What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Today I was carrying my High Plains











(My favourite chocolate bar no longer made).


I went to the Hellfire caves (amazing posh history read it in full if you dare) for a pot of tea but didnt go in.

While it was still operating, Sir Francis' group was not known as the Hellfire Club - this name was given much later. His club used other names, such as The Brotherhood of St. Francis of Wycombe, Order of Knights of West Wycombe, and The Order of the Friars of St. Francis of West Wycombe.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></em>]

The gatherings of these powerful men who pantomimed rituals of the Catholic Church also featured drinking and orgies. Active in England in the 18th century were rumours of "highborn Devil-worshippers who mocked Church and religion and whom supped with Satan".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

By the early 1760s, the club was no longer active. A local legend claims that the caves are haunted by Sukie, a young maid who was accidentally killed by people playing a practical joke on her.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Others claim that the ghost of Paul Whitehead, the former steward of the Hell Fire Club, has been seen in the caves.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-9">[9]</a>



The Hellfire Club | Hellfire Caves

www.hellfirecaves.co.uk www.hellfirecaves.co.uk


Then I nipped into Aylesbury motorbike shop for a mooch around.


























 
321Bandaid said:
Lookin' good as always!! 👌🏻
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Thankee Chris!
Amir Fleschwund said:
Even though it’s changed ~ mansions instead of cabins, salt water rated cruisers instead of my 15’ fishing boat, since we sold my Grandparents lake house, I still miss the Lake.
I hope your friend loves the Buck🤙
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I miss the Lake too, but that quiet life is just a sweet memory. My sister has a place down there, it's all about "#LotoLife" which is how they say "Look at me, my value system is putting the biggest motor possible in my cigarette boat on this little lake." It's kind of a lower-rent, Midwestern Miami Vice aesthetic out there. We used to swim in the cove and curse those huge wakes. I remember Grandma questioning whether or not my Grandpa really needed a fiberglass bassboat, or if he couldn't just fish out of the outboard aluminum utility boat.
mbkr said:
Is the secondary on the Pocket-Eze the original shape or has it been reshaped? If its stock, I've never seen a blade like that on a stockman. If its been reshaped, it was well done :thumbsup:
The jigging on both those knives is fantastic 🤩
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Thanks for asking Mike, I'm curious every time Mr. P pulls that out, but it's hard to ask questions when you're wiping drool. I would use that for all kinds of scraping and final cleanup before fitment.

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WW carry. Make it a good one Porch people!
 
Johnnythefox said:
Today I was carrying my High Plains











(My favourite chocolate bar no longer made).


I went to the Hellfire caves (amazing posh history read it in full if you dare) for a pot of tea but didnt go in.

While it was still operating, Sir Francis' group was not known as the Hellfire Club - this name was given much later. His club used other names, such as The Brotherhood of St. Francis of Wycombe, Order of Knights of West Wycombe, and The Order of the Friars of St. Francis of West Wycombe.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></em>]

The gatherings of these powerful men who pantomimed rituals of the Catholic Church also featured drinking and orgies. Active in England in the 18th century were rumours of "highborn Devil-worshippers who mocked Church and religion and whom supped with Satan".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

By the early 1760s, the club was no longer active. A local legend claims that the caves are haunted by Sukie, a young maid who was accidentally killed by people playing a practical joke on her.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Others claim that the ghost of Paul Whitehead, the former steward of the Hell Fire Club, has been seen in the caves.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Caves#cite_note-9">[9]</a>



The Hellfire Club | Hellfire Caves

www.hellfirecaves.co.uk www.hellfirecaves.co.uk


Then I nipped into Aylesbury motorbike shop for a mooch around.


























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Funny- can't find the "wow" icon.
 
5K Qs said:
Hope you get completely healthy and caught up at work ASAP. :)
That's a first-rate engineers knife! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: WW2 vintage?
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Finally tested negative yesterday, so I'm back at the grind today!

I was a little confused when I first got it because unlike other WW2 engineer's knives I've seen, mine has brass liners and a three lined tang stamp. I did some digging around on the internet and what I found is that during the last year of the war camillus started using brass again and changed to the three lined tang stamp. As far as I can tell, this knife probably never went overseas, or if it did it was only for a short while because, well.... the war was over shortly after this knife was likely produced. I can't be sure about any of this info as it was from an obscure post on a different forum from years ago and I am far from an expert so I can't attest to its validity. So in all likelihood its from WW2 era or shortly thereafter and it was clearly barley used as it came to me in great condition. Either way, I'm extremely proud to have it in my possession and I'll likely never give it up. And I prefer brass construction over all steel anyway so there is nothing lost there in my eyes.
 
Modoc ED said:
We're off to town in a few. Breakfast at the Wagon Wheel - biscuits and gravy. I'm gonna tote a Case 6235 1/2 in my pocket and the RRR Hawkeye Hawkbill in a sheath on my belt.




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Mmm. Biscuits ‘n Gravy!
Boattale said:
Just to be able to post in this thread again, I changed up all the knives. But the knipex stays. It's just such a handy tool, use it nearly every day. The Craftsman is a pretty decent knife actually. One of very few I have with a blade etch.
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I use my Leatherman original Tool constantly, but yesterday noticed it’s missing the little knurled nut on the pivot screw. I’ll tote these ancient Klein Linesman Pliers til I get it replaced.
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I like the looks of those Knipex.
 
5K Qs said:
Rob, do you still have the birdhouse? Maybe you can get a quick shot of a knife against the birdhouse for old times' sake (or just post an old photo with that background board if you still have one). :thumbsup:🤓

The RR match strike nail nicks are a little bit like the New York Yankees, I guess. When I was a kid everyone either loved or hated the Yankees (I was a hater). With RR nail nicks, folks either hate 'em or don't even notice them, I think. (Don't hear many people saying they love them.)


Thanks for the landscaping update; cool wildflowers! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool: Best wishes as your plans unfold!


Cool old knife with a gleaming edge, Rachel! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
We still plan to vacation for a couple of weeks in Michigan's Upper Peninsula each year. We've always gone up on the first Saturday in August for the past 30+ years. That would have been last Saturday, but my wife had decided a year ago that she wanted to try going a little later since I didn't have to worry about school starting in September. So we made reservations at our usual spot for a couple weeks starting on the Saturday after Labor Day. Then earlier this year, she discovered that a rental place just across the lagoon from where we've always gone had an opening and we could take our dog with us if we stayed there. So she ended up changing our reservations to that new place for the last 2 weeks of August. We had to forfeit our deposit on the other place, but the deposit was smaller than what we usually pay to board the dog. (And the past couple of years the dog ended up with hefty vet bills post-vacation. I don't think he does too well spending a couple weeks without us.)


Hope you get completely healthy and caught up at work ASAP. :)
That's a first-rate engineers knife! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: WW2 vintage?


Harvey's shots were well-lit with cool knives and tempting desserts! :cool::cool::thumbsup:
I think when my grandpa grew beets, they were sold to companies that wanted to make sugar. My wife still sends me to the grocery store for a bag of sugar with instructions to get CANE sugar, not BEET sugar. I think the beet tops got fed to the cows and/or pigs (and maybe horses?). I'll eat anything if it's mixed in with everything else, but I sure won't sit down to enjoy a bowl of beets, no matter how much older I get.


If I were going to get a motorcycle, I'd have to get one like this, I think. It looks small enough that I'd be able to pick it back up on its wheel after I inevitably tipped it over someplace.


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Articulate and persuasive argument, Frank. :thumbsup::cool::cool:


Fine pair of knives, and I really like the knob on your stick! :cool::thumbsup::cool: Is the knob part of an old horse harness?


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- GT
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Thanks Gary.
Yep it's a hame walking stick with twisted oak shaft. By Brazos out of Texas. It's a favourite really good quality. The majority of wood canes/sticks are cheap 1s here, like knives you have to search for the quality item.
 
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