What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

This one again today (no extra charge for the spider!).

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markksr said:
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Alright, I have to ask a few things:

-How are the snaps?
-Is the clip the only blade with a long pull?
-How is it in the hand?
-Is it a good slicer?
-and, are you carving a bead? I like it!

I have had my eye on an ebony one for a while, but I want ti make sure that I would like it first!
 
DeadFall27 said:
Alright, I have to ask a few things:

-How are the snaps?
Disappointing, but acceptable.
-Is the clip the only blade with a long pull?
Yes.
-How is it in the hand?
I like it very much.
-Is it a good slicer?
It sliced the heck out of an apple and a pear last night and just did a fine job of opening 2 boxes that just came from UPS...
-and, are you carving a bead? I like it!
That is a Lingam Stone.

I have had my eye on an ebony one for a while, but I want ti make sure that I would like it first!
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I have a Cattleman in ebony and prefer it immensly over the jigged bone. The ebony scales are just so much more elegant (to me) than even this excellent bone. The disappointing snap to the blades is not a dealbreaker for me though, these are fantastic knives and otherwise flawless. I got a good deal on this one here on the Exchange, but if I had bought it new from a dealer, I would have got it in ebony.

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sitflyer said:
Puukkoman, can you tell me a little more about that one? Looks real nice!
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Sure, it's a Schrade Walden #163, which is a rope knife pattern. Also, it's pretty large at about 4 3/8" closed (maybe closer to 4.5"), and packing 3 1/4" or so of blade. This one's got iron bolsters (well, steel) and steel scales, and I'd guess the wood might be walnut from looking at the grain. Each handle cover shows 4 pins: two hold the backspring, and two just hold the covers. The spring-holding pins are steel, while the other two that only hold the covers are made of brass. Mine is stamped as follows.

Mark side:
Schrade
Walden
NY USA

Pile side:
163

I've looked around on the web a little, to try to find out more, and it seems that this pattern was produced from late-1946 until 1973. Most seem to have lighter-colored wood, and fewer handle pins than mine does, and many have a lanyard hole. Mine has no lanyard hole in the covers; but if you look inside the blade well, you'll see that the steel scales are drilled for a lanyard hole.

I'd love to find out a closer approximate age for this knife, but haven't been able to narrow it down. I figure the two extra pins might be a clue, as well as the fact that 2 are steel and 2 are brass (those pins are the only brass on the knife). As you can see, the wooden handle covers are in excellent condition. The joint is as smooth & tight as the day it was made, and the blade snaps like a gator. Radius-ed tang, no half-stop. The blade is really tall and thin, so it gets sharp like razor. This thing is like a guillotine for fingers!

When I received the knife, the "tip" of the blade peeked above the handle, so the only thing I've done to it is to file the kick a little bit to allow the sharpened edge to sit inside the handle.

Here are the rest of my pics from the other day, sorry they're lousy.
 

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richstag said:
Now those bolsters are NOT shiny and I love the look of that knife. Nice one Gevonovich!
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Thanks Kevin
The main blade is held up with a pop stick wedged in between the liner, it's deeply pitted, has half a nail nick, but has some snap left and is quite solid and sharp. The secondary blade is broken off and made into a scraper. I call it my custom and I love it too. Carry it all the time.
 
Tough decisions, but I am going with these 2 tonight: Sean O'Hare Splice in Mike Norris stainless damascus and afzelia burl, and a Doc Hagen Lannys clip in CPM 154 and Sambar stag.
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Cheers
 
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