What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[ferider]

Today's carry:

I love Elephant Toes / Sunfishes / Sleeveboards .... The top one just arrived in the mail, in Buffalo Horn and PH-D2, the bottom one is Worm Groove Bone and ATS34:

 

[WinMag775]

Lovely patina!

Thanks Geof. Its lucky to have missed the hands of the "Polish People". They ruin a ton of vintage knives.

 

[black mamba]

Jeff; when I hear "peach seed jigging", I think of what you've got on your 881!

Thanks, Gary, I'm very fortunate to have snagged this one off the web. I always wanted a bone stockman from Schrade and this is my first (and only).

 

[sunknife]

Absolutely love the jigging on the Mustang!!

Thanks, Jim. It feels good in the hand too. I think GEC called this one 'horse cut' jigged bone and I did give it a dye bath as the original color was a little electric to my eyes.

Large and small carry leaving the house with me today. Queen mountain man on the belt and Moore Maker whittler in the watch pocket. The whittler, a recent acquisition that I'm pretty certain was also made by Queen.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

 

[mbkr]

Thunderboomers rolled through last night. A couple of them rattled the house which is always fun
We did get an inch and a quarter of much needed rain

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Kizer Trestle with a vertical belt sheath, it’s a great size and the bit wider handle helps a lot when using

https://flic.kr/p/2rtDsCS

G2

 

[conrad gutierrez]

Sexy AF

 

[DaveHS]

Tribal Lock

 

[HFinn]

Still this one. At the risk of sounding dull, this knife has turned into one of the favorites. Just fine tuned the edge and it makes me both scared and laughing at the same time. Recommended. The sheath is self-made.

 

[Rufus1949]

A shout out for Jeremy@sbh06.
Last night he dropped a generous friendship bomb on me.
Having passed one on myself, I was happy to receive this bunny knife. Built for the long haul, it is a great forum knife.

 

[sf fanatic]

Heavy fog today here in the City by the Bay! Visibility is about a block but it supposed to clear up by mid day. In the meantime keeping me company the Charlie Lamb and as I believe GT calls it the, “Lamb Shark”. Havre a great day folks!

 

[echoscout]

 

[kyhunt]

This yesterday for a cookout, I didn’t post last night as we I got home my account had expired and I was to lazy to go in the other room to get my wallet.

 

[Modoc ED]

We'll be headed out to town pretty soon but before we go, we'll have to batten down the hatches and secure all loose items but I'm betting we'll still find something in the backyard when we get back. I'll be toting my new Trapper on this adventure.

 

[Ernie1980]

GEC 22 twin blade

 

[SteveC]

A shout out for Jeremy@sbh06.
Last night he dropped a generous friendship bomb on me.
Having passed one on myself, I was happy to receive this bunny knife. Built for the long haul, it is a great forum knife.View attachment 2977557

Congrats buddy, it's one of my favorite GEC's

 

[unclekurty]

A good one for Tuesday.

 

[SteveC]

Humphrey's Radiant and a TEW

 

[Buzzbait]

By chance is the Camillus the one with ""U.S.A." stamped on the shield?
Judging by the can opener it is a "late" no year in a small font) - 4 line.
The jigging is similar to my 4 line Camillus and 1011-1921 Robeson English Jack.
I wish manufacturers could use that interesting jigging again, but I'm guessing it cannot be made by machine like modern jigging is.

(The "early" 4 line used until c.1929(?) had the year made in small font in the tang stamp, from what I discovered trying to date my "late" 4 line 2 blade "Navy Knife" or possibly 33 Easy Open. I'm not sure which it is.)

Yep. That's a Camillus "Army Engineers and Marine Corps Utility Knife". It was manufactured during WW2, some time after 1943 (no brass liners). This tang stamp was manufactured from the early 1930's to mid 1940's. Camillus literally made millions of these stamped blades, and used them well into the late 1940's, as they slowly transitioned to the new 3-line tang stamp.

Many knives from that era, from a variety of manufacturers, featured that incredible flavor of jigged bone. Same color and jig pattern. It's my personal favorite; incredibly gorgeous. This jigged bone is the reason for my addiction to WW2 pocketknives.