Started on this early this morning (during breakfast, in fact), but then Saturday chores interrupted me, so it contains mostly Friday carries.
...I've been carrying an Ulster Barlow the last couple of days, been in a Mark Twain state of mind. OH
OH and Primble, those Ulsters are the ultimate in Barlows! :thumbup: And Primble, you were right about using yours to lure out Gev; worked like a charm!
Mike, you must have about 3 scrumptious sowbellies you've displayed recently!
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Sorry my evil laugh messed up your post GT, that is surprising as it was just several underscores
. Maybe it was a kindly ghost in the machine of the porch trying to reinforce that this is a place of fellowship, where evil laughs are not appreciated
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I think I would have snapped up that fixed blade in a heartbeat. My progression went like this: big folders, to medium folders, discovered scout knives and SAKs = Hallelujah!, then fixed blades, specifically small pocketable fixed blades. While I don't
need a fixed blade for daily carry either, I think I just like the simplicity of them. I seem to keep evolving in this hobby
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Nice pic of the Marbles sir :thumbup:
No worries about the "evil laugh", Tom!
I ran into the same posting problem yesterday with a different post, and was able to narrow the problem down to two sentences that I typed myself. I replaced them with a paraphrase of their original content, and that fixed my "blocked post"; some days there are just inexplicable gremlins in the machine, I think!
Thanks for the brief description of your knife evolution; pretty interesting to hear how folks get to where they are, knifewise.
Thanks also for the comment on the photo. My pics improved a lot when I started shooting them outdoors, but that can be awfully uncomfortable for me in the winter! So I tried setting up an indoor "studio" a couple of months ago, and I'm quite pleased so far. I place the knives on the top of our printer on a bookshelf at about chin height, use an "ott lite" my wife has for working on craft projects as my primary light source (ott light is supposed to simulate natural light more accurately than typical indoors incandescents, fluorescents, etc.), and put a white background behind the knives to sort of "bathe" them in light. The only drawback is that the printer is so high that I can't take good "top down" shots without some precarious climbing on furniture!
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I went with a couple of small ones today. A Norfolk Whittler and a Vic Beginner.
Ken K.
You have some unique SAKs, Ken! :thumbup: A rare Popular the other day, and I'd never even heard of a Beginner until I saw yours!! Even SAKWiki doesn't say much about the Beginner!
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Love the story you made from your carry knives,
Gary. That stockman has fantastic bone and it looks like it is on an Uncle Henry 897UH frame (my favorite stockman)
I'm carrying this Soup Bone TC Barlow. One of those knives I thought I'd never own.
That is some tasty sheep soup you have there, Dean! :thumbup::thumbup: Thanks for the comments on the Marbles stockman.
You're right, it's practically identical structurally to an 897UH; the Marbles has a center liner that looks to me to be a bit thicker than that of the Uncle Henry, and the stag bone covers of the Marbles are a hair thicker than the Staglon on an Uncle Henry. (I'm hoping some examples of your favorite stockman will show up later this afternoon in that "Off-the-Grid with Gratitude..." thread I started a couple of days ago!
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Back to this Canton Cutlery today. Appreciate the fact that this knife served someone through the Great Depression and World War II and now it is in my pocket. It should outlast me and serve admirably for decades to come.
Wow, falcon, that is a memorable knife!
:thumbup: What can you tell us about those eye-popping covers??
I just got this well loved, but new to me #33 Conductor in ebony wood, and dang if it isnt up there in the classiest knives I own. I really really like it. I have been enjoying single spring knives lately with pen or coping secondaries. Tomorrow I will check in with another of them.
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Congrats on your classy, distinguished Conductor, Jeff! :thumbup:
Moki day
What an immaculate, striking knife!!
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I'm slipping these two in my pockets today
Hope everyone is having a good weekend :thumbup:
Looks like your dressed for success, Jack! :thumbup: That second photo is superb, with the river down in the background!!
Among the knives I've been carrying this week are a ring-opener by John Watts, Sheffield; a Case Sodbuster Jr; a Vic Minichamp; and a Case Peanut.
- GT
