You can call me "weird", but I really enjoy the fake stag covers!
I have a slimline trapper just like yours and think it's a marvelous knife (which I don't typically say about trappers)!
Same carry as yesterday and same photo too .
Spent some time getting the Pressure Washer ready to start in on cleaning our concrete . Had not run it for a couple of years . It will take a few days to get it all done and then the Patio .
My wife thinks that I am getting too old to do it .
Harry
Oh I do not use a Wand !!!! I have a stainless steel circular housing that is on wheels and has rotating nozzles underneath it . Best thing since sliced bread . I could never hope to do it with just a nozzle anymore .
Harry
I was getting ready to side with your wife on using the pressure washer, Harry, because I was thinking about the last time I used one and the wand would "kick back" so hard that I thought, "This thing could break my arm!" But it sounds like you're a lot smarter than me and have the right tool for the job!
A pocket carver for a month or two
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Love the chess set; great job!!
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Back to What Traditional Knife I’m Totin Today, this one’s hand sized ~ perfectly so for me ~ but slim, being only two layers.
And check this out
~ it used to bug me that the halfstop was off a bit. Then I figured out it’s because the liner lock is the opposite of my Schrades and TL-29s.
You push from the pile side instead of the mark side. The half stop being more like a 45 degree stop keeps the blade from nicking your index finger that’s pushing the liner lock. Genius.
Jeff, I have a Victorinox folding paring knife and a MAM with that "backwards" type of linerlock and I actually much prefer it. I like being able to go from using the knife, and without changing grip, pressing with my right index finger to release the linerlock and close the knife.
A recent mailbox arrival for today.
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That's a nice one, Bob, pointy and blue! That somehow made me think of my German classes from college; wasn't there German stereo equipment back in the day called BlauPunkt, which means "blue point"?
Chris, you ought to post this one in that current thread about outstanding jigging examples!!
(Is "orange" still the "new black"?
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Not on MY color palette!
When stationed at Vandenberg AFB CA 25 years ago my bride and I would often walk the deserted beaches on the weekends looking for shells. Finding abalone shells, even just broken pieces, was a rare treat. I tried to make small jewelry pieces with the shells but gave up ... too hard, too brittle. A while back I gave Charlie Bell a shell that we had picked up and he was able to get two single pieces big enough for this 3" single blade sowbelly. The waterfall shield goes with the ocean motif and is also a sowbelly approved shield. 2D photos can't capture the immense chatoyance this beauty has but I'm not a video person so these will have to do. Even with the intense scrutiny of my macro / full frame you can't see any pins. 100% handmade by Charlie.
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Enjoying a drive around the lake. I am smiling.
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Amazing abalone sowbelly, Chief!! I recently got my first example of "abalone" on an Oriental Queen canoe, but I suspect it's actually acrylic of some kind.
How long are you going to borrow my car? I notice it has my "GT'S" ownership mark on the door. Since COVID arrived on the scene, I walk almost everywhere I go anyway, so keep it as long as you like; just let me know when you want to return it!
Thanks, David; the HHBs were "instant classics" IMHO!
Superb stag sowbelly stockman!!
Sublime scrimshaw, LT!
Hit a couple of antique stores on my way back from VA yesterday and found a couple of thrifty items. Carrying the pocket watch and the Wenger. The Boker reeks of oil from all the rust removal so I gotta let it sit for a while.
Old Ingraham pocket watch (maybe 30s-40s?). Still works and keeps time. Also a discontinued Wenger Premier (same as the SAK Bantam). Apparently it’s SAK made but with the Wenger tang stamp.
A Boker USA Cigar Jack. Was quite rusty (thus very cheap). Was also able to tighten it a bit to get rid of the blade play. Sharp and ready for action. Forgot to take a before pic…
Terrific trio of finds, Jeremy!
Just got back for an 80th birthday party for a friend of mine. His cognitive abilities and energy level totally belie his age. His daughters rented a house on Lake of the Ozarks and had a barbeque. The crowd was scattered around pretty good, but I'd say 40+ people. I carried my Cadet.
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I gave Jerry a Buck 55 in brass and ebony as a birthday gift:
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Sounds like a good time, Mike, and that's a great B-day gift!
But, numerically speaking, a Buck 55 for a guy turning 80?? Seems like there's got to be a knife out there with a more appropriate model number!
Recently arrived harness jack for today. I was surprised to find one for non-scalper prices. I'm thoroughly impressed with it. So I've decided to take some fun pics with it for y'all.
(Some of y'all might remember me talking about how mellow our bee's are, well here's an example)
The bees are "bearding" outside the hive. Pretty much they are getting too hot inside so they come out to cool the hive down. Some even stand at the entrance in rows & fan their wings to circulate air throughout the hive to help. It's normal behavior.
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Have a great Sunday y'all!
Nice knives, amazing photos, but I'm sure glad it's your hand full of bees, not mine! I'm no kind of beekeeper. (But that word reminds me of "bookkeeper", which I think is the only English word with 3 consecutive sets of double letters.)
#86 again. The Cocobolo #78 came in the mail today. It might be the belle of the #78 ball.
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Great looking knives, guys, but I'm rather sad that you all got cheated out of a "full helping" of bone on your knives, with someone taking a big furrow right out of the middle of the bone almost the entire length of the handle!
- GT
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