What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Sharp & Fiery]

 

[Buzzbait]

If memory serves me you live close to where I grew up - Big Flats, between Corning and Elmira.

I’m on the eastern part of the state, about a half hour south of Albany.

But I wasn’t too far away when I lived in Syracuse for a few years.

 

[John A. Larsen]

Day one of a mini Road Trip to the sea on the south coast of England.

Seen lots,met some people,enjoyed riding my bike.

Carried with me.

Sudbuster
Boker Barlow
Wenger soldier.
Victorinox Alox companion.

Liked the photos of the Thatched roof homes and that Indian MC. John

 

[Shmo723]

This bridge is a crazy design! Looks like 2 Star Destroyers

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks, GT! The glasses are not prescription, just blue light blocking. We got them for the kids to use for screen time, but Eleanor has taken to wearing them most of time. (She used to get occasional headaches, and the glasses have seemed to help with that, though I think to some extent it might just be a placebo effect.)

Thanks for the details, Barrett; interesting situation.
I remember when I was able to start requiring students in my intro stats classes to bring laptops (or smart phones) to class because everyone could get access to one. More and more students also used those kind of glasses, and from my perspective in the front of class, many students with the glasses had weird blue reflections where their eyes should be. I felt like I was a teacher in The Village of the Damned!

I lack the methodical disipline and prefer the willy nilly surprises when I start opening cigar boxes. Of course some forethought based on chores comes in.
Have you incorporated AI into your schedule making yet?

The rotation schedule saves me LOTS of time each week that I used to spend thinking about what set of knives I should carry. With the schedule including 11 different categories of knives, I'm virtually guaranteed to have a knife appropriate to any situation.

I didn't think about AI for knife scheduling until you mentioned it. I spent a fair amount of time interacting with ChatGPT Monday morning, trying to get it to generate a knife schedule that satisfies my criteria. It was kind of fascinating to me, and I may start a thread describing the experience.

Beautiful canoes, Gary.
I love the Case one's, especially the ones with the image on the blade. I'm sorry I can't buy any like that here in Europe.

Thanks, José. I also enjoy the Case canoes with the blade etch/stamp, although some of mine are about 50 years old and probably difficult to find anywhere. Case has a current amber jigged bone canoe with the blade image on carbon steel blade. Are those not available in Europe?

Affirmative. One of the reasons I "think" it is post war production.
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I can't find any reliable specific info on when cutlery companies stopped and started using brass liners. I've seen general claims that many pocketknives made early during WW2 used brass, and brass was used again near the end of WW2. (But I don't know if "near the end" means late 1944, or after VE Day (May 1945), or after VJ Day (August 1945), or what.) I recently found an old article in an academic journal describing the Critical Materials Plan for distributing steel, aluminum, and copper (which I'm guessing is how brass becomes a "critical material"). This CMP was phased in during the 2nd quarter of 1943 and was mandatory and industry-wide starting July 1, 1943. (But there had been informal and sometimes voluntary procedures used throughout 1942 that led to lots of"fights" for materials between military and industry.)

But the patent pending can opener would have me putting my money on 1945 manufacture if I were a betting man.

Thanks, GT! That sleeveboard is pretty neat - it was a gift from @Jack Black and is the only Wright Bros. knife I have seen in person or online. The one marketing piece I found from them has a drawing, not a photo, and the thread I opened looking for more (after googling failed me) turned up nothing.

Thanks for the informative reply, Tyson, and especially for the link!

Thanks, Barrett. Ya gotta keep your knives sharp and your beer cold brother.
Hope you and the family had a great weekend up north, my friend.

Thank you, Gary. I'm liking the MM whittler enough that I pocketed it for about 5 days straight before switching to another today. I'll have to find that whittler thread and post a group pics of the ones I've accumulated.
Hope your summer has been good to you, my friend.


After carrying a whittler and single spear knife combo for the past 5 or 6 days, (I lose track), I switched over to this 66 calf roper when getting home from work today. I think of the 66 as a smaller but solid knife that can handle big task. This one from 2017 is ironwood but has aged to a darkness that could be mistaken for ebony, which is cool cause I like ebony too.
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Splendid Calf Roper, Greg! (I'd have guessed it was ebony, for sure.)
Summer has been pretty good, although quite hot and dry. We're over 3.5" below average rainfall since June 1, and my front yard is a joke. We rarely water the front lawn, but in the past, the clover and weeds kept it looking sort of green. This year, everything along the street has been dormant for over a month. My wife uses a not-very-accurate sprinkler on some of her flower beds and garden areas in the backyard and along side of house, so even the grass is still growing there.

- GT

 

[mitch13]

Wood Wednesday

 

[sgbeskin]

Beerscout

 

[majorpain1]

 

[JOELSM]

 

[315]

 

[Tyson A Wright]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[HFinn]

Back from the summer holiday. Did take some knife pictures, just have to take copies of them to the hard drive. Anyway, I found a more comfortable way to carry my fixed blades. I don't like carrying much on my belt, it was either that or pocket carry, but I guy I know posted a video about carrying knives with a baldric. I tried it and liked it. The largest knife I like to carry in the woods is my Brisa Nessmuk, it is also my favourite larger knife. The original sheath could be improved, I tried to modify it but ended making a new one. This is in my opinion better, it keeps the knife well and is comfortable to carry. I made a simple adjustable baldric of nylon webbing with steel clips to attach it to the sheath. Smaller knives go to my pocket or are carried with a simple paracord baldric.

 

[Corto_Malt]

 

[Corto_Malt]

Day one of a mini Road Trip to the sea on the south coast of England.

Seen lots,met some people,enjoyed riding my bike.

Carried with me.

Sudbuster
Boker Barlow
Wenger soldier.
Victorinox Alox companion.

I didn't know that JOE BAR TEAM had been translated into English.

A beautiful series of varied photos, as usual.

 

[Travman]

A 100 year old Camillus again today.

 

[Ironbut]

I got on here to post today's carry, and saw that this one was still here from yesterday, waiting for me to hit the "Post Reply" button. Duh!
So here's yesterday's carry.

 

[Ironbut]

And here's today's

 

[Johnnythefox]

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I didn't know that JOE BAR TEAM had been translated into English.

A beautiful series of varied photos, as usual.

Joe Bar is my favourite.

 

[5K Qs]

Case Knife of the Week is a redbone 1972 06247 single spring penknife I traded for last spring:

Colonial/Imperial/Schrade Knife of the Week is an Imperial clip/pen toothpick (thanks, Dave). It looks just like my memory of one Grandpa carried about 70years ago, and is a Top Ten knife for me in this category.

- GT