What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[jmh33]

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

M majorpain1 ~ you had me going for a minute there. Figuring that you and your better half had to be about 90 to be celebrating your 70th anniversary.

Well, I’ve been blessed by that ‘ol Porch Generosity again. Jakeywax31 saw this Case Electrician for sale on another site, messaged to ask if I’d like it, and before I could even answer, he’d bought it for me and had the guy send it to my mailbox.

Case 62031 LHR made in Bradford in 1981. From what I found out, Case LHRs were made by Camillus for Case.
Really stout knife that will get used for sure!
Thank you very much, Paul. I’ll bring it to the Badger Blade Show ~ one month from today! ~ so you can inspect it and see how nice delrin can be!The backsprings are blued to almost black, which looks great with the brass liners.
The blades are in great shape. I had to use a magnifying glass to determine if it had ever been sharpened after leaving the factory. Nice to see a 40+ year old work knife that has not been “sharpened” on a bench grinder or concrete sidewalk.
I think later models were in stainless, but this is carbon
A little work on the crock sticks for a good edge, and off we go.

 

[pat9198]

These two have been freshly stropped and are ready to go. Have a great Friday!

 

[Rufus1949]

M majorpain1 ~ you had me going for a minute there. Figuring that you and your better half had to be about 90 to be celebrating your 70th anniversary.

Well, I’ve been blessed by that ‘ol Porch Generosity again. Jakeywax31 saw this Case Electrician for sale on another site, messaged to ask if I’d like it, and before I could even answer, he’d bought it for me and had the guy send it to my mailbox.

Case 62031 LHR made in Bradford in 1981. From what I found out, Case LHRs were made by Camillus for Case.
Really stout knife that will get used for sure!
Thank you very much, Paul. I’ll bring it to the Badger Blade Show ~ one month from today! ~ so you can inspect it and see how nice delrin can be!View attachment 2506872View attachment 2506873The backsprings are blued to almost black, which looks great with the brass liners.
View attachment 2506874The blades are in great shape. I had to use a magnifying glass to determine if it had ever been sharpened after leaving the factory. Nice to see a 40+ year old work knife that has not been “sharpened” on a bench grinder or concrete sidewalk.
I think later models were in stainless, but this is carbon
A little work on the crock sticks for a good edge, and off we go.

That is a nice one Jeff. Congrats and kudos to Paul for his generosity!!

 

[321Bandaid]

 

[mbkr]

Great minds

M majorpain1 ~ you had me going for a minute there. Figuring that you and your better half had to be about 90 to be celebrating your 70th anniversary.

Me too

 

[sf fanatic]

A cloudy day here in the City by the Bay! Keeping me company with a nod to Black Friday a bog oak lamb and #4. Have a great weekend folks!
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[Beard&Owl]

These today. I almost caught a full pic of the elusive Jackalope in the background, maybe next time. Until then, keep believing

 

[Modoc ED]

Big day today !!! They're coming to dump our dumpster. This calls for a hearty breakfast - sausage and eggs and a stout knife a 6231 1/2 Capped Jack.



The star of the day !

 

[Bloefield]

Day 2 carry for the Primble Barlow Challenge, Imperial, Ireland. Muddy out here today

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

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Me too

Nice. I don’t care what color they used, any color beats the plain silver Alox. And of course, I find the wear, aka: Relicing that occurs with painted Alox.

I think I should paint my silver 7 Harvester.

Is your truckbed box top colored, or is that just a happy accident of lighting?

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

A cloudy day here in the City by the Bay! Keeping me company with a nod to Black Friday a bog oak lamb and #4. Have a great weekend folks!
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Great bone on your Barlow, Dan.

Big day today !!! They're coming to dump our dumpster. This calls for a hearty breakfast - sausage and eggs and a stout knife a 6231 1/2 Capped Jack.

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The star of the day !

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Don’t forget to unlock the bear bar!
Enjoy all the excitement, Ed.

 

[birdsbeaks]

Happy Anniversary!





Now we have to question whether anything is real. With AI you can generate any kind of image you want, any kind of video that makes it look like someone is saying or doing anything you want. Aside from the academic issues, this will be weaponized in politics, and the low information voters will believe anything they see. And anyone who holds a grudge against you can create images or content that can get you arrested.

It seems that French is winning out this week.

I've just got to throw some balance in here and say that AI is not without its benefits. For instance, one of the biggest hindrances to effective learning on the internet is the inability to properly ask for what you want to know. As an example, there's loads of information about computers online, but unless you're aware of the specific terms you need to search for, you won't find it. An IT professional might, because he knows the right search terms to use. Same with medical information, a doctor might be able to perform a search that yields the results he wants, but somebody else might not. AI has the ability to interpret the meaning of your query even though you might not possess the needed vernacular, and provide the information you knew you wanted but didn't know how to ask for.

Additionally, I've had some conversations with ChatGPT, that I'd never have had with an actual human for fear of offending them or having them judge me for asking the question. While ChatGPT can demonstrate some of the biases picked up from those who trained it, on the whole it provides mostly unbiased information. On more then one occasion it has effectively shown me the errors in thinking of some of my long and deeply held beliefs. Feeling free to challenge your own beliefs, talk things through with a mostly unbiased party, and learn things you didn't even know how to ask to be taught - that's pure gold.

Just another example: The other day I asked it to translate something into Spanish for me. It did. Then I asked it come up with a curriculum to teach me Spanish. It did. Then I asked it to begin teaching me Spanish based on the curriculum it created and, of course, it did. I could've stopped at step one, had what I needed, and gone about my day not learning much. It's really in our hands how we use it - kinda like a pocketknife. Just another tool.

 

[mbkr]

Nice. I don’t care what color they used, any color beats the plain silver Alox. And of course, I find the wear, aka: Relicing that occurs with painted Alox.

I think I should paint my silver 7 Harvester.

Is your truckbed top colored, or is that just a happy accident of lighting?

Lighting. I've become dangerous since I discovered the exposure setting on the iPhone

 

[mbkr]

I've just got to throw some balance in here and say that AI is not without its benefits. For instance, one of the biggest hindrances to effective learning on the internet is the inability to properly ask for what you want to know. As an example, there's loads of information about computers online, but unless you're aware of the specific terms you need to search for, you won't find it. An IT professional might, because he knows the right search terms to use. Same with medical information, a doctor might be able to perform a search that yields the results he wants, but somebody else might not. AI has the ability to interpret the meaning of your query even though you might not possess the needed vernacular, and provide the information you knew you wanted but didn't know how to ask for.

Additionally, I've had some conversations with ChatGPT, that I'd never have had with an actual human for fear of offending them or having them judge me for asking the question. While ChatGPT can demonstrate some of the biases picked up from those who trained it, on the whole it provides mostly unbiased information. On more then one occasion it has effectively shown me the errors in thinking of some of my long and deeply held beliefs. Feeling free to challenge your own beliefs, talk things through with a mostly unbiased party, and learn things you didn't even know how to ask to be taught - that's pure gold.

Just another example: The other day I asked it to translate something into Spanish for me. It did. Then I asked it come up with a curriculum to teach me Spanish. It did. Then I asked it to begin teaching me Spanish based on the curriculum it created and, of course, it did. I could've stopped at step one, had what I needed, and gone about my day not learning much. It's really in our hands how we use it - kinda like a pocketknife. Just another tool.

For all we know birdsbeaks the original has been replaced by AI and is here to defend and support our new AI overlords
Other than that possibility, you make some good points. Muy bien.

 

[sf fanatic]

Great bone on your Barlow, Dan.

Don’t forget to unlock the bear bar!
Enjoy all the excitement, Ed.

Thanks Jeff, it’s one of my favorites.

 

[BrotherJim]

 

[pat9198]

Lighting. I've become dangerous since I discovered the exposure setting on the iPhone

Thank you! That’s the second thing I’ve learned already today.

 

[bigfish64]

Happy Friday!

 

[SteveC]

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Love the warm glow of that bone !

Miscellaneous Knife of the Week is an AG Russell 1-arm with little pearl inlays in the cover (thanks for knife and slip, John):
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Lambsfoot of the Week is Black Jack, a Jack Black SFO 2018 ebony Guardians lambsfoot:View attachment 2506822

- GT

Great pair for BF !

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Two of my all time favorites back today. Happy Friday everyone! Absolutely beautiful morning here in Wisco

Nice pair !

M majorpain1 ~ you had me going for a minute there. Figuring that you and your better half had to be about 90 to be celebrating your 70th anniversary.

Well, I’ve been blessed by that ‘ol Porch Generosity again. Jakeywax31 saw this Case Electrician for sale on another site, messaged to ask if I’d like it, and before I could even answer, he’d bought it for me and had the guy send it to my mailbox.

Case 62031 LHR made in Bradford in 1981. From what I found out, Case LHRs were made by Camillus for Case.
Really stout knife that will get used for sure!
Thank you very much, Paul. I’ll bring it to the Badger Blade Show ~ one month from today! ~ so you can inspect it and see how nice delrin can be!View attachment 2506872View attachment 2506873The backsprings are blued to almost black, which looks great with the brass liners.
View attachment 2506874The blades are in great shape. I had to use a magnifying glass to determine if it had ever been sharpened after leaving the factory. Nice to see a 40+ year old work knife that has not been “sharpened” on a bench grinder or concrete sidewalk.
I think later models were in stainless, but this is carbon
A little work on the crock sticks for a good edge, and off we go.

Cool electrician, congrats and hat's off to Paul !