What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[JTR357]

GEC model #72 lockback with ebonywood

 

[Vanguard41xx]

Switching through all of these at one point or another today.

 

[Peregrin]

Today it's this little Ohta.

 

[MT Damascus]

Thats a real beauty, Gary



Kris

 

[pertinux]

Thats a real beauty, Gary.

You took the words right off my keyboard, as I was scrolling down to reply.

I especially like its lines for its size; I don't know if it would catch me quite the same way if it were larger.

Its covers look to be particularly "non-slip," too!

~ P.

 

[Peregrin]

Thanks Kris. It has some killer stag and I like the drop point blade.

 

[tomsch]

Gene Wiseman today.

 

[combatjiujitsu]

 

[richstag]

Last night I was at my sister's, and I was cooking for a family dinner.
I went back to my "old style" cooking: my kitchen knives stayed home, and I did all the work with one traditional folder...and I didn't miss a thing:

Fausto

From the looks of it that knife will out perform most ordinary kitchen knives anyhow

 

[quattromori]

Kevin,
although this particular style of knife (named "arburesa" here in Sardinia) was born for skinning tasks, you are right, unless slicing big items, it's an excellent kitchen knife. Someday I will get a shorter version, and carry it around (this one is around 5" closed, so not really pocket friendly )
Swayback jack in my pocket today (I will have to take some pictures of it thought )

Fausto

 

[rarreola]

Switching through all of these at one point or another today.

I like the Marbles.

 

[Invoice]

This today.

 

[Sonnemann]

Taking after Doug Add, I decided to have a go at dyeing a Case stockman which came to me with particularly unpleasant bone.
I suppose it looks good enough here,

But on further inspection the dye job is inconsistent and there are several outright white spots. Either way I don't believe it lives up to Case's label of "Dark red bone" which so attracted me to try one in the first place. This will not do!

2tsp of RIT dark brown and 2 cups of water, 15 minutes simmering, and a quick rinse and relube yields some satisfactory results.

Compared to some other generations of Case red/chestnut bone (both from the factory.) I'm quite pleased.

And no, this knife did not come from Case with two clip blades

 

[knarfeng]

My experiment with carrying the ecolite 112 in my pocket has ended. I decided that it was quite doable, but that I missed my stockman blade selection.

This came to a head last night as I was removing plastic sleeving from some flooring materials. I stopped. Grabbed a 301 so as to use the sheepsfoot to slit the plastic. And found satisfaction in having the right tool for the job.

It will be gift giving season among my people in a couple of weeks and I will likely pass on the 112 to one of the younger fellas at church. Dinkum little cutter for which I paid $25. Just doesn't quite suit my carrying needs.

 

[Doug Add]

Good work Steve. I think that is a nice improvement.

 

[paulhilborn]

Inspired by John's #72 lockback @ the top of the page:thumbup: #11 of 25.

Paul

 

[bakerg2g]

The bone on that Remington is sweeeeeet Jason.

Thanks Nick! Get lucky and find those things sometimes.. I like carrying SOME of them.

Jason

 

[bakerg2g]

Today it's been this old Remington Swayback with a sheepsfoot
and thicker pen blade. It works well with the blade combo.

Jason

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Although that can be true, lots of old knives had brass liners. The Remington knives with brass liners were generally the higher end knives. That one was made between 1920 and 1940.

Ben

Ben, thanks for the information. I'm glad this knife made it's way into my pocket, very useful and the jigged bone scales are neat to look at.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Last night I was at my sister's, and I was cooking for a family dinner.
I went back to my "old style" cooking: my kitchen knives stayed home, and I did all the work with one traditional folder...and I didn't miss a thing:

Fausto

Fausto, I really like that model. Very nice and classy.