What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

A pocketful of stag and steel for Saturday. Have a great weekend!
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15 in my pocket today mooching around my gaff not doing to much.


My neighbours probably think I am a nutter,my car roof is almost black from the trees and birds I have to park it under.

So when we had cold torrential rain and the street mini flooding this morning I thought it might have loosened the grime.

I went out with a long car brush,soapy liquid wearing my shorts,Army goretex jacket and scrubbed it clean,just as it went from torrential to full on Niagara falls.

Yes I got very wet, but I dont mind it takes me back to when I was a young soldier in training we where wet as often as dry... 😁


It cleared up later so I cleaned up this old tool I bought in a antique shop a bit more its a screwdriver of sorts, it was hammerd over at the end.

I thought it would make a fine pry bar and hitting stick.


My outdoor bench which is real useful for dirty jobs and hammering things that shouldn't be hammered I made from the remains of the old military racking I fitted in my shed/garage.

























 
jabels said:
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An underated Knife right there, very nice :thumbsup:
SteveC said:
That makes two of us !
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Thanks Steve:)
mbkr said:
Got back from Tennessee last night. The fastest way is through Nashville/Paducah/St. Louis, but the weather channel was indicating possible severe storms and driving rain all the way to Paducah, so I went north to Louisville, KY and picked up I-64 and avoided all bad weather. I was surprised that it was only 25 miles farther going that way. Looks farther on a map. Us engineers are supposed to able to eyeball stuff like that 👁️It took an extra hour since the first 170 miles or so are mostly two lane and goes through a few small towns. U.S. 27 through Somerset Kentucky had more traffic signals than you could shake a stick at. Seriously, your arm would tire out and fall off, before you shook at all of them. I wish I had counted them. I'm guessing it's a gazillion 🤓 I think they were synchronized since I got the first bajillion green, but then traffic interfered and I hit the next umpteen red. Considering I missed all the bad weather and I-64 in Indiana and Illinois has much. much, much less traffic than
I-40/I-24/I-57. It was a decently pleasurable drive, if long (615 miles). 🛣️

Going to pick up my accumulated mail and restart delivery this morning. The 18 was my most oft carried knife over the last two weeks.
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Nice picture Mike:thumbsup:

Stag today...
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Amir Fleschwund said:
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As a guitarist, I try to give credit to the guys behind the singer, and Hubert Sumlin was the guy behind Chester Arthur Burnett.

You drove straight through? I can do that. For example, the drive from west Ga. where my girls are, to n. Illinois, is 800 +/-. And the drive from here to my boy in Colorado is 1000 miles. I’ve done both straight through, but damn. I’m getting too old for that. Gimme a Red Roof Inn for $80 with a nice mattress, and clean bathroom.
Part of my problem is that when I’m alone, I use the maps and my phone to find the pretty backroads ~ and there are a lot if them in Ga, Alabama, Tn, and Ky. And yeah, the small towns with the stop and starts.

Anyway, where are all the pictures from Tennessee???
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Yeah I drove straight through. Sometimes in the winter I'll make it a two day trip just so I don't arrive in the dark and discover I have to crawl under the trailer to fix the plumbing (a chronic problem with an old trailer). I could do 700 miles, but would rather not ;)
600 is plenty for me these days. I used to ride it straight through on a bike. That would definitely be a two day trip now :rolleyes:

I've made this trip so many times I've gone a bunch of different ways, including taking a ferry across the Ohio. I vastly prefer two lanes and scenic routes, but sometimes I just want to get there.
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I was there almost two weeks and the only pics I took were of the mower so I wouldn't have any parts left over 😬
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From a couple of years ago
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My second most carried knife of the last two weeks: Case 62087
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Home today. Got a little sage brush removal project going on and I'm going to carry and use a terribly abused Buck 112 I got a couple weeks ago for trimming after we remove the main branches.

The knife as it arrived. Terrible blade condition. Apparently sharpened with a grinder or a file. Huge nicks in the blade edge at the tip.
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The knife as it is now. The nail nicks have been sharpened out and a good edge bevel established. It is very sharp. The tip needs a bit more work but it is much better than when it arrived.
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I'm not going to shine it up. I'll leave it as is so it can show off it's scars with pride. Still plenty of work left in the old girl.
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Sausage, eggs, and waffles for breakfast.
 
Prester John said:
I think our Fall weather is like your Summer weather! I did go once to California around Independence Day. Stayed in Oceanside near San Diego, and took a day trip to LA (drove around Beverly Hills and saw the La Brea tar pits). Really gorgeous weather for Summer.
Awesome Barlow, by the way.
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Thank you! Oceanside is one of my absolute favorite places to visit. It is a very special and beautiful place. I think the San Diego area in general is beautiful and feels a lot safer than LA. The La Brea tar pits are really cool! Summer in the fall sounds fun 😁
Amir Fleschwund said:
Yes. I concur on that knife and what it represents.
And you’ll not be hearing me complaining about the weather no matter what season it is. It’s all nature’s glory.
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I absolutely agree. We had a lot of rain this winter and I enjoyed every single day of it!
sf fanatic said:
Peter that is a beautiful knife but the temperature in socal is a bit too high for me. Last time I checked it was a cool 65 degrees at my humble abode. Ah…😀
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Thank you! 65 degrees sounds really refreshing right now, Dan. It’s looking like a high of 97 here today 😆 Enjoy your sunny start to your day!


The calendar shows it’s 8/5 today and I just so happened to take out my Rotten 🍌 last night. Currently sitting at a lovely 85 degrees as well. Have a great weekend everyone

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Kragnut said:
There was a guy in CO making elk grips like that for N frames. Forgot his name but he retired. Did you get them from him per chance?
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Yes sir. I’ll PM you his name. He still makes some grips, but only sells them one at a time as he makes them. No orders. These are actually Moose, but I have some of his elk too. Fantastic quality grips.
 
Ellis Wyatt said:
Yes sir. I’ll PM you his name. He still makes some grips, but only sells them one at a time as he makes them. No orders. These are actually Moose, but I have some of his elk too. Fantastic quality grips.
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I have a set of his elk sheds for an N frame as well and would like to get another pair if he is still producing.
 
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