What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

waynorth said:
Carrying an Ettrick today!! This one is a No-Name brand knife, somewhat crudely but sturdily made!! Note; instead of being tommied* on, the bolster is pinned with a brass pin!! Walnut handles (I think!)!!View attachment 3111468View attachment 3111469
*Note: a tommy pin is forged into the bolster, and used to fasten it to the liner!
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I learned something today.
If I read that right, the tommy pin goes through the bolster and liner, and is peined to tie them together. That makes me wonder what acts as the hinge pin connecting the spring and blade? A Swinden Key type thing?
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
I learned something today.
If I read that right, the tommy pin goes through the bolster and liner, and is peined to tie them together. That makes me wonder what acts as the hinge pin connecting the spring and blade? A Swinden Key type thing?
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The tommy pin is forged as part of the bolster! It projects out the bottom of the bolster. It goes through a hole in the liner and is peened! This holds the bolster onto the liner! It is not visible on the finish surface of the bolster!! The pivot pin goes through the bolsters and liners, allowing the blade to open and close. Two different pins!!Tommy drawing.jpg
(Crappy drawing - hope it helps!)
 
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Johnnythefox said:
Sink the Bismark


I do like a bit of beaver. 🤭

The river is behind the tree line,I’ve never seen it this flooded.

No idea how they are getting to there boats the tow path has disappeared (they are there homes).

Wildo folding cup large for my free supermarket coffee.

Pram sign on the motorbike shop,local scrotes have been coming in and using them to shoplift.

Now in England no one stops shoplifters,the police won’t attend,if you stop them you get arrested instead.

I tried to stop one in a supermarket before Christmas no one even stood by me in support,manager shrugged his shoulders didn’t even say thanks.























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Never saw many prams until we deployed to Sculthorpe in 1972. Saw some with complete, clear plastic bubbles over the pram, so kids would not get wet in the rain. Seemed like most of the women pushing the prams were only 18. Too bad about the shop lifters, we have problems like that here to, people think they are entitled to steal as it will be covered by insurance. John
 
John A. Larsen said:
Never saw many prams until we deployed to Sculthorpe in 1972. Saw some with complete, clear plastic bubbles over the pram, so kids would not get wet in the rain. Seemed like most of the women pushing the prams were only 18. Too bad about the shop lifters, we have problems like that here to, people think they are entitled to steal as it will be covered by insurance. John
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'cept there isn't such an insurance policy. Even if there was, the cost woul be higher than the (wholesale) value of the goods stole.

When we had our stores, the cops did not care what the retail value was, they only cared about what the wholesale value was. "Retail value" includes the profit. "Wholesale" is what they "thought" we were out.

Amazingly, when a minor came into the liquor store when it was busy, and ran out with a bottle of wine or booze, the cops didn't try to ticket the person on duty or the store for "supplying alcohol to minors". or (b) seek the thief and his friend(s), desspite having a vehicl description and license plate number.😡

Unless the wholesale value was $500.⁰⁰ or more - enough to qualify as a felony (I understand the theft of any firearm is a felony, regardless of the value.) the cops take the report, then "file it in the crcular file" at the station. They only try to catch the thief if it is a felony, (and they put in the most effort to find the scum bag, if a firearm was taken.)
I am not sure how they handle the theft of high dollar "designer" clothng and accessories. We (thankfully) never handled such.
 
majorpain1 said:
Tweaked my knee yesterday playing pickleball and trying to take it easy today, but that's very hard for me. Hopefully, be back closer to normal in a few days. Pretty sure it's a false Spring here in NW Arkansas but wouldn't be upset if the groundhog was wrong.

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I’m guessing you got a major pain 😜 playing pickle ball! Might want to switch to shuffle board! But seriously I hope your knee feels better soon!
 
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