What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

The clouds are rolling in here in the City by the Bay☁️. Seems to be a harbinger of what’s to come next 🌧️. Only thing on the agenda is waiting for Postie Mike to come by and make a delivery. All I can say is, “Car fifty four where are you” which dates anyone who recognizes that clue. In the meantime keeping me company with a nod to Black Friday a couple of beauties. Have a great day folks! 😀
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Miscellaneous Knife of the Week is a GEC 72 (thanks, Dee):
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Lambsfoot of the Week is Cracker Jack, my Ashley's Choice stag lambsfoot, a Jack Black 2018 SFO:
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- GT
 
Gloomy day. Headed out to town. Lunch at the Wagon Wheel Cafe - clam chowder with fish and chips - soft fried for me by Rick the cook so I can make some semblance of actually chewing since I had my jaw replaced. Then on to the Post Office and then the Holiday Market for groceries. This Buck 055 with Crelium Ebony handels is going along. No breakfast.

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sunknife said:
GEC 43 on the belt and Robeson pen knife in the watch pocket today, a good friend made the pancake belt sheath.

Yesterday I finished a new black locust self bow that I started from a stave a few weeks ago and I'm headed over to
the shop to shoot some more arrows out of it. So far I've put probably 200 arrows through it before doing the finishing touches. The shooting will be done indoors as it is a bit cold outside today. Have a great Friday folks.

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Outstanding work! Locust is some amazing wood. There are some locust fence posts on farms around here that have probably been in the ground for 50 years or more. Trying to split that stuff for firewood is a b---h, because its grain is really strong & stringy.
 
sunknife said:
GEC 43 on the belt and Robeson pen knife in the watch pocket today, a good friend made the pancake belt sheath.

Yesterday I finished a new black locust self bow that I started from a stave a few weeks ago and I'm headed over to
the shop to shoot some more arrows out of it. So far I've put probably 200 arrows through it before doing the finishing touches. The shooting will be done indoors as it is a bit cold outside today. Have a great Friday folks.

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I dub thee Tillermeister. 🤙
 
sf fanatic said:
“Car fifty four where are you” which dates anyone who recognizes that clue.
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The stars of 'Car 54 where are you' (Fred Gwynne and Al Louis) had a second concurrent hit TV series!
Do you remember what that show was called? 😁
Isle give you a couple hints:
1) Costars included Butch Patric, Pat Priest, and Yvonne De Carlo.
2a) Fred's character's name was "Herman".
2b) Al's character's name was "Grandpa".
3) Several cars in the show were built by custom car maker George Barris.
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'The Munsters' 😇👍
 
Ironbut said:
Outstanding work! Locust is some amazing wood. There are some locust fence posts on farms around here that have probably been in the ground for 50 years or more. Trying to split that stuff for firewood is a b---h, because its grain is really strong & stringy.
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Thank you kindly.
Yes Black locust is like osage, very rot resistant and make good fence post. The first dozen or so osage bows I made some 30 years ago came from osage fence post a farmer had pulled from the ground. He told me his grandfather and dad had built the fence at least 65 years before he pulled them from the ground.
You're also right about locust being a b----h to split, especially when splitting it into 6' lengths for bow staves. The most work IMO though is removing the thick sapwood on a seasoned stave like the one pictured below with the drawknife. I always need Ibuprofen for the shoulder and arm pain after that task.

Knife content; Two Cherries brand, curved blade drawknife.
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More rain due, but today is a respite with sunny skies and temps in the low 70's. (We LOVE storms that come up out of the tropics. Lots of rain and mild temps.)

Camillus-made Cold Steel l;arge stockman with Carbon V blade steel is bebopping along with me today.
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Something different today. @HTs_EDC from YouTube is doing a challenge #TrapperTime for the week. I don't normally carry a trapper. Yesterday I did a normal trapper. Today I went with my 2009 slimline CV. I use it around the house often. But I did enjoy having this with me today. I might need to get more of these.

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Sharp & Fiery said:
That fixed blade is phenomenal.
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Thanks buddy. My brother-in-law won it in a gun raffle and gifted it to me a few years back. The knife is spot on. The balance, grind and fit/finish is very close to being perfect imo.

Im not sure of the model but its CPM154, Carbon/Buckeye burl with blue micarta. It feels like your holding a custom pull stick so the finger groove comes in nice! Here's a spine shot.
 

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WinMag775 said:
Thanks buddy. My brother-in-law won it in a gun raffle and gifted it to me a few years back. The knife is spot on. The balance, grind and fit/finish is very close to being perfect imo.

Im not sure of the model but its CPM154, Carbon/Buckeye burl with blue micarta. It feels like your holding a custom pull stick so the finger groove comes in nice! Here's a spine shot.
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Tapered tang too! A nice touch. 👍🏼
 
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