What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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sf fanatic said:
Mike have you ever thought about swapping out those Bings for Dellorto carbs? Years ago I did it on a R100S and the throttle response was amazing. Only downside was my gas mileage decreased significantly.
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No I haven't, Dan. My gas mileage is not that great as is, so I'd hate to reduce it. I suspect it might improve if I rebuilt the carbs, but OTOH the bike runs great and always has, and my philosophy regarding carburetors is if it runs good, whatever you do, don't mess with the carbs :)
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Amir Fleschwund said:
I am totin two Jacks, a Camillus Navy Jack, and a Tidiute 54.
And the Canadian Belt Knife in it’s dangler sheath was next to my coffee maker, because my wife didn’t like it where I’d left it on the kitchen table, so I stuck it on my belt, too.
She also did that with my pruner and work gloves.

Happy Thursday. Although I’d be happier if all that rain had not passed us by. It’s weird. My wife called me from a highway/interstate junction 20 miles from home to tell me she’d had to pull over because it was raining so hard. Not on my garden, though. Sigh… I guess I’ll be watering again.
I skipped a day of berry picking on Tuesday, so yesterday, I made the rounds again. Four more quarts in the freezer, but I left out enough to make a pie.View attachment 2242705
I told you the milkweed flowers were interesting. Here’s a pic ~View attachment 2242708
A neighbor also has milkweed in her flower beds, and her husband showed me the Monarch Butterfly eggs on the underside of a leaf. Couldn’t see any on mine, though.

The Hollyhocks by the mailbox are fun. View attachment 2242709I grew them from seeds I got from my first ones three years ago. These are the old-timey heirloom cottage garden variety and just have what they call “single flowers”. Maybe I should buy some seeds of the showier “double flowered” varieties.
Have a swell day, eh?
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I always enjoy seeing that Tidioute Big Jack in linen micarta, even when its not posed on delicious looking blackberry pie, Jeff. Sorry you missed all that rain yesterday, we got hammered. Had some high winds here too and it knocked down some of the milkweed in the wife's flowerbed. Only the second year for our milkweed and the wife says it'll be sturdier next year. We had all day steady rain on Sunday too and now the lawn and all other growing things about the yard are lush and green again.

Been carrying this HSB sleeveboard whittler today. I picked it up from a bargain table at the Badger Blade show earlier this year while in the company of a great group of fellas
from right here on the forum. Dinged scales, pitted and a bit worn blades but great snap and blade action. I think it will still be quite functional for several more decades though.
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sunknife said:
I always enjoy seeing that Tidioute Big Jack in linen micarta, even when its not posed on delicious looking blackberry pie, Jeff. Sorry you missed all that rain yesterday, we got hammered. Had some high winds here too and it knocked down some of the milkweed in the wife's flowerbed. Only the second year for our milkweed and the wife says it'll be sturdier next year. We had all day steady rain on Sunday too and now the lawn and all other growing things about the yard are lush and green again.

Been carrying this HSB sleeveboard whittler today. I picked it up from a bargain table at the Badger Blade show earlier this year while in the company of a great group of fellas
from right here on the forum. Dinged scales, pitted and a bit worn blades but great snap and blade action. I think it will still be quite functional for several more decades though.
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Greg, nothing like finding an old treasure and be able to put it to work.👍🏻( and have some great memories attached to it).
 
sbh06 said:
Hopefully it's in your mailbox and not your driveway...
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Yeah… but the mailbox is basically in the driveway and that also didn’t rhyme 😆
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This one came in the mail today, all the way from South Africa. So nice I had to make a matching slip to carry it in.

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Absolutely stunning sir! It looks even better in natural light.
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Cattle Knife with one of the mailbox/driveway items from yesterday. Wonderfully crafted by sbh06 sbh06 .
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Thank you Jeremy!!!
 
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