What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[lambertiana]

 

[Half/Stop]

Got this from Half/Stop Ron last week and since I really like 73's , I carried it today . I also thought it would be a real hoot to see my friends , who really do not know anything about knives , reactions when I tell them that I have a Left Handed Knife .



Thanks for a fine knife Ron .

Harry

Harry I hope you enjoy your new South Paw 73 my friend! I am way behind posting this week. Took a week off from work and it feels like it will take two to get caught back up! That is some fine looking Bone on that 73. If I didn't have its twin in my safe it would have still been living in Tennessee! But I do know it is with a true friend and 73 lover!

 

[Bugdoc]

What is that knife, Tom? A later post says it's your first traditional and 40 years old?? Earthy, elderly, and enchanting!!

It is a SAK Gardener without shield. They were given out to employees at a garden center appropriately enough, and expected to be turned in when you left. But the center burned down on my day off, so the knife stayed with me.

Bugdoc , there's a thriving beer industry in NZ, both domestic swill and craft beer, more and more all the time..

My fav....

Good news. I go to Chicago periodically, where there's a great liquor store chain, Binnys. I will look for some next time. Cheers mate!

And, Bugdoc, it weighs in at 5.3 ozs.
- Stuart

Much lighter than I had expected

Thanks for the intriguing info and links, Tom! I've learned so much here over the past 3 years, and here's another reminder of how much more I still don't know!

Yes, this is a fascinating place for those with an inquisitive mind.

 

[Old Engineer]

Harry I hope you enjoy your new South Paw 73 my friend! I am way behind posting this week. Took a week off from work and it feels like it will take two to get caught back up! That is some fine looking Bone on that 73. If I didn't have its twin in my safe it would have still been living in Tennessee! But I do know it is with a true friend and 73 lover!

Nancy and I are laughing so hard right now I can hardly type this answer . We had joked to ourselves that you probably had at least one Back-Up of it at your home just like your OO . You can rest assured that it is with a friend and a 73 lover my friend .

Harry

 

[Zephyr One/Zero]

 

[HFinn]

This Laquoile En Aubrac. The Robert David in the second picture is one of my daily carries, different but also very nice. R. David has a beartrap spring, the Aubrac is smoother, similar to my Case fullsize Trapper.

 

[donn]

From yesterday after a few days away at the coast.

And todays:

 

[r8shell]

 

[Travman]

 

[joeradza]

Just to mention a few:
Old Engineer
A lefty version of a 73 is very neat Harry.
@Wilted Kilt
Colin, I like how they went from parts to "Factory Special." Although that deserves the new moniker.
@Peregrin
Glad to see the Halfrich Gary. It makes for the best weekend carry.
Have a good one folks.

 

[Half/Stop]

Todays carry, #68 Pony Jack, all Steel and Antique Yellow Jigged Bone. What's not to like?

 

[Whetstone39]

Dreamy creamy pair on the rocks today, Tom!

While on vacation the last couple weeks, I managed to find some Victorinox knives that pleased me, and are currently all in my pocket. I picked up a red old cross Pioneer the first Sunday and a Pocket Pal the second Sunday at an antique store in the little town 3 miles west of the little town in which we've been staying. I purchased the black Alox Money Clip at a consignment shop yesterday. (The Minichamp is one that I've carried daily for a couple of years.) Anyone know if the slight difference between the shield on the Pocket Pal and the Money Clip (horizontal cross arms of Pocket Pal don't connect to surrounding shield outline) indicates anything about relative ages? (Even better, can anyone point me to a Vic "logo chart" with dates?)

- GT

Thanks GT, very nice vacation finds! That ALOX could tell some stories . I am not a SAK expert by any means, but did find this:
http://www.sakhome.com/304372180

A custom and a limited edition for me today:

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[hamsco]

In anticipation of the latest BF knife. Today I will carry 2016

 

[Duckdog]

Very nice!!

 

[bronze4u2]

Thanks!

Kirk

 

[bronze4u2]

Of course I like that ring turn knife way above. "From across the ocean (or the solar system??)"

My newest ring turn knife un-cracked 'Cracked Ice' celluloid scales. Simply stamped - Solingen Germany

Kirk

Thank you!

Kirk

 

[Duckdog]

OLsen OK 511 Howard City, MI (1978 or earlier, I think). This is my EDC Olsen so it has been cleaned (it was green tarnish on one side, and brown "crust" on the other when I got it), lubed, and kept sharp. Very handy "sharp finger".

- Stuart

 

[SteveC]

Old Timer today

 

[joeradza]

OLsen OK 511 Howard City, MI (1978 or earlier, I think). This is my EDC Olsen so it has been cleaned (it was green tarnish on one side, and brown "crust" on the other when I got it), lubed, and kept sharp. Very handy "sharp finger".

- Stuart

I've never seen that before but for small edc that cuts most things it's got great character.

 

[BigBiscuit]