What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Today it's my Mace Vitale Utility and Don Morrow Single blade trapper:
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Thanks for the link. That pair of harness jacks is fantastic. One with a spearpoint and the other with a clipped point main blade. I noticed the punches were different. The ebony punch was straight, I assume like versions #1 and #2 of the new Schatt & Morgans. The jigged brown bone looked like a rolled punch, like the #3 version of the new S&Ms.

The new-release S&M harness jack I found is a version #2. In truth, I'd like a #3 because it's so unique, but I'd be happy with any version.

Thanks for the tip on using the punch as a scraper. That opens up new frontiers of use for me. I'd imagined it just as a reamer, which I have less use for. Maybe I'll break down and purchase it.
 
Ron53 said:
navihawk, I LIKE that Eye Brand Stockman (it's a 4" inch one, right?! Does it have carbon steel blades? The stag looks great, too.

Ron
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Thanks Ron, It's a hair over 3 1/2, not quite 3 5/8. Carbon steel, and it can form rust pretty quickly. It has some pitting on the backsprings.I have always liked the color of the steel, a bluish grey.I'll try to get some more pictures up.The stag is about an nice as you can get. It(the stag) is thin compared to alot of modern folders.
Steve
 
Steve,

I like the thin stag much better on pocketknives than the thick stuff. At a little over 3 1/2" that's a nice "pocketable" pocketknife!

Ron
 
A Craftsman(Ulster) senior stockman
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And a '46-'56 vintage Camillus utility that I picked up this morning

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I'm carrying this Eye Brand 4.25" stockman today. It's my EDC.

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These are old pics. The knife's seen a good bit of use since then.
 
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Ther's some serious eye candy going on around here.(no pun intended).Carl Schleiper dose stag nice.
I like that Ulster Craftsman.The cammy too for that matter.
 
For the last few days I've been carrying a United/Boker "Sportsman's Trapper" (slimline) I recently picked up from a forum member. Very nice knife.

Today I swapped in my Canal St. Amber Carved Stag Bone Trapper, which I've had for some time now, just to see if I could deal with carrying a full size, two blade trapper. So far, no problems, but I haven't had to whip it out in front of any fellow office workers yet.

In swapping out medium-large knives recently I've also been drawn back to my Copperlocks. I'm going to have to give one of those a ride soon.

-- Sam
 
My current EDC is a Schatt & Morgan limited crimson scout. Its my first S&M and I'm really diggin it, it cuts like a laser.
 
An older Queen Trapper that I picked up recently. I just couldn't get to love the spey blade, so I reshaped it to kind of a drop point sort of thing...

 
neeman said:
Nice idea
How much work was it to reshape the blade?
What did it involve?
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It wasn't bad. I submerged the tip in a bowl of water and made the initial cut with a Dremel cutoff wheel and then rough shaped it with a sanding drum. This is messy (and slightly dangerous) with the water going everywhere, but the blade barely got warm to the touch. I finished it off with a coarse diamond stone and some sandpaper.
 
Today I received a Canal Street gunstock trapper with ram's horn scales from AG Russell...what a beauty! She'll be in my pocket for quite some time. I'll try to post a pic as soon as I get the camera back in action.
 
Halfway through my third week(17 days so far) with the Circle C Kentucky Bluegrass Case peanut, and the cotton candy Russlock. Peanut as a main, and the russlock for anything I thing I need more blade than the peanut(and I always try the 'nut first). I have used the russ for an eating knife, just cause it is a little easier to slice meat with that long curvy blade.

As a rule I have always hated liner locks, but the russ is verry user friendly, and I find myself debating the lock removal I had planned.
 
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