What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Travman]

 

[Gevonovich]

Interesting knife Jer :thumbup:



I bought my friend's daughter a compendium of old 'playground games' recently. It included both marbles and jacks. Back in the 1920's here (and maybe at other times), a game called 'pitch and toss', which I think was similar to jacks was very popular here. In the 'Sheffield Gang Wars' pf the 20's and 30's, there was a good deal of fighting over who controlled the pitch & toss rings in the city!


Cool pic Gevo :thumbup:




Very interesting GT The games we played in the school yard were just between two boys. You placed so many marbles on the grate first I think, that number being agreed first, (you could mix the marbles to combine to the agreed 'value'), and the type of grate had two ready-made 'pots'. From what I can remember, there seemed to be a degree of strategy to it, and I don't think we 'shot' them either.

Cool pic Gevo :thumbup:


I'm still snowed under with work, and had to go over to Sheffield today to visit the dentist. Had this IXL in my pocket :thumbup:

Good stuff and thank you! Interesting photo too :thumbup:

 

[Markesharp]

Sweet knife.


Love the stag and simplicity.

Thank you toppygray82

I totally agree. Nice work, Mark!

Thank you Gary. When you posted your Lloyd, it inspired me to make a stag shadow knife. I get asked all the time when I tell people that I make custom traditional pocket knives "what are they and can you show me your knives....do you have one?". I do have a couple of fixed blades that I keep and use, so it was time for me to make one to keep in my pocket and actually have something to show instead of telling them to Google Fishbone Barlow images.

Excellent, Mark. :thumbup:

Thank you Dean.

Jack Black ~
Nice work :thumbup:

Thank you Jack! How old is your IXL? That is a solid looking knife my friend.

The grinds...the stag...the elegant lines Well done Mark :thumbup:

Thanks Gevo! That 74 is one fine Knife! :thumbup: I almost pulled the trigger on one because that pattern is just classic.

 

[Peregrin]

Thank you Gary. When you posted your Lloyd, it inspired me to make a stag shadow knife. I get asked all the time when I tell people that I make custom traditional pocket knives "what are they and can you show me your knives....do you have one?". I do have a couple of fixed blades that I keep and use, so it was time for me to make one to keep in my pocket and actually have something to show instead of telling them to Google Fishbone Barlow images.

You made yourself a nice one, Mark. I'd be proud to show that one off if I were you.

 

[Markesharp]

You made yourself a nice one, Mark. I'd be proud to show that one off if I were you.

Thanks again Gary. I was with some friends for dinner tonight and showed the knife to them. I guess I have to make five more as Groomsman gifts for her daughters wedding.

 

[paulhilborn]

I'll be looking for that one when you mail my STAG Fishbone fixed Barlow my friend

Just a BEAUTIFUL knife brother:thumbup:

That's a nice one Paul :thumbup:

Thank you Jack

 

[Markesharp]

I'll be looking for that one when you mail my STAG Fishbone fixed Barlow my friend

Just a BEAUTIFUL knife brother:thumbup:

Thank you Paul! Your Knife is "Aging" like fine wine brother It will be a piece of jewelry...

 

[toppygray82]

Thanks again Gary. I was with some friends for dinner tonight and showed the knife to them. I guess I have to make five more as Groomsman gifts for her daughters wedding.

And one for me.

Lol [emoji3]

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[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack.
I remember playing marbles only once. My big brother and a friend of his were playing one of those games with a pot. They let me play and I won all the pots until they decided the game was over.

:thumbup:

Here's how it continues on the back...

What does that have to do with the beer? Your guess is as good as mine. It is a pretty good beer, though.

Carrying the same #15 again today.

I was wondering about that, when you posted the beer in the Beverages thread Nice #15 my friend :thumbup:

Barrett and GT, if I'm not mistaken, the can is referencing the movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer". The main character's father, Stuart, is a Scottish kick-in-the-pants. The quotes:

"Stuart Mackenzie: Look at the size of that boy's heed.
Tony Giardino: Shhh!
Stuart Mackenzie: I'm not kidding, it's like an orange on a toothpick.
Tony Giardino: Shhh, you're going to give the boy a complex.
Stuart Mackenzie: Well, that's a huge noggin. That's a virtual planetoid.
Tony Giardino: Shh!
Stuart Mackenzie: Has it's own weather system.
Tony Giardino: Sh, sh, shh.
Stuart Mackenzie: HEAD! MOVE!

Stuart Mackenzie: I'm not kidding, that boy's head is like Sputnik; spherical but quite pointy at parts! Now that was offside, wasn't it? He'll be crying himself to sleep tonight, on his huge pillow."

Very well spotted Shawn, some great dialogue in that film! I used to know a feller who looked just like 'Heead'! :thumbup:

Good stuff and thank you! Interesting photo too :thumbup:

THanks pal :rthumbup:

Thank you Jack! How old is your IXL? That is a solid looking knife my friend.

Thanks a lot Mark, a rough guess would be 1920's :thumbup:

I'm off to the docs this morning, so I thought I'd carry this old Kastor Doctor's Knife :thumbup:

 

[Will Power]

Nice worn bone patina on that knife Jack. It's clearly been doing a lot of 'doctoring' in its time before even the NHS!

 

[5K Qs]

Eye-catching pic of your higo, FBC!

Thanks, Gary. I do have an ebony Ancient also of which I have recently posted a photo. They are both great knives.

Thanks for the confirmation, Dean. Maybe I find the scratted Ancients so exotic that I forget there are other covers available.

I'm glad to hear the stockman is holding up. :thumbup:

I reuse photos too, but sometimes I'll take an update shot to show patina.

Definitely still an enthralling knife!! :thumbup:
I guess I also occasionally take "patina pics" (and I'd definitely take a shot of any knife repelling a snail invasion! ).

From what I've been able to find they were made on contact by Queen Cutlery, but I don't know anything about C. Tenney themselves.

Thanks for the extra info, freekboi.

Great looking pics, Gary!

Thank you kindly Gary! Those two are wonderous specimens! I really like that humpback :thumbup:

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.

That's an exquisite knife, Mark! :thumbup: Stag shadow patterns are so enticing. (An old Four Tops song popped into my head: "Standing in the Shadows of Love")

Nice pic of the canoe GT! I have not explored that pattern yet; the enablers here have me questioning why that is .

Somehow I managed to walk out the door this morning without my intended carry knives, so I dug my emergency backup out of my center console.

Those orange Vics are electrifying, Tom!
You should try a canoe. I don't know if I ever made a conscious decision to "collect" that pattern, but somehow I've ended up with a LOT of canoes!

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I've been carrying this Scout in my watch pocket since I got it (and will probably continue to do so).

Engaging pic, Dean! I like the little cutouts to access the openers; have you found the tools useful?

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Very interesting GT The games we played in the school yard were just between two boys. You placed so many marbles on the grate first I think, that number being agreed first, (you could mix the marbles to combine to the agreed 'value'), and the type of grate had two ready-made 'pots'. From what I can remember, there seemed to be a degree of strategy to it, and I don't think we 'shot' them either.

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I'm still snowed under with work, and had to go over to Sheffield today to visit the dentist. Had this IXL in my pocket :thumbup:

Always enjoy seeing that eminent I*XL, Jack! Hope the dentist visit was endurable. Interesting info about your marbles recollections; sounds like there were some "city mouse, country mouse" differences in our boyhood experiences.
That "circular monument" is engrossing, and inspired a question: Is Sheffield named for the Sheaf River?

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Bizarrely, after making my post, including ruminating about marbles, I opened a magazine I had purchased in Sheffield, to find a three page article entitled 'Schoolboy Games of the 1950's'! Sadly, while 'Splits' or (Mumblety-peg) is discussed in some detail, the game of marbles is not included

Cool coincidence!

Just added this to my pocket .
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Harry

Congrats on the esteemed congress, Harry! :thumbup:

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Today it was a GEC 92 and a Vic Harvester.

Have a good one!

Ken K.

Exceptional pair, Ken! And another red/black combo!

Something's fishy, but extraordinary! :thumbup:

Here's how it continues on the back...

What does that have to do with the beer? Your guess is as good as mine. It is a pretty good beer, though.

Carrying the same #15 again today.

Elegant 15, Barrett! Thanks for the follow-up on the Scotch ale.

Barrett and GT, if I'm not mistaken, the can is referencing the movie "So I Married an Axe Murderer". The main character's father, Stuart, is a Scottish kick-in-the-pants. The quotes:
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That's some exceptional "research", Shawn! Thanks for clearing up the Sputnik mystery. Not a film that was ever on my radar; is it something to add to my "must see" list??

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I'm off to the docs this morning, so I thought I'd carry this old Kastor Doctor's Knife :thumbup:

Excellent; just what the doctor ordered! :thumbup:

This week, I'm carrying a Rough Rider medium trapper:

a Rough Rider electrician:

and a Rough Rider cannitler in my watch pocket:

- GT

 

[Wurrwulf]

GT, I don't know if anything Mike Myers did was ever "Must See", but if you enjoyed anything he did in the early-mid 90s, I'm sure you'd get some chuckles out of it. I thoroughly enjoy his character Stuart Mackenzie, though.

"Alright, give your mother a kiss, or I'll kick your teeth in."

 

[joeradza]

 

[Atiger]

Old Shapleigh Diamond Edge barlow today...

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[TheChunk91]

 

[Jack Black]

Always enjoy seeing that eminent I*XL, Jack! Hope the dentist visit was endurable. Interesting info about your marbles recollections; sounds like there were some "city mouse, country mouse" differences in our boyhood experiences.
That "circular monument" is engrossing, and inspired a question: Is Sheffield named for the Sheaf River?

Thanks my friend I was in the chair a good while, but I have never minded visiting the dentist. In fact I've just bought mine a bottle of whisky! Yes, I think you are probably right about that! The plaque must be new, it's outside Sheffield train station. The city is indeed named after the River Sheaf. Half a mile or so from that spot, the Sheaf flows into the larger River Don, and close to the confluence is where Sheffield Castle stood, on the banks of the Sheaf. While it's a small river, it was significant in being the boundary between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria, Sheffield forming part of the latter.

Cool coincidence!

Ssspooky! :thumbup:

Excellent; just what the doctor ordered! :thumbup:

LOL! Thanks You look well prepared as always :thumbup:

 

[Nature Boy]

This one got stuck in the drawer.

When I inspected it last week, I realized some rust had somehow formed on the Spey blade:

The good news is that I'll be carrying it now, as I had originally intended.

 

[Gevonovich]

and a Rough Rider cannitler in my watch pocket:

- GT

Sugar pie honey bunch
I know I'm in love with you
I'll do anything ...anything you ask me to
I just can't help myself....ya

The Four Top rock! Sent me down memory lane Gary

 

[tomsch]

 

[Whetstone39]

Carrying my one and only Lanny's Clip, in anticipation of receiving my second this week .