What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Yesterday's carry. I started with the Churchill, Jackwright, Utica, and Vic; and picked up the Richards sheepfoot, Western stockman, and Colonial serpentine as I found them. Had to tighten my belt a notch.
The Richards and Western were rubber-banded together for $15. The Colonial was a block of rust marked $2, but when the guy couldn't find his oil right away, he encouraged me to gamble on it for a dollar. It needed a soak in penetrating oil, prying of the blades from the liners, and pliers to open it the first time.

 

[Travman]

GEC 55

 

[black mamba]

Jer, your Utica stockman is quite nice . . . about when was that one made?

So far today (I've got a cold and still in PJs) I've got my cocobolo gunstock.

 

[Emspop]

My favorite “ go to meetin” knife. When I was a kid my mother would always trade me the offering for my pocket knife...I’d get to put it in the plate and she’d be happy I didn’t have a knife in my good pants pocket! Now I get to do both!

 

[SteveC]

 

[The Fort]

View attachment 788959 My favorite “ go to meetin” knife. When I was a kid my mother would always trade me the offering for my pocket knife...I’d get to put it in the plate and she’d be happy I didn’t have a knife in my good pants pocket! Now I get to do both!

Good looking Case, Clay! Lance

 

[johnny twoshoes]

Jer, your Utica stockman is quite nice . . . about when was that one made?

So far today (I've got a cold and still in PJs) I've got my cocobolo gunstock.

Your gunstock sent me to my knife roll to dig out an old friend!

This knife was a gift from my mom a few years ago, it survived a house fire, but definitely took a bit of a beating. Functionally it’s perfect, just a lot of character!!!

 

[Emspop]

Good looking Case, Clay! Lance

Thank you good sir!

 

[black mamba]

That one's got character all over it, johnny, I love a good gunstock!

 

[screened porch]

Pared down carry for today, but I think I'll add the Utica back, since Black Mamba mentioned it. I'm guessing that was made in the 60s, but since kitchen knives of the same blade etch had cardboard sheathes promising to sharpen them for free if you included 50 cents in coin for shipping and handling, maybe they're older.

I got the kitchen knives from the factory store maybe twenty years ago, and they had just been found in a barrel in a corner of the factory.

 

[black mamba]

Thanks, Jer, very nice! May be older than the '60s.

 

[Duckdog]

Sunday synthetics (no sin): Queen model 38B serpentine (1976) and model 9B large stockman (1950-1960).

It wasn't until I enlarged the pics for posting that I noticed the cover crack on the 38B at the right pin (oh, well, permanent EDC duty now).
- Stuart

 

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Just got home from the cabin. Used my full size copperlock for fuzz sticks and basic camp food prep. Worked awesome.

 

[Wheeler80]

 

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Back home jamming

 

[SVTFreak]

Day 4 of sharpen, carry and oil up my carbons. It’s sunday, so means carrying a sentimental knife. This is one @Jsega51 gave me last year after the flood. It’s going to be my baby boys. It didn’t need a sharpen though.

 

[5K Qs]

5K Qs
Just received the Lloyd the other day. It's better than I could have imagined. It's been an impetus to cut back my collection.

That's quite a testimonial to the quality of that Lloyd, Alan!! I'm glad you're so thrilled with it!

Thanks, GT.
A little different today. It's still hard to let go of that Utica Tungsten, and I haven't entirely warmed up to the short and stout humpback. Great knife for Chicago or Cleveland, though.

This pic was the best of four, I'm sorry to say. "As usual, the BBC wish to apologize for the poor quality of the film".

I'm not following you very clearly, I guess. Which knife is great for Chicago or Cleveland, and why, Jer? Sounds like it could be an interesting theory!

5K Qs Thanks, GT. The SD trip was a great get-away to a gorgeous prairie setting, but a bit breezy for wingshooting. "Opignel #8" - I see what you did there. Quite clever!
- Stuart

Thanks for the insights on your hunting trip, and for noticing my little word play with that Opinel my daughter got for me in Spain.

Thanks Gary. Those are some fine knives you have chosen this week. I expect they will handle all the cutting chores you come across.
Clay

Thanks, Clay. Really doesn't take much knife to handle my cutting chores, as shown by the fact that I went 45 years without carrying a pocket knife. My knife interests are more "want" than "need", and have a big component of nostalgia going back to my years growing up on a dairy farm where I definitely needed my knife multiple times per day.

As usual, nice combo whetstone!
I went way outside my norm by carrying the pioneer today.

Can't go wrong with a black Alox Pioneer, Erik!

Thanks for the kind words GT, excellent choices above my friend

Thanks, Jack.

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Thank you, GT, you are sporting some great choices today.


Today I decided to roll out with a couple of 35s. I was struck by the fact that though carrying two of them might be seen as an exercise in redundancy, there are 4 completely different blades between the two. Not a lot I couldn't get done, I imagine...

Thanks for the encouragement, Dylan. Those "twin 35s" certainly due offer much variety for a pair of knives built on the same frame!

A rarer saw scout today, with resin impregnated rosewood covers, manufactured by Camillus for United Cutlery, under contract for the Sierra Club. A very beautiful knife.

You have such great knives! Looking at your pics always brings a memory to my mind and a smile to my face!

+5K!! Totally agree with Clay, Buzz; your knives are more than admirable, and I think of you as the Scout Master!

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Thanks GT! Not sure about eminent, maybe undistinguished?

Terrific trio, love the carvings(?) on the Opinel and the scout looks like a fantastic user.
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You seem pretty distinguished to me, Tom, or at least distinguishable! Your posts are identifiable at first glance, with the distinctive stony background and the fixed/folder pairs!!
The Opinel is one my daughter got me soon before she moved back to the US from Spain this summer. It's part of an engraved handle collection they have, with the #8s comprising an "Animalia" series with, dogs, hares, trout, etc.

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Thanks, Gary. Nice scout.
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Thanks, Dean. The Girl Scout model is a little smaller than most of my scout patterns, perhaps like your Case Jr. Scout (except my Kutmaster does have 4 blades).

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GT, I know I've complimented you on it before, but I really like that Opignel!
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I put a new edge on this little Richards jack knife last night and dropped it in my pocket today. (Thanks Jack Black !)

Really like your Richards with the 1950s Formica countertop covers, Barrett! I have a few Imperial and Colonial shell-construction knives, and since that's what I grew up with, they're some of my favorites.

Thanks for another compliment from a Razorback! Every time I use one of my Opinels, the practical side of my brain starts whispering in my ear, asking why I mess around with anything other than Opinels since nothing cuts the stuff I want to cut as well as the Opinels do.

Barrett, you used to be quite a fan of the GEC Farm Boy, right? Is that still one of your favorites? Is that model basically GEC's take on what Case calls a mini trapper? I've often written that I like the looks of trappers, but end up not really liking to carry them, but I've discovered that a smaller trapper (e.g., Case mini trapper, Rough Rider medium trapper) is quite a pleasant and useful carry!!

... Going to be slipping these two in my pockets

Fine pair of knives, Jack! I hope your visit to York was satisfying; did you make it to the hardware store from which my Wright rosewood lambsfoot comes?

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Even Old Knives can still be used to do a job and this one certainly will .

Harry

That new-2-you-TEW is a winner, Harry! I hope folks will speak of me after I retire next year the way you speak of your old knives!

View attachment 788152 Day 3 of going through my carbons and sharpening them up, carrying them then oiling them good. No one has posted a saddle trapper in awhile so...

I'm enjoying being able to witness your maintenance cycle, SVTFreak!!

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Congrats on your Churchill finally arriving, Will; it looks to be a rousing success!! I saw your detailed reactions to it in another thread (the 35 thread?), and appreciated your almost unequivocal praise! How are the joints when closed? Quite a low profile, sunk joints pattern, or is there a substantial amount of tang corners protruding above the frame? Thanks for your impressions; I value your opinions!!

View attachment 788195 Day 3 for this knife. My entries in this thread could get pretty boring because I really don’t want to leave the house without this one!

That's an elegant, classy, classic model, Clay!! You're not going to bore ME by showing it daily; some of my favorite knife features include multiple blades, spear main, black-and-silver color scheme (with ebony being a classy way to achieve it), and EO notch!!

Striking, Steve!!

I'm continuing to carry my new stag Churchill, getting some patina on it.

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Congrats on the striking stag, Jeff!!

Carrying a little sawcut Saturday action, just received the TC Antique Amber on Friday. What a beauty! View attachment 788446

Congrats on acquiring that rare beauty, Jake!! I think the antique amber sawcut TC Barlows (2-balde for me ) might qualify as a true "grail knife" for many of us!!

My Alox knife for the past week has been this old Cadet 2 with a pen blade instead of a nail file (thanks, Ken):

My non-Alox SAK for this week is a second-hand Recruit that I hold in high esteem (as you can see, it's functionally equivalent to the Cadet 2, but with covers that allow the toothpick and tweezers):

I pulled out this A. Wright & Son rosewood lambsfoot to use in the kitchen this week, a decision probably influenced by all the activity in the Guardians of the Lambfoot thread :

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

Fine pair of knives, Jack! I hope your visit to York was satisfying; did you make it to the hardware store from which my Wright rosewood lambsfoot comes?

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I pulled out this A. Wright & Son rosewood lambsfoot to use in the kitchen this week, a decision probably influenced by all the activity in the Guardians of the Lambfoot thread :

- GT

Thanks a lot GT A visit to Barnitt's was the main reason for my visit to York, as I wanted some steel tubing to make a new ferrule for an old walking cane. Unfortunately, they didn't have the diameter I needed. It's rare not to find exactly what you want there.

Enjoy using your Lambsfoot in the kitchen my friend

 

[paulhilborn]

Funny how things work out at times. A fellow forum member contacted me looking for a knife. I wasn't able to help in that specific search but through conversation he alerted me to this one. A 2013 STR-EK electrician knife SFO. I had a production identical blade wise to this but in cocobolo that I eventually sold to our friend Bob.
So Andrew (who contacted me) put me in touch with Adam and lo and behold here she is Thanks guys!!!

 

[LastRodeo]

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Al Mar Falcon.

I wish I would have gotten one of those when they were still available. I don’t think there is another knife like it... in that size and slim package with a pocket clip. If there is, someone please let me know.