What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

WinMag775 said:
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Maybe the nicest Russell I’ve seen! Wouldn’t change a single thing
 
Haven’t posted my carry in an awhile, but I’m looking at all the great knives everyday. I’m carrying this Rough Ryder Large Toenail in Faded Blue Jeans. My first of this pattern, but probably not my last. This is a substantial knife with great fit and finish.
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SCFlyGuy said:
Haven’t posted my carry in an awhile, but I’m looking at all the great knives everyday. I’m carrying this Rough Ryder Large Toenail in Faded Blue Jeans. My first of this pattern, but probably not my last. This is a substantial knife with great fit and finish.
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An excellent knife.
Is yours fitted with T10 carbon steel, or 440A blades?

I would love to get one with carbon steel blades.
(The GEC and CASE of the pattern are way out of my budget ... and about as common on the secondary market as catfish, and/or finch teeth.)

The "sunfish" is a old pattern, I believe it dares to the late 1890's.

It is known by over SEVENTY names, including "Sunfish", "Elephant Toe" (the small is "Elephant Toenail"), "Pocket Axe", "British Rope Knife" (although there is no historical evidence of that use) and "Emergency Spatula".
Apparently it was a popular knife among lumberjacks, miners, riverboat/barge crews, and dock workers.

I have the Outdoorsman version, (brown bone covers) and two slightly smaller (4"closed) sleeveboard's.
They make a great "Sunday Go To Meeting" knife: They do not "print" in even a light weight suit pants pocket, when carried loose in the bottom of said pocket.
 
afishhunter said:
An excellent knife.
Is yours fitted with T10 carbon steel, or 440A blades?

I would love to get one with carbon steel blades.
(The GEC and CASE of the pattern are way out of my budget ... and about as common on the secondary market as catfish, and/or finch teeth.)

The "sunfish" is a old pattern, I believe it dares to the late 1890's.

It is known by over SEVENTY names, including "Sunfish", "Elephant Toe" (the small is "Elephant Toenail"), "Pocket Axe", "British Rope Knife" (although there is no historical evidence of that use) and "Emergency Spatula".
Apparently it was a popular knife among lumberjacks, miners, riverboat/barge crews, and dock workers.

I have the Outdoorsman version, (brown bone covers) and two slightly smaller (4"closed) sleeveboard's.
They make a great "Sunday Go To Meeting" knife: They do not "print" in even a light weight suit pants pocket, when carried loose in the bottom of said pocket.
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Mine is 440. I really like the pattern, but I mostly picked it up to add to my collection of RR Faded Blue Jeans knives.
 
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