What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Johnnythefox said:
Pics of the bike please. 😁
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Not a current pic, but the bike looks just like this except it now has shiny new stainless headers and Y-pipe.


The same bike in 1992 at the end of the Alaskan Highway in Delta Junction, Alaska, mile post 1422:


The exhaust consists of the headers, a collector box (front muffler), and the rear muffler. The collector box rotted out, as they are prone to do. Its no longer available, hence the Y-pipe. The janitor must have knocked their jig out of alignment, because there was no way it would fit. Much grunting, cussing, cogitating and a trip to a muffler shop, I manged to "make it fit" 🤬 The source of the angst:


And to attempt to stay on thread topic, and it is Trapper Tuesday, I've been sitting here coon fingering this Hughes Cutlery trapper thinking that I need to oil the joints. This was made by Chuck Garlits for Hughes Hardware in Highland, Indiana, back in 1987. Its a Happy Jack knife.
Look at the jigging. That's how jigging should be done 👍 😍
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Amir Fleschwund said:
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Just a mere fleshwound.
My berries are kicking in.
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Blackberries?
 
mbkr said:
Not a current pic, but the bike looks just like this except it now has shiny new stainless headers and Y-pipe.


The same bike in 1992 at the end of the Alaskan Highway in Delta Junction, Alaska, mile post 1422:


The exhaust consists of the headers, a collector box (front muffler), and the rear muffler. The collector box rotted out, as they are prone to do. Its no longer available, hence the Y-pipe. The janitor must have knocked their jig out of alignment, because there was no way it would fit. Much grunting, cussing, cogitating and a trip to a muffler shop, I manged to "make it fit" 🤬 The source of the angst:


And to attempt to stay on thread topic, and it is Trapper Tuesday, I've been sitting here coon fingering this Hughes Cutlery trapper thinking that I need to oil the joints. This was made by Chuck Garlits for Hughes Hardware in Highland, Indiana, back in 1987. Its a Happy Jack knife.
Look at the jigging. That's how jigging should be done 👍 😍
A gift from 321Bandaid 321Bandaid . Thanks Chris! 😊

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I think Bob’s hat speaks to my knees and hip as much as my knives.

Cool bike🤙
mbkr said:
Blackberries?
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Black Raspberries. Hoping for three or four gallons in the freezer before they’re done. I think we ran out of last year’s in March, and that was two and a 1/2 gallons.

I have a huge patch of Blackberries, still a long way to go. If they go at all. Last year, they bloomed, formed hard little white berry starts, and stopped. It was really dry, and I draw the line at how far I want to haul a hose.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
I think Bob’s hat speaks to my knees and hip as much as my knives.

Cool bike🤙

Black Raspberries. Hoping for three or four gallons in the freezer before they’re done. I think we ran out of last year’s in March, and that was two and a 1/2 gallons.

I have a huge patch of Blackberries, still a long way to go. If they go at all. Last year, they bloomed, formed hard little white berry starts, and stopped. It was really dry, and I draw the line at how far I want to haul a hose.
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Yes, "Oil the joints" has taken on additional significance 😏
Thanks :)
I'm not sure I can tell the difference between black raspberries and blackberries. It is a little early for blackberries as mine usually come in around the 4th of July and yeah, last year wasn't good for them. Its been much wetter this year 🤞
 
mbkr said:
And to attempt to stay on thread topic, and it is Trapper Tuesday, I've been sitting here coon fingering this Hughes Cutlery trapper thinking that I need to oil the joints. This was made by Chuck Garlits for Hughes Hardware in Highland, Indiana, back in 1987. Its a Happy Jack knife.
Look at the jigging. That's how jigging should be done 👍 😍
A gift from 321Bandaid 321Bandaid . Thanks Chris! 😊

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You're very welcome, my friend! 🤝🏻
 
Back from the dentist. They’ve come a long way in pain management, but it’ll be soft-ish foods for a day or two.

The two equal-end knives - a 6279 (Senator?) and a 62055 (Little Cigar?) - check all the boxes for me. The bone on the 6279 is amongst the best in my collection.
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BUT, this beauty really appeals to me. There are stories in that main blade that I would love to hear! Was there damage that was ground out or was it hard use that led to this profile? The snap is as strong as ever. I like this one …
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SCFlyGuy said:
Back from the dentist. They’ve come a long way in pain management, but it’ll be soft-ish foods for a day or two.

The two equal-end knives - a 6279 (Senator?) and a 62055 (Little Cigar?) - check all the boxes for me. The bone on the 6279 is amongst the best in my collection.
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BUT, this beauty really appeals to me. There are stories in that main blade that I would love to hear! Was there damage that was ground out or was it hard use that led to this profile? The snap is as strong as ever. I like this one …
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I'm guessing its been used and sharpened a lot. This was my Dad's 1971. He used it on his job as a millwright and then gave it to me and I used it for several years when I only had 2 or 3 pocket knives. Its been used a lot. The blades are still tight and the springs snap.
 
mbkr said:
I'm guessing its been used and sharpened a lot. This was my Dad's 1971. He used it on his job as a millwright and then gave it to me and I used it for several years when I only had 2 or 3 pocket knives. Its been used a lot. The blades are still tight and the springs snap.
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The resemblance is uncanny!!🤪 I love that Barlow. These are tools made to be used and that one earned its scars!
 
mbkr said:
Yes, "Oil the joints" has taken on additional significance 😏
Thanks :)
I'm not sure I can tell the difference between black raspberries and blackberries. It is a little early for blackberries as mine usually come in around the 4th of July and yeah, last year wasn't good for them. Its been much wetter this year 🤞
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Don’t start! Naming berries is like arguing over half stops vs no half stops.

But I’ll tell you what…I went to town and got a carton of ice cream to go with some berries.
 
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