What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Ruhiger Sturm]

 

[Jiki]

Those are beautiful ~ art used to create art.
I’m curious if you ever need a blade with a rounded tip, like a spey, in carving?

Thank you.
I mostly use straight blades with gouges at home. When I am out and about with a pocketknife a bellied blade comes in very handy, if that make sense.

 

[Jack Black]

Carving knife maker Gil Drake passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. Noone ever received one of Gil's knives and claimed it wasn't sharp I can assure you of that. I am fortunate to own and use several of Gil's knives. They are wonderful and rival any brand on the market. His son David has taken over operations of the business.

RIP Knife Maker.
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Very sad Those are lovely-looking knives

My Lambsfoot of the Week is Valley Jack, a 2019 desert ironwood Guardians lambsfoot:
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Miscellaneous Knife this week is a Rough Rider copperhead (thanks, Todd):
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- GT

Black Friday again, same old lamb again...

Beautiful pics gents

Thought I should finally show the pile side of my Case Barlow this morning…okay, now you know why I haven’t shown the pile side of my Case Barlow!
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Looks good to me Todd

 

[Choppaman]

 

[Modoc ED]

I had a very productive shopping spree at the Holiday Market yesterday. Stocked up on several items that I can chew with no problems. I really like the single pack Spam as I can fry up just a couple packages instead of having to open a whole can. Anyway, I got at least four of each item so, I'm good to go for a bit. Not shown is a couple packages of Blueberry Muffins. I can eat most normal stuff - shredded pork, pot roast, corned beef, etc. but that's not as fun as the junk food. I'll be carrying my Otter Messer Anchor knife today. Bunny #525 will be a stowaway in another pocket.

 

[sf fanatic]

I had a very productive shopping spree at the Holiday Market yesterday. Stocked up on several items that I can chew with no problems. I really like the single pack Spam as I can fry up just a couple packages instead of having to open a whole can. Anyway, I got at least four of each item so, I'm good to go for a bit. Not shown is a couple packages of Blueberry Muffins. I can eat most normal stuff - shredded pork, pot roast, corned beef, etc. but that's not as fun as the junk food. I'll be carrying my Otter Messer Anchor knife today. Bunny #525 will be a stowaway in another pocket.

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Ed, I love Deviled Ham! It makes the best omelette filling !

 

[Headwinds]

Beautiful pics gents

Thanks, Jack.

 

[Modoc ED]

Ed, I love Deviled Ham! It makes the best omelette filling !

I'll have to try that. I like to smear it on a Ritz cracker with a Pepsi or Orange Gatorade chaser.

 

[RLB0414]

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Deviled Ham, SPAM andz Vienna Sausages. Some good eating.

 

[TylerG12]

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[Captain Howdy]

 

[SteveC]

Rodgers lamb and a Rope knife

 

[315]

 

[echoscout]

Remington Stockman and a Case Barlow

 

[pmek5]

Remington Stockman and a Case Barlow

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Nice Case Barlow

 

[JonMcD]

Love the brass.

 

[5K Qs]

Staying inside, the air quality is BAD. Time to retube Amp and enjoy some LPsView attachment 2211486

Did you listen to the Mamas and the Papas, Bob?
All the air is brown
And the sky is haze.
Can't go for a walk
On these smoke-filled days.

Gary, I have been enjoys your unique knife combos....if we move a few rockers around, we can squeeze that mechanized bed in by the railing.

Thanks for the kind words, Bob, and for making room for my furniture.

Congrats!

Thanks GT I'm a couple years away from Medicare. I did have to fill out a survey regarding anxiety/depression/insomnia. I told her I work hard at living a drama free existence
Its a persimmon tree. It flowers, and for a brief period every year buzzes with bees - a friend once asked, "What's that noise?" as he stood under it - but it never bears fruit
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Thanks for the interesting tree ID, Mike; I knew I'd get in trouble trying to identify a tree just based on bark.
Drama-free living is a worthy goal, IMHO!

Carrying Old 496 today.
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The wily groundhog. I usually can't get this close to him before he jets away.
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Glad you're still getting some enjoyment from Bunny #496, Mike. I did a search to see what I told you about the wonders of 496 and found a post from 2016 (not addressed to you) in which I wondered if I could go an entire month in which I carried the same number of knives as the day of the month, with all different knives the entire time. I discovered that 1+2+3+...+30+31 = 31x32/2 =496. I thought you should know!

Three that arrived 06-07-23 demanded to be carried. Bunny 291 and the Case CV Canoe graciously agreed to cut their 06-23 pocket time.
(full size) Svord Peasant is clipped to the SAK metal belt loop.
Higonokami #10 is loose in FRP.
Douk Douk EL BARAKA is in RFP, held vertical with a clipped to belt.
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Looking forward to your reactions to your new knives after you've had a chance to use them for a while.

Thanks for the well wishes, my friend! Yes, three days on antibiotics is starting to help. I’m just glad the wildfire smoke is not as bad here as it is out east!

About that hospital bed ~ being able to raise the head is great, but what’s really comfy is being able to raise it in the middle, too to get your legs up.
We could make room on the porch for one, but let’s all try to stave off home health care for awhile!

Glad to hear you think your health is improving, Jeff.
Good point about the desirability of getting your legs up if you're spending a lot of time in bed!

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That 88 is certainly an Ace, Pete!

I*XL Lamb and a Wards Cattle knife

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Propitious pair, commendable couple, tremendous twosome, Steve!

Almost Friday.

I'll bet you smile in pictures when you're carrying that wondrous WCLF, Jeremy!

Always a good day for red jigged bone.

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Ravishing reds, Major!

I pocketed these two old scouts today.

I envy you, JJ!
All I did was scouted 2 old pockets.

Carving knife maker Gil Drake passed away on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. Noone ever received one of Gil's knives and claimed it wasn't sharp I can assure you of that. I am fortunate to own and use several of Gil's knives. They are wonderful and rival any brand on the market. His son David has taken over operations of the business.

RIP Knife Maker.
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Sorry for your loss.
Heavenly handles on your carving knives!

Awesome photo Gary. It has all the fixings, beautiful knife, a post, and water!

Thanks, Todd.
I didn't have the courage to try a knife-ON-post shot with water right there, but the knife-AGAINST-post shot wasn't too risky even for a coward like me!

Thought I should finally show the pile side of my Case Barlow this morning…okay, now you know why I haven’t shown the pile side of my Case Barlow!
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Kind of cool - two different knives for the price of one!
Are there any "saw marks" at all on the pile side?

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Cherish the Churchill!

Beautiful pics gents

Thanks, Jack.

- GT

 

[ms3902]

There's just something about the 77, we need more of them.

 

[Crappie71]

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[Daniel W]

Fished this camillus out of the turn in pile today. Needs a real edge but might be fun to keep in my pack.