What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

TGIF! 🥳 Have a great weekend porch.

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Amir Fleschwund said:
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If everybody carried a Leatherman, and always had a stout fixed blade close, there might be fewer broken pocket knife blades on feebay. "Okay, Grandpa"

Anyway, just scraped a few cobwebs out of my head to remember getting the Cattaraugus Q225. Early in the '80s living in Camden Co Missouri, I bought a toolbox filled with old tools at an estate auction. The knife was in the bottom. All I did was put a razor edge on it and make a cardboard and duct tape sheath, then kept it as a toolbox/truck knife.
I restored it forty years later. I don't know how Catt made their steel, but it might be the best knife steel of any I own. It is my car knife now.

Perfect weather for my Barbour coat. Sadly, Mrs. Fleschwund hates it. Says it smells bad. I guess it's the Otter Wax.
I also put it on the black hat in the other picture, because I I don't have a Barbour hood.
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Your Harbour coat looks like my australian outback coat,my son won it at his hockey teams silent auction, found out all the kids put their tickets in for prizes like gaming consoles and other child related prizes and my son put all his in to win the jacket,30 years later mine smells like yours but I used a mink wax I believe
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
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If everybody carried a Leatherman, and always had a stout fixed blade close, there might be fewer broken pocket knife blades on feebay. "Okay, Grandpa"

Anyway, just scraped a few cobwebs out of my head to remember getting the Cattaraugus Q225. Early in the '80s living in Camden Co Missouri, I bought a toolbox filled with old tools at an estate auction. The knife was in the bottom. All I did was put a razor edge on it and make a cardboard and duct tape sheath, then kept it as a toolbox/truck knife.
I restored it forty years later. I don't know how Catt made their steel, but it might be the best knife steel of any I own. It is my car knife now.

Perfect weather for my Barbour coat. Sadly, Mrs. Fleschwund hates it. Says it smells bad. I guess it's the Otter Wax.
I also put it on the black hat in the other picture, because I I don't have a Barbour hood.
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The 225Q was made from 1095 carbon steel. Cattaraugus must have had a great heat treat, as like you said the steel performs very well. My very good friend, Chuck Karwan (RIP) did a great article on the 225Q, and told me that custom knife maker Wayne Goddard (RIP) said it was the only knife he was not able to break as a kid. I have one carried by a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who flew unarmed transports planes behind Japanese lines in the China Burma India campaign. I met a Staff Sergeant in 2nd BN, 1st SFGA, who had one his Uncle had carried in WWII serving in the infantry in Italy. Of course I tried to buy it, and of course he told me NO! John
 
Modoc ED said:
Headed out soon to the Wagon Wheel Cafe for clam chowder and their fish special. I'll carry this Canoe with the dorky looking indian in a canoe etch. Skipping breakfast - just coffee.

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I like the etch. Guess I'm the dork 🤓 When I had mine, I didn't want to use it and mess up the etch. The only other knife with an etch I kind of try to preserve is Howard the Owl on the GEC 68 🦉
 
mbkr said:
I like the etch. Guess I'm the dork 🤓 When I had mine, I didn't want to use it and mess up the etch. The only other knife with an etch I kind of try to preserve is Howard the Owl on the GEC 68 🦉
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You're no dork Mike mbkr mbkr - that's for dang sure. Just that the indian on mine looks lame what with being lazered on - not engraved/stamped. Sounds - errrrrr reads like you got rid of yours.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Greg, I sure hope I don't wear them out!


I noticed your HSB Whittler yesterday. Did not recall seeing it before, but sure looks fine.
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Well my friend, I may be mistaken but you might have been standing next to me when I purchased the HSB from your preferred vendor at the table just inside the door at the Badger Knife Show two years ago. Although I am younger than you I'm still a senior so my memory isn't the best but I do know I got it there when I first met all you fellas.:)
It's a good knife, actually one of my favorites for carry. Has great blade combination and action, takes a keen edge and has that sleeveboard frame that I'm so fond of. What I also like about it is it's size, being a bit larger, ( at about 3-3/4"), it is bigger than some pen knife sized sleeveboard that I have.
 
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