What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[SteveC]

Queen Barlow and a '19 Lamb

 

[Rufus1949]

Queen Barlow and a '19 Lamb


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Nice Queen barlow..and sweet grain on your '19 Steve.

 

[Jack Black]

You probably recognized the Brexit reference.
Can't enlarge uon it without risking being deemed political, of course.

Of course Jer, on both counts

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Visiting some of Mes Fleschwund’s family in South Dakota. Posed my knives outside of the old farrowing shed at the farm.
When Uncle Lloyd was still alive, his hogs were the last to go after retiring from dairy cows and row crops.

 

[Rufus1949]

Visiting some of Mes Fleschwund’s family in South Dakota. Posed my knives outside of the old farrowing shed at the farm.
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Nice combo Jeff. I do hope Uncle Lloyd had some time away from farming when retired.

 

[5K Qs]

One of these guys is going in the pocket today… Decisions decisions

I'm seeing double, and it's delightful!

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I'm not a good sharpener, but I haven't done anything like that (yet)!
Your stag HHB is superb, Bob!

Celebrating Joseph’s 13th birthday exactly the way he wants to do it…spotting trains. Came down to Atlanta to watch a bunch come through this CSX/Norfolk Southern junction. Dad may or may have not jumped the fence to snag a souvenir birthday present railroad spike.


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That beautiful 85 seems to be giving you superpowers: able to leap fences at a single bound, able to pluck iron spike right out of railroad ties!
Belated birthday greeting to Joseph!
(Is CSX a "descendant" of the old C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) line I used to see?)

Needed some stainless steel for this rainy day. Queen Hawbaker Special and a Joseph Rodgers Lamb.

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That Queen "improved muskrat" is cool!
(Is that a muskrat in the background?)

No way you were born in 1912 Gary!

Jack, I'd have agreed with you 10 years ago, but there are some recent days during which I can believe that I'm actually "eleventy-one" years old (2023 - 1912 = 111), as Bilbo Baggins stated his age during his birthday party at the beginning of The Fellowship of the Rings, and claimed he felt "thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped across too much bread".)

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Now, I have these at the venue waiting for wedding festivities
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Nice knives and photos, Jeff; I hope your trip is going well.
Did you realize that Omaha was the birthplace of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson? And you probably took I-80 to get there, and just west of Des Moines passed an exit for Van Meter, IA, the hometown of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller (apparently known at one time as The Heater from Van Meter).

We came home about 1:30 this afternoon to find Coco at the bottom of the back porch steps laying on the sidewalk. Her haunches being what they are, she could barely get up and couldn't stand for more than a few seconds. I told Cindy; "that's it, I'm calling the vet. The vet took us in right away and we had her put Coco down. No more pain or suffering. She was looking Cindy and I in our eyes as she passed over the Rainbow Bridge. I'm sure you guys/gals/youngsters won't mind if I don't include a picture of a knife in this post.

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You have my sympathy for having to put Coco down. I wish I could treat people as well as my dogs have treated me throughout my life.

Befuddled, you query, "But why two knives with the same type of blade, Tyson? Why?"

I wouldn't have asked you THAT question, Tyson. I'd have asked, "But why 2 knives with CLIP point blades?? Why??"

Case single-blade stockman along for the walk today.

Handsome knife, but that name is such an oxymoron IMHO!

Case pen knife today.

I always like seeing your 2-blade '47, Bart!
Looks like your canine companion is kind of beat, but very happy!

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I forget what red they called that, but I was surprised to find it on their specials page. I'll carry old Cherry-pits today, and that's probably enough.

Tremendous trio of Case stockman examples, Jer, all with round bolsters!
There are still lots of patterns on the specials page with that "crimson peach seed jig bone" (but unfortunately, no sowbellies).

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Have a great weekend everyone!

That red (?) stag looks fantastic against your saddle, LT!

Thanks Gary I hadn't thought of it, but yeah, a cattle knife with a screwdriver/bottle opener and a wire stripper. A Cattleman's De-Lux


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We have feral hogs here in Missouri. The Department of Conservation (DOC) considers them a pest and invasive so they want them gone. At one point it was open season -shoot them if you see them. DOC now doesn't want anybody hunting them, apparently because the hogs get so smart nobody (i.e. DOC) can find them to eradicate them. Every other species gets hunted to the brink of extinction without controlled hunting seasons, but apparently the hogs thrive
Pretty wily hogs

I personally don't know anybody that's ever seen one, although the damage done by them has been documented.

You could probably even use the can opener (and maybe wire stripper?) to do some emergency castrating if you had to!
Interesting feral hog story! The Humane Society website claims pigs are smarter than dogs, and smarter than 3-year-old humans.

Thanks GT, I feel the same way. I love my classic 110 but I’m really enjoying the fresh releases Buck has been doing on all of their classic knives. This one with nickel silver bolsters and S30V steel is no exception!

New Pouch came in the other day. Fits this pair quite well! Happy Saturday porch friends!

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That pouch looks good, and it looks very useful!

Thank you good sir. I’ve slimmed down the stables well enough now that most everything matches everything else. I’m the same way with clothes- the less complexity, the less I can mess up!

I admire your wisdom!

True, but sorry…
I simply meant boar coon, as in male.

Oops! My vocabulary is sometimes underdeveloped; when I hear "boar", my first thought is uncastrated male pig, but I wonder how many other male animals are called "boars"? Raccoons, bears, probably others...

Yes indeed!

LOL! I think I was 5 when we got our first refrigerator, and I can remember running home from school, excited to see it! I was telling a younger feller about it once, and he thought it was hilarious. I told him that some of our neighbours ran round to see it too!
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Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy Sunday Hartshead Barlow, and another knife from Varusteleka, for me

Prestigious pair of knives, Jack!
If I've been traveling, I still get kind of excited by the prospect of going where I have access to a fridge!

Thanks! Their amber jigged bone series is killer. I also have the sowbelly stockman it’s also a really cool knife

My first Rough Ryders were a set of 12 amber jigged bone patterns, and I've been a RR fan since they arrived.
My amber jigged sowbelly stockman was the first sowbelly I'd ever handled, and I've been smitten by the pattern ever since.


- GT

 

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Of course Jer, on both counts

Yeah.
I deleted 'em.

 

[Rufus1949]

I'm not a good sharpener, but I haven't done anything like that (yet)!
Your stag HHB is superb, Bob!

I do enjoy my lamb.
At my worst I don't think I could ruin a blade like that Gary.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Nice combo Jeff. I do hope Uncle Lloyd had some time away from farming when retired.

Yes, but only after selling his dairy cows. Then he finally got to do some travelling.
Dairymen are pretty tied down!

 

[Ellis Wyatt]

Couple more pics from a nice afternoon in the woods. The mountain laurel is in full bloom.

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[Amir Fleschwund]

@5KQs ~
Thanks. Yes,we’ve had a nice iittle trip so far.
No I did not know about where those ball players were born, but ss usual, we did stop at The World’s Largest Truck Stop on I80!!

Iowa 80 Truckstop - World's Largest Truckstop!

The Iowa 80 Truckstop, the World’s Largest Truckstop is a home away from home to countless drivers and a destination for travelers as well.

iowa80truckstop.com

Which always makes me think of this scene from Elf.

 

[OldHercDude]

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Handsome knife, but that name is such an oxymoron IMHO!

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- GT

I know, right? But it feels good, nice size, and I'm leaning mostly towards single-blades in general. (SAKs and other multi-tools excepted.)

 

[kyhunt]

 

[JB in LV]

GEC 15 Beer Scout will get some strawberries to slice up.

Watching season 4 of Barry prior to basketball.

 

[Jakeywax31]

Lamb and a spey today!!

 

[echoscout]

Calf Roper and a Lamb

 

[afishhunter]

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Bright.
Does Case call that "Shocking Blue" or "Shockingly Blue"?
Will definately stand out if dropped or set down in a field of Dandiloins being harvested for tea (or for Greens or Wine/Mead/Ale making)

 

[JonMcD]

Had a great weekend in the Tennessee hills above Chattanooga this weekend. Just have this one ole knife with me. It did a fine job with all random tasks.

 

[mitch13]

This little Balistreri going to get some pocket time today. He does a mini Barlow well…

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That is superb.
What is the blade steel?
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rufus1949]

Had a great weekend in the Tennessee hills above Chattanooga this weekend. Just have this one ole knife with me. It did a fine job with all random tasks.



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Glad all went well Jon. I'm sure your sweet knife held it's own.