The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Those are Jack O Lantern mushrooms, and are not safe to eat. These are the largest I have ever seen. They also glow in the dark, pretty cool to see.
That is a 981316 Texas Cattle Knife, holding me over until I can find one of the Texas Camp knives. These are HUGE knives. Carrying it again today:What's the black knife? That is REALLY appealing!
That's a lot of Wad for a load of Shoddy
Captivating stag, José!
I can dig it, he can dig it, she can dig it, we can dig it, they can dig it, you can dig it
Oh, let's dig it. (Can you dig it, baby?)
Sublime sowbelly!
Woah, life could be a dream, Waboom
If I could take you up in paradise up above, Waboom
(Do do do do, Waboom)
(Do do do do, Waboom)
What's the black knife? That is REALLY appealing!
Jolly good jigging!
I know what you mean, Jeff, but I think of my Camillus electrician as one of my pretty knives. It's black covers and silver hardware give it a very distinguished look!
Quite a project, Tyson!
Interesting take on your SBJr. For me, I didn't have much use for single-bladed knives until I was gifted a SBJr, and that changed my outlook significantly!
Cool comic book, Bob!
From what October does it come? I'm guessing many years ago, given the price!
Sumptuous golden stag, Steve!Love the Lamb and Cherish the Churchill!
Those 88s are gr8!
I googled "who made LL Bean's stockman pattern" and found quite a few sites that looked informative, but without having your knife in hand I couldn't really assess whether the photos I saw matched your knife. (Also, lots of claims being made without much evidence IMHO; several mentions of Camillus and of Western, and lots of claims for Ka-bar, but that may not have included stockmans. And there wasn't much date info that I saw in an admittedly-superficial scanning of some sites.)
Thanks, José.The same could be said of your blue Alox Pruner!
Sounds like a plan, FC!Of course, you have to be wary of wifely "counterattacks" like a mandatory list of 4 quilt shops spread out over a 300-mile trip!
- GT
Back in '90's and early oughts, I was an avid bicyclist -both road and mountain. The roads around here are hilly, curvy and narrow. I once pulled out in front of three bicyclist causing one of them to crash trying to not hit my car. In my defense, I had the right-of-way and they were flying through a stop sign, but still...I looked, and I look for people on two wheels, and I never saw them. People don't see us. The others that like to crowd people, or just be jerks, are the "spawn of Satan". At one point I advocated that every new bicycle come standard with a .45 ACP so one could put a warning shot through their head. I was told that was an extreme position for some reasonInteresting term you use for drivers of vehicles with at least 4 wheels, Mike.
Since COVID arrived, I've been walking much more (and driving much less) than I used to, and I've taken to calling many of the drivers on the roads "vehicle supremacists", who I find as despicable as white or black supremacists in their treatment of people not "like" them (i.e., pedestrians, cyclists) as sub-human and not deserving of any rights.
- GT
Not sure what swindled bolsters are...but Schrade of later vintage had Swinden key construction. If the pin is visible through the bolster, then its not Swinden keyed. Its a different way of pinning everything together. Lots of discussion about it here on BF.Way to light a fire, Gary!After some research, it looks like it's possibly a Schrade due to the "swindled bolsters" (whatever that means?). Or, it could possibly be a Camillus due to the main blade shape... which I find surprising because it's much more nicely finished than any of the vintage Camillus I've owned or seen in the past. I'd be "tickled" if it ends up being a Schrade. I'll keep digging.
Those are some good looking knives, sir! I certainly wasn't intending to imply that Camillus < Schrade. I actually have a few older Camillus, but not nearly as nice as yours!
Just making a comparison based on what I have to reference. There's no doubt they made some fine knives!! I'm just partial to old Schrades because the first (and only) knife Dad gave me was a Schrade. I'm 100% certainly that's the ONLY reason why.
Love the knife. Love the apple. Once I discovered Honey Crisps, I haven't bought any other apples
All goodThose are some good looking knives, sir! I certainly wasn't intending to imply that Camillus < Schrade. I actually have a few older Camillus, but not nearly as nice as yours!
Further research indicates this LL Bean stockman is most likely not a Schrade. If that's the case, it's become both my nicest and favorite Camillus!!
Swindon Key construction?
Quoted what I read, which is most likely incorrect. What you said makes more sense!
