What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[dc50]

Today a Rough Rider Coal Miner

 

[pmek5]

Took me a while to find this one. Wish GEC would do more of this Dusk Jigged Bone.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

More toy piano keys?

So you’ve augmented your carry with two sharps?

@Half/Stop Ron, it's not yet noon and you, Jack Black , @joeradza , and r8shell have posted potent pairings, and JohnDF , @SteveC , Fodderwing , et al. have posted pretty pictures, turning this into almost a Thursday throw-down. Well, I'm not totin' a pairing today, but i did dig into a pile to pick my tote. I opened another box from the back room and found these, from which I picked a Model 18 from 1961-1971.

I'll post some of the others once I sort through them.
- Stuart

Whole lotta clawin goin on!

 

[Fodderwing]

@Half/Stop Ron, it's not yet noon and you, Jack Black , @joeradza , and r8shell have posted potent pairings, and JohnDF , @SteveC , Fodderwing , et al. have posted pretty pictures, turning this into almost a Thursday throw-down. Well, I'm not totin' a pairing today, but i did dig into a pile to pick my tote. I opened another box from the back room and found these, from which I picked a Model 18 from 1961-1971.

I'll post some of the others once I sort through them.
- Stuart

Incredible. Just incredible. It so inspired me I jumped up and went to the back room... opened a box... and...and I will continue to enjoy your boxes Stuart.

 

[wildmike]

Can't post a pic, but today it is my FAV Tidioute 98 Cattle Knife wearing red linen mixers scales.

 

[Will Power]

Utica today

More than remarkable

 

[kenspen]

Found this one buried in my knife chest and decided it needs some pocket time. Late '70s or early '80s Camillus 78 stockman.

 

[Pt-Luso]

Today in my pocket an old (1964) Wenger alox...

 

[Gevonovich]

@Half/Stop Ron, it's not yet noon and you, Jack Black , @joeradza , and r8shell have posted potent pairings, and JohnDF , @SteveC , Fodderwing , et al. have posted pretty pictures, turning this into almost a Thursday throw-down. Well, I'm not totin' a pairing today, but i did dig into a pile to pick my tote. I opened another box from the back room and found these, from which I picked a Model 18 from 1961-1971.

I'll post some of the others once I sort through them.
- Stuart

Now that is one good looking specimen, Stuart !! I look forward to seeing the rest of the Mountain I am going to enjoy this

 

[Duckdog]

WOW, Stuart, you've cornered the market on Winterbottom bone! Here is a more recent one with some color.

Thanks, Jeff. I haven't been able to check all of the dates of those mangy mongrels, but i think most of the covers are a later Winterbottom bone that Queen dubbed "Frontier bone stag" or "Frontier bone" that came after (around 1946-1947) the earlier darker "old Winterbottom" that Queen had used since 1930. They phased into Delrin imitation Winterbottom in the late 1960s (Winterbotttom plant was sold in 1968).

Thanks for the compliment Stuart! You have taken the prize today my friend! A never ending supply of boxes full of classic cutlery!

Thanks, Ron. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the boxes - just a few to go.

Here is what I carried on the trail today with a shot of the creek included for context.

Thanks for the soothing pictures, Dean.

So you’ve augmented your carry with two sharps?

I see what you did there. My attempt at musical humor would have fallen flat.

Whole lotta clawin goin on!

Ya know, Jeff, that Winterbottom and the covers on the Case soddie posted by @Whetstone39 look like kissing cougar cousins.

Incredible. Just incredible. It so inspired me I jumped up and went to the back room... opened a box... and...and I will continue to enjoy your boxes Stuart.

Thanks, Dwight. I think I may soon be out of boxes and just left with piles.

- Stuart

 

[ty_higg]

Just pulled it out of its original packaging

 

[Gevonovich]

Keep those doggies movin....head em up...move em out...

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[Duckdog]

Were you Rowdy Yates or Gil Favor, Gev? I wanted to be Mr. Favor.
- Stuart

 

[JohnDF]

@Half/Stop Ron, it's not yet noon and you, Jack Black , @joeradza , and r8shell have posted potent pairings, and JohnDF , @SteveC , Fodderwing , et al. have posted pretty pictures, turning this into almost a Thursday throw-down. Well, I'm not totin' a pairing today, but i did dig into a pile to pick my tote. I opened another box from the back room and found these, from which I picked a Model 18 from 1961-1971.

I'll post some of the others once I sort through them.
- Stuart

Thanks for the compliment on my picture.
Your picture is inspiring. I too went to the closet and opened a box...
Unfortunately all I found in there was a pair of my Wife's old shoes

 

[kai76]

D Duckdog Geez Stuart!! Mind boggling!

 

[Gevonovich]

Were you Rowdy Yates or Gil Favor, Gev? I wanted to be Mr. Favor.
- Stuart

Me too Clint was a close second

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...74EB2082C1EE452CEC0374EB2082C1EE&&FORM=VRDGAR

 

[r8shell]

@Half/Stop Ron, it's not yet noon and you, Jack Black , @joeradza , and r8shell have posted potent pairings, and JohnDF , @SteveC , Fodderwing , et al. have posted pretty pictures, turning this into almost a Thursday throw-down. Well, I'm not totin' a pairing today, but i did dig into a pile to pick my tote. I opened another box from the back room and found these, from which I picked a Model 18 from 1961-1971.

I'll post some of the others once I sort through them.
- Stuart

Wow! That's a royal court of Queens!

So you’ve augmented your carry with two sharps?

I see what you did there. My attempt at musical humor would have fallen flat.

Ha!

 

[kai76]

 

[Gevonovich]

That's divine Nick...yowza !!!

 

[Jack Black]

More toy piano keys?

Great stuff Rachel

@Half/Stop Ron, it's not yet noon and you, Jack Black , @joeradza , and r8shell have posted potent pairings, and JohnDF , @SteveC , Fodderwing , et al. have posted pretty pictures, turning this into almost a Thursday throw-down. Well, I'm not totin' a pairing today, but i did dig into a pile to pick my tote. I opened another box from the back room and found these, from which I picked a Model 18 from 1961-1971.

I'll post some of the others once I sort through them.
- Stuart

What incredible pics Stuart! I thought you were using some sort of camera trickery at first!

Nice knives GT, that Okapi looks especially interesting, I'll have to look that up.

I tried the edge retention "experiment" last night, it was pretty fun and a little enlightening (and completely unscientific and totally subjective ). The orange SBj has the 30 degree inclusive edge angle, and the bone handled model has the 40 degree inclusive edge angle. Both are Case's stainless steel. After initially setting the edges on my Wicked Edge, both were finished on the flats of the Spyderco Sharpmaker grey stones. I wanted a slightly toothy edge, and I think it worked.



I wanted to simulate a heavy day of cutting for me, so I tried to make 200 uniform slices through cardboard, and then test the edge on notebook paper. This is not especially thick cardboard, but it is what you might typically encounter opening a package for example. My edc uses are fairly tame, slicing an errant string, opening a package, maybe light food prep. So having to make 200 cuts through cardboard in a single day would be pretty heavy use for me.

The 30 degree edge angle initially went through the cardboard cleanly and easily, and started to slow down around 80 slices or so. It hung up a little near the end of the 200 cuts, but was still functional. The 40 degree edge, as expected, did not slice as easily as the 30 degree at first, but worked well. It started to slow around 120 slices or so, and near the end was slicing similarly to the 30 degree. Both were still functional after 200 slices.

When I tested on notebook paper, both hung up at the heel of the blade. I think this was due to my poor technique, and tending to drag the heel more than using the entire edge of the knife uniformly when slicing the cardboard. They 30 degree edge did not cut the paper as cleanly as the 40 degree edge, it would work but hang up in spots. There was some tearing with the 30 degree edge, where the 40 degree edge seemed to slice (mostly) clean without tearing the paper.

So what did I learn ? Mostly that for my uses, either of these edge angles would last for days before needing a touch up on stones. I think the toothy edge works better for my needs, as anecdotally from my experience, more polished edges would not have held up as well through the cardboard. I was surprised a little that this much maligned stainless steel lasted as long as it did while still remaining functional, probably sharper than a "normal" person would need. I think I prefer the ease of cutting with the 30 degree edge, even if it didn't last quite as long, it still remained usable. I'll probably use the 30 degree-toothy combination on Case stainless steel knives in the future.

Interesting experiment Tom, thanks for sharing it with us

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Cool knife Dave, I've had a few myself