What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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Sorry you missed a 77 Barlow, Ron. That pair must provide plenty of consolation, though!

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You must dance a jig every time you see that jigging you did, Jeff!

I think it's a 1997

1993 - 1999

Thanks, Steve; I'd never seen a Case copperhead like yours before, but I found other examples online after you "opened my eyes".

Utica Cattle punch and a 4 line Camillus regular Jack

These two today.

Delightful duos, Steve & Tom!
Tom, will you start carrying knives in "Cardinals colors" as the baseball postseason starts?

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5K Qs - Thank you GT. I envy the view afforded your beautiful Marbles ram’s Horn Sowbelly.
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I know what you mean, Harvey. I'm looking forward to enjoying that view again in about 45 weeks (but who's counting? ).

Nice selection Gary especially the Boker !

Thanks, Steve.

Thank you, Gary. Who knows my 2nd favorite stockman may change the longer I carry the sowbelly.

Your 2 SAKs, sowbelly and stockman knives are all great (especially the ram's horn sowbelly)!

I appreciate your remarks, Dean.

A light knife carry day with only this teardrop. I'm exhausted from two days of going to the Apple store for repairs of my in-warranty iPhone (not their fault, I had two different problems in two days!).

Such a heavenly teardrop, Dean! I hope the iPhone problems are all behind you now.

Trapper Tuesday

Cool photo, Vince! It must drive you nuts when you're not carrying your big trapper.

77 Washington Jack in smooth ivory bone

That is such a classy knife and photo!!!

Gorgeous Red Alox, GT.
That would surely brighten a fellows morning.
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Thank you, GT.
I do like my ebony in bunches.
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Thanks again, GT.
He gets restless when I don't take him outside once in a while.
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Thanks, John; I think a SAK, even with Alox covers, looks better in red.
You've got a bunch of great knives with you, even in your "homeless" state.

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Hey GT, I meant to answer your question sooner but got busy. On SMKW site they refer to it as a locking stockman. The main blade is a lockback type.

Thanks for the info, David; it helped me find that model online. The ones I found have glow-in-the-dark covers - that's kinds cool!

... You’ve got all grounds covered as usual with your totes Gary. I like the horn covers on your sow! ...

Thanks, Nick. Those rams horn Marbles are a great series; I have 4 patterns (sowbelly, canoe, Barlow, Pruner) out of the 8 that are (were?) available.

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- Stuart

Thanks for treating The Porch to that treasured trio, Stuart, especially the 2 2OTs!!

I finished power washing our top deck today just in time to accept delivery of a new king-size hybrid foam/coil mattress for our master bedroom. Yah!! The old mattress weighed 125 lbs, and the new one is a lighter 120 lbs. I decided to cut the old one into more manageable sections to get it outside. 11.5" thick X 74" wide!! My start with a box cutter was comedic. I switched to the Klein Tools duct knife below. Aggressive serrated on one side, scalpel sharp plain edge on other. BAAAD ASSH.
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- Stuart

Congrats on completing your modern Labor of Hercules, Stuart!

Certainly Gary! Thank you for the kind comments!!! I did see the numerical connection between the two knives and thought that was interesting; the big jack is indeed French Ivory and in my quest to narrow down it's date and origins I have only seen that used by Camillus in their 23s during the "short line" era (1946-49.) This begs the question "did Pal Cut Co and Camillus have some kind of deal?"
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Thanks again Gary!!! You are spot on; the flathead driver, on this earlier version, has a file on the inside edge which is still quite usable.

Another exemplary foursome you have today Gary; that's also a cool Pepsi cap lifter!
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Thanks for the additional info about your knives and the kind compliments about mine, JJ.

My wooden covered totes for Wednesday are both patterns i have used rigorously in the past; a Buck 110 with a 5160 carbon steel drop point and a Pre WWII Robeson TL-29.

A couple of ligneous lovelies, JJ!

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Thanks for showing the Abbeydale, Jack! Always great to see a former Knife of the Year reliving its glory days!

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That EO jack is an Extraordinary One, Jeff!

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Memorable wood, Jon!

- GT

 

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[Travman]

 

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Jer, you are totally correct, it clearly was a senior moment for me thank you for pointing that out as I know better

I know about those senior moments. At least I think I remember.

 

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[JohnDF]

Sounds like a Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem!

That's why they don't let me teach Language Arts.

You've got a bunch of great knives with you, even in your "homeless" state.

Thanks, GT.
I probably have fewer total knives with me in the hotel than you carry on your person daily.

 

[JohnDF]

Happy Thursday... The week is almost over!

 

[Peregrin]

 

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Sorry you missed a 77 Barlow, Ron. That pair must provide plenty of consolation, though!

Missing out was causing me to have a hard time sleeping at first Gary! With the help of my other knives I’m slowly getting better!

 

[Onebigbill]

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What a beautiful photo - Thx for sharing, it made my day.

 

[Onebigbill]

 

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[Amir Fleschwund]

5K Qs ~ thanks for the kind comments, my friend!

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Beautifully simple/Simply beautiful

Ooh that’s nice, Ron!
I love this handle shape (see below)...

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[btmccutcheon]

The first GEC I ever bought. I remember the first time I put it in my pocket five years ago, thinking this was the finest knife I've ever owned. And so began my descent down the rabbit hole. Here's to Thirsty Thursday...

 

[Jack Black]

Plain Canoe of the Week is a Rough Rider gunstock checkered bone canoe (thanks, Will):
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Fancy Canoe of the Week is a Buck stag canoe:
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And my Watchpocket Knife of the Week is a Robt. Klaas small canoe with brown jigged bone I really like:
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- GT

Nice Canoes GT

Thanks for showing the Abbeydale, Jack! Always great to see a former Knife of the Year reliving its glory days!

Thanks for the compliment, and for the fanfare, my friend, I always enjoy carrying it

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Great-looking knife Fred

Lovely photo of your Waynorth Lambsfoot Marl

 

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[Prester John]

Cool photo, Vince! It must drive you nuts when you're not carrying your big trapper.

Thanks, Gary. I like big knives!

Always great to see a former Knife of the Year reliving its glory days!

Nice song from Springsteen, but I think he sometimes sings about things he knows nothing about. For example, in Glory Days, he refers to a fastball as a "speedball." I've never heard that term in baseball; I've heard "heat," "chin music", etc. Sounds more like a drug term! Maybe it's a Jersey thing.

And guns: he sings about a barrel of a gun "spinning" (2001 album). It's the cylinder of a revolver that spins.

But he puts on a great show. Saw him in 1984 and again about ten years ago. Clemons was still alive and performing. Went with my wife last time; she doesn't even like Springsteen, but said it was the best concert she had ever been to.

 

[SteveC]

Camillus Stockman and a Ramsfoot

 

[paulhilborn]

Wow, what a great combo Gary That Nut has it all doesn't it, cut swedge on the clip, drawn swedge on the secondary, pinched and threaded bolster and stunning covers and then there's that great little Crotts