Both excellent patterns my friend
Thank you very much
I almost certainly won't get a chance to post tomorrow, but I'll have this one with me
Fantastic pic of your stag in its natural habitat, Jack!
Thank you, GT. I took that picture last Yorkshire Day, so the Lambfoot was feeling quite "elevated" at the time.
Well, it was a fine holiday photo!
Synchronicity
It led me to some really good stuff I'm listening to now. Thanks to you I found some pearls which prompted me to check on some
Like this old Norvell 1901 - 1911
Moving like a string of pearls - Tai Chi Chuan
Peerless pearl, Gev!
My first reaction to the photo was, "That pearl folder exemplifies the username of a BF member: Smiling Knife!"
It has an ear-to-ear grin!
Nice.
Thanks, CF.
My last evening with this scrimshawed tribute. Hanging out on the porch, this last day of summer.
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Thanks for showing off that Porch "mascot" all week, Mike.
Thanks again GT. I pulled a real rookie move with the Helle shortly after taking that pic. Was using it to cut some brush near ground level when the stalks gave way, sending the blade into a rock with a sickening scrape. Really chewed up about 1" in the belly. Funny thing was, I had been cutting up in order to avoid that, but didn't like the blade coming up towards me (I was stooped over) so switched to cutting downward. Better me than the blade I suppose. Anyway, into the workshop after lunch I went, and ground the entire blade back to better than new. (Attended to a set of pruning shears while I was at it.)
Glad the episode had a happy ending, Tom!
Carried this #25 Northfield Barlow in the morning .
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Then in the afternoon switched over to this old Taylors Eye Witness to work on a little project .
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Harry
"Every morning, every evening,
Ain't we got fun?"
Splendid duo, Harry!
Good eye, Gary, it is indeed a Recruit.
Today was a Lambsfoot kind of day.
Thanks for the confirmation, FBC; I could probably get along just fine with just a Recruit.
Your lambsfoot is looking fabulous!
Have you got it "tuned up" to act the way you want it now?
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Serendipitous for sure, GT!
Thanks for the info on your Marbles Workman trapper. Nice tool combo. I like how you mentioned the bail with the tools, too - it's a handy feature for using the knife as a monkey's fist, when throwing a line over a branch, to tie off tarps, when camping; or hoisting up a deer for field dressing.
Well, they say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy this, and that's pretty close.
IXL two bladed stock knife, and some pure food bliss!
Well, your food photo will probably drive me to make breakfast before I finish this post!
Excellent equal-ender you have, Chin!
Excellent points you raised about the utility of a knife with bail.
I like bailed knives mainly for the ability to attach a lanyard (and often attach that to my clothes for "knife security"), but I appreciate the reminder of the variety of services a bail can provide.
Throw-down Thursday with a throw-back to yesteryear: Presto M-2 WWII Paratrooper assisted opener with worm groove jigged black plastic handle (1944-1950); Benchmade Volli assisted knife with G-10 handle (2016).
- Stuart
I know nothing about that Presto, Stuart, but it sure looks pristine!
Cool composition, Gev! "Angelic" antique barehead beauty!
Nice video, too!
(Made me a little melancholy, though, missing the days when my daughter played violin daily.
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Interesting; I'll have to check out that thread (have to wait for the weekend, though).
Thanks to new member
@Paco. I finally found out what kind of knife this is. It's hand made in Chile, a mini version of a "Parronino" brand made by Gonzalo Castro (R.I.P.)
I just got home and slipped it into my pocket. I think I'll carry it this weekend (along with a Lambfoot, because it feels like lambfoot season)
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Love those knives from other countries/cultures; glad you could get some ID info!
38 Orchard Gem today
Charismatic cranberry, Ron!
I have little experience with a pruner blade for daily use, but that knife looks SO good (shape, color, blade on each end, single spring?) that it begs to be carried all the time!
I'm carrying a couple of old Imperials this week, both among my favorite knives.
Big Knife of the Week is a clip/pen Imperial toothpick like the one one of my grandfathers used to carry (thanks, Dave):
Miscellaneous Knife of the Week is an Imperial serpentine jack that rekindled my interest in pocket knives almost 4 years ago:
- GT
I've not seen rosewood like that before, I thought it might be Macassar ebony. I'm glad they looked after you. Mr JB put me onto that shop, and I was well pleased with the sweet, stag handled Ettrick, golden ox horn and ebony Lambsfoots, and rosewood Tackler's knife I got there.
