What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Ellis Wyatt]

 

[XXL]

Happy THORSday! I have my snappy bird and ole uncle with me today.

 

[Xhul]

Both of these arrived this week and have been with me since. I’m really enjoying the Plainsman. Something about ebony is just so classic. It’s giving the Moran a run for its money for pocket time.

 

[Travman]

 

[JonMcD]

Today was my daughter Scout’s fourth birthday, so of course I had her Nifebrite #15 Scout with me.

This is the same knife I was carrying the day she was born, and I’m sure some of you will remember that I post a new picture of her with the knife every year on her birthday (a tradition I started with Eleanor, our oldest, and her Nifebrite #71). And, of course, I always have to re-post all the previous years pics as well.

Here she is the day she was born:

On her first birthday:

Her second birthday:

And last year, on her third birthday:

Here’s she is with her knife today:

We spent the day at the Minnesota Zoo, which is a pretty popular birthday activity for our girls. The weather was nice and we had a great time.

Here’s another first birthday to fourth birthday comparison (because the girls always insist on a picture with this tortoise sculpture). They sure grow fast!

I mentioned a while back that I was experiencing some frustration with the camera on my new iPhone compared to the 4+ year old iPhone it replaced (particularly when taking knife pics). I’m still not thrilled about some aspects of the camera on this phone, but I was impressed with the 5x telephoto lens, which I hadn’t used much before today.

This wolverine must have been on his union-mandated break when we passed by.

Here’s one for any fans of the GEC Beaver Tail series.

Unfortunately I hadn’t paired a Beaver Tail with Scout’s knife today. I went with the Sudbuster instead.

No better way to spend the day! Way to go, dad!

 

[JohnDF]

Mighty fine looking Muskrat.

It's always wonderful to see that Scout pop up every year.

 

[5K Qs]

Locking Knife of the Week is an oak-handled Opignel No. 8 my daughter bought for me in Spain once upon a time:




International Knife of the Week is also from Spain, an ABS-handled JJ Martinez marinera (sailor knife):


- GT

 

[DaleS]

Speechless!!!

Me too!!!

 

[5K Qs]

Very nice. I’ve never really been into canoes but lately they are starting to grow on me.

Thanks.
I fell in love with the smooth profile and symmetry of the first canoe I ever handled (a Rough Rider), and now I have dozens of canoes. No excuse for that!

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Appealing matching handle textures on that pair!

Walnut Tree Spartan

(finally finished... I think)

Very nice, James!
Did you do the woodburning (?) yourself?

Salubrious sowbelly!

Will have this 48 in the garden today.

Lot of lean and lovely "slim trappers" showing up in this thread the past week or two, from a variety of makers!
Nice patina art on your long-pull lamb, Bob!

The Parker World's Fair is subtle enough for work. The 18 later.

Is that Fess Parker on your brass Parker??

I left some of my favorite green onions to overwinter, so they’d make seeds for me.

Dashing duo of dark knives, Jeff!
I'm impressed that you've got asparagus already!
I've been harvesting some of our "no work" green onions for about a month.

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Sounds like a nice little trip, GT! Enjoy yourself!

I had these two with me yesterday. I would’ve posted this last night, but I fell asleep trying to catch up on this thread!

Nice pair of "morning after" knives, Barrett!
Thanks for the well-wishes for our trip. It turned out very well. A couple of St. Paul activities that you might consider, if you haven't already. I thoroughly enjoyed a St. Paul Saints baseball game we attended: beautiful little stadium, netting protecting all the seats. I was thrown for a loop by the challenges to ball/strike calls settled by technology (and also surprised by the price of a beer). The night before my daughter's wedding there was a "rehearsal dinner" (but no rehearsal) at Waldmann's, a German brewery and restaurant on Smith Street near the bridge over the Mississippi: historic old building, great beer (I had a killer Dunkel), and authentic German food (although I ordered a non-German chicken salad since I usually feel severely under-vegetabled when traveling).

Northwoods Gladiator (2010 GEC/S60v) in the pocket today. The production run was done in stag -- this is one of the prototypes in Buffalo Bone...

WW!!!

Thanks guys. It's a real problem, but totally fixable. I've dislocated my prosthetic left hip three times now, twice in the last week. It's going to be redone on Friday with technology that is more resistant to dislocation. Six weeks for full recovery which is a gradual process. Mobility will be back to more or less normal a week after surgery. But I will still be on light duty. PT won't start during recovery but afterwards. So in the end, I'll be fine again. And a commercial for modern medicine. Miraculous.

I hope the fix is successful and you're as good as new ASAP!

This old Primble has been through a lot but still has a lot of life left.

I admire all the cool old scout knives you have, Tom!

This is England at its best, sunny but not to hot with vibrant green grass everywhere along with flowers etc.

Plus 6,000 year old stones,blows my mind.

It would be a big/difficult job nowadays to move them with a crane and a fleet of trucks.

But back then no roads, no nothing how on earth did they get them into place?

There’s absolutely masses of them in many fields.

Avebury.
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Inspiring photos of a glorious spring day, John!

I rubbed a couple of really thin coats of linseed oil on my Case 11031 (1940-64 era) last week.
It's now nice and dry .... so I'll tote it today, along with my red bone 6220 from the 1965-69 era.
Up a little early today as the thunder this morning seems to be packing a punch ( rattling the walls kind of punch )

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That would handle looks stupendous after your linseed treatment, Rob!

Douk-Douk Buck ... try saying that three times, real fast
... "that that that"

Pleasant pair of knives on a paper with plenty of figures!
Do you always orient your notes diagonally on a sheet??

Tough to beat an ebony-WCLF-on-a-post photo, John!

The roofers will be here in about an hour. Today, they'll strip all the old house shingles off the roof and lay down the roofing felt and then tomorrow install the new shingles. I WILL NOT be on the roof - too dang old and shaky for roof duty. I'll be carrying this Buck 112. Sausage and waffles for breakfast. I certainly am glad the insurance company is picking up the tab!!!

You don't know how relieved I am to read that you have roofers coming in ED!
I read in an earlier post that you had been out to buy some flashing, and I worried that you were taking on a roofing job on your own.

For Wooden Wednesday

I didn't realize that checkered knife had wood handles, Jeff. That makes it even more attractive IMHO!

After a long search I was able to snag one of these 66 calf ropers. And in stag no less! My only example of stag and I have to say, I now understand why people love this cover material so much. Got this a couple weeks ago and it hasn't left my pocket since. Its the perfect size for the watch pocket and every day carry. I hope everyone is having a good week!

Congrats on hunting down that splendid stag Calf Roper!

Is that bunny multiplication?

You ought to write calendar jokes!!

Case (Carhartt branded) small lockback 225L SS

Classy little lockback!

This today along with my blue cadet.

Magnificent mini trapper!

I*XL Lamb and a Utica Jack

Marvelous matched bone, Steve!

- GT

 

[Ironbut]

My personal GEC favorite, the Churchill. It's just about the right size, and has the right blades for me.

 

[JohnDF]

Tough to beat an ebony-WCLF-on-a-post photo, John!

That post adds a lot of quality to the photo.

 

[BakeryWizard]

Enjoying a beautiful morning washing my bike.

 

[BrotherJim]

OTTER 161

 

[brokebladeenthusiast28]

 

[321Bandaid]

Slip by: sbh06

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Porch Dwellers

 

[JonMcD]

 

[Boattale]

Dang you have some nice knives! Thanks for letting me see them!

 

[Boattale]

To all who've expressed concern and support over my hip issue - Surgery went well and I'm healing nicely. Expecting full recovery in due time. Thank you all for caring.

 

[Rufus1949]

To all who've expressed concern and support over my hip issue - Surgery went well and I'm healing nicely. Expecting full recovery in due time. Thank you all for caring.

Great to hear...when you look back, you will be amazed at the recovery time.