What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Hammer67]

 

[Gevonovich]

 

[sitflyer]

 

[bonky]

Doing some yardwork today. The new #85 EO from Mike is going along for the ride:

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Thanks Mike!

-Russell-

 

[Stich2442]

Pete

 

[wouldestous]

aitor castor at the top of the photo

 

[burnside]

Today I am carrying the rotten banana bone 66 jack. I really like this pattern. I hope GEC will produce some more of them.

Ed J

I love this knife! I need to get my hands on a Northfield 66 Jack again. Yours looks very nice.

 

[CoffeeCat2112]

 

[Hammer67]

Wow - that's a sweet pair, Blaine!

 

[2Dead]

This one called my name this morning. Been too long...

 

[CoffeeCat2112]

Wow - that's a sweet pair, Blaine!

Thanks! I usually try to carry a coordinated pair. These both have such great feel in hand.

 

[Pjake]

Ed J...glad to see you toting that rotten jack! Taking my "back-up" Pemberton to work today.

Peter

 

[street soldier]

Pete

Is this a GEC half congress? It looks to have a single back spring, nice and thin. Gorgeous looking knife.
I'm considering this knife for whittling/ carving. How does it feel in the hand?
Thanks.

John

 

[black mamba]

Yella Buck 301, with my modified sheepfoot and spey blades.

 

[rinos]

 

[jujigatame]

How do you find the edge retention to be on the Kent? I haven't yet sharpened up the one I recently got but given how thin the edges are I figure it will get pretty sharp without much work.

 

[Stich2442]

Is this a GEC half congress? It looks to have a single back spring, nice and thin. Gorgeous looking knife.
I'm considering this knife for whittling/ carving. How does it feel in the hand?
Thanks.

John

John it is a GEC Northfield #62 courthouse whittler, it is split spring 3 blade pattern, still very slender.

As for in the hand it feels fine, but I've never found a knife that didn't feel fine in hand, I might not be the right person to ask because I have worked with many different hand tools, I've never really had a issue with knives, plus my hands are like leather, but are starting to soften up a little now that I'm a stay at home dad. Other then that I can say it is a great knife put together well, the coping blade and pen blade are very thin, thinner than a peanuts clip blade and the wharncliffe is cut from thick stock but steps down from the tang & then swedes helps it to glide through material very efficiently.

Pete

 

[TLARbb]

Peter, I really like that knife. I ogled it through all the previous owners' posts, but could not find one to buy until you decided to offer it to me.

Thanks for letting me own this knife.

Ed J

 

[KYenglish]

 

[Gevonovich]

How do you find the edge retention to be on the Kent? I haven't yet sharpened up the one I recently got but given how thin the edges are I figure it will get pretty sharp without much work.

The edge retention is great on this knife, Nate.
When I first got it, it had been ground up really bad by who knows what, but I knew the moment I saw it, this Kent was my cup of tea. I took it home and sanded the blade with progressively smaller grit wet/dry sand paper until it had redemption from the sin of abuse but still held its charm.
I then gave her a keen edge. I began carrying it regularly and have only had to touch up the edge a few times. These are old Camillus knives were made for F.W. Woolworths beginning in 1931 and quite well, I can attest.

And the rest of the story...told by the esteemed Codger_64 here:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/585000-More-on-the-Kent-branded-Sportsman-knives