What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[SteveC]

For sure. I think the stipulation on the 5 day recommendation is if your symptoms have improved, no fever, etc. Hope the next couple days bring a big improvement!



I’ll bring one to Janesville next year. It’s GEC’s #86 pattern, so it’s a straight-sided jack, or a sleeveboard… whatever you’d call the #15, #77, etc. Pretty good snap to ‘em, not the best I’ve seen from GEC, but pretty good.

Hanging out at the house today watching the Razorback game. Same knives in my pocket at yesterday (Albers Lamb, #77 Barlow), but I’m also CE’ing and CF’ing my new chef’s knife from Uinta Knife Co., which I picked up at a small knife local show yesterday.

I’ve been looking for a good chef’s knife for a while, but hadn’t found anything that checked all the boxes for me. This one’s just the right size (8.5”), comfortable handle, easy to hold in a pinch grip, and has a full flat grind that’s thin behind the edge. If I could make one change, I would prefer a carbon steel blade (this one’s AEB-L at 62 HRC), but that wasn’t a deal breaker. These are handmade by a guy here in Minnesota.

Great looking knife Barrett !

 

[SteveC]

A couple of Lambs and a new to me Queen #10

 

[mbkr]

Not much planned for today. I've been sorting some old photographs. I've got 5 piles that are getting shipped to relatives. I think I'll try to finish sorting and find some suitably sized boxes today. I'd like to get these shipped out next week. Dad passed away six years ago and its taken me this long to get this far I found going through all my parents other stuff to be massively easier than the photos.

Toted my new to me Fox Recoil out in the yard earlier.

 

[Jack Black]

A couple of Lambs and a new to me Queen #10


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Terrific trio Steve

Not much planned for today. I've been sorting some old photographs. I've got 5 piles that are getting shipped to relatives. I think I'll try to finish sorting and find some suitably sized boxes today. I'd like to get these shipped out next week. Dad passed away six years ago and its taken me this long to get this far I found going through all my parents other stuff to be massively easier than the photos.
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Toted my new to me Fox Recoil out in the yard earlier.
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Certainly not an easy thing to do Mike

 

[Headwinds]

 

[Tuna]

 

[Crappie71]

English Jack & Cody Scout today.
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[SteveC]

Terrific trio Steve

Thanks Jack !

 

[btb01]

Good looking chef's knife Barrett. It seems to afford you several different grips when in use.

Thanks, Bob. It does. One thing I’ve disliked about others I’ve tried in the past is they have shaped or contoured handles, and I don’t find them particularly comfortable nor versatile.

Nice find Barrett I didn't know you were after a Chef's Knife

Been looking for years. Despite all the money and time I put into traditional folders, I’ve been using the same cheap kitchen knives for a long time. (The one I use most often is a smallish Santoku that came free with the pots and pans we got when Julie and I got married. To be fair, while it is a cheap knife with plenty of flaws, it has outlived the nonstick pots and pans.)

I’ve wanted for a good all around kitchen/chef’s knife, but couldn’t ever find the right one, and have been hesitant to order anything I couldn’t handle in person before purchasing. I did (probably seven or eight years ago) buy a Global chef’s knife, partly based on Anthony Bourdain’s recommendation, but the thin metal handle was, for me, very uncomfortable. This one feels like it will be comfortable.

 

[Will Power]

Been off to the country house but the rain these past 3 days is something to not behold Brook is rising to an angry torrent, forays into the garden few and swift Seems vital to have a stainless and this neglected CS has proved an ally, gets really sharp too. Forgot that it mimics knives of old: crocus mark side, glaze pile. You also get an impressive handle:blade ratio with this one, nice long blade.

 

[tmd_87]

 

[Jack Black]

Been looking for years. Despite all the money and time I put into traditional folders, I’ve been using the same cheap kitchen knives for a long time. (The one I use most often is a smallish Santoku that came free with the pots and pans we got when Julie and I got married. To be fair, while it is a cheap knife with plenty of flaws, it has outlived the nonstick pots and pans.)

I’ve wanted for a good all around kitchen/chef’s knife, but couldn’t ever find the right one, and have been hesitant to order anything I couldn’t handle in person before purchasing. I did (probably seven or eight years ago) buy a Global chef’s knife, partly based on Anthony Bourdain’s recommendation, but the thin metal handle was, for me, very uncomfortable. This one feels like it will be comfortable.

I wish I'd known I suspect you're not alone among us in having differing standards for pocket and kitchen cutlery I'm glad you found a nice Chef's Knife Barrett, life is too short to be using inferior knives, when there are better ones available, and when kitchen knives probably see more use than pocket knives

 

[Will Power]

Looks outstanding and the appealing thing about Lloyd knives is while they may somewhat lack the fussy exactitude of other customs, they have character that only improves with time and use. I'd use that all day long.

Thanks, Will

 

[5K Qs]

If you were alive in 1958 you could have bought one new Gary. This came from my brother's decluttering!

Bob, not only was I alive in 1958, but I probably had at least 10 cents in my glass piggy bank that I could have liberated for the purchase.

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.

Glad you found some interesting leads to chase down, Chris!
I enjoy doing internet research on knives to see what I can find out, but I often get frustrated because I'm never sure how much of the info I dig up is actually reliable/accurate.

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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:
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Thanks for the info about that knife, Ellis! I thought the apparent size in your photos was just due to the angle at which the photo was taken, so I thought maybe it was a GEC 53 model of some kind. Thanks for the shot with the third blade visible; I wasn't expecting a punch!

... 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 reason


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.
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Gotta admit I find your rationale for equipping all bicycles with a firearm to be "out in 5 sigma land" as the statisticians say.

Thanks for your input on the "swindled bolsters".

The '47 Case might even be my favorite stockman. For sure it's my favorite of what I can buy new now. And the individual stainless springs give it an edge over the older ones I love. I also have about five '18s, which I also like, but the '47 manages to deliver more blade with very little added bulk, or so it seems to me.
Greensleeves, Sunnysides, Bruno,and Zytel are all three-springers. I have one from 1980 with two carbon springs and crinked carbon blades.

Thanks for the info about your Case '47s.
When I got one, I was quite surprised to learn that the 3-spring design didn't really appreciably increase knife thickness compared to a 2-spring stockman. I don't have any '18s. The size appeals to me, as does the reputation of the knife, but I get put off every time I see a photo of an '18 with the tip of the sheepsfoot blade edge floating well above the liners when closed.

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LOL! Thanks buddy


Thanks for that Gary!
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You're welcome, Jack. I have no musical talent, but I like the way the internet allows me to bring music to people's lives (whether they like it or not).

One little trick to help see if there’s a hinge pin or not is to use a pencil on the bolster. Even a pin that’s so well fitted that you can’t see it, will show up with pencil graphite.
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Thanks for the pro tip that I'd never heard before, Jeff!

This is 100% true Gary, an astute observation. Since almost everybody in America has a personal motor vehicle, we view it as a right and a necessity. Case in point, far and away the best way to murder someone in America is to hit them with your car and say it was an accident (look at the history of prosecution and sentencing for this). You will do less than 90 days in jail, maybe none, and you WILL get your driver's license back at some point, likely soon. I lost two friends on motor scooters to hit and runs this year, so pardon me if I rant The sad tendency is to view pedestrians, cyclists, and increasingly other drivers, as *obstacles* and not living beings. Like we're all playing Pole Position with unlimited tokens.
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Thanks for the comments, FC. Sorry to hear you lost 2 friends to hit and run drivers.

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I hope she's recovering well Gary
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I'm laid low with Covid here

I wish a speedy recovery for your wife Gary.

Best wishes for your wife's recovery !

Jack, I hope your Covid symptoms are relatively mild and also short-lived.
Bob, best wishes for your upcoming hip surgery; I hope the procedures have no complications and you can handle the rehab like a champ!

Thanks for the well-wishes for my wife, Jack & Bob & Steve.
She had the surgery Monday afternoon and came home about 5pm Tuesday. Tuesday night was very tough for her in terms of pain; even though the opioid pain pills were supposed to be taken 1 tablet every 4 hours, she was begging for 2 pills each time Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, arguing that she'd been getting 2 post-op tablets every 4 hours in the hospital. She had little use for my reasoned argument that if she kept taking 2 pills every 4 hours, she'd run out of her 30 prescribed tablets early Friday (yesterday). But she's doing much better now in terms of pain, and has cut back to just 0.5 pain tablet every 4 hours for the last couple of days (along with some Tylenol).

- GT

 

[5K Qs]

It’s going to be a beautiful day here in the City by the Bay! Nothing special on the agenda for today. Keeping me company the usual lamb and with a nod to Thrifty Thursday the OT19 or as GT calls it, “Lamb Shark”.
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Your 19OT is an interesting knife, Dan! I don't know where they came up with the name Landshark for that model (always reminds me of an old SNL sketch), but the blade shape looks very lambsfootish, so Lamb Shark seemed a natural choice to me.

Nice-looking Congress Gary

Thanks, Jack; it's one I should use more often in honor of its "elderly status" relative to most of my knives.

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Thanks, GT. I found it at an antique store here in MN, browsing through postcards from Arkansas. I bought it for line on the bottom of the front side:

I didn’t read the back of the postcard in the store, so the bit about not having a knife was a pleasant surprise.
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Cool knife. I’ve seen old Office Knives, and old Keen Kutters, but I don’t know that I’ve seen a Keen Kutter Office Knife.
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Somehow I ended up with four knives in my pocket yesterday. I’ll normally go for two. Four is a bit excessive. Probably scale it back today.

Cool postcard, Barrett! I've only been in Minnesota a couple of times, but our daughter took us to Stillwater MN when we visited her in St. Paul, and Stillwater's "downtown" seemed to be bars, restaurants, and antique stores. Daughter gave me some NOS Upper Peninsula Michigan postcards from the 1940s (?) for Father's Day last year.

I like your Hamm's bottle opener, too! On our visit to St. Paul last year, we went to a brewery (St. Paul Brewing?) that was located in an old brick building that had been a Hamm's Brewery in the past.

IMHO, 4 knives isn't necessarily excessive. I think excessive is when you carry more knives than you have pockets.

Great pair, Gary.
I can’t tell for sure, but the scales on the Schrade look like the smooth elk antler I put in one of my Camillus. I like the feel, and how it ages.

I can see why you'd say that, Jeff, but I'm almost certain that Schrade muskrat has white bone handles. Was Randy Redden around BF while you've been here? He was a guitar guy who eventually disappeared from BF as he got more involved with his music. IIRC, he may have sold most of his knives to finance purchase of guitars and equipment.

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I turned in my wife's absentee ballot for November's election earlier this week. If those 3 knives were running for office, I'd vote for the sheepsfoot Ka-Bar 2-blade jack!

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Eagles is having a chicken dinner today, which means pie
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Cadet going for the ride. I was using the tape measure to measure the wipers and had it in hand, so it got photographed too
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Is an option at the chicken dinner a chicken pie? Chicken pot pie always sounds good to me!

Mike, you should post your Cadet/tape measure photo in the knives and tools thread; double-dipping is always fun!

Thank you, GT! This one seems appropriate for a walk with the dogs on a beautiful fall Saturday morning...

Another beauty, Jim!

- GT

 

[Pirate63]

 

[mbkr]

Gotta admit I find your rationale for equipping all bicycles with a firearm to be "out in 5 sigma land" as the statisticians say.

- GT

Seemed like a good idea at the time

 

[echoscout]

Camillus Cattle and Mestano

 

[SoansoMcMasters]

If anyone wants to order a spoon with what looks like a glass breaker on the handle, this piece of lime wood decided that’s how this one is playing out! Tactical wooden spoons sell for more than regular spoons. Gonna paint this one black so it’s less visible in low light situations and I might put a tritium vile in it so you can stir chili in the dark

 

[mbkr]

If anyone wants to order a spoon with what looks like a glass breaker on the handle, this piece of lime wood decided that’s how this one is playing out! Tactical wooden spoons sell for more than regular spoons. Gonna paint this one black so it’s less visible in low light situations and I might put a tritium vile in it so you can stir chili in the dark

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I can see this taking off
Needs Cerakote