What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Duckdog]

Old & New.

Old Catt today

Great looking knives, guys. You, too, Hugh @HWF .
- Stuart

 

[Planterz]

The piece of glass is a "dummy" window for the Orion spacecraft. My dad is working on the real windows, made from fused silica cut from old space shuttle windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)?wprov=sfla1

The copper rings are gaskets for part of the fuel system of the engines for the Blue Origins rocket (also worked on my my dad). I hope to use some of this copper as a shield for a comissioned custom someday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin?wprov=sfla1

 

[JohnDF]

The copper rings are gaskets for part of the fuel system of the engines for the Blue Origins rocket (also worked on my my dad). I hope to use some of this copper as a shield for a comissioned custom someday.

That would be a very special shield. Thanks for posting a picture with some really neat stuff.

 

[Lift link]

Today & tomorrow

 

[Tyd450]

I was FINALLY able to track one of these down and luckily the mail man was walking up to my door right as I was pulling out of the garage to leave town for a few days

I also scored a new wallet too which I am excited about.... Great mail call today overall

 

[5K Qs]

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Congrats on the replacement fish knife; looks great! I've got a real affection for large 2-blade toothpicks, but I'd rather have a secondary cutting blade than a scaling blade (so a fish knife per se doesn't really float my fishing boat.)

Still the same one...

Why not? It must be one of Your Very Best, Nick!

GT- I had to look back in GEC"s archives,its been a while "Great Eastern Cutlery Tidioute Cutlery 2008 Brimstone Bone 542208M Moose Knife" I was pretty green when I started purchasing all the new models, I have no idea if its cow bone stag or
No matter, it's a good looker, these early cigars were heavy but skookum

Thanks for tracking that down for me, Dave.

Just received this one in the mail today. I think I’ll give it a test ride! View attachment 962758

Congrats on the 5OT, Lance! I like the looks of some of those old Schrade lockbacks.

I can only imagine!!! My recent acquisition of a vintage Buck 305 has given me Buck fever, too. The store where I bought the Cadet also had a nice selection of Bucks (as well as Vic, Case, and Benchmade). I wanted a drop point 112 so bad! But honestly, the 110/112 seem so bulky and heavy now compared with something like a tribal lock (which I carry in a horizontal sheath).

(Tribal Locks seem like another knife that can be very infectious. )

I never realized that those 66's had a wavy shield. I just assumed it was my progressive lenses.

No. It is just making me clumsy. I’ve also worn both thumb nails down by opening and closing so many knives. I may have carry just my Lick Creek Farmers Jack. That is by far the easiest pinchable knife I own.

Sounds like a plan. That GEC stag 26 you got is outstanding!

... 5K Qs its been a week since I started packing it. It’s pretty hard to talk to Grandad on the phone with his hearing so he doesn’t know that I even have it.

Thanks for the info, 315 ! I'll bet your grandpa will like the idea if you ever get a chance to tell him about it.

GT, Those Black Box knives are sleepers for sure.
I am diggin' the rams horn on that RR.

Thanks.

BF stag jack is exquisite, and that looks like a serious "wrist rocket"!

Certainly looks like a great place GT It's going to take me a while to adjust to reality on that one my friend! Always good to see your Colonial
... Got these two with me today

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Thanks, Jack. You're carrying a classy couple today!

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I have my GEC Canoe with me today. I chose this one because it does have an easy pull.
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Definitely a distinctive canoe!

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Just an old Boker today:
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Muy bueno Böker!

Tres bien Barlow, Steve!

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I went to the complete opposite end of the spectrum from the Lakota Teal today. I passed on carrying a small fixed blade today and decided to throw my dad's old Klein lockback into my right front pocket. Just a big ol' hunk of steel riding with me.

Shawn, that Klein is a nice change of pace for you! The fact that it was your dad's is sehr gut!

Happy Friday, everyone.

Man, that takes me back to 1960! Totally unused?? Molto bene!!

Kind comments by @Will Power and 5K Qs on my totin' choice yesterday has encouraged me to corral another cattle knife today (and I'm thinking of having rib eyes tonight). An Imperial cattle knife from 1935-1945 that appears to have been carried and cared for during its life. Like the PAL that I carried yesterday, it has half sunk joints and is solidly built.
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- Stuart

Velmi dobre! I'd carry that one till the cows come home!

Still like that ivory Colonial jack! Which knife are you whittling with while vacationing?
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Thanks, Jeff. Haven't done any actual whittling so far, but I've been using a Vic Electrician to de-bark an oak branch that I hope has a walking stick inside. If I get time to do some other whittling (practice some faces, probably), I'll probably use a RR stag mini trapper I have with me.

I felt a little "horny" this morning!

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Who didn't, Jeff?? At least you had that ram's horn Bulldog to deal with your urges.

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I know what you mean, I just did a couple from the kitchen, lots of shadows coming through. I will call it a character style photo.
GEC #53 Wormwood Furtaker Muskrat

Is that a lambsfoot, Dave, and what are its covers? The sunlight really brings out a lot of character in that wood! (I had to look up "skookum", a word you've used a couple of times recently. Thanks for expanding my vocabulary! )

...Thank you for your compliments, Gary!

Regarding the rare occurrences here of the ebony Ancient, there were less than half as many made as the scratted. Also, they do not seem as iconic for some reason.

And I am hiking miles rather than feet now.

Your Colonial appears to be a well loved companion.
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I plucked this one from the knife tree for today.

Thanks for your Ancient explanation, and for the Colonial comment. I found the Colonial quite a while ago at a gun&knife show, but it was dull as a butter knife. I finally developed my sharpening skill to the point where I have a decent edge on it, and kind of carry it out of pride now.
Your knife tree has produced a good crop this year!

Thanks GT, nice white Colonial

Just this Camillus scout today, but I should have a new fixed blade waiting for me at home tonight to pair it with.

Thanks, Tom. That Camillus scout is a champ!

Old & New.
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Pulchritudinous pair, Alan! Wishing you a quick recovery from the eye thing (a second cataract surgery?)

The piece of glass is a "dummy" window for the Orion spacecraft. My dad is working on the real windows, made from fused silica cut from old space shuttle windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)?wprov=sfla1

The copper rings are gaskets for part of the fuel system of the engines for the Blue Origins rocket (also worked on my my dad). I hope to use some of this copper as a shield for a comissioned custom someday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin?wprov=sfla1

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Very cool, Aaron!!

I have this 2018 Guardians ebony lambsfoot with me and tried to sharpen it up today:


- GT

 

[kai76]

Why not? It must be one of Your Very Best, Nick!

Sure is GT!

 

[Âchillepattada]

Beautiful knife and pocket sheath! Who made that?

Hello, thanks , it has been made by a member of the french forum neoczen ( https://forum.neoczen.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=34957&hilit=Stephane).

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[joeradza]

5K Qs Just a little complication.

 

[RDaneel]

Thanks for your Ancient explanation, and for the Colonial comment. I found the Colonial quite a while ago at a gun&knife show, but it was dull as a butter knife. I finally developed my sharpening skill to the point where I have a decent edge on it, and kind of carry it out of pride now.
Your knife tree has produced a good crop this year!

I have this 2018 Guardians ebony lambsfoot with me and tried to sharpen it up today:
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- GT

Very nice ebony on your lambsfoot, Gary! My knife tree has a diverse crop, its true!

 

[SVTFreak]

The piece of glass is a "dummy" window for the Orion spacecraft. My dad is working on the real windows, made from fused silica cut from old space shuttle windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)?wprov=sfla1

The copper rings are gaskets for part of the fuel system of the engines for the Blue Origins rocket (also worked on my my dad). I hope to use some of this copper as a shield for a comissioned custom someday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin?wprov=sfla1

Trinkets don’t get much cooler than that!

It’s that time of day on one of those days.

 

[solphilos]

The piece of glass is a "dummy" window for the Orion spacecraft. My dad is working on the real windows, made from fused silica cut from old space shuttle windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)?wprov=sfla1

The copper rings are gaskets for part of the fuel system of the engines for the Blue Origins rocket (also worked on my my dad). I hope to use some of this copper as a shield for a comissioned custom someday.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin?wprov=sfla1

that is too cool, but I must inquire about those teeny tiny knives

 

[colubrid]

I was FINALLY able to track one of these down and luckily the mail man was walking up to my door right as I was pulling out of the garage to leave town for a few days

I also scored a new wallet too which I am excited about.... Great mail call today overall

Those Offene Meere wallets are the best. I have several of those. Perfect combo with a stainless GEC I must say.

 

[Planterz]

that is too cool, but I must inquire about those teeny tiny knives

Ebony 15 and Jim Dunlap gent's trapper.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Still carrying that little peanut, and here's a shot with a candid of me and my youngest grandson at my daughter's wedding last year

Peanut by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[SV-97]

Been carrying this one for the past few days still a favorite

 

[Astronaut FX]

Still carrying that little peanut, and here's a shot with a candid of me and my youngest grandson at my daughter's wedding last year

Peanut by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

Very nice. I love that series of SparXX white Case knives. I’d like to eventually have one of each pattern they made in SparXX. So far, I have a Texas Toothpick.

 

[315]

A little afternoon switch from black to white...

 

[JITDC]

I know it’s Black Friday for traditionals but my usual ebony has been in use all week. So, it can have the day off. Still can’t put down a TC jack though. So this one got called up to pinch hit for the day.

 

[dc50]

Is that a lambsfoot, Dave, and what are its covers? The sunlight really brings out a lot of character in that wood! (I had to look up "skookum", a word you've used a couple of times recently. Thanks for expanding my vocabulary! )

Ha ha yeah, I noticed I'm starting to sound more and more like my dearly departed Dad. I guess these ole colloquial sayings imprint on a fellow whether we like them or not. The closed knife is a Rosewood Lambsfoot I believe the #53 wormwood is a sheepsfoot .