What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

A couple of Bucks

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JonMcD said:
The birthday celebrations continue to draw out for my boy Joseph. You only turn 13 once!

One of the beauties of his autism is the extreme blunt truth that rolls out of him like a freight train. If I ask him about what he thinks of my knives, he says, “I care nothing about your knives.” He says it with 100% truth and with no slight meant whatsoever.

Well, tonight I got him. He loves steam engines and “Big Boy” was the biggest of them all. I found this knife on the auction site and knew it would be great to blend his passion and mine. He erupted with joy and was all in that it was a “Big Boy” pocket. knife. It is an absolute brick. Two solid slabs of brass. Sheesh. Definitely designed by Franklin Mint tchotchke designers not cutlers 😂.

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Well played, Jon. Maybe next time the response to your question will be "I care nothing about your knives, but I really like mine!"
 
moderate(?) change ... Put up the Classic Carbon Barlow and Canoe in "favor" of a RR1740 "XL" (4.25" closed) Classic Carbon Stockman, and a COLT CT609 Canoe with black G-10 (orzit Micarta?) and Ti Coated T-10 blades. A "Heavy Duty" canoe, IMHO, blade stock is callit 3/16 inch/4mm at the tang and spine.
Keeping the RR1743 Clasic Carbon "large" "Work Knife"/Sod Buster in my pocket until at least Friday.
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They "may" be inexpensive knives (under $10 to 15 each) ... however, all the blades follow the line(s) of the handle, like (considerably) more spendy knives do, and they hold an edge, even when thinned and reprofiled to a ... ummm ... "keen" ... 10 degree per side/20 degree inclusive edge angle. (using a guided rod sharpener with a 10 degree slot) 😁👍
I believe this indicates the blades have a good heat treat?

The Colt canoe was moved to the Rough Rider/Rough Ryder line when Colt exited the cutlery market in 2015.
I am pretty sure the only things changed on the RR canoe (which I don't have) and the large moose (witch I do have the RR version of) was/is the shield, tang stamps, and maybe the model number. They kept the "twice as thick heavy duty" Ti Coated blades. I don't recall 100% if they were/are plasma coated. I think they were/are. I know the coating does not wear off easy.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.
 
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