What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[The Fort]

Every time I open a thread today I keep seeing your 8OT, so it seemed like a good idea!

Sorry, I might've got carried away! Looks like you've got some great ones!

 

[Half/Stop]

Just been relaxing today!

 

[Spaten]

Just been relaxing today!

Now that’s a Sunday go to meetin’ knife!

 

[joeradza]

Just been relaxing today!

Sweet.

 

[5K Qs]

Now, it's Saturday!

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Boy, I'm always a day behind!
Enviable pair of stag knives, @r8shell !!

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Speaking of enviable stag, this is definitely another one!! Congrats, Leslie; I admire your international adventures in knife acquisition!!

Kissing Crane gunstock cattle knife for Stagurday pocket duty.
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- Stuart

Fantastic to see this one again, Stuart; top-of-the-line stag cattle knife with an unusual frame!!

A new (to me) #77 Barlow, single sheepsfoot blade, with tan sawcut bone.
I knew right away that this was going to be my most often carried knife (when not at work). ...

Congrats, John, on that handsome TC Barlow!! I hope it turns out to be everything you're hoping for!

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Notable knife, Spaten ; the horn handles are super!

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My daughter and I are off to the big flea market. ...
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Hope you had a happy time treasure hunting, Jeff! I have a Vic Explorer with magnifier, and never thought about how useful it would be if I'm out looking for knives until you mentioned taking yours. Great idea!!

Another great outdoor shot of one of your knives, Dean! What inspired this recent teardrop "frenzy"??

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Striking pair, Dylan; there sure are some highly desirable stag lambsfoot knives showing up on The Porch lately!!

Because today is Saturday I go back to GEC # 73 in 440c, because I love it...

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Your stainless stag 73 certainly looks lovable, Senhor Pinto! Very nice antlers, too; do you have plans for them?

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Jolipapa , your scratted Ancient looks fabulous in your Parisian pics!

... admiring my new Huckleberry Boy’s Knife in Antique Yellow Jigged Bone.
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Congrats on the new HBK in AYJB, @Ratbert!! Sublime knife!

5K Qs You got it Gary. Copper.

Thanks for the confirmation, Alan.

A little bit of English, and a little bit of Math.. Lol

I guess I'm interdisciplinary!

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Man, all the kool kids are getting those ebony or stag Churchills, and I can sure see why!! Extraordinary knives, @Corn Fed and Half/Stop !!

To simplify the manufacturing and assembly processes, they made the frame and bolsters in one, light weight and easily machined piece, Back in 2010 (as I just discovered), @Modoc ED had a thread on Queen's patents for the aluminum frame knives, Look at posts 1=9 in this link: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/queen-steel-22-barlow-just-arrived.804459

Those are the originals, They seem to be fine; it's the metal that is suffering from the off-gassing. The knife is now stored in the open.

I felt the same way, but am really glad that I went. For some of my friends, it was if we had not been apart over a week. I laughed so hard, I cried. And we visited some classmates at a local cemetery, and I cried, again. Go, and enjoy yourself. it's a big part of your life, for better or worse.

I can see why you deviated from the S.O.P.
- Stuart

Thanks for all the helpful replies to my endless questions, Stuart!

Thank you, Gary! You are too kind! My purchasing has slowed way down. I guess I find myself very lucky and very happy with what I have.

My problem is I'm VERY happy with what I have and think I might be even MORE happy if I had just one or two (or twelve ) additional knives.

Thanks, Gary! That is a gorgeous Teardrop.

Thanks, Dean. I think yours has a better dye job than mine, but they both look exquisite to me.

5K Qs Congrats on the new Lambsfoot, Gary! It’s a beauty.
I’m going to have to join the club one day, I guess.

Thanks, @Ratbert. If you go for a lambsfoot someday, I don't think you'll regret it!

Thanks, GT, and congratulations on yours as well!

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@Jack Black perhaps we need to have a physics of the lambsfoot discussion in the Guardians thread to go along with the ergonomics of the lambsfoot content.

Thanks, Greg, and thanks for the ideas about your photo whose veracity I questioned. The Lambsfoot thread does certainly span a wide range of related topics, and some explicit physics may be a good idea!

1981 Taylor Cutlery Butter Bean - Made in Japan - new old stock 3" closed. ...

That's a sweet mini canoe, Frank!! Must be a thrill to come across almost 40-year-old NOS!!

Found these in a dumpster today, ... A well worn case small sodbuster and a imperial Ireland lockback. Well into the pocket they went, after a bit of looking around for more treasure.

Congrats on a lucky find!! Love the "shield" on those Imperial Ireland "black plastic" knives!

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Schedule, shmedule. Sometimes you've got to break the routine for a new knife, especially one so fine as that Lambfoot!

That's why I added the "Free Choice" category to my schedule (although maybe it's just a wee bit OCD that I feel obligated to schedule a slot for unscheduled carries ).

Okay, that's funny!

I need to do some more reading about horn, as I don't have much experience with it. I'm under the impression that it shifts depending upon humidity. @Will Power has said that he has problems with horn shrinking in the dry winter months. Here in Texas, winter can be humid, and summer is very dry. When I got my horn handled Guardian Lambfoot, I put it to work in the kitchen, and after cutting veggies and rinsing it in the sink a few times, I noticed that I could just barely feel the edge raised up where the horn met the bolster. It was so slight, I wasn't sure if it had been that way before so I took a picture so I could have something to compare. I could slip a thin strip of paper under it.
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Now that the weather is turning hot and dry, it seems to have laid back down to flush.
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Now I'm putting Renaissance Wax on it from time to time, hoping that will keep it stable, not "breathing" too much moisture in or out. I don't mean this to sound like a complaint, as I don't think the knife's defective, but it's just the nature of certain natural materials.

So my fly-on-lambsfoot pic and my hopes are funny, but do I get my honorary membership or not???

Interesting horn care saga. You should post it in the Lambsfoot thread, too, so it will be indexed and easier to find.
ETA: Apparently @r8shell's post IS in the Guardians of the Lambsfoot thread, and I'm not sure how I ended up replying to it here!?!

Another ebony lambsfoot shot:


- GT

 

[RDaneel]

Just been relaxing today!

Gorgeous, Ron! More information, please?

Another great outdoor shot of one of your knives, Dean! What inspired this recent teardrop "frenzy"??

Thanks, Dean. I think yours has a better dye job than mine, but they both look exquisite to me.

Another ebony lambsfoot shot:
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- GT

Nice Lambsfoot, Gary! If I knew what caused my recent teardrop "frenzy," I could find a cure... I bet I could sell that for a lot of money to this gang of knifeknuts! It's a great design and the more I have the more I appreciate it.

 

[Jolipapa]

...., your scratted Ancient looks fabulous in your Parisian pics!


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- GT

Thank you! Sure she does feel at home!
I know you love all that relates to scientists, I made this picture for you : house of Cuvier, where Becquerel discovered the radioactivity (not the Kraftwerk song ).

 

[flatblackcapo]

I think this is the first knife that I question using.

 

[Duckdog]

Just been relaxing today!

Well, I was relaxing until I saw that picture. Now, I'm all hopped up.

Fantastic to see this one again, Stuart; top-of-the-line stag cattle knife with an unusual frame!!

Correct call on the cattle conundrum. GT. A gunstock knife is considered, at least by Bernard Levine, to be a premium knife. Often a premium (serpentine/slimmer/fancier) cattle knife is considered a stock knife (stockman). However, again according to Levine, a stock knife always has a clip main blade, but this one has a spear main. So, it's a hybrid - gunstock cattle knife, I guess.

Thanks for all the helpful replies to my endless questions, Stuart!

As you know, GT, i'm usually just grabbing a knife/knives out of a box for my daily carry, some of which I have not seen until that moment. Doing a little research to answer an inquiry is very helpful to me and my knife cataloging project. So, please keep asking.

Nice ebony foot o'lamb that you posted,

- Stuart

 

[Pàdruig]

I think this is the first knife that I question using.

That is a gorgeous knife, my friend. I understand your predicament.

 

[jwb01]

I think this is the first knife that I question using.

I don't blame you, she's a looker!

 

[Duckdog]

flatblackcapo That's an absolute beauty. I had heard of the Fort City series, but never had seen one. Man, oh, man.
- Stuart

 

[JohnDF]

I think this is the first knife that I question using.

I wouldn't want to mess up that pretty blade either.
Some knives are made to be tools, others are art. That one is art.

 

[Prester John]

I think this is the first knife that I question using.

That sure is a beauty!

 

[Half/Stop]

Now that’s a Sunday go to meetin’ knife!

Thank you!

Sweet.

Thanks Alan!

Man, all the kool kids are getting those ebony or stag Churchills, and I can sure see why!! Extraordinary knives, @Corn Fed and Half/Stop !!

The #35 Churchill is a fantastic pattern Gary! I’m sure you would throughly enjoy one!

Gorgeous, Ron! More information, please?

Thanks Dean! I bought this knife at the Zippo/Case Store in Bradford last year. We made a side trip there on Wednesday before the Rendezvous started on Thursday. The knife is the 2011 Case Bose collaboration knife Coffin Jack. This One is Raindrop Damascus. It is labeled as Dark Molasses. I believe the bone may have been a little on the light color side thus the reason it was in the company store. Other than that slight issue it is typical Case Bose quality.

 

[Half/Stop]

Well, I was relaxing until I saw that picture. Now, I'm all hopped up.

Did you say hopped up or enjoying some hops? Thanks Stuart!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Handsome knife with striking stag, Senhor Pinto! How big (or small) is that knife?

Thank you, to me is small as it measures 8 cm (3.15 ")!!!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Your stainless stag 73 certainly looks lovable, Senhor Pinto! Very nice antlers, too; do you have plans for them?

Many thanks Mr. GT, plans for the horns, not anymore, maybe later for a knife's hands!!!

 

[Travman]

I think this is the first knife that I question using.

Everything is just right with this one. The stag has a perfect antique look. What is the size of this one?

 

[flatblackcapo]

That is a gorgeous knife, my friend. I understand your predicament.

I don't blame you, she's a looker!

flatblackcapo That's an absolute beauty. I had heard of the Fort City series, but never had seen one. Man, oh, man.
- Stuart

I wouldn't want to mess up that pretty blade either.
Some knives are made to be tools, others are art. That one is art.

That sure is a beauty!

Thanks y'all I tried to resist buying it because it was too nice, I even tried to get Pàdruig to buy it and save me.