What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[btmccutcheon]

Keeping it simple today.

 

[Gevonovich]

Primble makes the first magnificent compound parry and riposte to Ron's first thrust! I sense Ron is ready to parry with one of his rarely seen techniques from the vault


Something simple for me today

 

[Jack Black]

Lovely to see that Saynor again Gev :thumbup:

 

[A-love05]

Hey fellas, I'm fairly new to the traditional side of the knife world. I have been lurking around for a month or so now and have met many fine gentleman. ALL of which have been more than willing to take the time and teach me a few things.. it shows what kind of community this is. But anyways, just wanted to say thanks, and introduce myself. I'm hoping to hang around for a while!!

P.s. I'm totin my bull nose with OD green micarta today..

 

[Jack Black]

Welcome to The Porch :thumbup:

 

[Jsega51]

forget it....photobucket sucks

 

[RDaneel]

Some 73 osage goodness today

Really like that Osage, lambertiana! What country is the Peso from?

Thank you my good sir, I thought I'd go with the Rope Knife again today, and a different TC :thumbup:

Beautiful TC and photo, Jack.

A different set of redbones in my pocket today - a mini copperhead and the stainless stockman, both from the 1970's with double pinned shields:

Sorry about my looong fingers and iPhone reflecting in the front bolster.

Really nice looking, Rob. The knives, not your fingers. Top notch Red bone!

You're up, Ron.

Simply great, Gev.

I'm carrying my gifted Appauloosa today.

 

[Gevonovich]

Lovely to see that Saynor again Gev :thumbup:

Thank you my good sir! Your lovely carries today are a treat as well! The ebony pairs well with your rope knife:thumbup::thumbup:

Dean
Thank you very much for the compliment! Your Appauloosa barlow is a real staillion:thumbup:

Welcome A-love05!!

What are your driving?

Jake
I can't see your pictures Sorry your having a photobucket day:thumbdn:

 

[chrisbfu]

 

[Jack Black]

Beautiful TC and photo, Jack.

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Thanks Dean, Beautiful Barlow :thumbup:

Thank you my good sir! Your lovely carries today are a treat as well! The ebony pairs well with your rope knife:thumbup::thumbup:

Thank you Gev, very kind of you

Nice Ankermesser :thumbup:

 

[J_Curd]

Henkle & Joyce Hardware today.

Man o man that is gorgeous.

 

[Dantone05]

Thank you my good sir, I thought I'd go with the Rope Knife again today, and a different TC :thumbup:

A great duo there JB :thumbup:

Primble makes the first magnificent compound parry and riposte to Ron's first thrust! I sense Ron is ready to parry with one of his rarely seen techniques from the vault



Something simple for me today

Now that is a gorgeous looking edge tool Gevonovich. Great picture to capture it!



Back from Asia to find this guy in the mail.
I've been hunting one down for all of 2015 and now I know why they are so well received.

 

[Jack Black]

A great duo there JB :thumbup:

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Back from Asia to find this guy in the mail.
I've been hunting one down for all of 2015 and now I know why they are so well received.

Thanks a lot Dan, good to have you back, and that must have been nice to come home to Great pic too :thumbup:

 

[lambertiana]

Really like that Osage, lambertiana!



What country is the Peso from?

It is from the US. Both coins are the same, you can see obverse and reverse.

Most people have a hard time figuring that one out - under what circumstances did the US circulate Pesos? I'll give a clue: It is tied to the events of 1898.

 

[TsarBomba]

Thank you for the compliment! It was stabilized during the restoration and it is quite solid now. It's one that has grabbed my heart the moment I laid hands on it and earned it's right to be carried and used
I have never seen a Cutsure barlow before and that one is outstanding!!! Thanks for the look

Glad that such a distinguished fella has been made usable for the next 100 years. Great find! The Cutsure is rapidly becoming one of my more beloved Barlows. When I find the right kind of display case for my best Barlows, I think it will be front and center among them. It's still going to end up in the watch pocket every so often, however.

Still in Halfstop mode today. I have had these two for a long while. A 1965-1969 Stag Canoe, model 52131 and a 1976 Stag Cheetah, model 5111 1/2SSP. Both are near mint.:
and then an old Catt showed up in the mail this morning, so after a little blade sharpening, I slipped it in my coat pocket.

Now I know where all the beautiful old Catts can be found. :grumpy: An amazing group there, and as good as that stag looks that old Catt bone is breathtaking. :thumbup:

My pick of the day for a Mondaze

Getting wistful that I'd been around for that forum knife. :thumbup: My affinity for teardrops has been growing, yet I still don't have one. Soon, soon. Beautiful example!

Thanks Tim. I'm trying to do it from my phone. Probably about time to get on a photo sharing site...

While I don't necessarily use the forum on my phone or tablet, I did set up the app so that Flickr acts as a backup of my camera roll, and then I can go and choose/edit any of the "keepers" online. The app itself also seems to offer this basic functionality, so if your phone supports the Flickr app and you have a Yahoo account (or would sign up for one) it might do the trick for you. I have to assume tinypic, imgur, google and others also offer phone apps with at least basic cloud upload and editing capability, or you could download the freeware Photoshop phone app for any editing. I appreciate the Flickr app because it uploads automatically (but leaves photos private until you decide otherwise).

Not quite sure how it happened, but I've developed a real affinity for almost any canoe pattern!
Congrats on your discovery! (Of course, you realize that I immediately headed for my sock drawer to conduct a search, but came up empty. )
That Cutsure is hard to take my eyes off, TB!! :thumbup:
Knives for this week include, among others, these three:
a Vic Tinker
a RR gunstock checked canoe (thanks, Will)
and a Taylor Schrade 18OT, a Mighty Mite indeed

I'm right there with you with the canoe, although to date the only ones I own are a trio of NKCA gunboat 1978 club knives, one of which has found its way into my carry rotation (spear, pen, and spey blade, plenty of utility there).

I may have to set up security around my Cutsure! Thanks, GT! :thumbup:

What do you think of your 18OT? I ended up with a Taylor-made Schrade #804 "anniversary" splitback whittler, and while Taylor's issues are well-documented around here it is overall a pretty nice knife. Pretty jigged bone, reasonably flush springs, good snap, humane pull, just a nice medium whittler overall. I don't know how great an edge the steel will take but I'm definitely warming to the knife. I might even keep it around for a while.

Yeah, Gevonovich has guts! He stares down bobcats!
Nice Mighty Mite there, and it looks like you have a picture of a sweet mighty mite next to it.
If I had to pick my favorite traditional pattern, it would be the Bareheaded Jack. Something about it just says good old-fashioned pocketknife, yet there are so many variations of handle and blade shapes.

I believe that the previous owner of that congress filed down the kicks on the blades to keep the tips below the frame of the knife after years of sharpening. Eventually he had to grind or file out some cutout reliefs to access the blades. I suppose if you buy a knife during the Great Depression, you don't just throw it out and get a new one if it can still be made usable. /That's part of what I find so appealing about carrying it.

The kicks are there for user customization as far as I'm concerned. Sometimes the factory gets it wrong, sometimes time has its say. A little filing and a knife's usability can sometimes be enhanced mightily. That Case is a fantastic testament to owner loyalty. :thumbup:

TsarBomba - A beautiful Appaloosa Case there and a great photo also! :thumbup:
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Some 1970's Case Muskrat love is the show me for today and the old faithful friend in Red is the use me for today!

All this fantastic 70s Case red bone in the thread lately. I'm feeling left out because my only examples are Lennie and Carl, and unfortunately they haven't seen much pocket time lately...



The one Case muskrat I have really instilled a fondness for the pattern. I need more.

Thanks TsarBomba, it is my first RR and I am quite impressed with it, a very solid scout knife.
Beautiful Barlow! :thumbup:

Thanks! It's funny, regarding RR I went from "ah, it's just a knife" to "ah, it's not a good knife", to "you know what, this isn't a bad little knife". I only own two, a composite Barlow and a brown bone one with a kind of semicircle "sawcut" pattern I've seen in the Barlow threads before. The composite RR gets beaten up in the kitchen or car or outdoors or wherever a "beater" knife is needed, though it still has those nice thick brass liners and is better-built than many American Imperials ever were. The bone RR is more or less pristine and sits with some of my more "collectible" examples. I think I will throw it in a pocket and get some photos soon enough, country of origin notwithstanding.

Nice of you to say so Jamie:thumbup: Here's the mark side on arrival, not too bad...

Absolutely love the texture and landscape of that stag, both pile side and mark side. I have always found myself digging the uneven, unique placement of shields or other ornaments on stag handles. They don't have to be flush, or perfectly even, or "presentation-grade". That's part of the fun of collecting them. Your example is fantastic and just ever so recessed, I really dig it! :thumbup:

Some 73 osage goodness today

Great knife, and the color really pops! :thumbup:

Great choices again all!
Thanks again for the comment Gev and TsarBomba.
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Today it's going to be a 2014 Forum Knife and a Buck 709.

Any time, Ken! :thumbup: My favorite part of this forum is looking at these amazing knives and reading the stories behind them. Rachel's old Case has got a million of 'em, I think!

I am revisiting Bucks lately, just received a tiny single-spring 305 in what I understand is jigged Delrin (but I have a hard time convincing my fingertips of that) to go with my 301 and 303, plus the 110 is a regular weekender on the belt. That 709 is an interesting pattern and a good looker for an American working man.

I have only enough pocket real estate for a single folder today, so I went with a John Lloyd Lanny's Clip.

Beautiful carry! Micarta handles?

Something simple for me today

That's a beautiful Saynor hawk!

Hey fellas, I'm fairly new to the traditional side of the knife world. I have been lurking around for a month or so now and have met many fine gentleman. ALL of which have been more than willing to take the time and teach me a few things.. it shows what kind of community this is. But anyways, just wanted to say thanks, and introduce myself. I'm hoping to hang around for a while!!
P.s. I'm totin my bull nose with OD green micarta today..

Welcome to the porch! That's a great F&F with some fantastic natural patina, and in my favorite color too. :thumbup:

I'm carrying my gifted Appauloosa today.

I am loving the Case Barlow resurgence as of late. :thumbup:

Back from Asia to find this guy in the mail.
I've been hunting one down for all of 2015 and now I know why they are so well received.

What a Wharnie! Love those scales, and that is a great photo! Did you discover the ice arranged that way near the foliage? These are the things that make me miss the northeast.

After a lot of deliberation, I finally settled on some 35-40+ year old wood for today's carry. I nearly went Barlow-less, but in the end what other pattern seems more like it was made for the watch pocket?


1980 Queen Rawhide series #8075, 1973 Case #6250, and 1972 Case #11031SH

 

[AusLoX]

Enzo Necker and a beer scout today. The necker is really growing on me, nice full flat ground little blade.

Always...always the best set up

 

[SVTFreak]

An old picture but I like it. And much more interesting than what I'm actually doing today with my old faithful 1054 in my pocket.

 

[HST]

 

[Notthisfalcon]

Man o man that is gorgeous.

Thanks and I agree. The swedges, the long pull, the snap of the blades, and the almost translucent quality of the scales in the right light make this one of my favorites.

 

[Primble]

Love that stockman Primble

Forum knife for me today.

Thank you - great bocote wood ! :thumbup:

But that CASE, well they should certainly start that bone up agin, one of the most pocket friendly types around. Can you give the length please? Or is it the same as the current M.Copperhead?

In awe, Will

Thank you kindly Mr. Will. :thumbup: The mini copperhead is three and one eighths inches long and the stockman is three and one half inches closed.

Two more incredible knives!

Thanks again Mitch !

Thank you Mine is one of the short run with the pen behind the spear I never know which way round to photograph it! :thumbup:

We're seeing some lovely redbone this week :thumbup:

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forget it....photobucket sucks

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Primble makes the first magnificent compound parry and riposte to Ron's first thrust! I sense Ron is ready to parry with one of his rarely seen techniques from the vault


Something simple for me today

Always a treat to see the Saynor Gevo ! NO telling what that old timer Halfstop will come up with today. I have a counter plan for him though !

Really nice looking, Rob. The knives, not your fingers. Top notch Red bone!

You're up, Ron.
I'm carrying my gifted Appauloosa today.

Very nice ApPAULoosa Dean ! :thumbup:

Now I know where all the beautiful old Catts can be found. :grumpy: An amazing group there, and as good as that stag looks that old Catt bone is breathtaking. :thumbup:

Always appreciated - I like your old Case redbone Barlows ! :thumbup: