What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

A Moose walked into my life this morning, and so my knife choice for today has changed ;) :

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Andi Thanks for the useful review.:thumbup:

Primble Knife of the deathless gods there! If there were some horrible situation where only one knife could be allowed,:eek: that one would be a major contendor:D

Smithhamer Excellent bone and blade selection on your Moose.

Regards, Will
 
Found a relic from my youth; a hardware store Japanese Sabre Barlow that's been hiding in a tackle box in my folk's basement for decades. It was all cruddy and dull. Gave it a quick clean up and sharpening to bring it back into service
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Smithhammer said:
A Moose walked into my life this morning, and so my knife choice for today has changed ;) :

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I really like the bone on that one. I have one like it with wormy chestnut scales and 440C blades. I think GEC calls them Furtaker Muskrats, but I agree that it is really a Moose pattern. Really neat knives, the first one with a wharncliffe that I really ever warmed up to.
 
I "rediscovered" these boyhood knives. I picked up a few of my childhood things and was happy to find these in an old box. I still hope I can find my original Barlow. Maybe one day.

I can not read the maker's mark on the yellow handled stockman's. Both are in rough shape. I really like the Bower! The size and covers are fantastic. I am carrying these today day but doubt either could cut hot butter. :) Apologies for the cell phone photos.

 
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willgoy said:
Primble Knife of the deathless gods there! If there were some horrible situation where only one knife could be allowed,:eek: that one would be a major contendor:D

Regards, Will
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Thank you Will and I agree with you, however, I sure hope it never comes down to that !! :eek::D
 
k4df4l said:
Found a relic from my youth; a hardware store Japanese Sabre Barlow that's been hiding in a tackle box in my folk's basement for decades. It was all cruddy and dull. Gave it a quick clean up and sharpening to bring it back into service
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I'll bet it was glad to see you after all these years. :D
I've come to appreciate the old hardware store knives, and my first little pen knife was a Sabre, so I have a soft spot for the brand. :thumbup:
 
Grateful said:
I really like the bone on that one. I have one like it with wormy chestnut scales and 440C blades. I think GEC calls them Furtaker Muskrats, but I agree that it is really a Moose pattern. Really neat knives, the first one with a wharncliffe that I really ever warmed up to.
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Thanks, and yeah, I've seen that GEC refers to this model as a "muskrat," but somehow I just can't get my head around that, even more so now that I have the knife in hand. In overall length/size and heft, as well as the beefy double-spring arrangement, this is a moose in my mind. I think of muskrats as being more slender, in terms of frame choice and overall thickness. But I suppose it really comes down to blades, and since this #53 has a Ca. clip, it's technically definied as a 'muskrat.' I'll just have to train myslf to call it that. :D
 
r8shell said:
I'll bet it was glad to see you after all these years. :D
I've come to appreciate the old hardware store knives, and my first little pen knife was a Sabre, so I have a soft spot for the brand. :thumbup:
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Sure was. I probably haven't seen that tackle box or knife for at least 20 years. The knife used to be in my dad's salt water box and he gave it to me as a kid for my salt water tackle box. I'm looking forward to it getting some pocket time going forward. It's definitely carrying some fond memories.
 
Half/Stop said:
That's a great looking Lloyd! I love to see his carbon steel knives. I spent quite a lot of time in Mr. Woolworth's "Five and Dime" during my early years. They were located in just about every town that I can remember during my youth. Wow just think what a collection I would have had if I had been interested in Pocket Knives back then :)

~ Ron
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Thanks Ron. I was thinking the same thing about that "coulda been" collection.
 
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