What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[joeradza]

I'd probably do the same, Alan. That's a really neat little knife.

Thanks Gary. I really love it. Looks can be deceiving however. It's 3 3/4" closed and pretty thick.

 

[Signalprick]

The obvious choice for me today.

 

[Duckdog]

And thanks to you and to Stuart for sharing all of your vintage classics with us here each day!!

Well, my wife is tired of looking at them. so I gotta do something. Thanks for patiently indulging me. I really like that Tribal Lock with the cool drop point/Wharncliffe blade.
- Stuart

 

[SV-97]

These three today I'm still not the biggest fan of the osage-orange but I can't have it laying around in the cabinet all the time
(On a sidenote: Is somebody really bored and wants to check my calculations? )

 

[pipedreams308]

This *might* be my favorite combo.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Thanks, Ratbert, it was actually a combination of apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and white wine, heated to near boiling in the microwave. I first cleaned the blades with an ammonia based cleaner, then dipped into the juice for about 5 seconds at a time. When in the liquid, it literally bubbles around the blade. When I pulled it out, I let it air dry for about 5 seconds, checking the color, then back into the liquid. After just 4 or 5 dips it was pretty dark. Then under hot water from the faucet for about 20 seconds to stop the reaction, then dry and oil. I did my modified bull moose at the same time, using the same method. Lastly, I touched up the edges.

Nothing wrong with a little instant gratification. Sometimes patience aint all it’s cracked up to be.
Turned out nicely!

 

[TheChunk91]

 

[Planterz]

Day off, so traveling light.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

These three today I'm still not the biggest fan of the osage-orange but I can't have it laying around in the cabinet all the time
(On a sidenote: Is somebody really bored and wants to check my calculations? )

Bois D’ Ark is wonderful wood and ages beautifully with age and use!

Your calculations look good to me, but then my Chinese is a bit rusty.

 

[Ramrodmb]

The obvious choice for me today.
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Even though it is not highly figured, that is one of the nicest Ironwood Barlows I have seen!
Congrats!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack. Noce pair for "Old Friends and Mythical Beasts Friday"!!

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My Free Choice, off-the-rotation schedule, knife this week is a pocket worn harvest orange Case Tribal Lock:
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- GT

Thanks my friend, that's an interesting free choice you're making there, very nice

 

[Buzzbait]

This begins day 2 of the desert ironwood barlow. I don’t know why, but I have an almost visceral reaction to his knife. Where I’m normally very excited to handle a new knife, I’m oddly comforted and relaxed to hold this one. Time slows down as I gaze upon it, and inspect the perfectly imperfect wooden covers. It’s heartening to feel the heat of the ironwood, as my palm warms it. I don’t consider the wonderful newness of it all, but instead prefer to contemplate the wonderful scars and history that it will soon gather.

I’ve only ever named one other knife. It isn’t normally in my nature to attempt to impart living characteristics to inanimate objects. But this knife is indeed organic in ways both real and emotionally perceived. It will now be called Rondeau, named after one of my favorite legends of the Adirondack Mountains; Noah J. Rondeau, the Adirondack hermit.

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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Thanks to Stephen @skblades , I am taking a fresh look at Buck. I love this special edition 112 with D2 steel and cocobolo wood!

 

[mbkryan]

 

[screened porch]

Queen #9 in Queensteel is the yellow one.

I've been wanting a stainless xx18 for a long time, but couldn't justify it need-wise. I still can't, but this one was on sale and the burgundy covers are pretty enough to drink.

 

[Duckdog]

I'd probably do the same, Alan. That's a really neat little knife.

Thanks Gary. I really love it. Looks can be deceiving however. It's 3 3/4" closed and pretty thick.

Now, here's a little knife; I think that it is, at 2.75". my smallest stockman: an Imperial stockman from 1935-1945, riding in my pockets today with a Golden Rule Cutlery Co. (Chicago, 1911-1921) swell center whittler, a whopping 3.5".

- Stuart

 

[Signalprick]

Even though it is not highly figured, that is one of the nicest Ironwood Barlows I have seen!
Congrats!

Thank you Mark!

 

[joeradza]

Now, here's a little knife; I think that it is, at 2.75". my smallest stockman: an Imperial stockman from 1935-1945, riding in my pockets today with a Golden Rule Cutlery Co. (Chicago, 1911-1921) swell center whittler, a whopping 3.5".

- Stuart

It's good to see something older than I am Stuart. It's good to have goals.

 

[Half/Stop]

How do you like the single blade sowbelly? I've had one of the new CV models in my cart all week but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

It’s a nice thin ergonomic package. Sunken joints with plenty of blade. I really don’t know why I don’t carry it more often. I guess I just have too many knives! I’ve seriously considered a CV in Yeller Delrin.

Stellar sowbellies, Leslie and Ron!! I prefer the stockman configuration to a single-blade set-up, but either way you get a knife with very desirable aesthetics and ergonomics.

Thanks buddy!

 

[McFeeli]

This guys been in my pocket all week. I don't think I could evict him if I wanted to!