What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Amir Fleschwund said:
Possum says “what bells?”
You need a dog like Manny. The other day, he was frantically rooting around a brush pile in my woods. Little bit later, he’s trotting around with a “dead” possum. He left it laying out in the grass, and then discovered that the “dead” possum had sought refuge under the deck. Well, he rooted him out, and again left him out in the yard. Of course, as soon as he left, that “dead” possum escaped over the back fence. Learned it’s lesson? We’ll see. 😄

A lot to like in this big post, Frederick!
First, I am so glad you like the Camillus TL-29, and have found it useful! I am the same when it comes to tools. I have had too many import hand tools break or bend ~ no more. If I need another tool, I buy second hand Made In USA. (Or England)

Great knives, as usual. I really like that first Jack with the big spear!
And thanks for supporting the practical wonders of Dupont’s Delrin®️!


Back to the wonderful Schrade 804 Whittler, and my Scrimshaw on which I replaced the blade I broke. The blade is stamped New York Knife Co, and I got it from one of the auction site sellers who has a bunch of parts from the big Schrade End Of Days sell-off.
Back to working on the guitar I’m building for my son, Josh.
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There’s no day of the week starting with D, well, there is in Spanish, but that was yesterday. And I can’t wait for Delrin December, so today is gonna be Delrin Monday! 😲
We saw something amazing yesterday. Driving by corn and bean fields, we saw millions of big dragonflies madly swooping and diving. It was like a locust plague, but these were obviously preying on something. I took a video, but can’t figure out how to post it.
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Have the dog but he sleeps inside. A few years back at our old place I heard noise out side. Buddy had taken on a big ol rat, including tail he was over 40cm long. Sadly the neighbours were hoarders & had an avery they didn't look after, all the neighbours kept an eye out for vermin.
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Now that's a sweet practical looking knife mate😎
 
bigfish64 said:
Really funny Mike! 🤣👍
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mitch13 said:
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Have the dog but he sleeps inside. A few years back at our old place I heard noise out side. Buddy had taken on a big ol rat, including tail he was over 40cm long. Sadly the neighbours were hoarders & had an avery they didn't look after, all the neighbours kept an eye out for vermin.

Now that's a sweet practical looking knife mate😎
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Thanks Mitch! The 501 hits a nice sweet spot 👍

Johnnythefox said:
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Oh my, that looks like fun wings.gif
 
1980 vintage Case, celebrates our wedding anniversary in that year as well. I did a braided leather lanyard with a small bead that is held in place by a wedge of rubberized cork so it won't slide off.

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One from Chris Sharp today…

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RLB0414 said:
Was the blade replacement difficult?
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Well, it would have bee harder if I had tried to honor the elegant design of the Swinden key. I found it easier to drill it out, and install a conventional hinge pin.

I am strictly an amateur😏
Gary W. Graley said:
1980 vintage Case, celebrates our wedding anniversary in that year as well. I did a braided leather lanyard with a small bead that is held in place by a wedge of rubberized cork so it won't slide off.

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Congrats, G2!
You are only one year ahead of us. Don’t falter, or we’ll pass you.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Dextar, yes it could be done, but it’s not something I would advise unless you’ve got the right tools.
When a cutler grinds a blade, he’s probably using a really good vertical belt sander with the correct platens and rests. The platen is a plate behind the belt that is shaped for the type of grind ~ flat for a flat grind, convex for a concave grind, etc. And the blade rest, along with a very steady and skilled hand guides the blade, keeping it dead steady and he guides it into the belt. After using coarser grit belts, they would move to finer and finer levels of grit. Each one removes the grind marks from the previous grit. They stop at the desired level of polish. In your knife’s case, being a utility, or working knife, it did not receive that polishing from consecutive finer and finer grits. It’s intentional because it was made for garden work as opposed to the finer polish a “pretty” knife would get.

If you use it to harvest mushrooms and various vegetables out of the garden, or prune plants, it will develope a pleasing and attractive patina. Just don’t leave residue on it that could cause rust, and wipe it down with a drop of mineral oil (food safe) when you put it away.
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Hi Amir Fleschwund Amir Fleschwund

Just wanted to reply you a little more about this, I asked a friend and looked into the spots / stripe those make the knife seems so dirty and just like a used one.

Looking at the close up view, (yes, those spots and stripes are exactly already on the blade when it out of box), from 2 angles different light reflections, he said it shall not happen on a new knife, even low quality on - as long as the craftsman takes care, the craftsman just didn't clean it, or the blade has been stored under inappropriate environment for a long time.
Almost all knives are made because of being a "work knife", he has no idea why a "work knife for garden" is intentionally unfinished well. (I didn't mean you are wrong, coz I also looked and searched other FP mushroom knives online but haven't found same problems, so I told your opinion to my friend when we talked this)

In a word, it's nealy impossible a knife like Fontenille Pataud described in their email:
In our workshop, we only work to order.
As you know, making a high-end handcrafted product always takes time: about 3/4 weeks.
Your order is now on process especially for you
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As long as same to your opinion, those are not scratches, shall not be the physical damage of the blade metal, in my other post, I was advised to use Flitz and try to clean it, I'll try though I didn' understand why customer needs to spend extra cost and effort to clean a paid high-quality, 30 days waited, pricy one.☹️ I didn't choose a mushroom knife as Best Mushroom Knives said but choose FP is only because FP said it's making high-end knife, and yes they did for someone else, just I have no idea why I always get bad one.


Anyway, thanks for your time and all the inputs, later I will order a Forge Le Laguiole, maybe soon I will be able to compare the 2 brands
 
After taking this morning’s photos, I thought I should run my belt through the loop on the sheath of a quite large Schrade Walden 15OT, The Deerslayer, and find something to use it on. (It does have beautiful sawcut delrin scales, after all).
No deer, but I did decapitate these green onions with it.
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See that long green thing? 072137D9-1F5A-4166-87A1-E0E14462E077.jpegMy friend gave me six seeds of what he said were an extremely weird variety of zucchini squash. This thing is over four feet long. F33A23A7-3B09-42FF-B884-F8C4980F7667.jpeg
I guess I should whack chunks off it, and cook them up in olive oil, but I can’t help thinking I should mounf it on the wall.

The beans just keepin’ it comin’. I’m getting two or three gallons a coulple of times a week.6CEFCE07-B61E-4735-90E1-F237394AC146.jpeg
 
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