What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[JTB_5]

I had to throw this one in my pocket after finding it in the mail. It is a lightsaber.

 

[Grateful]

Perhaps the perfect blade combination. Clad in ebony no less.

 

[cigarrodog]

 

[paulhilborn]

Power washed two decks today and found a wee bit o brown rust on the tang of my ebony Churchill wiped right off though
In the pocket tomorrow though as it's a staining day (weather permitting)

 

[deltaboy]

Great Thread

 

[flatblackcapo]

Perhaps the perfect blade combination. Clad in ebony no less.

This one was my first GEC so it will always be perfect to me. Sometimes, I just sit there opening and closing the blades.
I have been eyeballin' that ebony 66 of yours. I think I need one.

 

[Atiger]

On the gulf coast for a few days and carrying this SAK...

 

[kenspen]

Primitive bone 26 today.

 

[rswanson]

Just coming into week four of single knife carry, my experiment to see if I get over my collectors item guilt and really put a sought-after item to use. As you can see, she's been used a bit.

I've enjoyed the knife thoroughly but have refrained from posting pictures daily due to being redundant. Anyway, here's the latest. Consequently I have missed pages of beautiful knives. Great photos everyone!

 

[Will Power]

Primitive bone 26 today.

Fantastic atmospheric shot and knife Ken

Thanks, Will

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack! I just got it today; in the sunlight it just pops! I'll be hiking tomorrow and hope I can get a decent shot in the sun.

Have a great hike Dean, I'll look forward to seeing more of that one

Only green knife I own but having ties to Kansas and conductors, had to have it. Serial number 007 was icing on the cake, glad someone didn't run me up.

Great-looking pattern John, and a knife any Knife Club would be proud of

Carrying my 2017 Guardians Lambsfoot and Unicorn Ivory Micarta #25 today

 

[5K Qs]

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I'm carrying these two today

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I'm sure you carried them proudly, too, Jack!

The week Case XX continues, today with another mini trapper in red stag (my favorite), this one dated of 1980!!!

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A trio of lovely stag mini trappers so far this week, Senhor Pinto!! How many more do you have??? I can see why the red stag is your favorite!

Jigged Wenge Wood for today! Y’all have a great day!

Wondrous Wenge wood in the woods for Wooden Wednesday - WW!!

Thanks for the compliments Gary! Answers in order, Yes, 3-1/2", Sitting on the dock of the BAY!

Good answers, Ron; thanks! Single-spring is sensuous, 3.5" is perfect, and I should try sittin' in the mornin' sun.

Perfect covers for an astronaut! "Space - the final frontier"

I knew you'd pick up on that!
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Happy Wednesday!

Right tool for the job, etc.
Durable dark duo, r8shell!

Gary, that is an amazing tie sir!

5K Qs Thanks GT! That knife behind Smaug is my modified navy knife lambsfoot that traumkommode did for me. ... That tie clip is perfect!

The Wharncliffe is a very precise - but historically important - pattern GT. The secondary blade is a Pen

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Cool tie my friend

5K Qs it’s no wonder that tie took that place, it’s awesome! And that is quite the ingenuity to use the Vic money clip as a tie clip
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...Thanks, Gary! Kind words seem to come Trippingly from your Computer. Your Vic tie clip is cool.

For wooden Wednesday, I'm carrying these two: GEC Huckleberry boy's knife in ebony and Case Teardrop in curly maple.

...Thanks gents and great knives yourselves. 5K I don't get to wear ties; I like it!

Pics from last summer but this was todays

-David.

Jason, Joshua, Jack, Karl, Dean, and David, thanks for the tie (pretty prosaic by 1969 psychedelic standards ) and clip comments; I don't get a lot of compliments on my fashion sense. Joshua, thanks for the info about your incoming lambsfoot and Smaug.
Jack, thanks for the pics of Wharncliffe examples. When you say the pattern is very precise, do you mean there are exact specifications on file in a "guild hall"?
Dean, how many Case teardrops do you have??? That's a green beauty, and the end-capped ebony Huckleberry is SO handsome!
@donn , that Vic Farmer looks good everywhere, even the beach!

I love the smell of juniper wood, and I am digging the look and feel of the sawcut bone.

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I had to throw this one in my pocket after finding it in the mail. It is a lightsaber.

Another intriguing, uncommon pairing, Joshua! And congrats on the arrival of that lambsfoot!

Totin' two "hardware knives" on Wooden Wednesday. A Boker 1979 tribute to the hardware trade and a Keen Kutter (E.C. Simmons Hdwe Co) jack from 1870-1940.
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- Stuart

I like that Böker blade etch, and as r8shell noted, the barehead equal-end Keen Kutter is a revelation! Fine pair, Stuart!

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My favorite pair.

Lot of desirable knife features represented in that pair!

Took this to the office today, a brilliant warm sunny day 21c after months of cold!

Sunlight invigorates everything, knives included

Glad you're enjoying the sun after a long winter, Will, with the temperature almost matching the model number of that fine knife!

Such and honest and useful knife.

Just coming into week four of single knife carry, my experiment to see if I get over my collectors item guilt and really put a sought-after item to use. As you can see, she's been used a bit.
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@Buzzbait and rswanson , I'm enjoying your ongoing consecutive carry days experiences with your ironwood 77 Barlows!!

Lotta blade steel in that knife!!

On the gulf coast for a few days and carrying this SAK...

Cadets are such charming companions!

Primitive bone 26 today.

Ken, your thematic pics of impressive knives should be collected into an exhibition!

 

[Jolipapa]

 

[r8shell]

Just coming into week four of single knife carry, my experiment to see if I get over my collectors item guilt and really put a sought-after item to use. As you can see, she's been used a bit.

I've enjoyed the knife thoroughly but have refrained from posting pictures daily due to being redundant. Anyway, here's the latest. Consequently I have missed pages of beautiful knives. Great photos everyone!

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That's a beautiful knife and picture. I realized I've been carrying mine for two weeks. I'm usually more fickle.



Echo photo-bombed my picture. I was going to crop it, but I like the way it looks like they're playing hide & seek.

 

[Pt-Luso]

It's almost my bedtime and I realized I hadn't posted any of my carries today. I'll display a few so I can rest easy.
International Knife of the Week is a French Opinel #6 (with some ugly American modifications):

Stag/Horn Knife of the Week is an I*XL Schrade-Wostenholm stag canoe (from a @cchu518 GAW):

Miscellaneous Knife of the Week is a Case chestnut jigged bone CV mini trapper, whose spey blade I've used frequently while the clip goes virtually unused:

Good knives Mr. GT, its collection is very large and varied, I really like IXL and also Case, as it not could be!!!

 

[Jack Black]

I'm sure you carried them proudly, too, Jack!

I did Gary! Thank you

Jack, thanks for the pics of Wharncliffe examples. When you say the pattern is very precise, do you mean there are exact specifications on file in a "guild hall"?

Not exactly, the size of Wharncliffe Knives varies, but the form doesn't. The frame always has that particular shape, and just those two specific blades (Wharncliffe Whittlers are obviously different). The blade itself is much older than the pattern, which was first used by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, who named it after Lord Wharncliffe, who helped the firm secure Royal patronage. The Wharncliffe Knife is quite similar to Rodgers' Norfolk Knife



If you have a look in the catalogues sticky, there are several examples shown in the 1902 Thomas Turner catalogue

 

[The Zieg]

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Je suis désolé que you have had to drink so much wine in order to take this picture! Dommage pour toi!

Tel beau couteau!

Zieg

 

[Astronaut FX]

Syracuse Knife Company
Polish made SAK (Tinker) copy

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Jolipapa ,
I'd love to see the other blades/tools on your knife!

When you are finished opening wine, of course

 

[Jolipapa]

Je suis désolé que you have had to drink so much wine in order to take this picture! Dommage pour toi!

Tel beau couteau!

Zieg

Merci! The knife is a sturdy Florinox (Thiers) #75'.
I must admit I got some help! May is always the best of month for workers (ok, I am retired, but I said I was not alone! ). 1st, 8th are off and many don't work the days before, leaving time to share good moments. (10th and 21st are also off and good opportunities to expand the collection!)