help but be happy and feel blessed.

 

[sbh06]

Thanks, Bob.


Thanks.
I agree with you about Staglon, maybe because I saw Staglon long before I ever saw any real stag. Sometimes I think of stag as "imitation Staglon".
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Thanks, Jack.


That Navy knife or utility knife or whatever you call the top knife (bail, spear/pen, EO) is an iconic knife, Bob!
That's an impressive-looking sharpening rig you have set up there! What model is it? Are you pleased with it's performance?


That RR Barlow looks great in copper!


Handsome knife, excellent photo!
What's the little "box"?



Thanks, Todd.
Dapper wood duo for you (although there's something fishy about that pen)!
Speaking of stories, what's the story of that "black map" that frequently show up in your photos?


Cherish the Churchill!


Prestigious pair, Jack!
I really like the pic of your Big Biscuit stag with the little biscuits.


Compelling Case canoe!


Thanks, and no charge.



Totally agree! Love the smooth profile of a closed canoe, so symmetric and no sharp corners sticking out anywhere!


I was looking at an old catalog recently (I think it was a link @Just Tom. posted) and none of the patterns were "named", just model numbers or order numbers. I actually DID know that another word for "bail" is "shackle", and shackle actually makes more sense to me.
That's a LOT of wood chips, however you move them!





Thanks for the canoe compliment, Jeff.

You were born in '56, eh?
That's my wife's birth year, and also the birth year for one of my sisters (sister's birthday is actually today, and my avatar is taken from a photo of her 3rd birthday party). Here's a pic of a birth year sewer manhole cover for you; the knife is a Boker USA electrician.
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Welcome back, Tom! Looking forward to seeing some of your knives on the rocks!


I'm a taskmaster, Bob!
Besides, if I can get a couple more years of use from some of these tired old knives, maybe I can squeeze a couple more years out of tired old me!


Thanks for the encouragement, Jeremy.
There are not very many GEC that grab my serious attention, but those 88s certainly do! Sowbelly AND Lambsfoot? Yes, please!

- GT

There seem to be two camps on this one: those that love it and those that hate it, with little room in between. Consider me in the love it side for exactly the reasons you describe.

Two favorites today. 86 Black Jack and the stag lamb.
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Simply wonderful pair, Paul.

Working from home today, went with these two.

 

[Jakeywax31]

There seem to be two camps on this one: those that love it and those that hate it, with little room in between. Consider me in the love it side for exactly the reasons you describe.

Simply wonderful pair, Paul.

Working from home today, went with these two.

Not too shabby yourself Jeremy. Great pair there. Love the dark ram's horn.

 

[Modoc ED]

We'll be on the way to town pretty soon and I'll be totin the Bunny knife and this 6231 1/2 that I got from a dealer awhile back. I'd like to have known the previous owner of the Case. Looks like it's been on many a venture with plenty of hard use but not abused. His sharpening method appears to be a bit ham fisted but the knife came very sharp with plenty of blade left to last me for as long as I'll need it. Anyway, the usual stops in town and a possible stop at the auction yards/stock yards to see what's happening. A new owner took over about a month or so ago. Hash and eggs for breakfast at the Wagon Wheel.

 

[SteveC]

This Sheffield Lambsfoot was re-built by @jsdistin , re-covered in African Blackwood, and gifted to me by @Reaper AL Carrying it, along with a vintage Hammer Brand Barlow, given to me by @JJ Cahill Thanks a lot fellers

A Barlow goes well with a Lamb !

A John Primble...bone.
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Nice Congress Bob !

A Serpentine Jack and Split-back Whittler from the New York Knife Company for Tuesday's totes.

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Lovely pair as usual !

Two favorites today. 86 Black Jack and the stag lamb.
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Nice pair Paul !

 

[Luke73]

Case half whittler.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Two very simple single bladers. I bought this Opi#8 at a backpacking outfitter in the late ‘70s. They were(are) popular with backpackers where every ounce better be worth it.
At some point, thirty or forty years ago, I dropped it on concrete, and snapped the tip off. Then found it in a tool box seven or eight years ago. Reshaped the blade, and while I was messing with it, reshaped the beechwood too. It’s a sweet knife to hold and use, and I always wonder why I don’t carry it more often. Is there a better knife for the price than an Opinel?
I’m not doing any plant pruning, or plumbing or electrical work, but I am toting a hawkbill anyway. All y’all showing off your new GEC 47s gave me “Fear Of Missing Out”.
Actually, I am installing and waterproofing cement tile backer board and tiling in a new shower, but this Kutmaster will be spared cutting any of that.

I am fairly certain that the old hawbills we see with rounded tips, and horrible blade loss from agressive sharpening were used by plumbers and electricians. Hard use tools.

 

[paulhilborn]

This is a Re-Post of the knife I posted earlier today just so I can put up a few pictures of some of the Snow Scuplure contest held in Lake Geneva this past week end . There were many more than these and we drove past them this morning .

And the WINNER was :

The team was from NORTH DAKOTA . A fact that I think paulhilborn is proud of .
Knife Content ....... again

Harry

GO ND!!! and you had just talked about going into Lake Geneva to see the sculptures, then I get a notification that team ND took 1st Thanks for posting that Harry

 

[Jack Black]

A Barlow goes well with a Lamb !

Thank you Steve

I am fairly certain that the old hawbills we see with rounded tips, and horrible blade loss from agressive sharpening were used by plumbers and electricians. Hard use tools.

That's a good theory Jeff

 

[Jakeywax31]

A Barlow goes well with a Lamb !



Nice Congress Bob !




Lovely pair as usual !





Nice pair Paul !

Thanks Steve.

Two very simple single bladers. I bought this Opi#8 at a backpacking outfitter in the late ‘70s. They were(are) popular with backpackers where every ounce better be worth it.
At some point, thirty or forty years ago, I dropped it on concrete, and snapped the tip off. Then found it in a tool box seven or eight years ago. Reshaped the blade, and while I was messing with it, reshaped the beechwood too. It’s a sweet knife to hold and use, and I always wonder why I don’t carry it more often. Is there a better knife for the price than an Opinel?
I’m not doing any plant pruning, or plumbing or electrical work, but I am toting a hawkbill anyway. All y’all showing off your new GEC 47s gave me “Fear Of Missing Out”.
Actually, I am installing and waterproofing cement tile backer board and tiling in a new shower, but this Kutmaster will be spared cutting any of that.View attachment 2073617View attachment 2073619

I am fairly certain that the old hawbills we see with rounded tips, and horrible blade loss from agressive sharpening were used by plumbers and electricians. Hard use tools.

FOMO is an unfortunate disease one picks up when getting addicted to knives Lol. I think that old pruner is really a cool knife. I don't have much use for a pruner myself but I think I would take the Kutmaster over any 47 pruner. Cool pair Jeff.

 

[SteveC]

Big Ebony LF and an Old Sheffield Jack today

 

[Jack Black]

Big Ebony LF and a Old Sheffield Jack today


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That's a great pairing Steve

 

[OldHercDude]

Very nice collaboration for the day Gordon.

Bob

Thanks!

 

[ebrandwein]

https://imgur.com/a/tHIijJM

 

[TylerG12]

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