What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Peregrin]

I almost missed it. Almost, but not. The Rounder is grail.

I wouldn't know what to do if you didn't comment on it, Alan! I hope you find one you like!
Edited to add: Other than mine!

 

[RDaneel]

Stuart & Dean, those are some very fitting church knives you've posted!

Used my Electrician this morning to start de-barking an oak branch that I saved from a windstorm last summer and brought on vacation to turn into a walking stick.
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- GT

Thanks, Gary. I hope you show us your walking stick when you are done!

 

[Leslie Tomville]

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I know GEC is all the rage, and I am right there buying them up. But Case Redbone Knives from the era around the 1970’s are as interesting as anything produced today as far as I am concerned. And, of those, Canoes with etched blades and Barlows are my absolute favorites. I wonder how they created the color? I will be totin these, carefully! Enjoy the rest of the week!

 

[Dschal]

Hope you're still having a lovely time my friend

Thanks Jack. I’ve been very busy with visiting a family friend and walking all over the city! Tomorrow we undertake the long drive to Glasgow, whereI hope to have more time to catch up.

 

[kai76]

Congrats on the HSB stunner, Nick!

That is such a gorgeous knife! It rings every bell for me - jigging, tip bolsters, wharncliffe main.

Thanks for the compliments guys.

 

[The Fort]

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I know GEC is all the rage, and I am right there buying them up. But Case Redbone Knives from the era around the 1970’s were as interesting as anything produced today as far as I am concerned. And of those, Canoes with etched blades and Barlows are my absolute favorites. I wonder how they created the color? I will be totin these carefully! Enjoy the rest of the week!

I couldn’t agree more about the Case knives from the 70s. Nice knives LT!

 

[Spaten]

Some snakewood for Wednesday.

 

[traumkommode]

 

[Duckdog]

As you probably do, I think those dates are absolute nonsense Stuart!

I do, Jack. Getting good date information is like nailing Jello to the wall.

What's happened to Primble? For a year or two he was a VIP here, lot of interesting posts, excellent collection, very genial type, he also attended a GEC Rendezvous some years back. Then vanished...did he lose interest in Traditionals or did fishing take over his whole life? If you are in touch, send him my regards

I think that his last activity on BF was at the end of 2017.

Found this Buck 500 Duke today.

That's a handsome looking knife.

That's a dandy for sure.

Gorgeous Stuart!

Thanks, John and Nick. Old school quality.

WW, Stuart, that stag equal-ender is a dream (although the number on the bolster might be considered nightmarish by some ).

Stuart & Dean, those are some very fitting church knives you've posted!

Used my Electrician this morning

Thanks, GT. Luckily, the complete numeral is 6668, missing the curse by a black cat's whisker. I could go all week with just my Electrician, but what's the fun in that.

Totin in Titusville Today!

I hope that you are having a ball, bud.

Stuart, that is a fabulous Miller Bros. teardrop! Ironwood 66 for me today.

Thanks and very nice knife.

I know GEC is all the rage, and I am right there buying them up. But Case Redbone Knives from the era around the 1970’s were as interesting as anything produced today as far as I am concerned.

I'm right in your camp,Leslie, though I've yet to obtain a GEC knife (I'm not bereft of knives right now). I have Case folders that are older than me and have never had a F&F issue. Maybe I'm just lucky. You shouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg for a fine quality USA made knife - and you don't have to, either. The GECs look fine and are well made, I hear, and I don't have to go to their web site to see the newest, as they will soon flood the posts here, which is pretty darn handy. I'm glad that they are making a success in a tough business.

- Stuart

 

[jlhoffman74]

 

[Gary W. Graley]

This one in the watch pocket, had occasion to use it 4 times at work today, folks thought it was pretty cute and surprised how well it cut

Peanut by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[lambertiana]

 

[kenspen]

Wooden Wednesday.

 

[paulhilborn]

2013 Rust Red Bone Scout and (of course) Bushboot

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. I’ve been very busy with visiting a family friend and walking all over the city! Tomorrow we undertake the long drive to Glasgow, whereI hope to have more time to catch up.

Have a great time in Glasgow my friend, lovely city

I do, Jack. Getting good date information is like nailing Jello to the wall.



I think that his last activity on BF was at the end of 2017.



That's a handsome looking knife.





Thanks, John and Nick. Old school quality.







Thanks, GT. Luckily, the complete numeral is 6668, missing the curse by a black cat's whisker. I could go all week with just my Electrician, but what's the fun in that.



I hope that you are having a ball, bud.



Thanks and very nice knife.



I'm right in your camp,Leslie, though I've yet to obtain a GEC knife (I'm not bereft of knives right now). I have Case folders that are older than me and have never had a F&F issue. Maybe I'm just lucky. You shouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg for a fine quality USA made knife - and you don't have to, either. The GECs look fine and are well made, I hear, and I don't have to go to their web site to see the newest, as they will soon flood the posts here, which is pretty darn handy. I'm glad that they are making a success in a tough business.

- Stuart

 

[Ratbert]

Looking for something appropriate for Wooden Wednesday that I hadn't posted previously, I went digging through some boxes. Recent fine posts by @r8shell confirmed that I needed to post this find: a Miller Brothers swell end (or teardrop) jack. The firm went out of the pocket knife production business in 1926, so this fellow is a bit long in the tooth. Like all of the Millers that I have or seen, they were all pretty well made.

Of course, it wasn't until I uploaded the pic that I noticed my finger print on the shield.

Pretty neat top edge bevel on pile side of secondary:

Also didn't notice my reflection in the shield until too late:

Edited to clean up some typos.

- Stuart

Man, that is a good-looking knife! The number of older knives in your collection that are in pristine condition is just astounding!
(And yes, the fingerprints [or lint, or cat hair] don’t ever seem to show up until the pic is posted! )

 

[thefrank]

Northwoods Hawthorn Jack

 

[JTB_5]

 

[Duckdog]

Man, that is a good-looking knife! The number of older knives in your collection that are in pristine condition is just astounding!

Thanks, Ratbert. I'm just very lucky. My stepfather did all of the collecting, without the benefit of the internet, before he passed them on to me. I'm just their cataloger and curator (and picture poster), adding a few to the piles as I go along. He passed away in 2012, but I didn't get serious about gathering his boxes and cases of knives and going through them until this past year. Everyday is an adventure, and the folks on the Porch get to see them about the same time as I do. (I refrain from posting pictures of rusted metal, battered bone, and shriveled celluloid, although there is a fair amount of that, too.)
- Stuart

 

[HFinn]

Laquoile R. David today.