What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

HFinn said:
Simple, affordable, traditional kitchen tool that just works, my best kitchen knife so far.
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What did you say the thickness of that was? I've always assumed their kitchen knifes would be thin like their pocket knives.
 
Cattaraugus Survivors for Saturday. The Cocobolo Electricians model 21087 knife was likely ( I imagine ) a clutter-drawer knife for many years and had mirror polished blades, no sign of ever being used much or at all. It is a tad smaller than your typical Electrician's knife at 3.5 inches closed. It was dirty and only required some steel wool cleaning and a thin coat of Permalyn Sealer on the wood. The enamel and silver lobster pen is another one that never saw much use. Have a fine weekend .......... my grandson's third birthday party to attend tomorrow. 😊

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Primble said:
Cattaraugus Survivors for Saturday. The Cocobolo Electricians model 21087 knife was likely ( I imagine ) a clutter-drawer knife for many years and had mirror polished blades, no sign of ever being used much or at all. It is a tad smaller than your typical Electrician's knife at 3.5 inches closed. It was dirty and only required some steel wool cleaning and a thin coat of Permalyn Sealer on the wood. The enamel and silver lobster pen is another one that never saw much use. Have a fine weekend .......... my grandson's third birthday party to attend tomorrow. 😊

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Nice. I have the same electrician. I think it’s the most elegantly made one I have.
 
chevyrulez1 said:
Not really toting this today, but I thought I would share. This one is a real special one for me, a few years ago while visiting my mom, I had to go out in the storage building and look for something and saw my dad's old toolbox out there. My dad passed away 12 years ago. While digging around in the tool box I came across this Imperial Kamp King, but it was in rough shape, the cellulose film was all crumbling on the handles, rusted, etc. I decided I would clean it up and hold on to it because it belonged to my dad. I was heartbroken when trying to put one of the scales back on the little tab that hold it to the liner snapped off. I was bummed about it and just set it aside. Last week I thought about it again and found a broken scale donor knife for cheap on ebay, so I was finally able to get it back together. I kind of want to carry and use it but at the same time want to just keep it for the memories
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I'm sorry for your loss. That's great you were able to find a donor to complete it. I went through similar with my grandfather. Like you after he passed my grandmother let me look around in his shop & see if there was anything of his I wanted. I found an Imperial Kamp-King sitting beside an old parts bin. The handle wrap wasn't in the best shape so I just removed it. Then I gave it a good scrubbing with hot & soapy water. I did also take some old hot rod chrome polish to the scales to shine them up a bit. I also had to find another bail for it. It brings back some good memories with him. You can always carry it on special occasions. Speaking of carrying, I think I'll carry mine today. Just because 👍

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I need to find some leather cord to put on the bail. All I have right now is some outdoor cord. He was a die hard Harley rider so the orange is fitting 😉

I'm also carrying a Buck 112 in elk for today.
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Hope y'all have a great weekend!
 
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