What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Good afternoon Porchsters,

Without shame I am carrying this incredible Robeson again today, I just cannot get it out of my head! To say that this was manufactured between 1912-1921 is mind blowing, I am sure that many custom knives will not be a patch on this beauty. It is so tactile and thought provoking, I can see and feel how the springs were adjusted to perfection, how the handle was twisted and turned in the hand whilst the jigging was applied and the bone fitted. The silky smooth open and snap to close is almost perfection. All day I have been thinking and feeling that if I had the misfortune never to touch another new knife it would be no problem. However, it is thought provoking that it leaves me tinged with a smattering of despair, that these skills and the fantastic craftsmanship are being lost. I have seen with my own eyes how genuine skill has been designed out of a product, into nut and bolt assembly so that any idiot can make stuff and put it together or assemble it. Somehow, in my experience, they still manage to mess that up! There is an old saying that you dont know what you have got until its gone and that certainly applies to this level of skill. I know the man who made this knife, he was proud of what he was doing.

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Thanks Bob for the wonderful experiences generated by this knife.
 
Way-Barney said:
Good afternoon Porchsters,

Without shame I am carrying this incredible Robeson again today, I just cannot get it out of my head! To say that this was manufactured between 1912-1921 is mind blowing, I am sure that many custom knives will not be a patch on this beauty. It is so tactile and thought provoking, I can see and feel how the springs were adjusted to perfection, how the handle was twisted and turned in the hand whilst the jigging was applied and the bone fitted. The silky smooth open and snap to close is almost perfection. All day I have been thinking and feeling that if I had the misfortune never to touch another new knife it would be no problem. However, it is thought provoking that it leaves me tinged with a smattering of despair, that these skills and the fantastic craftsmanship are being lost. I have seen with my own eyes how genuine skill has been designed out of a product, into nut and bolt assembly so that any idiot can make stuff and put it together or assemble it. Somehow, in my experience, they still manage to mess that up! There is an old saying that you dont know what you have got until its gone and that certainly applies to this level of skill. I know the man who made this knife, he was proud of what he was doing.

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Thanks Bob for the wonderful experiences generated by this knife.
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Wayne, you make me rethink my attachment to many of my older knives. Glad you enjoy it and researching it's history.👍🏻
 
Took these for our morning walk. Western, Case and Sak Sportsman
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