What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Pt-Luso]

Today I carry my special Portuguese knife...

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

It's going to be a cool morning before the sun and pollen come out in the afternoon. I'm going to try get outside and do some gardening.
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Have a pleasant Sunday, everyone.

I guess I could console myself with knowing your A/C will be running in a few weeks!
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- Stuart

Carrying the Schrade sunshine (thanks r8shell for two of these!) since there’s not much sunshine outdoors today. Well, technically, there is sunshine, but it’s being filtered by sleet.
Love Doc Watson!
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[RDaneel]

Sunday knife

 

[jwb01]

Sunday knife

That’s a looker right there! Love the walnut Rogers bone series!

 

[RDaneel]

Thanks, Josh. This is the only one of the Walnut Rogers series I have, and I am immensely pleased with it.

 

[Buzzbait]

Accompanying my GEC #43 today is a Case CV sowbelly stockman. It feels very familiar in my hand, having the same relative bulk and weight of a common scout knife. I love how the cant of all 3 blades works with the shape of the handle, to make using the knife always comfortable, no matter which blade you’re using. The design is incredibly well though out and executed. I dig the nice wide sheepsfoot. Case really needs to do justice to this amazing knife, and do a 154CM run.

 

[black mamba]

First bits of patina after some kitchen duty last night and for lunch today.

 

[5K Qs]

I've fallen hopelessly behind in this thread due to "the vicissitudes of life" recently. When I was a lad, my mom would sometimes advise/command me to "speak only when spoken to" and that's the wisdom I'm going to try to follow to catch up here. Thanks, Mom!

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Party poopers, I say! haha
The clip on this Moore is a bit unusual but I think that is part of what drew me to it so much.
Good eye on the record spotting, it is indeed. I have been on a bit of a marathon of all the Dead related stuff, without venturing into the space jam stuff.
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Thanks for the confirmation, FBC. I'll have to make time to dig out my "Gypsy Cowboy" LP and give it a spin.

Been my Anker knife all week.

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OK, I'm already ignoring Mom's advice since @donn didn't explicitly address me, but I think of this as a continuation of our dialog over his meat pies series of photos. Splendid Ankermesser and Farmer, sir!

Thanks, GT! Great song! One of these days I'll get me one of those blonde Spaniards. I just love your Spanish knife collection!

Thanks, Shawn. My Spanish knives are quite nice in their own right, but they're priceless to me because of their sentimental value and the memories they trigger as souvenirs!

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I'm still looking for the lost "G". Will let you know if I find it. That "T" is odd, isn't it.

Thanks, GT, for you nice comments to all of us. The allure of your alliteration always allows a lot to be appreciated.
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- Stuart

Thanks for the thoughtful words, as always, Stuart. I look forward to periodic updates on the search for "G".

Yes it is A good old 3600. We use it for spraying.

I help an older retired couple maintain their tree farm. No longer in the business of selling trees, but the trees and the property still need care. So I do all of the tree pruning and mowing/brush hogging, as well as anything else that needs doing. Right now is the time for greasing the tractors and getting them ready.

Plaudits to you, Jeff, for helping out those folks! It's been almost 50 years since I moved off my Dad's farm. Back then, our nearest neighbor was the only guy I knew with a Ford tractor. It was very small, and he was a gangly 6'4" or so, and he'd get on the tractor sort of like mounting a horse, swinging one of his long legs up and over the engine cowling/gas tank. He was a strange guy!

I got a little ebony envy after seeing all the postings, including @Planterz 's today. I put this Keen Kutter large (3 5/8") jack in my pocket for the day.
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- Stuart

Glorious knife, Stuart! Is it unusual to have an equal-end/cigar pattern in barehead style? I don't remember seeing a lot of single-bolster knives with this basic shape.

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Thank you for the compliments on my knives, Gary! To answer your question on my Presidential, unfortunately it does not meet my high standards. I really wanted a blackest black one (and in fact requested it be so), but it is not. It is very dark brown in sunlight and appears black in other conditions. My Huckleberry boy's knife in ebony is truly black, though.

I have my I*XL Barlow in pocket today; picture is from awhile back.

Wow, you DO have high standards, Dean; I've always thought your Presidential was flawless!! Superb I*XL Barlow!

We like the Daffodils a lot . We have lots of them usually by the end of Tax Season , but not yet this year . They are up , but not one bloom yet .
Thanks for the nice picture .

Harry

Our crocuses held on for several weeks, I think, probably regretting that they emerged so early as the temps waxed and waned dramatically. No daffodils here yet either. About 30 hours of sleet/freezing rain have brought back a real winter wonderland feel.

Thanks! I really like the harvest orange. I recently sent Case a note suggesting that they improve their pictures of that color on both their website and pdf catalog, as it just looks like brown mud on those. Their pictures certainly don't reveal any of the yellow highlights or the reddish orange color.

I've decided that if I were to pick a name for the color it would be autumn sassafras leaf or something similar.

Thanks for the harvest orange thought, Ace. I have two knives with that cover treatment, a humpback stockman (thanks, Mike), and a Tribal Lock I've had for less than two weeks, I think (shown with a couple of other Cases I ordered at the same time):

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Forgive the not so great picture, but here’s my birthday carry:

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Belated birthday greeting, Karl! You didn't celebrate by needing a hospital visit like for your wedding, did you??

I felt a little foolish ordering mine, since the only difference from my three BSAs is the sheepfoot for the can-opener. But it's a big difference, and I love the look and feel of the alox.

That sheepsfoot IS a big difference; I sometimes think of my Vic Electrician as an Alox punch stockman, with bottle opener.

Bare head.

Bear head.

Picture is worth a thousand words!

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Thanks, gary. seeing @Planterz posts the last couple days, it might be time to start that other thread.

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The Moore again , with my favorite Willie album, Me and Paul.

Go for it!!

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Stunning stag on your new lambsfoot, Steve!!

It's a beautiful and warm Stagurday here in northern Virginia, high of 84F predicted, then a high of 58F on Monday. ...

- Stuart

Cool and classy Klaas Kissing Cranes!!

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Thanks for the springtime photo to give me hope during a winter storm warning on April 15, Mike!

Here are photos of the knives I carry every day, regardless of my weekly knife rotation schedule:
Case chestnut jigged bone CV Sodbuster Jr from a BigBiscuit GAW:

Scrimshawed white bone Rough Rider small stockman with a related whittled coin (thanks, r8shell and Greg):

Vic Minichamp picked up second-hand at gun & knife show:

Guardians Lambsfoot (thanks @mrknife):


- GT

 

[SteveC]

I guess I could console myself with knowing your A/C will be running in a few weeks!
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Carrying the Schrade sunshine (thanks r8shell for two of these!) since there’s not much sunshine outdoors today. Well, technically, there is sunshine, but it’s being filtered by sleet.
Love Doc Watson!
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Doc was the Best ! I had the pleasure of seeing him in 2006

 

[r8shell]

I guess I could console myself with knowing your A/C will be running in a few weeks!
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Carrying the Schrade sunshine (thanks r8shell for two of these!) since there’s not much sunshine outdoors today. Well, technically, there is sunshine, but it’s being filtered by sleet.
Love Doc Watson!
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[Jack Black]

Here are photos of the knives I carry every day, regardless of my weekly knife rotation schedule:
Case chestnut jigged bone CV Sodbuster Jr from a BigBiscuit GAW:

Scrimshawed white bone Rough Rider small stockman with a related whittled coin (thanks, r8shell and Greg):

Vic Minichamp picked up second-hand at gun & knife show:

Guardians Lambsfoot (thanks @mrknife):
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- GT

Always a joy to see GT

 

[Will Power]

Thanks, Josh. This is the only one of the Walnut Rogers series I have, and I am immensely pleased with it.

And also a very nice pattern their Small Stockman GEC could learn something new from it..

Regards, Will

 

[Will Power]

5K Qs I'm keen on those Humpbacks too, fine sunk joints and good finish on them. CASE could put a Longpull on that Spear though, odd as they have one on the Half Whittler Humpback (Clip).

Thanks, Will

 

[TheFactor]

Decided to pull the #56 Dog leg out it’s been a while .

 

[RDaneel]

That’s a looker right there! Love the walnut Rogers bone series!

Accompanying my GEC #43 today is a Case CV sowbelly stockman. It feels very familiar in my hand, having the same relative bulk and weight of a common scout knife. I love how the cant of all 3 blades works with the shape of the handle, to make using the knife always comfortable, no matter which blade you’re using. The design is incredibly well though out and executed. I dig the nice wide sheepsfoot. Case really needs to do justice to this amazing knife, and do a 154CM run.

Superb knife, Buzz! I've now added a Sowbelly to my list of future knife purchases.

Wow, you DO have high standards, Dean; I've always thought your Presidential was flawless!! Superb I*XL Barlow!

Case chestnut jigged bone CV Sodbuster Jr from a BigBiscuit GAW:

Guardians Lambsfoot (thanks @mrknife):
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- GT

Thanks for your compliment on my I*XL Barlow, Gary. I must clarify that my Presidential is one of my favorite knives, the ebony being brown only knocks a point or two off. Note that it is my Avatar!

The photos of your CV Sodbuster Jr and Guardians lambsfoot knives are so clear; it really brings out the beautiful details of each of the knives.

And also a very nice pattern their Small Stockman GEC could learn something new from it..

Regards, Will

So true, Will. I forgot to mention that it is the *090 pattern, which is the same pattern as their Junior Scout. Good things do come in small packages sometimes!

 

[The Fort]

I've fallen hopelessly behind in this thread due to "the vicissitudes of life" recently. When I was a lad, my mom would sometimes advise/command me to "speak only when spoken to" and that's the wisdom I'm going to try to follow to catch up here. Thanks, Mom!

Gary, I feel sorry for anyone that ever decides to sit down with you for a game of Scrabble! VICISSITUDES? You certainly keep us on our toes! Nice collection of Case knives you've got there, especially that Humpback!

 

[mykel m]

Heep Big Chief take'm up heep big space in pocket today.

 

[Duckdog]

Is it unusual to have an equal-end/cigar pattern in barehead style? I don't remember seeing a lot of single-bolster knives with this basic shape.

I haven't seem many like it, GT, though B. Levine shows two bareheads among the many two-bolstered equal end jacks in his Guide and Case has a Pattern 79 equal end/senator pen that is slightly shorter (3 1/8") that occasionally came without a bottom bolster. Your autumn orange Cases brought some welcomed warmth today. Very nice, as is the chestnut SBJ.
- Stuart

 

[Half/Stop]

Hope everyone has had a great weekend! I was Totin a GEM today!

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Doc was the Best ! I had the pleasure of seeing him in 2006

I forget what year I saw him, but it was his first tour after his son Merle passed away.