What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Love the bone on that Boker Jack



Sam

 

[jrawk]

... and, um, the middle knife, a rosewood #38 whittler:

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Very nice. Those 38 clip point whittlers have been on my want list for a while now. The Rosewood is a beauty with the pinched ends.

 

[Jack Black]

Love the bone on that Boker Jack

Thanks Sam, that's a very interesting knife, can you tell us a little about it? :thumbup:

 

[GuestWho101]

 

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Thanks Sam, that's a very interesting knife, can you tell us a little about it? :thumbup:

A pleasure! I did a review thread on Britishblades http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?166643-Antler-slipjoint-by-Attila-Feedback

The knife looks a little different now! I took a deep breath and thinned out the antler covers a little. Turns out it was quite easy and has made the knife more pocketable. I also think having a steel pivot peened into brass bolsters is a clever move. I've worked this knife quite hard and it's still as tight as the day it arrived

Sam

 

[Jack Black]

A pleasure! I did a review thread on Britishblades http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?166643-Antler-slipjoint-by-Attila-Feedback

The knife looks a little different now! I took a deep breath and thinned out the antler covers a little. Turns out it was quite easy and has made the knife more pocketable. I also think having a steel pivot peened into brass bolsters is a clever move. I've worked this knife quite hard and it's still as tight as the day it arrived

Thanks Sam, great review. I really like the look of that one. Nice work on the covers too :thumbup: Hope you have a good weekend my friend :thumbup:

 

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Thanks Sam, great review. I really like the look of that one. Nice work on the covers too :thumbup: Hope you have a good weekend my friend :thumbup:

Cheers Jack, you too (might want to stay off the hills though...!)

 

[JOELSM]

The Wallstreet is riding shotgun today.

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[Jack Black]

Cheers Jack, you too (might want to stay off the hills though...!)

Thanks Sam, I'm off to York for the annual Viking Festival Not the dryest spot, but at least there are pubs to dry out in! :thumbup:

 

[5K Qs]

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Thanks for the comment GT. Very nice mod on the forum knife.
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Today it's a GEC 92 and a Vic Classic.

Have a good one!

Ken K.

Thanks, Ken; Mark did a marvelous job with the covers.
That argyle Classic is quite distinctive!

AG Regular Jack
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Hootchie Mamal! That is one hotsy-totsy AG Russell jack, Joel! :thumbup:

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The lock isn't the most substantial, but that is to be expected on a $10 friction folder. It unlocks the "opposite" way from most liner locks I'm used to, so I always have to keep that in mind when I close the knife up, and nobody would ever mistake the lock for one as strong as, say, the typical TL-29/scout knife screwdriver lock, but as a basic measure of protection it's a neat little addition. I don't think the UK need worry about that sliver of brass liner, though, so it's unfortunate that they arbitrarily prevent people from carrying it.

The knife itself is light and easy to control, carries a thinner profile than the round Opinels, and disappears into the pocket very nicely for one that is technically longer and thicker than its spiritual cousins such as the 11031SH. I expect it'll get a lot of WW carry going forward.

That Wright is incredible. Wasn't the '14 forum knife also originally in stag? Mark has done an admirable job on yours, you've got a pair of beauties in your pocket for sure! :thumbup:
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Today's carry is largely unaltered from the rest of this (non-Wooden Wednesday) week's. I ended up tossing my new Case peanut into the slip and bringing it with me after opening it upon arrival at home just last night. Couldn't help myself.


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Thanks for the MAM feedback, TB, and thanks for the kind words about a couple of my knives. The '14 Forum knife was indeed a stag-handled model; the one I have was a gift from Markesharp, who had switched the covers to the striking jigged bone.

Looks like you're ready for ANY eventuality with your quartet (the Four Pocket Knives of the Apocalypse?)! Congrats on the primo Case Peanut! :thumbup:

Thanks, GT. The moneybag is what they used to use to ship one dollar coins in. This particular one was for 25 of them. I got it at a coin show for a quarter, I thought it interesting and a good backdrop for photos.

I carried this New Day copperhead TC Barlow on the hike today, outside and inside photos. The New Day Barlows seem to have a very solid feel to them.


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The coin bag is definitely an interesting backdrop, Dean. Your Charlow is a real looker! :thumbup: Lots of subjectivity with regard to knives, but I've never understood the disregard some have for spey blades; I think they have great looks and versatility.

GT, I've seen pictures of your forum knife before but I love the bone and hammered pins. Mark did a great job on making it look 60 years old.:thumbup:


I've been working out of town for the last week with another week to go. 'Ol Lizard Skin is all that I needed to bring for my time here.

Phenomenal photo, Jake! Thanks for the positive assessment of my Forum knife. Mark did a marvelous mod, and I'm embarrassed to say that I fumbled the knife while coon-fingering it on a daily walk, dropped it on an asphalt path, and one of the liner pins popped out and is lost in the undergrowth along side the path.

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Thanks, GT. The knife is a Northwoods Peanut from the days when Dave Shirley owned the brand. My family made a trip to the UP this last weekend and we made our way to Knives Ship Free. I found out once we were there that they're not open on weekends, but Derrick was kind enough to meet us down there and show us his shop. I let my daughter pick out a knife for us to buy, and this is what she liked. It's not what I would have typically picked, but I've really enjoyed carrying it this week. Being picked out by my daughter and buying it in person from somebody like Derrick makes it special. I'll definitely be stopping by that way next time we head up to the North Woods. Hopefully, I can make it during their normal business hours and we can spend some more time picking their brains. :thumbup:

Thanks for the reply, Cory; I guess I HAVE actually seen at least one of those Northwoods peanuts before. KSF has them as NOS?? Does the Escanaba store have a "showroom", some place to see and handle knives in person? We vacation in the UP each summer, and I've been considering making a road trip (almost 6 hours round trip) from where we stay to KSF in Escanaba next August.

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I love the senator, but that forum knife is quite spectacular!
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Thanks, SSS.

For some reason , I've had awls on my mind lately, so I've been carrying this old Western Stockman this week.
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That's a shapely old knife, Rachel!

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Thank you Gary. You have read my mind! Very nice Duo.
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When I left home this morning I chose the Maroon Linen Micarta Viper in anticipation of today's mail delivery. It will be a Linen Micarta Viper again on Friday. But it won't be Maroon!

Thanks, Ron. That Viper with the acorn shield and squirrel etch is tres chic! :thumbup:

Got my 47 Viper in Smooth Oiled Bone today and had to slip it into my LFP as soon as I got it. RFP had the 73 Stag as almost always.

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Harry

Carried my Two 47s and my 73 this morning to take Nancy to work. Stopped by to see the Car On The Lake again and now it is the Car In the Water On the Lake.

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Harry

Thanks for your kind remarks on my carries of yesterday GT !!!!!
Your carried some very nice ones today my friend !!!! Maybe you should make that A. Wright an EDC.

Harry

Thanks, Harry. I don't think I'll make the Wright itself EDC, but I DO think I may soon change one of my weekly categories to "STAG". Since I only have 4 or 5 stag knives, the Wright would show up there for a week each month.
Congrats on the Oiled Bone Viper! Of course, your stag 73 always makes me weak in the knees, and the stag on your pruner may actually be even better, IMHO! :thumbup: (Is that a cable for retrieval on the front of that car?)

The knife and times of a theologian... I've been carrying this one for a few weeks now, and I am loving the size. I would love to get a TC, GEC, Northfield, or other nice Barlow someday, but being a poor Bible nerd precludes me from having my dream knives. This one is just nice enough to keep the cravings at bay for now!

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Different strokes for different folks and all, and this is just MY preference, but I gotta tell you, Ben, I'd MUCH rather have a vintage Barlow (like your Boker, for example) than one of the new ones! :thumbup:

Congrats, David! :thumbup: I definitely like what I'm seeing there, even if I don't know exactly what I'm looking at. (Those magnificent covers are jigged ... what, exactly??)

My carry today :thumbup:


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Dapper duo today, Jack; I'm especially partial to that canoe! :thumbup: Whew!

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Meanwhile, knowing I have a dirty-ish job to finish, I didn't empty the pockets of yesterday's now-dirty-ish pants; out we go again:

Full disclosure: there are enough pocketses in these sturdy work pants, I also have these along...

... and, um, the middle knife, a rosewood #38 whittler:

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In mathematics, 6 is considered a "perfect number" because it's equal to the sum of its proper divisors (1+2+3=6). So I'd certainly say you're carrying a perfect number of knives, Sarah!!

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For me today, the City Knife may be swapped out for a brand new barlow if it arrives as scheduled, the Primble will ride all day .

I admire your flexibility, Tom! :thumbup: I usually won't consider changing knives other than once a week, not to mention in the middle of a day!

The Royal Armouries museum in Leeds has the largest collection of arms and armour in Europe. I did a pic thread with just the knives once, but all the photos are probably un-hosted now You sometimes see old knives marked 'Real Knife'! :thumbup:

Smashing knives today GT, how are you finding the Lambsfoot? :thumbup:
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Thanks, Jack. To be honest with regard to the Lambsfoot, this particular blade is currently not sharp enough to enjoy using, and my freehand skills haven't yet developed to the point that I'd care to inflict them on this lovely knife! I recently picked up a Taylor-Schrade Landshark with what seems to me to be a lambsfoot blade, and I've been using that occasionally, along with some sheepsfoot and wharncliffe blades. I have to say that, while I enjoy these experiments, I'm just not as adroit or comfortable with straightedged blades as I am with a spear, pen, or clip. Actually, the Tarmundi pictured below has a blade I really enjoy using, and it seems to me to be quite close to a lambsfoot in shape, but it definitely has a little belly (as do I ).

Kitchen knives this week are a Rough Rider fish knife and a Taramundi.

- GT

 

[r redden]

I felt like going big today so I stuck this 1972 Sodbuster in my pocket.

 

[Bighaze51]

I got this little guy today. It belonged to my great grandfather. It's scary sharp too

 

[Itsasportsbar]

Really nice knives today!

Thanks for the comments Tsar, Ron and GT. I like the many cover options available on the Vic Classic.

Great pair of knives GuestWho.

Today I'm going with a GEC 55 and a Schrade 980T.

Have a good day all!

Ken K.

 

[Cory Hess]

Thanks for the reply, Cory; I guess I HAVE actually seen at least one of those Northwoods peanuts before. KSF has them as NOS?? Does the Escanaba store have a "showroom", some place to see and handle knives in person? We vacation in the UP each summer, and I've been considering making a road trip (almost 6 hours round trip) from where we stay to KSF in Escanaba next August.

They had this peanut as NOS. I don't see any others on their site, but I did notice that many of the knives that we looked at aren't on their site. I don't know if they have separate inventories for each or what the deal is, but in the showroom he had some Colonel Coons, a couple Schatt & Morgans that I know weren't on his site, and some older Northwoods that I was surprised to see he still had. Is it worth driving three hours each way? That's a tough one. I know that we went an hour each way from where we were staying and we hit up KSF and Rapid River Knifeworks and the kids definitely thought it was worth it. That afternoon my wife took them out sledding and when they came back in I asked if they had fun. My daughter replied "It was fun, but not as fun as the knife store." If you planned it out you could stop at Hess Knifeworks and Bark River and there's a Marbles Outlet store that's still kicking. Three hours is a haul, but you could definitely make a day of hanging out at different cutlery related businesses if you planned it out right. It would have to be on a weekday, as some of those places aren't open on weekends.

 

[Old Engineer]

5KQs and Jack Black : Nice carries for both of you Gents today and thank you both for your kind remarks on mine. I can keep you up-dated on the Car On the Lake if you want , and there is a cable attached to it to use to pull it out after sinking. Which is unlike the 15 to 20 that went through the ice on Lake Geneva a couple of weeks ago. Gt I also believe that the Stag on the Harvester is better than the Stag on the 73 , but the 73 is a much more usable knife overall. You may not have noticed , but Augie has a Harvester that has Stag that is the Twin to mine and I have seen some of the new Viper Stag at dealer sites that is very good and is coming soon.

Harry

 

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[TsarBomba]

A case folder (my first knife ever!) which I call "Ole Betsy" after the blade mark.

From your intro thread I see that this knife was given to you by your father, which makes that a pretty special knife regardless of the pattern or maker. Throw in the limited edition factor and I think you've got one heck of a slippy there. :thumbup:

Welcome to the porch!

Some lovely knives there TB, and I am fascinated to see we've adopted identical storage solutions

Thank you! Funny how you appear to have the exact model, although as you can see from my pic this one (which currently resides on the workbench next to my office) is still carrying screws, washer, bolts, and additional miscellany which its creators probably anticipated their storage drawers would be used for. Due to a change in company paradigm, however, there's a good possibility that I can take it home with me and convert it to Knife Central.

Haven't posted here in a few days.

Those little fellas always look so good with a Wharnie. Great photo, too! :thumbup:

Cool bird hook. Stainless? :thumbup:

I've not had much success finding information on the Camillus-era Westerns, but from the "taste test" I'm fairly confident both blades are stainless steel. The hook itself has actually gotten more use than the master blade, as the thicker gauge and smaller radius than the one on my Remington upland knife is especially suited for complicated knots using twine, and sometimes it's easier to snake hand out and grab a bird knife than it is to go hunting through toolboxes for a clean hemostat or needlenose.

My carry today :thumbup:

Love that German twosome. Ever since I liberated my third NKCA gunboat from its cardboard and butcher paper prison it hasn't left the box of users. I should take a picture of that one; I upgraded the box itself recently after a trip to a whole row of antique stores and even though I took a beating on some of the purchases (who says antiques dealers can be haggled with? :grumpy I think I did well with the "new" box.

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Judging from your photo's URL my initial impression that the Stanley was manufactured by Camillus appears to be correct. That's a nice one, too. I enjoy finding all the "imprints" Camillus had their hands in, being a born New Yorker myself, and with all my current favorite makers all residing in Penna I sometimes go looking for "homer" knives instead. Thanks for sharing!

Full disclosure: there are enough pocketses in these sturdy work pants, I also have these along...

Lots of preciouses with you today! I imagine you could do some real damage in the yard with a pair of cargo pants and some suspenders.

Carried my Two 47s and my 73 this morning to take Nancy to work. Stopped by to see the Car On The Lake again and now it is the Car In the Water On the Lake.

Great stag as usual, Harry, and I love that the Car on the Lake is a thing in WI.

Love the bone on that Boker Jack

Thanks Sam, that's a very interesting knife, can you tell us a little about it? :thumbup:

A pleasure! I did a review thread on Britishblades http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?166643-Antler-slipjoint-by-Attila-Feedback
The knife looks a little different now! I took a deep breath and thinned out the antler covers a little. Turns out it was quite easy and has made the knife more pocketable. I also think having a steel pivot peened into brass bolsters is a clever move. I've worked this knife quite hard and it's still as tight as the day it arrived

That is an awesome Attila, Sam, and an excellent review to boot. Thanks for showing it off for us. I take it the coloration is now a little more uniform since you thinned out the handles some. Did you miss losing that "grain" at all?

Thanks for the MAM feedback, TB, and thanks for the kind words about a couple of my knives. The '14 Forum knife was indeed a stag-handled model; the one I have was a gift from Markesharp, who had switched the covers to the striking jigged bone.
Looks like you're ready for ANY eventuality with your quartet (the Four Pocket Knives of the Apocalypse?)! Congrats on the primo Case Peanut! :thumbup:
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Kitchen knives this week are a Rough Rider fish knife and a Taramundi.

Thanks, GT! I was giddy with anticipation over getting that peanut and for once the ball bounced my way, it was even nicer than it looked in two dimensions. Of course, when it rains it pours: The very next day I received a newer vintage Case peanut in jigged "old red bone" which should make for a nice comparison photo for the so-named thread.

That Taramundi is such a looker. I forgot to ask last time you posted it, just what are those handles made of?

Today was the second day in a row I chose my carries and then found myself tossing a Case peanut into my watch pocket at the last second. I gave Mac the day off, however, and took a few of the 1989 Centennial edition Cases with me to fill out the pockets next to my challenge knife.



A closer pic of the new 'nut with its big brother.



Have a great weekend, all!

 

[jprime84]

Mako today - Neptune acrylic in the sun

 

[RDaneel]

You have been carrying some fine duos lately, Dean!

Thank you, SSS. You have been carrying some fine knives, too.

Dean. Your Charlow is a real looker! :thumbup: Lots of subjectivity with regard to knives, but I've never understood the disregard some have for spey blades; I think they have great looks and versatility.

In mathematics, 6 is considered a "perfect number" because it's equal to the sum of its proper divisors (1+2+3=6). So I'd certainly say you're carrying a perfect number of knives, Sarah!!

- GT

Thanks, GT! I agree on the Spey blade's versatility. I knew someday your mathematics professorship would come out and you would say something incomprehensible (six being a perfect number, etc.).

Rough Rider did a great job on that fish knife.

I think you are having an influence on me as I am carrying three knives today. The Forum knife being one I am particularly fond of and the Case penknife being a light carry and useful as well. Of course, the Presidential is always along.

 

[HST]

End of the week for this guy. My gear for now...