What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Travman said:
Osage orange wood on a bed of Osage orange seeds.

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Now that is too cool!!!
 
Today I use my Olivewood Lozère, by Bastide. It is a slipjoint, the spring is not on the back of the knife, but around the axle, unlocking is done by pressing with the thumb.
It is #11cm but due to the small quantity of metal (no liner), very light. Satin blade is Z40C13 (#12C27), terribly sharp. Lovely!

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hand-modeling is not a fallback career for me. But perhaps maybe hand sharpening. The verdict is still out on that one.
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Jolipapa said:
Today I use my Olivewood Lozère, by Bastide. It is a slipjoint, the spring is not on the back of the knife, but around the axle, unlocking is done by pressing with the thumb.
It is #11cm but due to the small quantity of metal (no liner), very light. Satin blade is Z40C13 (#12C27), terribly sharp. Lovely!

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Super interesting and beautiful knife! I will have to check these out further. Thanks for the look!!
 
Gevonovich said:
Now that is too cool!!!
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That picture shows what the osage orange fruit looks like after rotting all winter and having the squirrels pull it apart. They start out looking like this in the fall. We used to call them monkey brains.

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My younger brother was describing some yellow/orange wood that he had been cutting from a weedy area along his fences for firewood. I took a look at the trees. Sure enough these were osage orange trees. It was very satisfying to pull out a new knife made of the wood he was trying to describe. He liked the knife and I have not given him anything for a while so I gave him my little Coyote.
 
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Travman said:
That picture shows what the osage orange fruit looks like after rotting all winter and having the squirrels pull it apart. They start out looking like this in the fall. We used to call them monkey brains.

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My younger brother was describing some yellow/orange wood that he had been cutting from a weedy area along his fences for firewood. I took a look at the trees. Sure enough these were osage orange trees. It was very satisfying to pull out a new knife made of the wood he was trying to describe. He liked the knife and I have not given him anything for a while so I gave him my little Coyote.
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Well done giving your brother such a fine gift! I guess that is why them call them hedge apples ( I just read up on it...thanks )
 
Today is a Jerry Halfrich Rounder, Johnny Stout Zulu and a rare, Boker Leo IV in 640 layer, 4 steels damascus in the Leopard pattern, forged by Markus Balbach. Markus is forging me a bar of LEO IV for a Loveless drop point that Johnny Stout is building for me.

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