What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

It's been seein' a lot more pocket time these days.

It's a Union Knife Works Equal End Bull Pattern(?) it had a broken blade which I believe was a Spear Blade, I ground it down (very slowly) into a short Sheepsfoot for use as a box cutter.

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I loved the warm Brown Jigged Bone scales with the Bowtie/Propeller Shield, I can feel the love someone had for this hundred year old knife and will give it the same, hopefully it'll keep someone company for another hundred after I'm done with it.
 
For the month of June I'll be carrying a 1974 Case 6332 stockman. I freaking love this knife. It's the precursor to the 63032, but better in every way IMO. Like the 63032 it came with a pen blade instead of the spay blade, which is great for those of us who don't have to castrate livestock every day. The nail nick on the sheepsfoot blade isn't placed in the opening path of the pen blade like the 63032 (a major annoyance). This one came in that great old red bone that they don't do anymore for reasons I can't comprehend. Best of all it has halfstops on all the blades. It comes down to personal preference, but I like halfstops. And halfstops on stockmans, outside of customs, are pretty dang rare. The fact that I picked up a pair of 1974 6332s for about $50 each on ebay astounds me, as it's such a nice knife that I thought they'd go for a lot more. I guess they're not all that uncommon. The only real fault this knife has is that the main blade snaps so hard that it bounces the tip off the backspring, leaving a flat spot, unless I ease the blade closed. I expect that after some use and sharpenings that enough blade will have been worn away that the snap no longer makes the blade hit the backspring.

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kamagong said:
Looking good Luciano. Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or are those bone scales starting to develop the nice, pocketworn appearance?

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Thanks Christian. Not yet as I have only had it for 6 months but it will in time. One thing that has changed since the beginning is the bone lightened and kind of looks like greenbone along the edges.
 
just resharpened my 63032 chestnut stocky this evening, high convex shiny edge (no pic sorry..)
let's see how it goes!, went right in the pocket as my evening knifey

I'm not that happy of how it came out, my other cv's cut better, hope it's not defected and I hope it will cut if needed tonight, there should be desserts to slice :D I know the larger 4" one would be better but I'd prefer to go light tonight

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I'm carrying the Bullodg Muskrat that I committed to carrying in June. Purple swirl, a beautiful knife with those two long clip blades. I've never carried and used a Muskrat, so this is what I picked for the "June challenge".

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TLARbb said:
I'm carrying the Bullodg Muskrat that I committed to carrying in June. Purple swirl, a beautiful knife with those two long clip blades. I've never carried and used a Muskrat, so this is what I picked for the "June challenge".

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I really like that muskrat Ed.
 
Luciano, Elliott, Chris, Nathan and all , you guys are putting up some nice blades today! Ted that is some nice bone on that old Cattle knife.

I have not changed up too much lately but today I slipped this nice German Shapleigh Cattle pattern into my pocket. Campbell, this one is for you, shields both sides!

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Crappy photo, but great carry knife and I just like the Barlow and got tired of ignoring it.
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Rick Menefee: "Eureka Jack" (Prototype w/ modified blade)

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Just a great all around "utility" knife...
 
Great knife from Rick as he continues to improve in all the areas of knife making. A great choice Elliott, I just know you had a hand in design. Glad you now have it in hand.
Jim
 
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