What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

T. Erdelyi said:
I got a couple of SAKs, I switch them out on a regular basis. The two constants are the Mini Champ on my key ring and the silver Farmer that’s either in a clipon belt sheath or bottom of my pocket and I grab the fob/lanyard to pull it out.

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Knice ring turner Gary, I’ve always loved the ingenuity of the opening system. I’m surprised nobody makes them any more. The last modern one I remember was from Canal Street Cutlery. It was also the first forum knife and one of their first knives/patterns in their catalog.

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Knice Camillus model #23, I have one from the Orr Felt company. This was the second one I had. I gave/sold/traded the first one and was bummed after I got rid of it, I missed it. One of our porch dwellers read about my remorse and sent me one to replace it. It’s a beast of a knife and I carry it often. It’s a great goto Knife for breakin’ down cardboard.

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Great knives Ted.

Chui said:
- happily side by side :)

Lambsfoot / Sheepsfoot
Classic style / contemporary style
Buffalo Horn / Rams Horn
lovely / lovely


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Very cool Paul. The Lionsteel turned out fantastic.


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lambertiana said:
Cocobolo darkening is not just from exposure to dirt. It is well known to darken by light exposure (especually UV). I have a plank of cocobolo that was once a very rich red, and after sitting against the wall in the corner of my bedroom for a few years it is now almost black.

Cocobolo is so oily that many finishes and glues do not work well on it unless the oils at the surface are removed by using acetone or another solvent. One time I was cutting scales from a block of cocobolo and instead of dry sawdust falling to the floor, it stayed together as oily clumps. I think you can brighten the wood by sanding off the surface layer, but I leave mine alone. You can get UV-resistant finishes for wood like this, but it only delays the inevitable.
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Thanks for your comments and insight. It's helpful for those of us with cocobolo knives.

If /when mine darkens, I'll try washing, steel wool, degreasing and then some type of UV protective finish.
 
Wow. It seems like everybody is pulling out all the stops today!!!! So many incredible knives.

Thank you to the many who have posted Swiss Army knives. I feel far less conspicuous now. :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:

I've got a long weekend of yard work ahead of me, so the "SwissTank" is being backed up by my natural canvas micarta Smith & Sons Mudbug. The best sodbuster I've ever used. Luv that back lock.

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paulhilborn said:
Those old Drake Well Queens are FANTASTIC Barlow's Dwight:thumbsup: What a beauty ya got there, made me retrieve mine for my carry today, pic's later if it's not raining:eek:

Now our friend Augie, he's got a few:D
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Thank you Paul. This little rig is simply lovely. That's a finely jigged beauty. Looking forward to your Drake Well!
 
Recent posts of classy classic Cases and some bodacious Barlows tempted my choice of these totin' two today: a Case 6207 (1970) and a Case 6143 (1940-1964).

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I'm joining some buddies for sporting clays tomorrow (a morning of frustration and shame), so I'm going to be totin' this Weidmannsheil bottle/shell puller knife, both for Stagurday sake and as a conversation piece: it has 12 and 16 gauge shot shell pullers for guards at the bolster. Our guns are either semi-autos or O/Us with extractors/ejectors, but it should be fun to see who knows what they are. It does have a cork puller, too, so . . And I'll have a Vic Electrician for nipping cigars.

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- Stuart
 
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