What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Amir Fleschwund said:
KABAR, Camillus, and Wenger.
I will never forget how I acquired the KABAR. Moving my son, his wife, his son, and their dog Gatsby from Illannoy to Colorado towing the biggest Uhaul trailer my wife's SUV could tow. Loaded to the gills. In a blizzard. I-80 in Illanoy was covered in black ice. Had a semi pass us, just before a gentle curve to the left. His truck went straight. He rolled up a 100 yards of barbed wire and a bunch of small trees before stopping.
The snow started in Iowa.
I had a bid in for this knife on the 'bay, but had forgotten when the auction was ending. We stopped for gas at "The World's Largest Truck Stop" ~ I-80 in Iowa. In spite of the stinging wind, I forced myself to do the walkaround check of the trailer, and discovered the lights were out. So we went into the huge truckstop to see what we could jerryrig. I remembered the auction as we were walking in, and as we entered the vestibule, I saw there were only 30 seconds to go. I popped in a high enough bid, and hit Submit with less than five seconds to go.

Tried new bulbs, no worky. So I bought two battery powered taillights that attach via magnets.

The ride home with the empty trailer was hairy. I lost count of the vehicles off the road, mostly 4wd trucks and SUVs, even tow trucks and an upside down ambulance.
I just poked along at 35mph ignoring all the heroes flying by me in their lifted 4wd trucks. Passed more than a few of them a mile or two farther down, in the ditch or median up to their door handles in snow.
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Oh dear. I appear to have reached the age of "...that reminds me of the time..."

In ~1978, a group of us took a road trip from California to Iowa in late December, driving a 66 Mustang, which was loaded to the gills with 4 passengers and their stuff. In Kansas, the radio warned us of black ice conditions. This newbie Cali boy (me) was driving. I did not recognize that I was on black ice, but I DID recognize that the car was not stable and kept wanting to slip, so I kept the speed low, despite numerous protests from my Califoria passengers. Two lane road. Cars behind me. One of them got in the other lane, passed me by, and as he pulled back into our lane, he just kept sliding sideways and ended up on the side of the road. My passengers stopped harassing me about my speed.

Meanwhile, I have a US Schrade Uncle Henry 897UH premium stockman in my pocket today. I have many stockman knives. This is one of my favorites.
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unclekurty said:
A Hawbaker Special Muskrat or Improved Muskrat from Australian Bruce Barnett. A couple of 3 inch blades on a 4 inch premium frame, single spring, file worked liners and some blue mammoth scales. It’s a looker.

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I must say that since Ive been posting on BF, you have the cleanest totes my friend. You have a great eye for traditionals.
 
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