What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[pmek5]

Carrying my new GEC #56 this week. There haven’t been many cutting chores, but I sure have taken it out to admire quite a bit!

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Another great pic. Nice one Ratbert. You must live somewhere where you actually have rain. Not like Kalifornia this year

 

[black mamba]

Jeff, another nice Craftsman! I have seen Case patterns with both steels and the "For Flesh Only" etch on the spey, but can't remember if it was a stockman or a trapper, maybe both. I think the blades on mine are all stainless: it's a 50+ year old knife and doesn't have a mark on any of the blades.

 

[mitch4ging]

It's not top of the line,
But it's been dependable a long time

 

[Ratbert]

Another great pic. Nice one Ratbert. You must live somewhere where you actually have rain. Not like Kalifornia this year

Thanks! I live in Georgia, north of Atlanta. It has been pretty rainy the last week or so and promises to be a wet, soggy Spring, which is fine by me.
These pics are from a nearby wetlands preserve that I hiked through this morning. Saw a few rabbits, squirrels and lots of Canada Geese. Deafening frog choruses, so I think Spring may not be far away!

 

[sitflyer]

Had a split in my thumbnail and had to cut it so short I can't gain any purchase on nail nicks, going to have to carry something I can easily pinch open for a while...

 

[btb01]

Bull Nose and Eleanor are both looking great, Barrett. How's the truck look now?

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My Miscellaneous Knife this week is a Marbles Handyman's Helper II:

Thanks, GT. The truck is looking significantly less salty!

I don’t think I’ve seen (or haven't noticed) that Marbles before. Definitely a unique pattern. How bulky is it when it's all folded up?

 

[Old Engineer]

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That is a very cool picture . It made me think a lot and really study. I think you are probably sitting in the Captains chair of a Tug Boat pushing some barges on probably the Mississippi River or the Ohio River ????? That seems to me to be very interesting occupation . Thanks for the extremely interesting picture . Nice knife too my friend .

Harry

 

[Old Engineer]

These two today

That may very be the very best looking 48 , IMHO , that I have seen my friend .

Harry

 

[Dschal]

A bit of sunbrite in another gray day.

 

[Half/Stop]

Two beauties, Ron.

Thank you!

That may very be the very best looking 48 , IMHO , that I have seen my friend .

Harry

Thanks Harry! I like the single blade 48’s, especially the big clips. It’s very pinch able and it does have some fine Jigged Bone.

 

[Signalprick]

 

[peanutsxx]

Is that an old glove re-purposed as a sheath? Either way I like it!

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My Alox Knife for this week is a black Pioneer:

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- GT

 

[peanutsxx]

Talk about aging gracefully! Still gorgeous.

I'm settling in with some old friends today, both of whom I know can pull their own if called upon. A Case 02 bare head jack (1920-1940) and a slightly younger Case 35 regular jack (1940-1964) in redbone. Still as solid as the day they were born (though the elder is showing some age spots, just like its owner).

- Stuart

 

[r8shell]

Thanks.
R8's art deco-looking knife reminded me of my art deco-named knife. Also CRKT, also discontinued.

Yes, those Deco CRKTs are from the same designer. I would have ordered both, but they only had the pearl one in stock. How do you like the odd point on yours?

Pardon me for quoting myself, but I forgot to mention a peculiarity with that big Stockman. The clip main and sheepsfoot are carbon, as evidenced by the patina, but the spey is stainless.

I wonder if that is related to how the spey is sometimes etched with “FOR FLESH ONLY”?

I've seen Case Stockmans with the stainless spey, and I assumed it was considered more "sterilizable" for surgery. On the other hand, I've seen Uticas and Schrades with random mixes of carbon and stainless blades depending on what was on hand.

Today I'm carrying a made in Japan beater of a Barlow. The action is rough, but the blades cut.

 

[Beard&Owl]

Nice night for a fire pit

 

[315]

Taking the Frontier to see the movies "Hostiles" tonight. Seems appropriate...

 

[Northwestcut]

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Dats a purrrdy pocketslip! Knife is cool too. Who makes it?

 

[thefrank]

Slice-write-light-and remember your wedding ring?

Yes...one ring to rule us all, one ring to find us, one ring to bring us all and in the darkness bind us.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

It's not top of the line,
But it's been dependable a long time

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Love to see other guys carrying Wengers!

I love both Vic and Wenger, but there are subtle differences that I like about the Wengers- the profile of the main spear blade, for instance. Or maybe I just feel like rooting for the underdog since they got stomped and swallowed up by the big guy.
I usually carry a Wenger, but right now, there is a big fat Vic in a Leatherman sheath on my belt.

 

[jwb01]

Congrats on the new Case, jwb01 - that is one super-sized stockman!


Thanks GT! I really do love the supersized stockmans in the hand... the pocket not so much.