What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Primble said:
So your knives need to look delicious ........ like your cookies ? 🤔
So your knives are consumable ........... like your cookies ? 🤔
So your knives and cookies need to stand up to "the chew test" ? 🤔
So your cookies need to have an amber look ............ like your knife ? 🤔
So your cookies and knives need to look used ............... until gone ?! 🤔

Your statement got me to thinkin' .......... "what does he mean"? ........... which ain't exactly a safe thing around Mr. P. ! 🤔🤣
Your knife does look critter free ..... as far as I can tell. It's harder to tell about your cookies. ;)😊

That Case Jack is really all the knife that anyone needs ............... excepting "it ain't completely always about what one needs around here". :thumbsup:😍🤣

P.S. ............. I like the look of your cookies too !
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Well, I do seem to always be buyin more of both 😂 they definitely have that in common
 
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Primble said:
My first knife came home ! :oops:

A Case USA no dots (1965-69) XX red bone model 6332 medium stockman was my first knife, back around 1965 or 1966. I remember buying it at the hardware store, in my little town ..... I was around 11 or 12 years old. The hardware store was my last customer on my daily paper route ..... via bicycle.

I parted with my paper route earnings to obtain the red bone ( leaning towards a pretty shade of reddish brown ) medium stockman. I toted the stockman every day, loose in my pockets, until it went missing when I was around seventeen years old. I replaced it with a Case XX Sodbuster, which eventually went missing as well. Those were my first two knives and the last two knives which I ever lost. They may have not even been lost, considering my older brother also had a keen interest in Case knives. ;)

I'll fast forward you to early this week when this user medium stockman came up on our exchange. I kept going back to it, looking again and again, wondering why it was still there. It didn't dawn on me at the time that the 6332 was from the same era and the exact model of my first lost (saying it nicely ;)) knife. After looking at least six different times ....... I had to say "I'll take it".

After opening the package yesterday, it took me all of thirty seconds for the light bulb to come on. 💡 It was almost as if my long lost Case had found its way home. A prettier shade of red than my original stockman, but, there was no doubt, after handling that old familiar pattern.🦖😊 I cleaned the bone and rubbed on it till I was satisfied, then did some blade cleaning ...... just enough to look a little better before adding a patina to them. My original one had gray patina on all blades and I came close to duplicating it with my forced patina.

Well ..... to say I'm pleased is an under statement ...... I'm back to long britches since it turned cold today ............... so in my watch pocket it went. I hope you like it too. 😊

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Wow! That’s beautiful Mr. P congratulations!
 
Primble said:
My first knife came home ! :oops:

A Case USA no dots (1965-69) XX red bone model 6332 medium stockman was my first knife, back around 1965 or 1966. I remember buying it at the hardware store, in my little town ..... I was around 11 or 12 years old. The hardware store was my last customer on my daily paper route ..... via bicycle.

I parted with my paper route earnings to obtain the red bone ( leaning towards a pretty shade of reddish brown ) medium stockman. I toted the stockman every day, loose in my pockets, until it went missing when I was around seventeen years old. I replaced it with a Case XX Sodbuster, which eventually went missing as well. Those were my first two knives and the last two knives which I ever lost. They may have not even been lost, considering my older brother also had a keen interest in Case knives. ;)

I'll fast forward you to early this week when this user medium stockman came up on our exchange. I kept going back to it, looking again and again, wondering why it was still there. It didn't dawn on me at the time that the 6332 was from the same era and the exact model of my first lost (saying it nicely ;)) knife. After looking at least six different times ....... I had to say "I'll take it".

After opening the package yesterday, it took me all of thirty seconds for the light bulb to come on. 💡 It was almost as if my long lost Case had found its way home. A prettier shade of red than my original stockman, but, there was no doubt, after handling that old familiar pattern.🦖😊 I cleaned the bone and rubbed on it till I was satisfied, then did some blade cleaning ...... just enough to look a little better before adding a patina to them. My original one had gray patina on all blades and I came close to duplicating it with my forced patina.

Well ..... to say I'm pleased is an under statement ...... I'm back to long britches since it turned cold today ............... so in my watch pocket it went. I hope you like it too. 😊
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That's awesome you found your first again. I appreciate a good story & meaning behind a knife. That's about as traditional as it can get too, paperboy route & buying it with money earned at the local hardware store! It looks to be in amazing shape & those are some great quality pics 👍

And to answer your question yes I do like it too! 😉
 
315 said:
That is an absolutely exquisite stockman. Happy you picked it up. In a one knife world you’d be hard pressed to select a better one.
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Very much appreciated and I agree with you. :thumbsup: 😍

echoscout said:
Glad you like your new knife. It's a handsome knife.
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Thank you my friend ...... I reckon you could tell that I was somewhat excited. It didn't register with me that it was the same model as my first knife until I had it in hand.
A very nice pair of old Sheffields you toted today ! :thumbsup:😍

Old Engineer said:
Very nice job of bringing the beauty out again on that Case Mr. Primble Primble . Going through the Math , you are a little older than I thought . Glad you got one to replace your First Knife .
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Thank you Harry ..... I just turned the seventy corner a while back. It looks less obvious spelled out rather than using the number. How can I be that old ?! 🤔
Maybe I should just be glad that I made it that far ! 🤣🦖🐾

timgiesel said:
Well, I do seem to always be buyin more of both 😂 they definitely have that in common
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I was hoping for an exciting or complicated answer. Couldn't you have fibbed to me a little bit ? 🤔🤣

DaleS said:
Wow! That’s beautiful Mr. P congratulations!
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Thank you Dale !!! :thumbsup:😊
 
ZHoovie said:
Awesome! I'm glad to see another one in action 😃
Mines been putting in a fair bit of work for Mrs. Hoovie🌹
Who says all tools need to be plain? It's nice to bring out something good looking to work with every once & awhile 👍

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It's definitely not plain ...... nice rich bone color ...... a very handsome pruner !!! :thumbsup: 😍
I almost got one of those, but, I talked myself out of it. I have too many pruners ....... well .... almost too many. ;)🤣
 
Primble said:
Thank you my friend ...... I reckon you could tell that I was somewhat excited. It didn't register with me that it was the same model as my first knife until I had it in hand.
A very nice pair of old Sheffields you toted today ! :thumbsup:😍
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Thank you kindly pard! :thumbsup: 🤠
 
Old Engineer said:
We all come up with various reasons as to why we need to buy something now and then but you came up with a Good One . Now are you going to really use it or are you going to get an older one or cheaper one to use ???? It is almost Too Pretty to use .

Harry
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Well Harry, in my opinion it’s too pretty not to use😉. I’ve already put it to use pruning the wisteria and daffodils and other misc. greenery.. I’m going to see how I like it before plunging deeper down the pruner rabbit hole.
ZHoovie said:
Awesome! I'm glad to see another one in action 😃
Mines been putting in a fair bit of work for Mrs. Hoovie🌹
Who says all tools need to be plain? It's nice to bring out something good looking to work with every once & awhile 👍

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Couldn’t agree more! You have a very nice example there.
 
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