What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[SteveC]

Small Lamb and a Whittler

 

[5K Qs]

Kabars for Saturday
-4 degrees this morning ...... not often do we get below zero in my area, but, this is the third time in a week ....... and the coldest night is supposed to be tonight.

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I don't consider myself an enthusiastic fan of Barlows, but that KA-BAR-LO sure is attractive; possibly perfectly Primbleized!!

Question:
Since stockmans are currently available up to 4.825 inches closed (the Old Timer 858's are only 4.625 inch closed), is a 4.25 inch closed properly a "large" or a "medium" since there are two production Stockmans that are larger, with the 3.825 ~4.0 inch closed a "small"?

Your question points out how ambiguous and subjective words like "large" and "small" are; just use the actual measurements, and the readers can supply their own "size words" if they insist on such ambiguity.

Butler Lamb Spey and a KA-BAR-LO


-8° here this morning


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Cold temperature outside, but your matching knives certainly bring the heat, Steve!

Going with my stag Lloyd today. It's 13 degrees F out there, and we're getting some snow. It's a good day to stay indoors. I have already fed the birds, so I think that will be my only trip outside, except to check the mailbox.

Great to see that shadow stag Lloyd, Gary!

No problem! & Yes I believe so, I bought it new when it came out that same year. I'm still working on my Case tang stamps though

I always have to check online for Case date stamps.
I've got the dots and Xs figured out within a given decade, but I can never remember what the rest of the stamp looks like in the 1970s or 2010s and so on.

Cherry² ?....

5K Qs We need some help over here!

Squared, Cubed, IDK...I could be wrong... I'm no math-magician!

So there seem to be (at least) 2 kinds of cherry involved. Let's make it multiple choice. Which of the following best represents the situation mathematically?
A) Addition: cherry + 2
B) Subtraction: cherry – 2
C) Multiplication: cherry x 2 (or, since x can be interpreted as repeated +, cherry + cherry)
D) Division: cherry ÷ 2 (or, since ÷ can be seen as x reciprocal, cherry x (1/2))
E) Exponentiation: cherry^2 (or since ^ can be interpreted as repeated x, cherry x cherry)

It’s my new favorite rock, and I just noticed it sticking out of the glacier in my yard.

Thanks for the info.

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I mentioned the bases being covered, but, it ain't about bases around here today. It's about touchdowns. I won't be telling who I'm rooting for ........ well .... not exactly.

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Nice collection of Motown Metal, Rob!

The Buck Forum Knife, and one of the two Camillus 41s that I won in the first BF giveaway I entered years ago. I feel bad that I’m unable to remember the member’s name
I always think of a penknife as a gentleman’s knife. I need all the help I can get.View attachment 2465203View attachment 2465204I think the snow on my spruce trees is beautiful.
Stay warm!

Looks like you're TWICE the gentleman I am, Jeff!
I don't have spruce trees, but we have several hemlocks. Here's a photo of the front of our house a week ago. On the far right you can see a few hemlock branches.


Then I moved several feet to the right to take a picture of the house from the front right corner:

Beautiful? Possibly, but where did my house go?

22 degrees F with a predicted high of 32 which is good Freezing rain tonight and tomorrow morning which is bad I'd take a little more cold weather and snow over freezing rain any day.
Bunnies for KC! Go Chiefs! The Bills are gonna be tough
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I don't have any Lions paraphernalia, but they're my team too. Apologies to Todd @bigfish64...
Go Lions!
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Congrats, Mike; good NFL Sunday for you!

Copperlock and RR Cowboy
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I've always liked that RR brass cowboys knife!

Fine fleet Gary!

Thanks, Jack.

Case Wharncliffe Mini Trapper in Tru Sharp and (I think) amber barn board bone.

Splendid Wharncliffe mini trapper, Frank!

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Pretty as a picture!

GEC Old Sheffield Jack thanks to a generous GAW by @Ellis Wyatt and Porch members votes.

Cool video, Dan!

Getting in just under the wire

It is Gary and Thank You

Thank you Ellis!

Thanks for the canoe cover confirmation, Paul.

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Starting my week with these two

Beauty and Beast pairing, Jack!

Thanks Gary.

You have quite the armada to relish. Beautiful collection of canoes.

I remember the name thread...I noted there, that mine was the name of a favorite cocker spaniel that passed and birth year.

Thanks, Bob. I'm not aware of any sea-faring ancestors, so my attraction to canoes seems surprising.
I wonder if there are more than one of those name threads floating around (perhaps in different subforms?). When I finally found it recently, I think the last entry had been sometime in 2018 (and I don't remember reading about your cocker spaniel before).

Thanks Gary.

Nice collection of canoes!

Thanks, Todd. I think my latest addition to the canoes came from you; thanks!

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Hey ~ Case’s salesman must have had a connection with Peabody Coal Co. i have a large Case Trapper with the Peabody blade etch. I had to buy it because of that ~ it reminded me of the John Prine song, Paradise.

Thanks, Gary. I guess you’re right. Off the top of my head, I think i only have nine Cases, and don’t usually make a point of pairing them up.
Aside from sometimes pairing a TL-29 with another from thw same brand, or choosing a knife based on need (garden), I lean toward a more random, whatever carches my eye style of rotation. Unlike someone I know…

Cool (and very old, I'll bet) John Prine video. Especially appropriate for The Porch since in the video, they were sitting out by the front (back?) steps of his old house.

My rotation schedule is designed to make sure I always carry an example from each of several categories, and that every knife gets its "fair share" of pocket time. But since each category is set up independent of all the others, the actual combination of knives I carry each week are almost totally random. I have no idea what stockman will be carried with what SAK, or whatever.

- GT

 

[Joefairbanks]

Small Lamb and a Whittler

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Nicely done, Steve! That old Camillus is very nice! Of course the Lamb is too...

 

[LEGION 12]

 

[SteveC]

Cold temperature outside, but your matching knives certainly bring the heat, Steve!



- GT

Thanks Gary !

Nicely done, Steve! That old Camillus is very nice! Of course the Lamb is too...

Thanks Ken !

 

[mbkr]

Rummaging through my sock drawer (aka knife drawer) this morning I came across my old Bear MGC (pre Bear&Son) stockman. I purchased it at least 30 years ago from a knife vendor at a flea market. I had never heard of Bear, but liked that they were made in Alabama. It was my EDC for 10 plus years. A lot of miles on this one. Still has decent snap on all three blades and just tiniest bit of play on the main clip blade. Its 3.25 inches closed. Virtually the same size as a Buck 303. The mesquite Pinch was my first Moore Maker IIRC.

 

[pat9198]

Pretty as a picture!

Thanks, Gary!

Edit, oops!

 

[321Bandaid]

So there seem to be (at least) 2 kinds of cherry involved. Let's make it multiple choice. Which of the following best represents the situation mathematically?
A) Addition: cherry + 2
B) Subtraction: cherry – 2
C) Multiplication: cherry x 2 (or, since x can be interpreted as repeated +, cherry + cherry)
D) Division: cherry ÷ 2 (or, since ÷ can be seen as x reciprocal, cherry x (1/2))
E) Exponentiation: cherry^2 (or since ^ can be interpreted as repeated x, cherry x cherry)
- GT

ZHoovie I don't like cherries anymore.

 

[mbkr]

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Excellent pic

 

[rishma]

Small Lamb and a Whittler

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I just love really pocket worn bone (and stag). There is just something about it. That whittler is wondrous!!

 

[Jakeywax31]

New 35 and Titusville lamb. Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[SteveC]

I just love really pocket worn bone (and stag). There is just something about it. That whittler is wondrous!!

Thanks !

 

[SteveC]

New 35 and Titusville lamb. Hope everyone has a great day.

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Sweet ! Congrats on the Churchill, one of my favorites

 

[pat9198]

Excellent pic

Thank you!

 

[Jakeywax31]

Sweet ! Congrats on the Churchill, one of my favorites


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Thanks, Steve. Love how these are on a single spring.

 

[conrad gutierrez]

Got a thing for barlows

 

[Jakeywax31]

Case Knife of the Week is a 1965-69 canoe (thanks, Tim):
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Colonial/Imperial/Schrade Knife of the Week is a Chinese Imperial cracked ice sowbelly stockman:
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- GT

Love that Canoe, Gary. Hard to beat old Case red bone.

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Very sweet, Bob.

Have a great day everyone Got my Hartshead Barlow, and Charlie's Rider in a pouch kindly gifted me by @Johnnythefox

A worthy pair today, Jack. Hope you had a great day in town.

Foggy Whittler/Wooden Wednesday.
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Two fine worker’s, Jeff.

Not the best pic, but... Dark Brew x 2!
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Picture is just fine, Chris. Wonderful patina.

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Sawcut on those look really nice, Pat.

 

[Modoc ED]

Rained all night and raining this morning so, it looks like it's gonna be a wet, stay at home, day. I don't particularly like this knife and don't carry it much but since it's raining and the blade is 440C stainless, I'll carry this SS 2AB Barlow today. Sausage and eggs for breakfast.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Primble]

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I think you found my lost C.J. Barlow....... the one in the middle. It was my favorite knife !