What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

This Saturday means stay at home and get some projects and chores done. This is the knife that usually accompanies me when work is to be done.

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Whetstone39 said:
I have never forced a patina before, but I might on this Joker as it seems to want one :). Nothing too crazy, I think I have read before where sticking the blade in a potato for a while will impart a light patina.


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Onions will give a light patina with some nice blues and purple hues to it. And strawberries. Cut a handful up to eat, leave it sit for a few minutes, rinse with water and you'll have a nice patina quickly.
 
Cambertree said:
Anyway, does anyone have any recommendations for resizing photos with iphone to the 100kb limit (besides cropping them)? It would be good not to have to rely on any intermediaries, where the same thing can happen again.
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Chin, I am Android so cannot make a specific recommendation. Go to apps store and search 'resizer' or 'image resizer'. I use 'Photo and Picture Resizer'. Very easy to use, couple of clicks.

Quite possibly the only downside (other than not being able to share hosted site albums with family and friends), is that pictures come off my camera, but I often post from my laptop. I get around that by either emailing the pic to myself, or else posting from my laptop, then immediately going to the post on my phone to edit in the photo.


Whetstone39 said:
I have never forced a patina before, but I might on this Joker as it seems to want one :). Nothing too crazy, I think I have read before where sticking the blade in a potato for a while will impart a light patina.
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Tom, I forced a patina on a Case Mini copperlock CV once with fruit and veggie dice (I think it was apples, garlic, tomato, onion and lemon juice.) Make a mound of the dice, plunge it in, then come back in 15min or so. By adjusting the knife position the cuboidal shapes build upon themselves, creating a very cool finish that mimics a crazed Damascus blade.
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Today, first time carrying this cool old spear point Utica, working around the house.
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Before you discount this as not a traditional let me plead my case first.

I'ts made from the Side Lock ejector plates from an over & under shotgun, It's a practice that's not uncommon in the gun industry as a companion piece to the shotgun. It seems to be making a revival of sorts although I've seen 3 modern manufacturers, Beretta, CSM (Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturers) and 1 other I don't recall. It's made with traditional materials, (Stainless Steel), a traditional blade shape, (Wharncliffe) and a traditional slip joint configuration. The only thing one could argue is the opening hole. Trust me it's nothing more than a nail nick ground through. The hole in no way enables the user to open it with 1 hand, in fact it's quit the opposite, it's much easier to use both hands and look at it more like an EO cut. It has no pocket clip and other than the hole which does nothing to enable one hand opening only facilitate the use of both hands it's traditional. I have a custom David Winston Micarta trailing point skinner with liner lock which because it uses a thumb stud to make one hand opening and closing easy I wouldn't post here because of it's one handed operation.

So here it is, covered in CSM A-10's Scroll and Rose engraving.

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T. Erdelyi said:
Before you discount this as not a traditional let me plead my case first.

I'ts made from the Side Lock ejector plates from an over & under shotgun, It's a practice that's not uncommon in the gun industry as a companion piece to the shotgun. It seems to be making a revival of sorts although I've seen 3 modern manufacturers, Beretta, CSM (Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturers) and 1 other I don't recall. It's made with traditional materials, (Stainless Steel), a traditional blade shape, (Wharncliffe) and a traditional slip joint configuration. The only thing one could argue is the opening hole. Trust me it's nothing more than a nail nick ground through. The hole in no way enables the user to open it with 1 hand, in fact it's quit the opposite, it's much easier to use both hands and look at it more like an EO cut. It has no pocket clip and other than the hole which does nothing to enable one hand opening only facilitate the use of both hands it's traditional. I have a custom David Winston Micarta trailing point skinner with liner lock which because it uses a thumb stud to make one hand opening and closing easy I wouldn't post here because of it's one handed operation.

So here it is, covered in CSM A-10's Scroll and Rose engraving.

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Really unique !!! I look forward to seeing more of this knife. I'm guessing 3.25 "?
 
Actually the large blade's 2.825"-3" depending on how you measure it. It's a substantial knife, as heavy as Buck 112, the angle is misleading that's why it looks longer. Here's a few more pics and a small Sebenza 21 for comparison.

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