What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Jack Black]

This is a very cool pair. Big straight edge and a nice drop point with some belly. Maybe my favorite.
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Those two look like they work well together Taylor

Excellent pic

Carrying this old Utica Cattle Punch today

What a lovely old knife

A working knife to go to the transfer station.

Nicely photographed my friend

And so today on my hip -

Navaja on Junipers in the snow

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My very fine View attachment 1074512 navaja - His - "straight point folder".

Ray

Great pics

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Beautiful

Got my work all completed for today! I’ve cleaned up and slipped into something Stag for the rest of the day! Pam’s making homemade nachos for dinner and we’re getting ready for an evening of #1 ranked basketball!

Sounds like a great weekend Ron, nice stag

This one - from French sheath maker Max Capdebarthes - his Randonneur Series

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Makes this a ready carry. Like it was made for this Navaja.

Ray

I have a couple of those in black, very nice quality

Lovely old Penknife

First let me state that I am truely in awe of the collections that you all have accumulated... Over the past 6 months I have been quietly lurking and appreciateing the almost limitless number of well loved, studied and appreciated "tools" ( if I can really bring myself to stretch the word "tool" far enough to describe these working pieces of art) but in all of this gawking, a few question have arisen: First being are there any books currently in print that you guys would recommend that would allow me to learn more about tradition folders (without constantly having to ask an endless amount of questions) and further my knowledge? And 2: I come from a firearm background, and I have collected, sold, refinished and built a fairly substancial number of them, in so I have established what some would call a strange feeling about collectables. The biggest of which being that I feel when you look at a fine rifle or over-under shotgun, you are really only getting a small portion of the whole picture. The use of a fine tool is where its value truly lies. So my question is, do collectors have multiple collections? Do you have one drawer of "users" and a climate controlled, sanitary room used only to house special knives that you only touch with white silk gloves? Or is part of the beauty of each knife its function? Sorry for the long post, I'm finding my way to sanity , and developing an appreciation for art all in one swoop here. Thanks for letting me lurk ladies and gents.

Welcome to The Porch There are lots of great books on traditional pocket knives (a few stinkers too), but I think Bernard Levine's Guide to Knives and Their Values is still the best place to start. The Fourth edition is the most sought after, and consequently most expensive, but you can find earlier editions at reasonable prices, and even read some of the later Blade's Guide to Knives and Their Values online for free

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend I'm carrying these two today

 

[Falling_rain]

Caught a crab with kids on a rock beach.
My GEC 66 stag

 

[Will Power]

Does it count that I take it out of tube hibernation and carry it around indoors? Not cutting stuff but giving it an airing.

Outside is bright but the glass like surfaces are taking their toll of broken bones, I fell on my back trying to get the car off a polished ice hill No damage but I went off to buy some Ice Bug boots (with spikes, costly but the only answer)

66 Slim in Grey Pearl Acrylic, it's very complex stuff but the devil to film I'd like another run of the Slim 66s in some new materials, it's a fine Penknife construction and excellently made.

 

[Filoso]

Excellent pic

Thank you very much Jack!

 

[zolthar]

 

[screened porch]

The PAL is kind of unique in that it has a pen secondary instead of an awl.

Does that make it a Navy utility pattern?
[I see that question was answered in the Scout/Camp thread.]

 

[dc50]

 

[Fodderwing]

66 Slim in Grey Pearl Acrylic, it's very complex stuff but the devil to film

Great pic Will. I believe you captured it. Love those scales.

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Another very nice photo Dave.

 

[dc50]

Another very nice photo Dave.

Thank you, Dwight! I'm always impressed with your photo skills and your "really big back yard"

 

[Nature Boy]

 

[Pt-Luso]

Today it's in my pocket...

 

[Pinemoon]

Caught a crab with kids on a rock beach.
My GEC 66 stag

Looks like they're facing off in a duel

 

[joeradza]

Case squared.

 

[JTB_5]

My azaleas don’t know the seasons

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

G2

 

[Travman]

 

[choombak]

Queen Railsplitter in D2

 

[Pinemoon]

Very interesting photos . I am a fan of the Seahorse Whittler and that is a beautiful Arno Bernard . I once bought an Arno Bernard for a gift for a future Grandson-in-law and thought that it may very well have been the most perfectly made knife that I had ever held . I really admire yours my friend . Thank you for the pictures .

Harry

Thanks,
I am impressed with the Arno Bernard and agree it's one of the most perfectly made knives I've ever held. The proportions and lines are beautiful, the grind and polish completely flawless.
This one's an A.G. Russell exclusive, the "Small Hunter." It's small, a three-finger grip, 2.5" blade. Just right for totin' around town.
I've got my eye on another of his, a bigger one in rams horn...someday...
I decided to give it the dignity of some better pictures in this morning's light.

 

[JohnDF]

without constantly having to ask an endless amount of questions

But we like questions, it keeps the place lively

Must be a shock to the system to go from a Whaler one day, to a Pemberton the next

 

[Travman]

But we like questions, it keeps the place lively

Must be a shock to the system to go from a Whaler one day, to a Pemberton the next

I’m flexible.