What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Haven't quite started my day yet, but my new yellow-handled CV Case trapper is in my pocket and when I head to work I'll throw in my other new knife, a pocket-worn Case medium stockman. I just got these two on Wednesday and have been carrying 'em since.
 
This post is for our lady P. You mentioned what the photo shows or does not show. In the last shot I was not finished completely. I don't think I'm ever done tinkering. I have a problem where I can never leave well enough alone. I finally finished final light sanding and put a buff on the wood. Please remember that when you finish wood to a glass like surface it shows every little flaw in contouring. I have refinished all of my EDC tradtionals but for this one I didn't worry about preserving crips lines. I would sand and feel it in my hand. I kept working on it until it felt perfect. Even though I didn't worry about appearance this time I think the form follows function thing shows through.

Here it is, I think finished, before I toss it in my pocket to get all beat up :-p

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I'm just a tinkerer guy, not worried about hiding the flaws in my work. I hope you like seeing a little more of the finished work.

Kevin

Btw, to Andi, great to hear its holding up well :)
 
Nice work, Kevin! :thumbup:

richstag said:
This post is for our lady P. You mentioned what the photo shows or does not show. In the last shot I was not finished completely. I don't think I'm ever done tinkering. I have a problem where I can never leave well enough alone. I finally finished final light sanding and put a buff on the wood. Please remember that when you finish wood to a glass like surface it shows every little flaw in contouring. I have refinished all of my EDC tradtionals but for this one I didn't worry about preserving crips lines. I would sand and feel it in my hand. I kept working on it until it felt perfect. Even though I didn't worry about appearance this time I think the form follows function thing shows through.

Here it is, I think finished, before I toss it in my pocket to get all beat up :-p

SU1HLTIwMTIwODE4LTAwMjgwLmpwZw.jpg


I'm just a tinkerer guy, not worried about hiding the flaws in my work. I hope you like seeing a little more of the finished work.

Kevin

Btw, to Andi, great to hear its holding up well :)
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For being free of getting to work, I started getting with my F. Hartkopf, Solingen in ebony scales

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I think I should make a review of this... maybe tomorrow. It´s a great looking and working knife.

Kind regards
Andi

P.S. Now I should get back to the party we have running right now in our house ;)
 
richstag said:
Love it!!

Here is what I mean about leaving well enough alone. Just from taking and viewing the cell pic I spotted flaws that I promptly took care of :)

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Now Its done and ready for my official beater EDC knife :)
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I'm shocked with the number of GEC's i'm seeing without flush pins - whats with that?
 
Idk, but I can't think its easier to do them sunk into the covers and still have them perfectly finished. Then again Ken Erickson explained to me that GEC spins the pins as opposed to peening at least on some knives.

From making my own handles on a few knives I can tell you sanding pins or corby bolts flush is childs play. I wonder if knives with flush pins are because its easier? My answer is I have no clue but your question rasied some interest in my mind.
 
Neat job there Kev...looking good my friend....yeah its good to see Jake carting that knife around-awesome in fact.
 
richstag said:
This post is for our lady P.
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Why, I'm honored. Thanks!


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That looks really good, and I love the concept of finishing it by feel. Well done.

But of course, I also had to smile at this:

richstag said:
Here is what I mean about leaving well enough alone. Just from taking and viewing the cell pic I spotted flaws that I promptly took care of :)
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Pictures can often reveal things the eye misses, both because of factors of sharpness and enlargement and because of elimination other visual considerations (the knife's the things). They can also accentuate or highlight features and colorations that aren't nearly as noticeable or stark to the naked eye.

(All that said, I didn't notice any "flaws" in the first picture.)

Again, I like how you decided to finish your knife by feel, but ... couldn't quite leave it there. ;)

Thanks.

~ P.
 
Thanks Duncan!

P,

Thank you for the compliment. The good part is I did the coarse contouring to feel and the last minute touch ups were fine tuning so it still feels amazing in hand, if not better :)

You are so right about pictures isolating flaws you would not have seen in person. I think some of it is the fact that your eyes see from two angles showing not only two sets of contours rendered to one, but also two set of reflections.

The single lense of a camera does not sugar coat it :)
 
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