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I'm not at all a cat fancier, TheFactor, but I REALLY like that photo!
I think I'm just a sucker for ANY knife pic with pets.
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The stag models tend to be a little thicker and heavier than the wood or jigged bone. The little they lose in ease of carry is more than made up for in beauty IMHO.
Thanks for the comparison, Alan.
I'm more than willing to make "compromises" for the pleasure of carrying stag!
I didn't mean to be cryptic, Gary. Dove hunting season just started, and I used the 25 to prepare some dove.
That's a nice herd of sowbellies you have.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Thanks for the sowbelly compliment, r8shell; there are more at the end of this post.
Your comment wouldn't have been cryptic at all had I paid closer attention to the background of your photo. I didn't even notice all the little bird carcasses behind the knife!! (I really hope the "eye guy" will judge my cataract to be serious enough to require surgery when I see him next month.
) I haven't hunted anything in almost 50 years, and I've never hunted doves. Are these the mourning doves that look sort of like drab, emaciated pigeons??
I think my only association with Texas and doves is McMurtry's
Lonesome Dove and related novels!
2nd day in a row!
Sublime sleeveboard, Ron!!
Thanks GT. It's good to be back.
That's a fine sowbelly contingent you're carrying this weekend.
Thanks, Greg. I'm still not completely sure why sowbelly stock knives please me so, but they certainly do!
I was totally surprised by how much I enjoyed carrying the first sowbelly pattern I ever had!
No matter what I really can't complain as it was free with every order from cutlery corner a few years ago, but as a knife It's a pretty decent knife and takes a good edge.
In my experience it's about as good as any rough rider I've handled ( I've had a couple RR's that were worse than this )
Though I don't have the rough rider equivalent to compare it to.
This knife is the steel warrior viper btw.
Thanks for the mini-review, H&S.
Thanks, Jack. I've had the Colt sowbelly for quite some time. When I started hanging out on The Porch, I was soon enchanted by the photos of stag handles, but I also soon found that the cost of stag was beyond the budget I'd set for myself. But I ran across Colt's "black stag" and thought it was an economical entry into the world of stag. Once the Colt sowbelly arrived, I discovered that it was actually stag bone (and, to be fair, the "small print" of most dealers' advertising copy did mention this). But it's pretty nice stag bone!
Your Shaw and Wright stag is more than pretty nice!!
I especially like that Wright stag, dark and toasty!!
Have a great Sunday folks!
Yowza, Gary, what an incredible pair of folders!!
You must not have much left on your knife "bucket list"!!
Thanks GT! Perhaps the confusion comes from the knife not being quite as old as you'd expect. This one is marked MCMXCIII.
There are, in fact, four blades
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on four springs,
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which I think Case switch to, from two springs, at some point in the '90s.
I've heard some complain that these versions make it harder to get at the blades, and there is just enough of the long pull uncovered in the spear to barely get a thumb nail in there. But I really like the profile, and, being honest, I really got this for the bone...
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And after taking these pics, I suppose I will carry it again today...
Thanks for the additional photos and the description of your Case Congress, Mike.
I think maybe the angle of the original pic made it hard for me to see all the blades. And the bone certainly is fantastic!!
That ebony 38 is one dreamy whittler, Greg!!
Me and this old Robeson are hanging out today.
Rob, vintage Barlows like your Robeson sure are desirable!!
I think I'd rather have a functional not-nearly-mint old Barlow than a brand new current model from GEC or Queen.
Hunting season is now upon us in Virginia, so time to put this Puma in my pocket. It was made "sometime" before the start of Puma date stamping in 1964, but it is ready to do some work.
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The double set of saw teeth allows for cutting on both the forward and back strokes. The spear main is a lock back blade.
- Stuart
Stuart, your stag Puma "sportsman" (or whatever it's called) is exquisite!!
Smoking a brisket today and these are my helpers...
Smoked brisket sounds wonderful, your Case pair looks wonderful, but braided leather lanyard is what really grabbed my attention!
Go figure!?!
Here are more sowbellies I'm carrying this weekend.
Marbles Ram's Horn (with standard blade combo):
Marbles stag bone (with nonstandard blade combo - thanks, Randy):
Rough Rider white bone "silver select" model:
- GT
