What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

5K Qs 5K Qs Gary, thank you, my friend. Yeah, she's getting so big now and it's truly amazing to watch her grow, develop, and become her own person.

The Maratac is indeed the single-AAA version, and it is an amazing dog poop flashlight! Much like my beloved Peanut, you'll never know it's in your pocket until you need it. I use it way more often than a knife, honestly, and it's never let me down.
 
Ravishing ram horn, Will! And it looks great with the ceiling art!! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Timeless dashing duo, Stuart! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

- GT
I was in such a hurry this morning to finish this quoted post so I could go to my lunch hour basketball game that I forgot to post some of my carries for this week. Let me rectify that situation now (even though I'm in kind of a hurry to get to bed :rolleyes::D).

Alox of the Week is a Vic Electrician (thanks, gregc):
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non-Alox SAK of the Week is a Vic Classic:
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Stockman of the Week is a Case pocket-worn harvest orange humpback stockman (thanks, Mike):
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Plain canoe of the Week is a Chinese Buck 389 with wood covers:
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- GT
 
Well, I think that Case is a stunner, Harry! Maybe you’re just not a Trapper guy. How did it sharpen up for you? Both of my big Case Trappers needed some bevel work before they’d get razor sharp.

Thank you Jeff . You are correct in that I am not a Trapper guy . I have never had to sharpen the Case . It came sharp enough for me and I have never cut anything with it .

Harry
 
Yes, ebony. The Boker USA sheepfoot knife was originally some sort of black plastic, and Markesharp re-hafted it in ebony for me a few years ago. I was pleased that he could save the shield since, as you say, it isn't too common. He also sent me a matching clip blade jack. Its covers are plastic, but in better shape than the sheepfoot one was. They make a pretty nice pair.
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Speaking of nice pairs, those two look mighty fine together.

Thank you for the info on those blades and the compliments. Those Bokers do indeed make for a fine pair and that Ebony re-cover is just fantastic.

Very nice pale pair, Dylan. My wife mentioned that I should consider installing a bar in our walk-in shower, and I insisted that we stock it only with plastic bottles, tumblers, and jiggers for safety sake. She seems to have dropped the idea.

Thank you, Stuart. I can see where your wife's enthusiasm might have been dampened. :D


Wonderful pic of your 44, Dwight!

Nice work Dylan :thumbsup: Those two look pretty good together :) :thumbsup:

Thank you, Jack. The two your are toting today are terrific!

I was in such a hurry this morning to finish this quoted post so I could go to my lunch hour basketball game that I forgot to post some of my carries for this week. Let me rectify that situation now (even though I'm in kind of a hurry to get to bed :rolleyes::D).

Alox of the Week is a Vic Electrician (thanks, gregc):
v1U24or.jpg


non-Alox SAK of the Week is a Vic Classic:
BjlczDF.jpg


Stockman of the Week is a Case pocket-worn harvest orange humpback stockman (thanks, Mike):
GhPAKzQ.jpg


Plain canoe of the Week is a Chinese Buck 389 with wood covers:
0Vyow1s.jpg


- GT

That Case Humpback is a beautiful knife, GT, and of course, I always love seeing that Buck Canoe.


I have had a firm favorite with me today.

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5K Qs 5K Qs Gary, thank you, my friend. Yeah, she's getting so big now and it's truly amazing to watch her grow, develop, and become her own person.

The Maratac is indeed the single-AAA version, and it is an amazing dog poop flashlight! Much like my beloved Peanut, you'll never know it's in your pocket until you need it. I use it way more often than a knife, honestly, and it's never let me down.

OK, I have to ask. What is a dog poop knife???
 
Wonderful pic of your 44, Dwight!
Thank you Dylan.
GuestWho101 GuestWho101 - Awesome razors. What a pair!
5K Qs 5K Qs - Gary the Case stockman is a real beauty as is the Buck canoe. Gotta love the Swiss cutlery.

Had to switch it up when this showed up after work.
Lyle's little jewel puts a smile on your face doesn't it? :)

I have had a firm favorite with me today.
Love the blade combination on that beauty.

Spaten Spaten - That is absolutely one of my favorite forum knives. The pattern, the jigging, and especially the beautiful spear.

Sawcut cranberry bone for TC Tuesday
You carry a lot of cool tools. Always a interesting picture to study.

a Schrade equal end jack from 1946-1973 and a PAL Blade Co. EO from 1940-1945 (after they has purchased Remington's cutlery equipment and remaining stock of parts).
Stuart another pair of dreamy cutlery. Amazing knives.
 
One is an S&M ebony (thanks, Jack) and the other is a walnut Rogers jigged bone mini copperlock with custom shield (thanks, Leslie):
My goodness GT two more awesome pieces. Both stunning.

Northwoods Hawthorne for micarta Monday
Another congregation of super cool hardware.

They make a pretty nice pair.
Lovely old Bokers. Everything about those are eye catching. I love the look of old worn dull ebony. Looks so fetching with heavy patinated blades. Another beautiful photo.
 
I posted this in the "3V vs 5160" thread so I figured why not post it here :

I just got my first knife in 5160, a Buck 102. It has a nice brass guard and brass pommel with black handle and a nice little surprise . . . thin layers of red ?micarta? between. Sweet !

I used the factory edge today and it was so so. I trimmed hard rubber, carved chips off a wax block to melt the wax and cut up an apple and a cinnamon roll (huge multi serving cinnamon roll).

It did well on the rubber and the cinnamon roll but sucked for the wax and the apple.

I sharpened it on the Edge Pro tonight. I kept the stock factory geometry. I did a progression of Shapton Glass stones from 220, 500, 1K and 4K.
The bur was quite tenacious at the last. With more coarse stones it came off pretty easy but the 4K it held on. I asked myself WTF? then reminded myself that I was dealing with spring steel . . . maybe the bur is pretty spring like. I finally got every little bit of it off with some finessing of the 4K.

End result besides the mandatory / standard issue hair whittling ? . . . I am quite pleased and surprised to say I was able to trim full length curls off the ends of my finger nails several times. Usually I have to go to a more acute sharpening bevel and thin the behind the edge thickness to get this kind of cutting performance.

Stock geometry, trims curls off my finger nails = Happy Dog ! ! !
PS: the sheath was much better than I expected. Still has that funny machine stitching but DANG ! It's pretty nice over all ! ! !

I've wanted one of these since I first saw it in the Hardware Store thirty years ago but talked my self out of it and bought a Buck 110 back then.

Recently I said what the heck / why not and got the 102; partly to try 5160 for the first time.
As I always say . . . if the blade rusts or stains I bet I'll like the steel.
 
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