What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Will Power]

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.

Really like that CASE Stockman, what bone is that? Is it the Humpback version?

Regards, Will

 

[Will Power]

GT Thanks for your kind words. The Churchill is a remarkably well-made knife, can't find anything to gripe about with it. With regard to the tangs, like most EE knives they're quite pronounced and could be a pocket ripper but I'm carrying it uncharacteristically in a pouch. Sometimes I've taped up knives and rounded the tangs using a small file or a Sharpmaker rod. Several GECs have received this 'pimp my carry' treatment

 

[The Fort]

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!!!

It is funny how things work out! I just recently picked up a beauty, thanks to the help of another forum member. I don't want to mention any names here, but his initials are P.A.U.L. H.I.L.B.O.R.N..

 

[The Fort]

I was also lucky enough to have another void filled, by contacting another Top Notch guy right here on BF. Here's a clue: Rockon75!!!!

 

[Will Power]

Sometimes, 'ask and you shall receive' is very true. I've had a lot of help here in my quests One continues mind...

 

[Emspop]

@5K Qs
My friend I want to thank you for the time you somehow find and take to add to this thread both in showing all your wonderful knives and commenting on others entries.
You are truly a class act, a real asset to the porch and a man I call friend.

Clay

 

[SVTFreak]

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!!!

Oh man that would be a useful tool there! Nice! Who made that? I’m gonna have to keep an eye out.

 

[screened porch]

Which knife is great for Chicago or Cleveland, and why, Jer?

It's just that the short, stout humpback has a main blade under 2.5", which I believe is the maximum in Chicago and Cleveland.

 

[Duckdog]

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


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!


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, 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.


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


Thanks, Jack.


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



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


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.


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).


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!!


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?


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!


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


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!!


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!!


Congrats on the striking stag, Jeff!!


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

Fine choices, GT, particularly the porter (that Edmund Fitzgerald is one of my favorite porters). I agree with you on the overall utility of the Opinels. Years ago, an outdoor store had a sale on them and I purchased six No. 8s for use as steak knives. My wife did not agree with the plan and, so, I put them away. Just found them yesterday. "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" I chortled in my joy. (Apologies to L. Carroll)
- Stuart

 

[screened porch]

Really like that CASE Stockman, what bone is that? Is it the Humpback version?

Regards, Will

Thanks.
It's a marigold jigged bone humpback stockman. It seems like most humpback stockmans are fabulously expensive Tony Bose collaborations, but this one is not. (Ca $60, and I think there are still some where I got this. Maybe not everyone likes yellow.)

 

[paulhilborn]

Oh man that would be a useful tool there! Nice! Who made that? I’m gonna have to keep an eye out.

Joey, it's a GEC linesman (TL-29) type knife on the #15 frame, so it comes in a little smaller than the well known Camillus linesman knife. GEC did a SFO for Steve (STR) a one time/current member here. They also ran a regular production release. I feel if they did another it would be well recieved
I actually like the doomed pin. I feel if you stressed the blade and it developed play that it gives the owner the ability to snug it up if needed.

 

[Emspop]

Joey, it's a GEC linesman (TL-29) type knife on the #15 frame, so it comes in a little smaller than the well known Camillus linesman knife. GEC did a SFO for Steve (STR) a one time/current member here. They also ran a regular production release. I feel if they did another it would be well recieved
I actually like the doomed pin. I feel if you stressed the blade and it developed play that it gives the owner the ability to snug it up if needed.

Paul, I agree with all your points...I know I’d camp out inline for another release!

 

[r8shell]

Joey, it's a GEC linesman (TL-29) type knife on the #15 frame, so it comes in a little smaller than the well known Camillus linesman knife. GEC did a SFO for Steve (STR) a one time/current member here. They also ran a regular production release. I feel if they did another it would be well recieved
I actually like the doomed pin. I feel if you stressed the blade and it developed play that it gives the owner the ability to snug it up if needed.

They also made it in Nifebrite acrylic.

I agree about the domed pin. The TL-29 is such a classic knife, it's interesting to see the results of an attempt to improve upon it. There are some well thought out details in the design. If I were the type to abuse my knives I might take this one as a challenge.

 

[paulhilborn]

They also made it in Nifebrite acrylic.
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I agree about the domed pin. The TL-29 is such a classic knife, it's interesting to see the results of an attempt to improve upon it. There are some well thought out details in the design. If I were the type to abuse my knives I might take this one as a challenge.

Nice Rachel, I had the cocobolo and regret selling it. The regret was eased knowing it went to Bob

 

[TrapperMike]

The mighty peanut just like every day accept it was the only knife in my pocket today.

 

[btb01]

Nice to see that little Richards Barrett, I have one myself, and should carry it more often I bought them off the same guy, and it didn't look like they's ever been used. A shame he didn't have the old Richards display card, which was once ubiquitous here

It's a fun little knife; I'm fairly certain it'll be in my pocket again soon! Thanks again, Jack!

btb01 thanks! Class 6 rapids. They’re considered unnavigable.

That's certainly above my skill level. (Then again, my skill level basically consists of canoeing down slow moving streams and rivers.)

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This week I carried a small modern folder (Spyderco Dragonfly) along with my Northfield Viper w/Hemlock Jigged Bone.

That Viper is a beaut, Ratbert! I have the same one, and it doesn't find its way into my pocket as often as it should.

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!!

Thanks, GT! Those bright orange handles certainly added a little cheer to my daily carry. (And as a Razorback fan, I'm going to need all the extra cheer I can get to make it through this football season.)

I completely agree with you about Opinels. They may not be as interesting as a lot of the knives we talk about here most of the time, but boy they sure get the job done!

My antique yellow Farm Boy is probably still my favorite knife from GEC, and I've also got a rust red (yet to be carried, sort of a backup) and a bright yellow TC Day's Work, which has the same blade configuration. It is similar to Case's Mini Trapper, with some notable differences: the handle is straight instead of the curved trapper-style, the spey blade is positioned in front of the clip instead of behind, which allows for my favorite difference, which is the shape of the clip point blade itself. I much prefer the fuller clip point blade on the Farm Boy over the slim Turkish or California style clip point on the Case. Here are a couple side-by-side comparison photos I took a while back (sorry for the poor indoor lighting; I think when I took these I meant to retake them later in the daylight and just never got around to it).

Here's a better photo of the Farm Boy to make up for the poor quality of those comparison shots.

Speaking of poor quality photos, I carried my 2017 BF TC Barlow for the first time today, and apparently this is the only photo I took of it. (There isn't much use for a knife when replacing a kitchen faucet, but it did help open the box and few little plastic baggies containing parts and pieces.)

 

[Jack Black]

It's a fun little knife; I'm fairly certain it'll be in my pocket again soon! Thanks again, Jack!



That's certainly above my skill level. (Then again, my skill level basically consists of canoeing down slow moving streams and rivers.)



That Viper is a beaut, Ratbert! I have the same one, and it doesn't find its way into my pocket as often as it should.



Thanks, GT! Those bright orange handles certainly added a little cheer to my daily carry. (And as a Razorback fan, I'm going to need all the extra cheer I can get to make it through this football season.)

I completely agree with you about Opinels. They may not be as interesting as a lot of the knives we talk about here most of the time, but boy they sure get the job done!

My antique yellow Farm Boy is probably still my favorite knife from GEC, and I've also got a rust red (yet to be carried, sort of a backup) and a bright yellow TC Day's Work, which has the same blade configuration. It is similar to Case's Mini Trapper, with some notable differences: the handle is straight instead of the curved trapper-style, the spey blade is positioned in front of the clip instead of behind, which allows for my favorite difference, which is the shape of the clip point blade itself. I much prefer the fuller clip point blade on the Farm Boy over the slim Turkish or California style clip point on the Case. Here are a couple side-by-side comparison photos I took a while back (sorry for the poor indoor lighting; I think when I took these I meant to retake them later in the daylight and just never got around to it).

Here's a better photo of the Farm Boy to make up for the poor quality of those comparison shots.

Speaking of poor quality photos, I carried my 2017 BF TC Barlow for the first time today, and apparently this is the only photo I took of it. (There isn't much use for a knife when replacing a kitchen faucet, but it did help open the box and few little plastic baggies containing parts and pieces.)

A pleasure Barrett, I like the fact we have several of the same knives!

It's been a long-time since I paddled any white water, but the sight of those rapids still got me excited!

Some great pics in your post Barrett

I'm carrying all-stag today, out of synch as usual! Have a good week folks

 

[Pt-Luso]

Very nice. I have some Parkers that I really like, but no stag like those.

Many thanks MR. Stuart for your opinion!!!

 

[Travman]

 

[Emspop]

Again...got its first battle scar across the blade yesterday finishing up the tile in the wife’s new “ mud room “. I really can’t say enough about this simple rugged good looking jack.
There is, based on the last 5 days of carry, a very good chance the Buck 303 has met its match. I’ve always loved the look of a swell end jack but for some unknown reason had never given one a fair shake as a tool until now. Very impressed.