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.
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Scout’s costume was a bit more… imaginative. I honestly still don’t know how exactly we landed on this as a costume. A while back she asked me, “What kind of penguin is a bat?” and somehow that evolved into her being a penguin-bat for Halloween.
Great idea Gary. I hate the round handle, can never index it when cutting. I'm going to use your idea on mineCarrying this Opinel #8 with Padauk wood handle, I modded this one to have flat sides which makes this MUCH nicer to handle in use, less rolling in the hand from the original round handle.
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
and the top end of the handle usually curves up, which doesn't help much for me, so I ground that down and rounded it a bit and that made it also more handy.
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
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. No big plans for the day other than doing a bit more house cleaning before my daughter comes in tomorrow. Keeping me company with a nod to Wooden Wednesday a lamb with ancient bog oak handles and, you know what I like. 
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into a tailspin! 
Jon, "thoughtful" is an apt description of ChrisYou are right on GT. Chris knocked it out of the park. This was such a thoughtful gift and I have greatly enjoyed it. It has settled in quickly with my other burlap gems.
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Last week he sent me this Case chestnut jigged bone CV trapper to add to several other Case chestnut jigged folders I've acquired over the years. Muchas gracias, Chris!
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl (but she doesn't have a lot to say)!
That 83 is a cool lockback, Chris!
Did you mention that you're making/getting a lanyard for it?I have a Buck 373 that was the last knife my late father-in-law carried, and I've carried it almost every day since I got it, even though I haven't officially named it one of my literal EDCs yet. It's a very nice knife, so it's just a matter of time.Wooden Wednesday...
Both superb, Steve!
Good wood, Paul!
You sure know how to show a lass a grand time, Jack!Taking Big Rose to the market tomorrow
I only count one hump per knife, so dromedary I guess.
I'm always impressed by your whittling, but I'm usually impressed by your painting, too!
You often paint so that the "facets" from your cuts are "colored" but their edges are white. Do you paint the edges around each facet, or paint, say, the brown over the entire hat and then remove the paint from the edges, or is there some other technique?Like those 2 knives a lot .
Thanks for the very kind words my friend , but it was not Done yet in that photo . It is now done and I took a photo of it with almost all of the others that I have made .
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Impressive walking sticks, guys!
Thanks, John.I always liked that "modified" Trapper.
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's renowned Beerbelly Stockman! Is that a Longaberger basket you keep your knives in? I think my female siblings and siblings-in-law at one time in the past found baskets like that very desirable (the GECs of wicker baskets?).
Looks like a fine place to get away, Todd!
Your KA-BAR-LO is awesome!
Ultra-cool Catts, Rob!
Thanks John. The slip is not too shabby eitherThat certainly is a pretty Barlow.
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl (but she doesn't have a lot to say)!
- GT
