Prester John
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Sticking with stag for Blue Monday:
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Will Power
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Clerking away for the start of the week...and Micarta Monday too
I had a pivoting sheath/handle round this higonokami, but the hardened leather had broken round the pivot. I quess I have to make a better one and a proper pivot with washers. Now I have this in my pocket with this sheath.
The friction folders are in their simplicity charming knives. I quess I am proceeding towards backlocks for harder use, friction folder for edc.
The friction folders are in their simplicity charming knives. I quess I am proceeding towards backlocks for harder use, friction folder for edc.
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This kind of drawings for teaching striking angles and parries are common to many martial arts. In Europe German and Italian schools had these since middle ages. I have to copy this, I have used similar drawing on a mirror in my training room.Prussian Model 1811 Light Cav for saber drills today.
Along with the C&C aluminum framed Buck 110, of course.
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Sadly, I’ve been in the house all day.
Superb pic though Dave
As is this
Beautiful
Carried the rosewood lambsfoot today. It'll cut up a steak shortly.
Nice Lamb
I'm surprised you fellers can understand it without subtitles, I struggle out that way myself!
But then I guess they use actors Schrade Walden Butter and Molasses 3" celluloid scalpel, dangerous in more ways than one
I always enjoy seeing that one Paul
Been dreaming of fishing today... Can't wait!
The trout can't resist the Madam X. Although it's really a hopper pattern, it also imitates stones and larger caddis. It's my go-to "searching" fly pattern for most of the waters I fish since stones and caddis are most common.
Tight lines John, nice pic
Sticking with stag for Blue Monday:
Smashing stag Vince
Morning folks, hope everyone had a great weekend
The Guardians thread should reach 1000 pages sometime today, so I am celebrating with a Double Lambsfoot Day! 
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Nice 1Sticking with stag for Blue Monday:
Not blue Monday.
The kids are back to school tomorrow,after 2 weeks holiday
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Thank you, Jack. Congratulations on your upcoming 1,000 pages.Tight lines John, nice pic
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Beautiful knife and congrats on 3,000 posts.Hope everyone had a good weekend. This A. Wright Lambfoot rides with me today and poses here for my post #3000!
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Thank you, sir!
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I'm champing at the bit myself!Been dreaming of fishing today... Can't wait!
The trout can't resist the Madam X. Although it's really a hopper pattern, it also imitates stones and larger caddis. It's my go-to "searching" fly pattern for most of the waters I fish since stones and caddis are most common.
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Oh, that looks highly pocket-able... Off to hunt down one for myself
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It finally happened. The time of year has come around, where the heat and humidity combine to form a nasty rust inducing environment. My Camillus Army engineer knife spontaneously began to rust a couple days ago, and has now been put away for the next few months. It was a good run. I didn't make it the entire year, but I did get 5 solid months of daily knife carry out of it. I can't say enough good things about my Camillus scout.
To be honest, it was time for a change anyway. No matter how much you love a knife, if you're a knife collector, you need some variety. So I'm taking this opportunity to do some experimentation. I have some Case, Queen, Victorinox, Boker and Camillus stainless I'd like to carry, so I'm going to put away my carbon steel for the summer, and focus on stainless. I'm particularly interested in using a few Case knives as primary carry, as Case has been impressing the heck out of me lately.
To start things off, the Case mini-trapper in bone stag gets the nod. This has seen a lot of pocket carry lately, and I've really come to love it. It ticks off a lot of check boxes for me. The bone stag is just lovely to look at, and is very comfortable to grip. The swell in the covers adds some hand filling thickness to what I'd normally consider to be a smallish knife. I also like the blade selection. I'm really a fan of knives with two good blades, preferably a spear or clip along with a straight edge blade. I think I prefer a smaller sheepsfoot or coping secondary, but this is a pretty good wharncliffe. Nice and pointy, but not so thin at the tip as to be overly fragile.
Say what you will about Case's Tru-Sharp, but the knives cut well. The thin hollow grinds cut very, very efficiently. The softness and simplicity of the Tru-Sharp makes for very easy sharpening too. Much easier than a GEC when using an old school Arkansas stone. I'll miss the formation of a nice carbon steel patina, but such is life in the world of stainless steel.
To be honest, it was time for a change anyway. No matter how much you love a knife, if you're a knife collector, you need some variety. So I'm taking this opportunity to do some experimentation. I have some Case, Queen, Victorinox, Boker and Camillus stainless I'd like to carry, so I'm going to put away my carbon steel for the summer, and focus on stainless. I'm particularly interested in using a few Case knives as primary carry, as Case has been impressing the heck out of me lately.
To start things off, the Case mini-trapper in bone stag gets the nod. This has seen a lot of pocket carry lately, and I've really come to love it. It ticks off a lot of check boxes for me. The bone stag is just lovely to look at, and is very comfortable to grip. The swell in the covers adds some hand filling thickness to what I'd normally consider to be a smallish knife. I also like the blade selection. I'm really a fan of knives with two good blades, preferably a spear or clip along with a straight edge blade. I think I prefer a smaller sheepsfoot or coping secondary, but this is a pretty good wharncliffe. Nice and pointy, but not so thin at the tip as to be overly fragile.
Say what you will about Case's Tru-Sharp, but the knives cut well. The thin hollow grinds cut very, very efficiently. The softness and simplicity of the Tru-Sharp makes for very easy sharpening too. Much easier than a GEC when using an old school Arkansas stone. I'll miss the formation of a nice carbon steel patina, but such is life in the world of stainless steel.