What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Back to pocketing 2 knives a day.:)
For a Sunday carry I choose these two pretty knives, just because they look so good together. A orange bone 3-7/8" Rough Rider stockman and a rosewood Queen lock back. (recycled pic from a few weeks ago when we had snow).Sunday orange bone & rosewood - 1.jpeg
 
Got this one in my pocket/hand today ...

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The beauty of a custom is the ability to work with a maker who is willing to use cover material that has meaning to the end user. My dad bought a large piece of kiln dried purple heart 35 years ago from the base wood hobby shop. He passed away shortly thereafter and never got to use it. I carried it around since his passing. The abalone shield came from a shell my wife and I picked up off the beach at Vandenberg AFB 20 years ago. Charlie Bell cut some slices off the purple heart, had them stabilized so they will stay purple, and cut the double bomb shield out of the shell I provided. It's been overcast and raining the last few days so I can't get really good shots without some sun. Another feature of this knife is G10 purple liners, making it about half the weight of comparable sized slipjoints with steel liners. Will take more pics showing the liners when the weather clears up. Bose WT pattern with single wharncliffe 154 CM thin ground blade, pinchable, sweet walk and talk, is the perfect EDC for me. Thanks Charlie for making me this wonderful slipjoint.

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Chief said:
The beauty of a custom is the ability to work with a maker who is willing to use cover material that has meaning to the end user. My dad bought a large piece of kiln dried purple heart 35 years ago from the base wood hobby shop. He passed away shortly thereafter and never got to use it. I carried it around since his passing. The abalone shield came from a shell my wife and I picked up off the beach at Vandenberg AFB 20 years ago. Charlie Bell cut some slices off the purple heart, had them stabilized so they will stay purple, and cut the double bomb shield out of the shell I provided. It's been overcast and raining the last few days so I can't get really good shots without some sun. Another feature of this knife is G10 purple liners, making it about half the weight of comparable sized slipjoints with steel liners. Will take more pics showing the liners when the weather clears up. Bose WT pattern with single wharncliffe 154 CM thin ground blade, pinchable, sweet walk and talk, is the perfect EDC for me. Thanks Charlie for making me this wonderful slipjoint.

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Excellent knife Chief.:thumbsup::thumbsup: You're connection to the materials used makes it extra special.
 
Chief said:
The beauty of a custom is the ability to work with a maker who is willing to use cover material that has meaning to the end user. My dad bought a large piece of kiln dried purple heart 35 years ago from the base wood hobby shop. He passed away shortly thereafter and never got to use it. I carried it around since his passing. The abalone shield came from a shell my wife and I picked up off the beach at Vandenberg AFB 20 years ago. Charlie Bell cut some slices off the purple heart, had them stabilized so they will stay purple, and cut the double bomb shield out of the shell I provided. It's been overcast and raining the last few days so I can't get really good shots without some sun. Another feature of this knife is G10 purple liners, making it about half the weight of comparable sized slipjoints with steel liners. Will take more pics showing the liners when the weather clears up. Bose WT pattern with single wharncliffe 154 CM thin ground blade, pinchable, sweet walk and talk, is the perfect EDC for me. Thanks Charlie for making me this wonderful slipjoint.

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Gorgeous knife, Chief! :thumbsup:
 
Old Engineer said:
Thank you my friend . I taught my older kids how to use them but they had a hard time understanding the concept of the Slipstick until they were in advanced math in high school . I think I could still operate one to do the very simple stuff . It was all I had as an engineer until probably 1971 .

Harry
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My Dad, who was a millwright, used a slide rule. I never learned to use one. When I started engineering school in 1978, I remember the professor of freshman chemistry saying on the first day that you couldn't pass the course with a slide rule, and that if you were still using one, you needed to go buy a calculator. Calculators in those days were a lot cruder and pretty expensive.
 
Chief said:
The beauty of a custom is the ability to work with a maker who is willing to use cover material that has meaning to the end user. My dad bought a large piece of kiln dried purple heart 35 years ago from the base wood hobby shop. He passed away shortly thereafter and never got to use it. I carried it around since his passing. The abalone shield came from a shell my wife and I picked up off the beach at Vandenberg AFB 20 years ago. Charlie Bell cut some slices off the purple heart, had them stabilized so they will stay purple, and cut the double bomb shield out of the shell I provided. It's been overcast and raining the last few days so I can't get really good shots without some sun. Another feature of this knife is G10 purple liners, making it about half the weight of comparable sized slipjoints with steel liners. Will take more pics showing the liners when the weather clears up. Bose WT pattern with single wharncliffe 154 CM thin ground blade, pinchable, sweet walk and talk, is the perfect EDC for me. Thanks Charlie for making me this wonderful slipjoint.

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Those are the best and most precious ones, with the connection to loved ones in your life.

Sitting at home because of no church due to coronavirus concerns, with this in my pocket:
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JJ Cahill said:
A couple of strawberries for Sunday; both from Robeson, one in delrin and the other in bone. :)
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Thank you JJ. Bone or Delrin, doesn’t matter, as long as it’s on a Robeson. Beautiful pair.

@Jack Black - Thank you Jack. Love looking at all that open space, Hartshead Barlow, and that Ivory Lamb. Be well, my friend.

@Amir Fleschwund - Hope we all can meet-up next year, Jeff. Great looking vintage pair. Fine jigging.

Onebigbill Onebigbill - Beautiful Sambar and color on your Hartshead, Bill.
 
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