What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[JonMcD]

These two for my shift tonight.

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Dynamite pair my man. Instant classics. Lookin great!

Spent the weekend carrying the Cosimo lamb and making beer koozies.

Great looking boozies my man. GET YER STOCKING STUFFERS!

A nice little Brockmann.View attachment 2692017

Great looking stag Bob! That would make it on many lambsfoot Mt. Rushmores!

 

[TheFactor]

 

[Primble]

I’ll gladly gaze on those again.
Nice pair, Mr. R. Give us a short review ~ do they both snap nicely? Does the Whittler have that Catt closing sound?

Thank you Jeff.

This Catt Carpenters Whittler is a late model with split-back and was hardly ever used. I think it might have been produced in the 1950's and all three blades have very good snap and lock up tight, with no blade rub. The absence of half stops makes opening the blades a pleasure to a man with some age on him. Easy to sharpen. I have two other Carpenters Whittlers that I think were likely made in the 1930's or 40's. Both of them do not have the split back springs and have a different style of jigging. I can't say that the split back improvement really made them any better though.

The Camillus Cattle/Stock knife has very strong snap (think bear trap) and half stops with no blade rub. The pull on the blades is a bit stouter than ideal to me. Takes a very sharp edge very quickly. Seems like every Camillus made knife that I own are really quick to sharpen.

Both of these are what I consider premium knives of high quality with jigged bone covers. End of review.

 

[Primble]

Stunning pair - beautiful. May I ask about your patina ? Love the gun metal gray.

Thank you. I use a brass/steel tarnishing solution and rinse it off with hot water, then cut a one inch strip of ultra fine scotchbrite and heavy oil to rub most of it off. It's a light touch and how you rub it off that is key.

 

[JOELSM]

 

[315]

 

[Peregrin]

Northwoods Norfolk for a change.

 

[majorpain1]

 

[Ironbut]

Went to the Dr. today to establish a plan for cutting a cancerous mass off of my head in the coming weeks. It isn’t really all that large (size of a quarter), but damn, it has me on edge. I carried the jigged white bone mini stockman and the Wenger with me. View attachment 2691494

Best of luck to you Eric. They'll get you straightened out. I was down that road 14 months ago, and had to have a kidney removed due to cancer.

 

[btb01]

I carried this Black Plum #74 Mustang for the first time today. I bought this back when they came out, along with one in another cover material, but hadn’t carried either of them yet. I think I might prefer this pattern with the clip point (I think that’s called the Stallion?), but the low profile drop point is nice, too. I also thought the Black Plum jigged bone paired well with this (kind of wild) new coffin-shaped pocket slip in purple ghost leather.

Tonight we took the girls to the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo. We go pretty much every year, and it’s always cool to see all the amazing carvings. Here’s a small sample of the hundreds of Jack-o-lanterns they have on display.

I think I may have only ever seen The Fly once (if that), but I thought the skill shown on this one was particularly impressive.

 

[Rufus1949]

Great looking stag Bob! That would make it on many lambsfoot Mt. Rushmores!

Thanks kindly Jon.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[BrotherJim]

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

This will be hard to beat as knife of the year!

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

I carried this Black Plum #74 Mustang for the first time today. I bought this back when they came out, along with one in another cover material, but hadn’t carried either of them yet. I think I might prefer this pattern with the clip point (I think that’s called the Stallion?), but the low profile drop point is nice, too. I also thought the Black Plum jigged bone paired well with this (kind of wild) new coffin-shaped pocket slip in purple ghost leather.

Tonight we took the girls to the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at the Minnesota Zoo. We go pretty much every year, and it’s always cool to see all the amazing carvings. Here’s a small sample of the hundreds of Jack-o-lanterns they have on display.

I think I may have only ever seen The Fly once (if that), but I thought the skill shown on this one was particularly impressive.

I’ve never seen nor heard of the fly, but is that Jeff Goldblum?

 

[ZHoovie]

I’ve never seen nor heard of the fly, but is that Jeff Goldblum?

It's an old sci-fi/horror movie from the 1980's. It's been years since I've seen it, but yes he was in it

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

It's an old sci-fi/horror movie from the 1980's. It's been years since I've seen it, but yes he was in it

I’ll have to watch it, though The Thing sets the benchmark for 80’s horror in my book.

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

Best of luck to you Eric. They'll get you straightened out. I was down that road 14 months ago, and had to have a kidney removed due to cancer.

Thank you for the encouraging words. It goes a long way!!

 

[RLB0414]

I’ll have to watch it, though The Thing sets the benchmark for 80’s horror in my book.

No doubt. The thing was a good one. At the time it came out, I had family working the oil fields in Prudhoe Bay Alaska. That added an element to it for me.

 

[screened porch]

I'll try to get to the farm today and see if the volunteers are still there. It's been a while.