What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[runninmike]

Case 3318 Friday...

https://imgur.com/0O1QNVM

 

[Rufus1949]

Cool pic and two nice knives !
Hope your day is great Bob

As always, thanks kindly Steve.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

A Northwoods in the Ultra-Deep South today!

Nice knife. Do you carry anything bigger, like maybe in 12 gauge, in case you step on a gator?
You bring up a fond memory, which made me daydream about taking a canoe trip in the ‘Glades…
This morning, I pulled out an old Memorandum pocket notebook, and looked in it. Besides a couple of favorite Bible verses scrawled in there, and misc. measurements from a bathroom remodel, etc, I found my notes from our Boy Scout canoe trip in one of the farthest northern wilderness areas in the USA, the opposite of where you are, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on the Minnesota-Canada border.
It was June of 2002 ~ I was an Assistant Scoutmaster in BSA Troop 163. I had enrolled in order to be able to go on trips just like that with my younger son. We were a “camping troop” and took a LOT of fantastic trips. And being the Knife and Knot Guy, I was the one they had to work with to be able to tote their Boy Scout knives, and pass their knot tying merit badges. And every young man I worked with could light a campfire in the rain.

Thankfully, my little journal is fairly detailed ~ listed our route ~ the names of every lake, stream, falls, and portage ~ and made note of every spot where I caught smallmouth bass. (The fishing is out of this world up there), the note about the intense T’storm that hit us in the middle of a long portage, and every spot where we saw moose.
I would love to repeat that experience, this time with my son’s six year old son down in your stomping grounds!

Baxter Lamb and a Winchester Stockman, thanks Campbellclanman


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Man! Campbellclanman has shared some beauties.
Congrats.

Busy week, done.
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Done? I am never done.

Ok, the pile needs to be dealt with. Time for some sanding and/or oiling.

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I love it. You are adding to the crafts I want to try. Like I said, Never Done.

Congrats on the fine folders, Jeff, and plaudits to Rick for his thoughtful generosity!
What's the little doohickey at the butt end of the Schrade trapper? Tweezers or something like that?


I'm not gonna tell you you're "normal", Jeff, because I think each of us is unique (although some folks are uniquer than others ). But I do want to update/correct MY situation as you describe it. I'll often have a belted bag that contains up to a dozen knives, but each knife probably weighs .25 pounds at most, so the total weight is under 3 pounds (NOT 7 pounds). And although the bag could be described as a "fanny pack", the way I carry it with the belt over 1 shoulder and diagonally across my front under the opposite arm, with the bag positioned on my back, it's probably more accurate to call it a "cross chest man purse".







That green sawcut 5OT is a classic, Barrett!


- GT

Hi Gary! Hope you’re well.
There are two tools in the big Schrade Trapper, a heavy duty tweezers, and a scribe. Very handy to have along, more work oriented than the personal care accessories in SAKs.

I think over the shoulder man purse sound better than fanny pack!
I dug out my first Bible, that I received in a ceremony when I was 10, and looking at that beat up, well used book, I decided it needed a nice leather cover. Being thrifty (cheapskate), I went to the Salvation Army store where I buy my clothes to find a woman’s leather purse I could dismantle for the leather. After rejecting dozens of fake leather purses, I found one that might work. But felt weird carrying it up to the register!

I agree about Barrett’s green Schrade. He found TWO of them at the blade show!

These today.
Known together as " the Bobs"
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“I see you’ve been missing a lot of work.”

“Well, I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it, Bob.”

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Dig the fixed blade!

I pocketed these two today.

Harry Old Engineer gave me a Robeson TL-29… fine knife!

Thanks! They are my everyday duo. Kissing Crane is the folder. The markings, (what few there are) lend to the fixed blade being made from a Kelly sythe blade. It’s crazy sharp…almost scary sharp but I haven’t got it there yet, lol. I got it at a flea market for $.99.

I was going to ask if you’d made that knife yourself, but no. You stole it!

Smooth Old Red Bone Teardrop for Friday.

I have one of those. I had a gift certificate for Bass Pro Shop, and pored over their meager selection of Case knives. I’ve seen better selections in Kentucky gas stations.
When I decided on the Case/Bose teardrop jack, the guy had to pull out every one in the cabinet so I could choose one. Unfortunately, they were all Amber jigged bone. Not bad, but I sure wish they’d had a red one like yours.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Have a fine Friday!

 

[Modoc ED]

Got down to about 27º degrees last night and the heaters are running as I type. Had the big furnace going so as to keep the underside of the house warm and the water lines warm too. This afternoon the temperature will get up into the 50º range and then go right back down to the 20º to 30º range tonight. The heck with Fall - Winter has started. I'm totin this Buck 055 today along with one of those modern unmentionables. Sausage and pancakes for breakfast.

 

[Invoice]

 

[mbkr]

Wait...what?



Going to start with a walnut and brass 55 to go pool shooting. Might change it up for the poker game later. Might not
I'm fickle

 

[sf fanatic]

It’s going to be a beautiful day here in the City by the Bay! I’m going to fire up the R9 and ride across town to get my meds. Along for the ride the Harvey Special and Stingray. Have a great weekend folks!
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[RLB0414]

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Have a fine Friday!

Nice paring.
Any time you want to do an Everglades canoe trip, I will drive. I love the glades and would love to see the "real" non-commercialized part of it.

 

[kyhunt]

 

[echoscout]

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Sweet pair!

Handsome pair Gary

Struggling for time this week! But I have my Hartshead Barlow, and an Old Friend with me today

Great pairing!

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Cool pruner and pic!

 

[SteveC]

Miscellaneous Knife of the Week is a Keen Kutter Office Knife (thanks, Mark):
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Lambsfoot of the Week is Lam Jack, my 2017 horn Guardians lambsfoot (thanks, Jack):
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- GT

The horn on your JackLam is beautiful !

Handsome pair Gary

Struggling for time this week! But I have my Hartshead Barlow, and an Old Friend with me today

Great pair jack !

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Have a fine Friday!

Nice pics buddy !

 

[SteveC]

Man! Campbellclanman has shared some beauties.
Congrats.

That he has and thanks !

 

[OldHercDude]

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I have one of those. I had a gift certificate for Bass Pro Shop, and pored over their meager selection of Case knives. I’ve seen better selections in Kentucky gas stations.
When I decided on the Case/Bose teardrop jack, the guy had to pull out every one in the cabinet so I could choose one. Unfortunately, they were all Amber jigged bone. Not bad, but I sure wish they’d had a red one like yours.

I've been pretty lucky, all of my Teardrops have been online purchases and have been decent. Took a while to get a nice variety.

The Teardrops and the little Pocket Hunters have been the most consistently good patterns. I've had more issues with QC on the other patterns, Barlows being the worst. Based on the examples I have purchased, of course, others' experiences may vary.

 

[echoscout]

You’ve got quite a collection of nice Horsewrights, David. Is that the one that is under 6 inches?

Thank you! Yes it's 5 5/8" if I remember correctly.

 

[afishhunter]

have an great week-end, y'all.
Rough Rider "Synthetiv Yellow"/"Old Yeller" series. (Stainless blades.)
In RFP: RR719 Barlow and RR1287 Loom Fixer/"Half Hawk"
The Toferner Celtic Pocket/Neck Knife sheath cord is looped on a ring located on the 03:00/15:00 belt loop.The sheath and knife sre carried in the right cargo pocket.

The SAK Hercules is is clipped on the SS SAK belt loop, forward of the 03:00/15:00 belt loop.

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Still behind the 03:00/15:00 belt loop and before the wallet:
Leatherman Charge+ TTi and Oak with 5160 blade Buck 110
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I just looked.
The Toferner has been part of my EDC since 11-04-21.
The Hercules and LM since since 03-10-21.
I suppose that makes them a "true" EDC.
Honestly, I don't see them coming off in the forseeable yet to happen. I have in my will they "go with me" when I get planted. Not sure what other pocket knives I'll take along.
If I get found and dug up in 5,000 plus years, chances are everything I take with me will be the only ones still in existance ... I wonder if the distant future archyologist that finds and digs me up will know what a fountin pen and the bottles of ink are ... )

 

[Rufus1949]

Sweet pair!

Thanks David...keep showing those Horsewrights.

 

[birdsbeaks]

Nice knife. Do you carry anything bigger, like maybe in 12 gauge, in case you step on a gator?
You bring up a fond memory, which made me daydream about taking a canoe trip in the ‘Glades…
This morning, I pulled out an old Memorandum pocket notebook, and looked in it. Besides a couple of favorite Bible verses scrawled in there, and misc. measurements from a bathroom remodel, etc, I found my notes from our Boy Scout canoe trip in one of the farthest northern wilderness areas in the USA, the opposite of where you are, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area on the Minnesota-Canada border.
It was June of 2002 ~ I was an Assistant Scoutmaster in BSA Troop 163. I had enrolled in order to be able to go on trips just like that with my younger son. We were a “camping troop” and took a LOT of fantastic trips. And being the Knife and Knot Guy, I was the one they had to work with to be able to tote their Boy Scout knives, and pass their knot tying merit badges. And every young man I worked with could light a campfire in the rain.

Thankfully, my little journal is fairly detailed ~ listed our route ~ the names of every lake, stream, falls, and portage ~ and made note of every spot where I caught smallmouth bass. (The fishing is out of this world up there), the note about the intense T’storm that hit us in the middle of a long portage, and every spot where we saw moose.
I would love to repeat that experience, this time with my son’s six year old son down in your stomping grounds!

Glad I could inspire such a cool memory!

I usually carry a Glock 40 (Longslide 10mm) loaded with Underwood's (absolutely screaming) 220gn hard cast lead - but not for gators. Those are for boar. I'm not a hunter, but I've grown up in and around the glades and have found that alligators, despite what you've heard in the pathologically misinformed and bombastically dishonest media, are mostly docile and much more likely to flee when startled than they are to display aggression. After years of close observation, I've got to the point that I can predict with a high degree of accuracy which direction they'll bolt in once they notice me - they're very, very predictable. I try to explain it to folks by saying that alligators behave more like frogs than crocodiles - which have an altogether different and much more aggressive mindset - despite the similarly appearing hardware. In fact, while I won't begrudge anyone hunting gators, I just find it quite unsporting and decidedly unimpressive as they'll generally just lay there waiting to be shot.

Hunters looking for a challenge should attempt to bag some of our Osceola turkeys (considered one of the craftiest game birds on earth), being leaner than their Eastern counterparts, they've been clocked flying at speeds of up to 55 mph and I've heard that if you shoot and miss, you might as well go back to camp as you won't see another one for the rest of the day - cunning and confounding masters of stealth and camouflage, I've heard some hunters claim that they are impervious to calling techniques that work nearly everywhere else in North America.

Of all the potentially dangerous native and non-native species in the Everglades; including black bear, Florida panther, coral snakes, Eastern diamondbacks, water moccasins, bull sharks (yes, in fresh water - really), Burmese and reticulated pythons, boa constrictors, American alligators, American crocodiles, and more - the wild boar are, to me, easily of the most concern. They destroy vast areas of wilderness and behave more aggressively than any of the other swamp denizens hands down. I used to tote a 7" barrel Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter chambered in 44 mag, but for defense against boar, I think the Glock makes a bunch more sense.

It's an incredibly beautiful natural area that takes some time and dedication to really appreciate - you won't find the grand and obvious majesty of Muir Woods or Yellowstone, but if you're willing to zoom in on the details - you're sure to be handsomely rewarded.

If you're interested in planning a trip down here, let me know and I'll happily provide what information I've got in order to have a safe, fun, and enjoyable experience!

Knife content: As much as I love big camp knives and traditional folders, they're of limited utility in the glades. I usually take a small fixed blade (like the Northwoods Fall Creek) and a small machete. Sometimes I take an axe, but I don't think I've ever used it - there just isn't much hardwood down here.

PS - Never made it to Boy Scouts (kinda strange scouting culture down here...) but I did win the Pinewood Derby and Knot-tying portion of the Cub Scout Jamboree one year!

 

[afishhunter]

I’m going to fire up the R9 and ride across town to get my meds.

Beware the ... umm ... "sub-idiots" ... in the 4 wheelers.

In So Cal during the 1970's they were ... lets just say: " 'insane' would be an understatemet." ...
It was almost like they "thought" they got points or some reward for every motorcyclist and/or bicyclist they squished.

I can only guess it has only gotten worse since then.

 

[sf fanatic]

Beware the ... umm ... "sub-idiots" ... in the 4 wheelers.

In So Cal during the 1970's they were ... lets just say: " 'insane' would be an understatemet." ...
It was almost like they "thought" they got points or some reward for every motorcyclist and/or bicyclist they squished.

I can only guess it has only gotten worse since then.

When I ride I assume that the cage monkeys don’t see me.