What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

SAK of the Week is a Wenger Esquire I picked up at an Upper Peninsula flea market (or was it a now-defunct antique shop? :rolleyes: ). I really like the scissors on it.
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Stockman of the Week is an oversized (8" closed) Rough Ryder 30th Anniversary stockman I got for Christmas last year. It's currently in the leg pocket of my carpenter jeans, but I may move it to a pocket of my winter coat for the rest of the week.
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- GT
 
afishhunter said:
Beautiful Puukko, and bow.
I gotta ask:
"What's the draw weight?"
Also:
"Did you also build the arrow?"
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Thanks for your interest, Steve.
The draw weight on the bow is right around 50# at my short 24" draw length. Yes, I make all my arrows and bows. The arrow in the pic is made from an arrow wood viburnum shoot. Heated, straightened, stained and fletched with wild turkey feathers with deer sinew wraps at front and back of feathers.
 
In the pocket today and for the rest of the week or longer is this forum Bunny Knife in Gabon Ebony. This outstanding knife arrived in the mail when I was out of town, a generous and thoughtful gift from Old Engineer. Thank you so much, Harry. I love the knife and the kind act of friendship from you.

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Totally Classic Stockman, Steve. Any signs of the Property of US Govt blade etch, or was it just from that same time period?
So close to a Schrade 881, but the bolsters are subtly more rounded, right? I hope it's one of your favorites, because I love seeing it🤙
sunknife said:
I'm several days behind on this thread having just returned from 6 days afield and away from cell service, computers and such. While gone I had this fixed blade on me daily. My lucky stars aligned on this trip and I was able to harvest some venison so the knife was used for skinning and quartering duty. A Opinel #8, not pictured, was used to bone out the meat for the cooler and trip home.
I also came home to a surprise package in the mail from Harry, Old Engineer. I'll be tote'n the contents of that delivery tomorrow, it's a gem as is Harry. I post a pic tomorrow.

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Really admire your Bowyer's skills, Greg!
Congrats on scoring meat😃
And it sure takes skill scoring with such classic gear.
 
Solid rain yesterday and through the night. Several areas aroud us are flooded. We were going to go to town today but have put it off until tomorrow. We lost power yesterday and of course this old man didn't have the generator ready to go so we sat in the dark for 4-hours until the power came back on. This 2AB for carry today. Corned Beef Hash for breakfast.

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Modoc ED said:
Solid rain yesterday and through the night. Several areas aroud us are flooded. We were going to go to town today but have put it off until tomorrow. We lost power yesterday and of course this old man didn't have the generator ready to go so we sat in the dark for 4-hours until the power came back on. This 2AB for carry today. Corned Beef Hash for breakfast.

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Well Ed we got lucky we were on the side of the City that didn’t lose power yesterday. It was a total CLUSTER-F! All of the Waymo driverless taxis stalled at intersections and like after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 89 when the whole City was blacked out most of the cage monkeys weren’t smart enough to treat every intersection as a four way stop and as I rode my bike from the GG Bridge to my house it was frightening to say the least 🤬.
 
Another stormy day here in the City by the Bay! Since I’ve already left my diatribe about yesterday I’ll just get to the important stuff 😜. Keeping me company with a nod to Metal and Micarta Monday a couple of stalwarts. Have a great week folks! 😀
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sunknife said:
Thanks for your interest, Steve.
The draw weight on the bow is right around 50# at my short 24" draw length. Yes, I make all my arrows and bows. The arrow in the pic is made from an arrow wood viburnum shoot. Heated, straightened, stained and fletched with wild turkey feathers with deer sinew wraps at front and back of feathers.
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Impressive. They all look great.
I too have a short draw length. Just 23.5 inches.
I cannot make my own bows. To get a recurve, longbow, or horse bow with a minimum (Idaho) hunting legal draw, at the users draw length (45# for whitetail, 50# for Antelope, Mtn. Goat, Bighorn Sheep, Elk, Moose, and Black Bear.)
If WY., MT., and WA. ever mind their own biz, and stop challenging ID. in Federal Court to prevent ID. from establishing a Grizzly Bear season in the northern part of the state, or the Court realizes (1) Griz are not "endangered"; Alaska and Canada both have Griz hunting seasons. and (2) The Griz residing at Yellowstone are NOT going to wander several hundred miles out of their territory at Yellowstone. (A Griz's territory is only a couple square miles.) I don't know what the minimum draw weight for them will be.
I suspect ittle be greater than 50 pounds.
I have to buy a factory bow with 60 to 70 # @28" or 50-55# @30" (horse bow) draw weight. I know I lose about 2.5# per inch under the rated draw length, or use a compound bow with an adjustable draw length. Getting the handicapped license to use a crossbow is also an option.
(Note: I are not fool enough to poke a bear (or a moose) with a arrow. My mummy didn't raise no fools ... though if she done did itted be one (or both?) of my brothers. 😁👍)
 
sf fanatic said:
Well Ed we got lucky we were on the side of the City that didn’t lose power yesterday. It was a total CLUSTER-F! All of the Waymo driverless taxis stalled at intersections and like after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 89 when the whole City was blacked out most of the cage monkeys weren’t smart enough to treat every intersection as a four way stop and as I rode my bike from the GG Bridge to my house it was frightening to say the least 🤬.
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I hear ya Dan sf fanatic sf fanatic . We've only got one traffic light in town - a red 4-way blinking stop light and that's more than enough to cause confusion amongst us country bumkins. It causes one of those "go, no you go, no you go" traffic jams.
 
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