What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[mbkr]

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Hey Steve what is the stockman? I can't quite make out the stamp, although it looks like there are circles, which makes me think of Remington, but...

 

[Johnnythefox]

I went for a short walk yesterday as I have to exercise my leg after surgery last Saturday (risk of a blood clot,I had one before,a friend died in hospital with one).


There was a couple working on there car in the street,he was in the engine compartment she was underneath,tools strewn on the pavement (working class area of town).

Been there done that,I thought of the song by the Boss “racing in the street”as I got home it came up on my MP3 player on shuffle.


Great to sit in the Sun listening to tunes with a cup of tea.

A few good things that work by my side,Randolph Aviator I bought these in the US Army PX in Zagreb must be 30 odd years ago 1994.

Best shades ever.

LM no 10,Triumph cap,Fenix torch,TEW Lambsfoot (finished by me),old MP3 player,old tee shirt.

Like most of my stuff I’m an Old git,sitting in the Sun wearing out but still ticking over (just).

 

[knarfeng]

Swayback Jack, today. Red Barnboard Bone and Tru-Sharp.

 

[Peregrin]

A Mammoth Ivory pair for Monday.

 

[SteveC]

Hey Steve what is the stockman? I can't quite make out the stamp, although it looks like there are circles, which makes me think of Remington, but...

Yes, Remington

 

[AusLoX]

The grapes are starting to show

 

[Crappie71]

Carrying this Frontier for Muskrat Monday.

 

[mbkr]

Yes, Remington

Thanks, Steve. Its a beauty

 

[SteveC]

Thanks, Steve. Its a beauty

Cheers Mike

 

[Jiki]

 

[Modoc ED]

It was the Auto Insurance renewall bill for all of our vehicles today that dropped me to the floor. Wrote the check this afternoon with the check book screaming and the pen tip spitting sparks and smoking like the devil. Late post today so it's dinner time (supper time in some parts of the country) - Cindy is heating up some cockamamie Indian curry dish - Pepto Bismol close at hand.

 

[John A. Larsen]

It was the Auto Insurance renewall bill for all of our vehicles today that dropped me to the floor. Wrote the check this afternoon with the check book screaming and the pen tip spitting sparks and smoking like the devil. Late post today so it's dinner time (supper time in some parts of the country) - Cindy is heating up some cockamamie Indian curry dish - Pepto Bismol close at hand.

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Ed, I feel your pain. Just wrote a check to the IRS which had my check book screaming too. Nice looking Canoe! John

 

[Railsplitter]

It was the Auto Insurance renewall bill for all of our vehicles today that dropped me to the floor. Wrote the check this afternoon with the check book screaming and the pen tip spitting sparks and smoking like the devil. Late post today so it's dinner time (supper time in some parts of the country) - Cindy is heating up some cockamamie Indian curry dish - Pepto Bismol close at hand.

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That’s an interesting looking knife, Ed. What are the other blades?

 

[5K Qs]

Usually I post my pair of Canoes of the Week on Sunday. I apparently didn't have/make time to do it yesterday, and realized I missed posting the pair for last week, too.

So, last week I carried these canoes, a denim micarta carbon steel Rough Ryder and a Chinese canoe made for the Handyman Club of America (HCOA on the tang, and most of the name on the shield):

This week, my Canoes of the Week are an oriental Remington with handsome burl covers and distinctive shield and a Colt buckshot bone canoe (thanks, David):

- GT

 

[black mamba]

GT, I really like the blue denim on a pocket knife, and that RR is a winner.

 

[Oldy]

2010 bf moose

 

[screened porch]

Please ... miss the house and any out buildings (garage(s), shed(s), etc..)
a bottle jack and wedges might come in handy in aiming the fall.
Will you be topping the tree so the impact zone is smaller in diameter?
For safety, I rented a bucket lift for that.
When dropping the large branches, I made a cut just under half way, about 10 inches from the trunk, then cut from the top about 14 inches from the trunk. That way the branch drops straight doen without an arch.

If necessary to avoid dropping the branches on a structure, I would run a hauser over a higher branch, tie off the branch I was removing, secure the tag end to my truck. A guide line to turn the branch while lowering is tied on and dropped to the ground, as well.
I backed the truck to lower the branch.
Them branches weighed more than me and my business partner helping.
My truck (1948 Ford C8) weighed 10,500 pounds with bed empty and 90 gallons of fuel on board, "Thanks" to the winch used to dump the bed (6" center shaft, double spool with about a mile of 7/16" wire rope, and approx. 1/4 mile of 5/8" wire rope, and the steel used to convert to a dump bed using the winch. I could also use the winch to drag trunks onto the bed of the truck) Oh yeah ... the winch was as wide as the cab.)
I found a weight ticket in the glovebox, from before the prior owner added the winch. The truck only weighed 4,750 pounds empty. daRn winch more than doubled the weight of the truck!)

Good luck.

Thanks for your concern and advice.
The tree is probably about 40 feet tall. It's a wild cherry that grows in narrow forks. I wasted some time trying to throw my grappling hook where I wanted it, then stood on the deck and reached with my polesaw to get it over a branch less high than I would have liked. Then I climbed a little higher than I would have liked to saw with a small bowsaw from closer than I would have liked. It took a long time to finish the cut from the ground with my polesaw extended as far as it can go. I finally was able to break the limb by pulling on my grappling hook, and the fall was slow enough that I could steer the limb between my apple tree and deck. I wasn't too worried about the deck, because that's well on it's way to the next world as it is.

So I'm left with half of the main fork on the ground, and the remaining crown is narrow enough that I can do the rest the easy way. Put some tension towards where I want it to fall, and notch and drop it from deck-railing height with my electric chain saw, leaving about six feet of trunk to cut off near the ground.
I'm running my grappling hook rope through two dog-leash lawn screws, and tying it off on my old school heavy steel clothesline post.

 

[majorpain1]

I love this dark amber color and the way it fades towards the bolsters.

 

[Peregrin]

It was the Auto Insurance renewall bill for all of our vehicles today that dropped me to the floor. Wrote the check this afternoon with the check book screaming and the pen tip spitting sparks and smoking like the devil. Late post today so it's dinner time (supper time in some parts of the country) - Cindy is heating up some cockamamie Indian curry dish - Pepto Bismol close at hand.

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At least you had a nice knife in your pocket, Ed!

 

[Old Engineer]

I have this in my pocket today : A 1996 Winchester Split Back Whittler , probably made by Queen , and made for the NKCA in 1996 . Looks like it was owned by a collector who never used it . Obviously it is in Stag .

Winchester model 350101 and is # 0605 of 1675 made and is 4 & 1/2 inches long . Great Snap and the shield is glued in place . Just received today and it went into a Slip and into my pocket .

Harry