What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

SteveC said:
Lots to love about this post !





Hopefully your trip home will be a smooth one !
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Thanks, Steve!
I sometimes babble on about gardening, guitars, and other stuff😁 But knives being toted are always part of it…

Joey, Hyesouljah Hyesouljah mentioned how looking over his collection, bone must be his handle of choice. I must like Genuine Dupont Delrin, because I have a lot of it.

This Camillus was probably made near the end of Camillus. No model # on the tangs. Kind of virginal, so I try to keep it that way, even as I put it to work.
And with the Bull Buster, a belt knife would be redundant.5E31DF38-E4F3-4B79-9FB6-4E11261BFC5B.jpegCBCEE9BC-AB34-4222-A8BE-C5E7D0B881A7.jpeg
I love this old engineer’s cap. The tag says
Burlington
Sanforized
Union Made
It belonged to my step granddad, who was a machinist. When he passed away, his three sons came down from KC and went through his belongings, dividing things up and taking the things they wanted ~ power tools, guns, woodshop and machinist power tools, etc.

Not long after that, I borrowed a big straight truck, and we went down to move Grandma back to Illinois where she could spend her last years close to my Mom.

Well, she and her late husband had set aside everything that had come from her side of the family ~ all of her first husband, my grandpa’s belongings. That included all of the gardening tools, fishing equipment, tools, and his old shotguns. And on top of that, there was a ton of stuff that had belonged to the second husband that his sons didn’t want, and had left for me. Some surprised me, like a ton of hand tools ~ wrenches, sockets, etc.
I filled that truck. The very last thing I did was dig up and bag the perennials that she’d brought from Illinois decades earlier. They are now growing at my house.
Anyway, apparently his sons did not appreciate this fine old engineer’s cap. Go figure.
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My wife hates it.
 
Dextar said:
I'm a bit late, but just wanted to join you, here's mine (though something is OFF from the gap between the scale and spring, i guess it was used to stick the handle and spring)

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BTW, if anyone could advise
- what is the piece which is off the "gap" between the scale and spring?
- is there a way to fix it?
- any impact (harmful)?

from the 2nd picture I feel like the scale could not match and stick to the spring very well, so the craftsman utilized something to stick them.
 
afishhunter said:
Some wifes just hate the good stuff their hubby likes out of spite. 🙄

Must be that illogical "her thing" they inherit from their mummies that prevents everyone (including other women) from understanding women ... 🤔 😀
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Well, wimmenz can indeed be hard to figure out. But we’ve been working at it for over 42 years, so I’m pretty well trained. I’ll have to say it goes both ways. I’ve confused her sensibilities many times.

But Vik does not have any spite in her at all, even when I deserve it.

When she doesn’t like something I choose to wear, she’ll say something like “you’re not realy wearing that, are you?”, or “pick out a shirt for church, and let me iron it for you”.

Musta lucked out, because she’s a fine woman.

And when it comes to knives, she tolerates my hobby. I might get the stinkeye when she inspects the credit card statement. Which is one readon I don’t buy knives all that often. She keeps me in the real world.
 
Dextar said:
BTW, if anyone could advise
- what is the piece which is off the "gap" between the scale and spring?
- is there a way to fix it?
- any impact (harmful)?

from the 2nd picture I feel like the scale could not match and stick to the spring very well, so the craftsman utilized something to stick them.
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I see only stag and adhesive. Probably epoxy. Part of what you’re seeing is the pithy, vein carrying part of the antler.
It looks like the cutler shoukd have ground the stag for a seamless fit against the steel instead of filling it with glue. Or used more glue.
 
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