What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Crappie71]

Reporting in with this #81 today. Also, when I went to the PO today, I found very generous gifts for Mrs. Crappie and myself from everyone’s good friend Modoc ED . Thanks Ed! Will get pics tomorrow.

 

[mitch13]

 

[waynorth]

Dropped in my pocket after the mail delivery today!! Thanks, Logan!!

 

[Cwilliams563]

 

[Old Engineer]

Really like your Old Pruner my friend . I can't really make out the tang stamp but it appears to be George Wostenholm ????? How old do you think it may be .

Harry

 

[Tyson A Wright]

Going to town soon - post office then the grocery store. No stops to eat. We had to rush "Utah" the Doxie to the vet yesterday afternoon. She developed a golf ball size lump at the site where they performed a biopsy the other day and it bled internally. Now we've got meds to administer to her twice a day. I'll be carrying this Scout Trapper today. Not concerned about breakfast just now.



"Utah" the Doxie the day we brought her home 7-years ago. She was nestled between my arm and the late CoCo.

Oh no! I hope Utah is better soon. Please tell her Lacey and Whiskey are rooting for her.

 

[Tyson A Wright]

These two for the last few days.

 

[joeradza]

An early white Wednesday

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

New knife tote today.

It’s a bit meh for F&F, but serviceable as a user.

 

[BrotherJim]

Black Plum Snakes on a Pizza Pan ... Viper & Copperlock

 

[majorpain1]

 

[Peregrin]

I haven't had this one on my belt in a while. Greg Lightfoot Dress Companion XJ, Damasteel, and Canadian Elk.

 

[Scholefield123]

Another classic from the past Case XX railsplitter… Once again the build quality on this era of knife from case , is exceptional. Why can’t they produce quality like this today ? With all the modern machinery and technology, I’m shocked at the modern equivalent that is produced

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[jfk1110]

I haven't had this one on my belt in a while. Greg Lightfoot Dress Companion XJ, Damasteel, and Canadian Elk.

That is one beautiful blade......and ..........pants.......

 

[5K Qs]

Delightful dye job on your classy canoe!

Some Carved Pumpkin on this fine October morning...

Handsome seasonal bone on a splendid knife!

Sears High Carbon Premium Cattle made by Camillus, and Vic Picnicker. Happy Friday!
If I could find the bone chip that fell off, I’d glue it back in with CA.

Covetable cattle knife!

I got up an hour and a half early this morning in order to have a couple extra cups of coffee to steel my nerves for what is to come this afternoon. Cindy and I are taking "Utah" the Long Hair, Piebald, Doxie to the Vet at one o'clock for shots and overall examination. She'll ride on Cindy's lap with her head out the window, ears flapping, and nose in the wind but when we get to the Vet, it's just going to be panic city, breaks on, with a lot of sniveling and whining. It's gonna be fun!! I'll be totin a Sod Buster Jr.

Sorry to hear about Utah's recent health issues, ED, especially if she gets so freaked out at the vet; hope she gets well soon.
Our dog Gandalf has spent lots of time at the vet clinic, but seems like a pretty good "patient". The techs all seem to love him. Saturday, Gandalf and I were walking past a tennis court in a nearby park. There were 4 people there playing pickle ball, and one of the women yelled, "Is that Gandalf?" I didn't recognize her, but she used to work at the vet clinic years ago and still recognized the dog.

Fine pair of knives

Thanks, David.

Gary, I would like to thank you for showing me the way to the landless gentry, some very nice reading.

You're welcome, Bob; glad you like it. I haven't read many of the blog entries there; most of them looked like they were clothing oriented toward styles that are too dapper for a slob like me. I tend to be a souvenir t-shirt, flannel shirt, carpenter jeans kind of guy.

Lamb and a Churchill


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Laudable lamb and charming Churchill!

I’ve got these two in my pocket. My wife and I started dating 25 years ago today, so a #25 seemed appropriate, and this ebony spearpoint is one of my favorites. The Afzelia Burl Albers Lambsfoot hadn’t had any pocket time in a while, so I swapped out yesterday’s Curly Katalox for it.

Notable pair of knives, and it's coll that you're dating like it's 1999!

Some days it's all about the bone, not the blade.

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Beautiful bone!!
Cool hanky under the knives.

Saturday's totes

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Flabbergasted!

Lucky game day knife is ready for another day of College Football !!! ROLL TIDE !!! Alabama Crimson Tide

Cool crimson copperhead!
(Its luck must've leaked out during last Saturday's game. )

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These simple French knives are 100% worth it.

Absolutely agree! Great in the hand the Tonneau (Barrel) pattern , might be a bit crude in finish but that adds to appeal as the action and construction is excellent. You'll soon get a patina going from veggie prep and French carbon is sharp stuff .

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I'm also a big fan of those French barrel knives; mine has oak covers, not as classy as your French ivory models!

When we lived in the Ozarks, Vik used to keep a sharp eye out for wild bittersweet along the backroads. The berries borne on the female plants are very attractive orange and red. And along with the curly vines are nice for holiday wreath making and various other seasonal decorating. So some years later, up here in Illinois, I happened to find some 1/2 gal. pots of bittersweet on closeout at a landscaping joint marked down at the end of the season.
I thought it would be cool to plant them against the south side of the house, and let them climb. It was cool. They took off and began to cover the wall. Looked great.
Until it came time to paint. I realized it was not good for the wood siding. I had to cut it all down and move them to where they could climb an arbor I’d made out by my first garden. They eventually overtook the arbor, which gave out and collapsed. Years later, I witnessed how they wrap around and strangle young trees.
Anyway, bad choice for planting next to the house.
I notice a bumper crop of decorating berries this fall.

Good story, Jeff, and similar to our experience with wisteria. We planted it at a back corner of the house, hoping it would climb and cover an arbor over our new brick patio in the corner between the back porch and back of house. It did eventually cover the arbor, but it tries to go well beyond that. Earlier this summer I was cutting out at least a dozen vines that ran along the foundation all the way to the front of the house. And the house is mainly brick, but has wood trim and "asphalt" shingles. I don't think the wisteria does the wood or shingles any good, so we're frequently doing wisteria removal there. I also have to guard against it getting into an oak tree whose branches get close to the edge of the arbor.

- GT

 

[Travman]

 

[Honest_Thomas]

That’s some dynamite patina happening there

Cheers Hatchet. Yeah I’m not holding back with this one, getting poked into everything

 

[Chui]

 

[Hatchet_Jack]