What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[afishhunter]

Switching to my (somewhat) pocket worn Case 6375cv, today.

(fresh photo 06/10/26)

 

[pat9198]

 

[pat9198]

Partly sunny, partly overcast, 77F with 80% humidity. Its already uncomfortable outside. Just got this Case XR barlow. Case calls the handles "burl G-10".

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Those covers remind me of Bomb Pops!

 

[Falcata]

First generation Opinel with Virobloc (1955-1968). N7 Opinel breveté.

Looks brand new. A few faint lines on the blade. It must have been kept in its box or stored in a drawer all these years. Chrome-plated ferrule. Mind-blowing!

The used one I have...

 

[sf fanatic]

Another beautiful day here in the City by the Bay! They say that we’re going to have a heat wave for the next several days but we will see. In the meantime keeping me company with a nod to Wooden Wednesday two Purple Heart handled beauties. Have a great day folks!

 

[mbkr]

I have a dentist appointment this morning and then mowing if the rain stays away. I have some areas that have to be pretty dry or the mower can't get enough traction to go uphill.
Walnut 55 for the trip to town and Wooden Wednesday. It'll probably get swapped for a 301 or similar for mowing.

 

[5K Qs]

The internet says arbeiter means worker, and I already knew messer means knife, so it looks like you've plugged it into the right rotation category

Thanks for the confirmation, Jeff.
Before I posted that knife, I looked at an internet translator, too, since I couldn't remember what name had been given for the knife when I had my daughter buy it for me from a European website while she lived in Spain. I was quite sure it had been listed as either Arbeitsmesser (work knife) or Arbeitermesser (workman/worker knife), and since the folder of photos on my computer for that knife was labelled "workman", I figured that was probably the English translation of the German name for the knife. (The Otter site no longer shows a knife like the one I have. The closest pattern I see is one with a big spearpoint blade instead of a sheepsfoot, and it's called Webermesser (weaver knife), so maybe it's the current German version of a loom fixer pattern.)

Case Knife of the Week is a 1965-69 jigged bone canoe (thanks, Tim). It's one of the few single-spring canoes I have among my many canoe examples; very slim! Definitely one of my Top Ten Canoes.

Colonial/Imperial/Schrade Knife of the Week is a SAK clone from Colonial. I'm not sure where/when I got this knife, but I used to take it to "summer camp" with me when I'd go to Purdue University for 2 weeks each summer (1984-2000) to teach a class for academically talented middle school kids, and also stayed in the dorms with them as a "counselor". I'm guessing I took it with me instead of my Forest-Master scout knife because the SAK clone had more tools and a bail so I could attach it to me. (IIRC, this knife spent most of its time in those days in the backpack that stored all my softball equipment.)

- GT

 

[Franciscomv]

One of the girls at the tattoo shop started getting into breadmaking, so we're trying her creations with some lovely goat cheese. The "Merendeira" knife has really grown on me.

 

[SteveC]

 

[Rufus1949]

 

[Modoc ED]

Black Curly Maple Sowbelly in my pocket today. Managed to chew/gum a hamburger and swallow it yesterday. Temps on the rise today - might get to use the new air conditioner later on.

 

[Rufus1949]

Black Curly Maple Sowbelly in my pocket today. Managed to chew/gum a hamburger and swallow it yesterday. Temps on the rise today - might get to use the new air conditioner later on.

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Glad you are making progress Ed.
Nice curly maple sowbelly.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[afishhunter]

o.k. u kin cuss/curse i as u see fit, for a second change to my carry today.
I decided to return to a Buck 110. (The Western 062 has been stabled.)
(a fancy real/genuine/actual cow leather sheath was delivered today. with luck there will bee a mailcall tomorrow or day after.
in the mean tyme, i will carry the 110 and the Case 6375cv in a midieval belt bag.)
The 110 chosen is a C&C SFO with "oak" covers, and a 5160 clip point blade, that was gifted to me 4 or 5 ... mebby 6 year ago.

 

[holo07]

Hammer Brand

 

[Bloodloss]

Totin these two doing some outdoor work. Y'all stay cool!

 

[Falcata]

No one is infallible, but I’m almost certain it’s from 1995–2004. In theory, Opinel stopped producing models without the Virobloc (2000), but it's still kept for smaller sizes. However, the blade markings and handle lettering suggest a cutoff around 2004.

Thread 'Yes, it’s here: The Opinel dating chart' https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/yes-it’s-here-the-opinel-dating-chart.2070526/

Your (old) model compared to how it is today.

 

[Crappie71]

 

[KentuckyBlackBird]

This darn thing won’t stay out of my pocket. I knew I really liked the model before I ever got my hand on one, but the 34 with single spring and short warnie blade, with carbon steel is hard to beat. Still looking for an ivory acrylic or amber/black example at the right $. Anyway, this dude for the next little while with a possible 1 day interruption here and there.

 

[Corn Fed]