What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

I’m pairing these two again today. It’s hard to go wrong with Ironwood or Red Sawcut Bone! ;) They are two of my favorites! :)

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JohnDF said:
I love the diamond shield on your trapper.
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Thanks for reminding of that! It was one thing that caught my eye in the first place, but somehow had forgotten it!:oops:

JohnDF said:
This is proving to be a potent pairing.
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A Peanut with almost anything else makes a potent combination, especially a capable slicy longer blade.
I suppose I should include mine in my daily photos, because it’s always there no matter what else I’m totin.
 
I'm mixing things up a bit today. The Camillus is still with me, but I swapped out the Case mini-trapper for a punch stockman in yellow Delrin. I vacillate between these two patterns, as to which I love most.

And for show and tell, I have a Case burnt amber bone Backpocket knife, with 154-CM blade. The covers were originally a bit light in color for my taste, looking almost like oatmeal. So I eventually dyed them a bit deeper, and I'm very happy with how they came out. Overall, the Backpocket is a wonderful knife. Nice and slim, and not too heavy for its size. The big clip blade is beautifully styled, and cuts like nobody's business. Nice jigging on the covers.

If I had to pick a weakness in this model, I'd say it was the half stop. The pull is so strong and there's so much travel in the blade as it springs to the half stop position, the nail nick tends to rip right through your finger nail. I'd really prefer that this knife didn't have a half stop at all. But it's a minor quibble. I own quite a few Backpockets, so they couldn't be all that bad.

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Prester John said:
Now for some knife content:
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There's a manly knife for ya! Been getting over a cold, but going to take the bull by the horns and tote this on Tuesday, from @ArtesaniaHerreros. ¡Olé!
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Awesome pic, thinking you should send it to Jose'. Love the knife stand!
¡Olé! :)


Buzzbait said:
That is absolutely breathtaking. Aged like a fine wine.


I pulled out something special from the archives today. In addition to the usual Camillus and Case mini-trapper, I have a second Case mini-trapper, this time in stag with a single wharncliffe blade. It's from the Case Rancher series with CV blade. My father-in-law purchased it back in 2013 for whittling at camp, but never got around to actually using it. So it's kind of hung out in my collection for the last few years since his passing. The stag is really quite nice, and I imagine the size will make for a very nice whittling knife. I'm not normally a fan of blade etches, but this one is pretty tastefully done. It looks like the 'Case XX' logo is laser etched into the stag, which looks really sharp, IMHO.

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Nice one, and nice connection to him :)


Old Engineer said:
I have a couple of other knives that I could carry but I do like to carry these a lot . So today is a TWO TEW's Tuesday again for me . I know , they are older than me and probably not replaceable , but they are pretty Right for me and they will not get the very ugly Verdigris .





Harry
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Great looking bones there sir :thumbsup:


A Katz stockman today

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Pinemoon said:
Awesome pic, thinking you should send it to Jose'. Love the knife stand!
¡Olé! :)
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Thanks! I've sent it to him, and I think he has used it.

Not only is the edge sharp on that knife, but the tip is like a needle: I used it to open a case of water bottles that was shrink-wrapped, and I accidentally pierced a bottle; wasn't even using much force. Water started gushing out because the shrink wrap was pressing the bottles tightly together! I just gotta be careful. ;)
 
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