What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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My wife had surgery to replace her right knee on Monday, so I've spent a lot of time in the hospital Monday and Tuesday, and then things really got busy for me as caregiver once she came home Tuesday evening. So I haven't posted any of my knives for this week in this thread yet. I'll just list a bunch of them now while she's napping.
Two canoes for this week, a Buck stag canoe and a Rough Rider amber jigged bone canoe almost identical to the one I carried last week, except this week's RR canoe has a lock on the spearpoint blade.
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SAK of the Week is a Victorinox Alox Secretary (thanks, Ken):
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Stockman of the Week is an Imperial Ireland model with stainless blades, nylon covers, and no liners (thanks, Dave):
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Stag/Horn Knife of the Week is a stag knife from Toledo Spain:
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Work Knife of the Week is a Marbles rigger's knife:
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- GT
 
SoansoMcMasters said:
Still messing around with this Kershaw

The neighbor’s two year old daughter laid claim to the spoon. I’ll probably only charge her half price

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Nothing wrong with that one! I've considered getting all of the traditionals in that series before they're gone. I have the barlow... actually two of them. One is still in the blister pack. For what it is, I can't be mad at it! 👍

Being a carver, what are your thoughts?
 
321Bandaid said:
Nothing wrong with that one! I've considered getting all of the traditionals in that series before they're gone. I have the barlow... actually two of them. One is still in the blister pack. For what it is, I can't be mad at it! 👍

Being a carver, what are your thoughts?
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Overall I think it’s a fine little knife. Fit and finish is well beyond its price and I like that it is just slightly more wide than a stockman to prevent blade rub.

As a whittler, it’s fine except the clip point has the most ridiculous geometry! I sharpened it to 15 degrees per side and look at how high the bevel is! I don’t have calipers but I feel certain it was a gillion inches BTE!

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SoansoMcMasters said:
Overall I think it’s a fine little knife. Fit and finish is well beyond its price and I like that it is just slightly more wide than a stockman to prevent blade rub.

As a whittler, it’s fine except the clip point has the most ridiculous geometry! I sharpened it to 15 degrees per side and look at how high the bevel is! I don’t have calipers but I feel certain it was a gillion inches BTE!

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If you like it, I like it! Think I'll order the others. I've pondered over them for a long, long time. Based on the one I have, it seemed to be a heckuva "bang for the buck". Now, I'll just have to learn how to sharpen. Do you free-hand or use a sharpening system (assuming a system of sorts)? Again, if it works for you, it'll work for me! 👍🏻
 
321Bandaid said:
If you like it, I like it! Think I'll order the others. I've pondered over them for a long, long time. Based on the one I have, it seemed to be a heckuva "bang for the buck". Now, I'll just have to learn how to sharpen. Do you free-hand or use a sharpening system? Again, if it works for you, it'll work for me! 👍🏻
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It is a fine little knife but again, that clip point needs to be reprofiled! I use guided, semi guided, and freehand sharpening methods. For a beginner I don’t think you can go wrong with a Spyderco Sharpmaker. It’s a semi guided system, it won’t break the bank, and it won’t take long to warm up to.
 
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