What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Something new that came in just now :D but I think I'll throw in the #66 and kick out the spear Barlow
 
Gevonovich said:
Man o man that's a good looking pancake cuttin knife :) Great pic too. We don't see enough of that wondrous pattern
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Jack Black said:
Is it not Pancake Day in the US too? :confused: Great-looking Ettrick sir :thumbsup:
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Oh I don't know. Apologies everyone if I got that wrong for some reason I've got it in my head that "Pancake Day" is not a North American tradition.
If it is, don't try and cut up pancakes with an Ettrick. "Right tool for the right job" springs to mind :rolleyes::D
I got in such a mess I couldn't even pick up my camera to take a picture.

Jack Black said:
Doh! I completely neglected the fact that there are dozens and dozens of 'pancakes' around the world! :rolleyes: Here, pancakes are like crepes, but we also have 'American pancakes', which have rather displaced the 'Scotch pancakes' (drop scones) that I enjoyed as a kid. We celebrate Pancake Day on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras) before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, though it is a largely secular celebration, with its own traditions, fading sadly, such as the pancake race! :eek: :D :thumbsup:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday

Thanks Barrett :) Despite loving pancakes, I only really eat them once a year, and I had decided to treat myself to a day of pancakes and beer! :) My plans were disrupted by a request from a couple of friends to look after their three kids. This proved to be a rather trying experience, and their dad was half an hour late coming back, right past lunchtime. I had offered to take us all out for pancakes after, and while that had been agreed, the youngest decided, at the last minute, that he didn't want pancakes! And it seems he gets what he wants :rolleyes: So, I ended up in a different place to where I had planned to go, ravenously hungry, the pancakes were second rate, but I barely tasted them anyway. Rather than maple syrup, (which used to be expensive here, but isn't anymore), they came with golden syrup (from sugar-cane), which is cheaper, sweeter, thicker, and stickier. So I gave my Lambsfoot a good scrub when I got home!

Soundtrack to my morning! :eek: ;)


Double ebony for me today :thumbsup: Black to match my black heart! :D :thumbsup:



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Sorry to hear about your day Jack. Those pancakes look nice and I hope you still got your beer at the end of it all :thumbsup:

TheFactor said:
Sorry to lazy to take a separate picture it was a rough day at the coal mine ;)
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Hope work isn't that bad Factor! :eek: :D It's got that bad at mine that I and many of my work colleagues would happily carry a S&W on to shift. Alas the best I can do is this:
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Great knives and great photos everyone! :thumbsup:
 
donn said:
Oh I don't know. Apologies everyone if I got that wrong for some reason I've got it in my head that "Pancake Day" is not a North American tradition.
If it is, don't try and cut up pancakes with an Ettrick. "Right tool for the right job" springs to mind :rolleyes::D
I got in such a mess I couldn't even pick up my camera to take a picture.



Sorry to hear about your day Jack. Those pancakes look nice and I hope you still got your beer at the end of it all :thumbsup:



Hope work isn't that bad Factor! :eek: :D It's got that bad at mine that I and many of my work colleagues would happily carry a S&W on to shift. Alas the best I can do is this:
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Great knives and great photos everyone! :thumbsup:
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I'm not sure it is Donn, well kind of, but it's different...I think! :D The pancakes weren't THAT bad, but a lot of places had them on the menu in Leeds yesterday, and I had been looking forward to something better :) Work sounds bad, I know the feeling ;) Hope things get better my friend :) :thumbsup:
 
Please don't hang me if this is not traditional, but there are whole threads about modern traditional knives here. This knife has the makings of being really great, but there are some issues with f&f. The blade is nicely centered when closed. The liner lock however is not quite flush with the tang. I have started to think that maybe the blade is not fully centered vertically. Other than that the knife is fine, the lock works well and the blade is amazing. I can crank the pivot down tight without the action losing it's smoothness.

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Wurrwulf said:
I fell way behind on this thread over the course of the last week, but I'm finally catching back up. Many stunning knives to be drooled over in the last 25 pages I've gone through. Well done, everyone.

Too many pictures of Lambfoot knives lately for me to leave mine at home.

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That's quite a marathon Shawn! Great choice :) :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Here, pancakes are like crepes, but we also have 'American pancakes', which have rather displaced the 'Scotch pancakes' (drop scones) that I enjoyed as a kid.
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Thanks for the education, Jack. I thought that someone had shrunk your shrove. I'm glad that you survived kid duty (not all kids have changed, but some certainly have as their parents have trouble with that responsibility - as a parent and former sport coach and scout leader, I know).
- Stuart
 
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