Thanks gt, I'm back up and running now, very nice selection there. That horn is pretty amazing and the stag on your lambsfoot is always a pleasure to behold.
Chilling with the lambsfoot myself today...
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Thanks for the comments on my knives.
Your swayback lambsfoot is ideal!
That's a nice connection Gary, thanks for another look
Thank you very much my friend
Three terrific knives there
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I'm grateful for your encouragement, Jack.
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You'll never go back to anything else.
Thank you, GT.
Look for the smooth black Peanut to be part of an upcoming GAW.
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I don't know, John; I'm quite committed to one of those "taut wires over a roller" cheese slicers.
Are you planning a GAW to celebrate 10K posts??
I'm carrying my Blood Red TC Barlow and Queen Robeson Wharncliffe pen knife today.
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Premium pair, Dean!
I especially like that PocketEze pen.
I don't know to tell the truth, Gary. One day on my walk, I gathered leaves from all the trees that caught my eye and brought them home. It was a magical day when all the leaves were changing color
I often gather things, I guess it is the Bower genes in me
Thanks, Gev; just another of life's mysteries I need to learn to savor!
Thanks, Jack, I like to have a variety of blade shapes.
Thanks, GT. If I don't have a variety of shapes, I'll make them so.
Shape-shifting is a good superpower to have!
It is a classic Gary! IMHO it’s the best bang for the buck of any American produced folder.
I vaguely remember that, GT. I don’t remember exactly what I said
, but I think I posted these photos with it.
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They are similar. The handle on the Farm Boy is straighter and fuller, and I much prefer its taller/fuller clip point blade. The Farm Boy also has the spey in front of the clip, while the Case Mini Trapper is the other way around.
That all sounds familiar to me, Barrett; thanks for the re-analysis!
Texas and this park has many varieties of trees. Not all native to the area. That said, I did a search and think it is a:
Quercus muehlenbergii, the chinkapin or chinquapin oak, is a deciduous species of tree in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Quercus). The species was often called Quercus acuminata in older literature. Quercus muehlenbergii (often misspelled as muhlenbergii) is native to eastern and central North America.
https://www.bing.com/search?q=quercus+muehlenbergii&filters=ufn:"quercus+muehlenbergii"+sid:"447d6bbc-9c2c-a6c5-11f0-1ff9b40d10eb"+catguid:"9a9714b0-0e7f-28f0-59dd-ee8b46b1c9fc_cfb02057"+segment:"generic.carousel"+secq:"quercus+alba"+supwlcar:"0"+segtype:"R2VuZXJpYw=="+ctype:"0"+mltype:"0"+eltypedim1:"Generic"&FORM=SNAPCR&crslsl=0
Very good, I'm glad I was almost there, the chinkapin oak isn't one I usually think of, but I did have the group pegged. As my old field natural history professor used to say, red oak leaves are pointed like the red man's arrow, white oak are(in the voice of Elmer fudd) wounded wike the white man's buwwet...
Thanks for the follow-up, Gev.
Sunday, I also messed around with an on-line leaf-ID site I found, and the chinquapin oak was one of my three "finalists", along with
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak) and
Quercus michauxii (swamp chestnut oak). My final vote, based entirely on leaf shape, is for the swamp chestnut oak.
Willie, one of my students told me that red oak vs. white oak tip (without the Elmer Fudd twist
) many years ago, and it's been very helpful for me.
Thanks for the compliment GT.
That RR sowbelly was amber before I dyed it black.
Thanks for the additional info.
The first sowbelly stockman I ever had was a RR amber jigged bone that came in a set of 12 assorted RRs. I thought it looked quite strange, but once I started giving it a trial run in my pocket, I had trouble ending the trial!
I've been a huge sowbelly fan ever since.
- GT
Yes, for sure