What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[sunknife]

This Robeson stockman that I've had for a few years now hasn't seen very much pocket time. Gonna remedy that now and carry it for a day or two. Nice smooth opening and closing blade action with pulls that suit my liking to a tee. I think these covers are called French Ivory.

 

[Corto_Malt]

Appreciate the information. It’s a beauty!

Thanks. You're welcome

 

[ferider]

I know it's none of my business, but aren't you retired now? What are you doing up so early every morning? Isn't it about 5:30 out there?

Edit: Nevermind. I forgot that you're on Mountain Time now & not Pacific. Carry on.

Puppies wake me up

 

[Ironbut]

Puppies wake me up

My Lab is the same. 0630 every morning. The time change in the Fall & Spring only messes her up for a day or two, but after that, she's right back on schedule.

 

[black mamba]

Beautiful Robey there, Greg! I'm still packin' my SW 881 stockman.

 

[5K Qs]

Case Knife of the Week is a chestnut jigged bone CV mini trapper. Like many of my knives in the Case chestnut CV series, it's a Top Ten Case for me. As you can probably see in the first photo, I tend to use the spey blade on a trapper much more than I use the clip.

Colonial/Imperial/Schrade Knife of the Week is a Schrade+ USA 93OT Wrangler that I won, NIB, in a GAW here over 10 years ago (thanks, Fausto):

- GT

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Doesn't look this pristine anymore, but
Case Sowbelly in pocket worn brown bone and CV blade steel.

They just beg to be used, don't they?

#97
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I like the long pull for looks, and the forward placed nick for better leverage on strong pulls.

No gravy?

I made biscuits and gravy for the family over the weekend. Finished off the leftovers today for lunch.

Had these two with me today.

Grandma tought me how to make B&G.
Been a long time...
But my wife and daughter won't/can't eat them

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I know how that works. Dog is posing nicely looking at you, but in the microsecond it takes for your brain to send the signal through your motor nerves to your thumb, dog sees a squirrel.

This Robeson stockman that I've had for a few years now hasn't seen very much pocket time. Gonna remedy that now and carry it for a day or two. Nice smooth opening and closing blade action with pulls that suit my liking to a tee. I think these covers are called French Ivory.

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Sweet! Love the scales, but since they are celluloid, I keep mine outside of the cigar boxes.

 

[DaveHS]

Good morning. Wharncliff Wednesday

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

It's cool, gray, and wet, so I put sunshine in my pocket.

No, the bottleneck is not in my pocket.
I travel light.

 

[Ellis Wyatt]

 

[afishhunter]

My Lab is the same. 0630 every morning. The time change in the Fall & Spring only messes her up for a day or two, but after that, she's right back on schedule.

That's better than a few "humans" I've known over the decades.
The time changes messed with their "internal clock" for weeks. (yes. plural.)

Labs is smart fur babies. I've had a Golden (Julie) when in Junior High and High School.
Years later a coworker gave me her black lab, "Blue Boo Boo". He answered to "Blue". (Apparently when he was a pup he broke something of value that was blue.) He was a great hunter. Was not afraid to dive under the surface, chase, and capture a wounded waterfowl that pretended to be a submarine.
(I hear chocolate labs are particularly well known for that ... and opening doors and gates they absolutely should not be able to.)

 

[SteveC]

 

[315]

No elk tag for me but it doesn’t mean I can’t help spot for a buddy

 

[sf fanatic]

A dark and cloudy day here in the City by the Bay . Might get some sunshine later in the day. Not much on the agenda for the day looks like more rest and relaxation. Keeping me company with a nod to Wooden Wednesday these two beauties!

 

[pmek5]

 

[Ironbut]

That's better than a few "humans" I've known over the decades.
The time changes messed with their "internal clock" for weeks. (yes. plural.)

Labs is smart fur babies. I've had a Golden (Julie) when in Junior High and High School.
Years later a coworker gave me her black lab, "Blue Boo Boo". He answered to "Blue". (Apparently when he was a pup he broke something of value that was blue.) He was a great hunter. Was not afraid to dive under the surface, chase, and capture a wounded waterfowl that pretended to be a submarine.
(I hear chocolate labs are particularly well known for that ... and opening doors and gates they absolutely should not be able to.)

We've always had Labs. Black, chocolate, and yella. Most of the time we've kept two at a time. A young one & an older one. They've all been smart, and they've all been unique. Here's Mya. She had surgery to remove a lump from her eyelid last Wednesday, and has to wear the cone for another week. It hasn't slowed her down, and as you can tell, she hasn't been gentile with it. I've already had to repair it with duct tape, and I'm not sure it'll last another week.

 

[5K Qs]

Totin' a new arrival today -- Dixie Dogleg from Mike Zscherny...

A-1 jigging on your new custom; congrats!

This one for French Friday. From our friend @Gary W. Graley .

Love the acclaimed Le Thiers pattern, Gary; so sleek when open!

And yes, I'm a luddite that still vastly prefers a paper map

Antiquated attitude, Mike, but I'm with you! GPS makes me feel like I'm driving with blinders on, and no glasses - can't see to the right or left, and not very far in front.

Sitting in dental office for my wife’s checkup. My old Bulldog and Cadet.View attachment 2996387Pile side just because it’s actually nicer in my opinion.View attachment 2996388

Aces! That stag Bulldog is admirable.

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Adorable black pair, David!

Friday Favorite EO Jacks...the S&M is new to me.

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Advantageous trio of EO teardrops; congrats on the new S&M!

Too bad you can’t get “Abby the Hoarder” to carry groceries into the house, instead of out of the house!

Adventurous and amusing suggestion, Lance!

Queen Teardrop Jack today.

Alluring jack with appealing edges, Frank; I like edges with a wide bevel!

I got one of these from a local surplus store for $2 about 3 years ago, no etch, no box but has the same blades and covers. That “inlay” is really a sticker, right? Mine has very smooth action, great snap, and no rub. Never thought I’d see one in BF - very cool to see the etch and the box, too!

Arresting acquisition - $2 is a steal! The design on the covers is some kind of very thin sticker or insert. I looked on eBay when I saw your comment, and there are plenty of these still available, many with knife AND wood box still in a "clam pack", ranging from about $7 to $90. Does yours have a Camillus etch on the backsprings?

Aged and aristocratic, Jeff!

I hung with the black HSB 3-3/4" sleeveboard whittler for most of this past workweek.
Switched to the GEC 74 and Queen made Moore Maker whittler for today.

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Attractive knives and artistic photos, Greg!

Lamb and a Moose

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Astounding animals, David!

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Astonishing bone on your "ancient" Remington!

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August and auspicious pair, Steve!

Two Sheffield beauties, today. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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Awe-inspiring brace of Barlows, Paul!

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Awesome wood knives and spoons! I'm not in your league as a carver, but when I used to whittle a lot more than I do now, I had the most success using the pen blade on a SAK.

Some BG-42 action today
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Audacious and elegant Buck!

Nice! I caught a mess of pie plate sized bluegill on a fiberglass fly rod yesterday in a friend’s pond. Connected with a few nice bass too but no photos because they all “self-released” before I could get them to hand.
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Brilliant fishing photos and beauteous bolsters on your Tribal Lock, Dave!
When I was a kid fishing with my Grandpa, I tried to learn to identify the various species we caught, but I wasn't great at it. I could identify perch and what we called bullheads, but I had trouble distinguishing bluegills from sunfish.

Breathtaking!

You noticed that detail, thanks!

You're welcome; that was a big-league bone replacement!

Thanks, Gary. Sorry I missed this earlier. It’s a favorite. The jigging is amazing. It may be a cattle knife and I’m happy to go with that, but I was told it was a stockman when I bought it. According to Bernard Levine: Stockman (1880s) = “The earliest ones were of uniform width, round ended, and often had a long slim spear master blade. The clip master blade had become standard by 1900, as did the slightly tapering frame.”

Thanks for the "beguiling" Levine quote, Dave. I have a 7th edition of Levine's book (that I don't think he even endorses, although a lot of the content matches what's in the earlier editions) and he (or someone else) seems to "sing a different tune" regarding the cattle knife/stockman distinction. As usual, in the face of conflicting data, I'm befuddled.

5K Qs
LOVE your Marbles Ram Horn canoe.

I'm pretty find of mine, too.

Thanks, Steve; they're definitely boffo examples!

As usual, a bonny brace of knives, Mitch!

Hi Gary ~ the Leatherman is called the "Bond". Likely the closest current model to their first one known as "Tool". It's what they sent back when I sent one of my old Tools in for warranty work.

I never mentioned losing Manny. Just didn't feel like talking about it. Jason had brought him home as a wee puppy eight months before he died from his Afghanistan injury. Manny and I shared a bond.

Thanks much! We don't excpect those ears to remain erect until he's done getting his adult teeth months from now.

That's one of my pairs of Redwings. I think one they've made for a hundred years~ Irish Setters(?). Like four of my other sets of 'wings, I had them resoled. (Different styles)
The original white crepe soles are super comfy, but wear quickly.

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Thanks for the beneficial responses, Jeff! I hadn't looked at LM models for a couple of years at least; when I last looked, I thought probably the Rebar model was closest to my original. Thanks also for the boot info - you sound like a satisfied Red Wing customer! I think I may have had kid-sized Red Wings as my first pair of work boots in about 1960, but I don't think I've ever had any others. (And I may be confusing Red Wings with some other brand.)

Bewitching B&W photo, Tyson!

- GT

 

[afishhunter]

Changing the Stockman. Back to the Western 742. Decided to keep the Robeson 622119 English Jack in the mix as well.

No other changes.
The STORM whistle has also been part of my EDC for a couple years.
(The facility has requested I not use it. "It will make the neighbor's hamburger, steaks, & roasts on the hoof, and their mules to stampeed.")

 

[sunknife]

Beautiful Robey there, Greg! I'm still packin' my SW 881 stockman.

Thanks, Jeff. Good looking 881 you're carrying today. Nice bone on that one and personally I like the looks of square bolsters on a stockman, like yours has.

Sweet! Love the scales, but since they are celluloid, I keep mine outside of the cigar boxes.

Thanks, buddy. Yep I've learned from the wisdom of people on this forum regarding celluloid knifes. I keep them out in the open and away from my other knives at all times. I'm digging your yellow Schrade carry's. I've always liked the look of yellow on a pocket knife and it has the added bonus of being easier to spot when set down randomly while using.

Attractive knives and artistic photos, Greg!
- GT

Thank you kindly, Gary.

 

[paulhilborn]

Case Carbon Barlow...