What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Ratbert]

Today I'm carrying a Boker Evergreen serpentine jack that was gifted to me yesterday by SadSappySucker. Beautiful olive wood handles.
Thanks, Erik!

 

[Half/Stop]

Next few days I will be carrying the "one" that started it all 3 yrs ago, that led me down the trad knife (GEC addiction!) path...

Jeff that's a great photo of a well loved knife. The #99 is a pattern that I have only admired in photos such as yours and many others here. Who knows, maybe someday I will try one in person. Have a great day my friend!

 

[MT Damascus]

These two beauties, in mammoth ivory, from J.S. Ben Seward and Joel Chamblin are with me one this nice and cool morning, Ben and I are working on a project that is really going to be something unlike anything you have seen from Ben. Hope everyone is having a great time this weekend with family and friends.

 

[oldtymer]

traveling light today

 

[Buzzbait]

I'm out dayhiking and causing trouble on this "Shenanigans Sunday"

 

[Hickory n steel]

The Buck 110 will be my primary carry for the month as per my patriotic July knife challenge.
Secondary blades will change weekly as usual.

 

[Kevin-B]

This is what i'm "Totin" today.
Its a "Boker Plus Barlow with a halfstop and brown/honey(ish) bone handlescales"

=Kevin

 

[BigBiscuit]

This has become my regular Sunday carry for a while now.

 

[Kevin-B]

This has become my regular Sunday carry for a while now.

Oh that's a really beautiful and classy looking TC barlow you got there.
Nice patina too.

=Kevin

 

[knarfeng]

View attachment 728010 Today I'm carrying a Boker Evergreen serpentine jack that was gifted to me yesterday by SadSappySucker. Beautiful olive wood handles.
Thanks, Erik!

Dude! You forgot the best part! 440C blades hardened to 58-59HRC.
I know. I have one. It's an awesome knife.

 

[BigBiscuit]

Thank you Kevin.

 

[Whetstone39]

I'd thought your Joker was just like mine, Tom, but seeing it next to your Farmer convinced me that Joker must make that model in two sizes, because mine is 4.5" closed and yours looks like it might be smaller. I always get a quick patina by sticking the blade in a jar of hot pepper rings for a couple of minutes; the juice seems to do the trick, and gives quite a uniform patina to use as a "base" for whatever else you might do. I messed around with a mustard monogram on my olive wood Joker; I should probably Flitz it off and try again, more carefully, now that I know the mustard will actually work!

This weekend I'm off my normal schedule and carrying some recently-acquired knives, including a Rough Rider spearpoint whittler

and a faux tortoise shell RR mini canoe

- GT

Thanks GT, it is 3.5 inches, and light as a feather. It takes a screaming sharp edge. Thanks for the patina pointers, we'll see how this experiment goes, but like you say I can always scrub it off with Flitz if I don't like it .

 

[Whetstone39]

Enjoy your Sangrias Tom! I found mine patinaed pretty easily just from some general cooking duties


Morning folks Carrying these two yesterday and today, my Speaker Jack (thanks Alan) and a William Rodgers Sleeveboard. Have a great Sunday everyone

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Thanks Jack, they are very good . I usually just let the patina form naturally over time, but this one is forming only where I pinch it open, and it hasn't cut any food until today. Gorgeous white covers on the William Rodgers

So this is my strawberry-sangria-patina experiment, 15 minutes like this:



And it created this:



A little darker in spots than I was aiming for and I think I missed a few areas, but I kinda like it. 4 passes using a leather belt on a power strop and it takes off arm hair again with ease .

 

[Ratbert]

Dude! You forgot the best part! 440C blades hardened to 58-59HRC.
I know. I have one. It's an awesome knife.

LOL...my Sharpmaker reminded me of that very fact this morning!

 

[Ratbert]

This has become my regular Sunday carry for a while now.

Love this knife every time I see it!

 

[deltaboy]

Today USA 33OT, OT8 and a SAK

 

[T. Erdelyi]

I've had this one for a very long time.
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Buck Executive IIRC, I carried a similar one in my wallet for years, it was a great little knife. I lost it with the wallet and a custom Crawford one-piece top frame lock.

 

[5K Qs]

Thank you for the compliment my friend! A good eye there buddy, #77's are listed at 3-3/4" and the #74's are listed at 3-7/8".

I seem to have only ONE good eye these days, Ron, but I doubt if it's good enough to discern a .125" difference in a photo! I'd have sworn the 74 had a bigger length advantage over the 77 in your pic. (On the other hand, I have a Case Tru-Sharp delrin peanut at 2 7/8" and an old Imperial USA serpentine jack at 3 1/8" and that quarter inch difference looks HUGE to me!

Thanks Gary. It seems like you're the only one who has conquered the multi reply monster. Have a great 4th.

I'm not the ONLY one who successfully uses multi-quotes, but I'm surprised that so many folks report having difficulties with that feature. To me, it seems to work essentially like previously: if you want to quote a post, just click the "+Quote" to add it to your current "quote queue" (or click "-Quote" to remove it from your current list). I just wish the software kept a separate queue for each thread, instead of a single list across all of BF that only resets when you "Insert Quotes" into a post.
I hope you (and everyone else on The Porch) also has a great US Birthday holiday this week!

Thank you vey much GT . You are correct in that I obtained the Hartkoph in Oberammergau , Germany . By the way , that city also has a world class Wood Carving School in it . I obtained the Boker Camp Knife at the Badger Blade Show in held Janesville , Wis. this year .

Harry

Thanks for the details, Harry. Once you mentioned it, I remembered that the Böker came from the Badger Blade Show.

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I'm so impressed with the Mercator Black Cats! You lost yours recently, right, W.M.B.? Where did it turn up?

I was not expecting much from the Okapi Biltong when I ordered it. By all accounts, Okapi quality can be pretty spotty. Indeed, the Okapi ratchet I ordered at the same time was pretty horrible. The handles on this example needed sanding to match the edges, and the blade needed a lot of work. "Third-world cottage industry" is the phrase that keeps coming to mind.

As it turns out, I have been carrying it a lot for the last few weeks. The external back spring gives the blade a fierce snap, yet it easily pinches open. The resin-impregnated cherry handle is proving more durable than I expected. The sheepfoot blade is as handy as you would expect. Not least, it looks like nothing else.

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South Africa. The Okapi ratchet knife used to be made in Germany for the African market, and became a favorite of Keith Richards by way of Jamaican rudeboys. In addition to the ratchet, there are several Okapi slip joint designs that I had never seen until they appeared on the Baryonyx site. I have no idea if those are old designs or if they originated after production shifted to SA.
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Thanks for the useful info about Okapis, Henry, especially about the Biltong. I definitely want to pick up an Okapi as another example of "inexpensive working knives from around the world", but I thought the ratchet knives had been discontinued. Maybe the Biltong is the model for me!

Yes. It's an old stool that came with the house. My wife uses it for plants. I borrow it for knife photography because it's the right size and height to easily move to a shady spot in the yard.

Thanks for the background on your "photo background", Frank. I have a former indoor plant stand that's migrated outside that I move around our patio to use in many of my photos. It still had some remnants of dark pink paint when I first started taking photos of knives on it, but the wood is now completely paint-free after several Michigan winters.

...Morning folks Carrying these two yesterday and today, my Speaker Jack (thanks Alan) and a William Rodgers Sleeveboard. Have a great Sunday everyone

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As always, a pair worth studying from you, Jack!

Thanks GT. Trickery my friend. There's no way I could do that on my own. Especially more so now. My back is junk. That patio area is three steps higher than an adjacent deck level. So I am afforded the opportunity to just sit on one of the steps which puts me just about right level with the patio.

Thanks for revealing some of your pic tricks, Bob! I always enjoy your photos from your "knives hit the bricks" series!

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Superb, Alan! I'm a BIG fan of the Case humpback stockman!

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Today will be spent with family and friends. Of which all of you and this Ebony TC are definitely included!

Splendid, Ron! I favor a spearpoint, and love the ebony with silver pins!

Not monotonous for me yet.
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That's definitely an intriguing pair, Jer, and each looks like it will do an honest days' work! I really think the blade mod and EO on your lambsfoot are superior work!

Next few days I will be carrying the "one" that started it all 3 yrs ago, that led me down the trad knife (GEC addiction!) path...

That looks like such a capable knife!!

View attachment 728010 Today I'm carrying a Boker Evergreen serpentine jack that was gifted to me yesterday by SadSappySucker. Beautiful olive wood handles.
Thanks, Erik!

Congrats, Ratbert, and props to Erik for his generosity! That Böker looks fabulous!

traveling light today

Light, but certainly lovely!! You sure have some desirable old pen knives, oldtymer!

This has become my regular Sunday carry for a while now.
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I can see why that earns Sunday carry, Bob! What an incredibly special knife!!

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So this is my strawberry-sangria-patina experiment, 15 minutes like this:



And it created this:



A little darker in spots than I was aiming for and I think I missed a few areas, but I kinda like it. 4 passes using a leather belt on a power strop and it takes off arm hair again with ease .

That Joker looks great, Tom!! Pretty doggone artsy-crafty, if you ask me!

Another day of Whimsical Weekend when I get to carry whatever strikes my fancy instead of what the schedule dictates for Monday-Friday. I'm not Jewish, but decided to declare Shofar Sunday today, showcasing my ram's horn covers.
Marbles sowbelly stockman, canoe, and pruner:

Also, a Rough Rider "ram's horn bone" canoe with "faux ram's horn" covers:

- GT

 

[Ratbert]

Marbles sowbelly stockman, canoe, and pruner:

Gary, the Ram's Horn covers on those Marbles look great!

 

[screened porch]

That's definitely an intriguing pair, Jer, and each looks like it will do an honest days' work! I really think the blade mod and EO on your lambsfoot are superior work!

Thanks. I have to admit I'm pretty pleased with them myself. A lot of things could have gone wrong that didn't.