What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Thanks Blues, it's pics like yours and others here that have me contemplating getting a custom built knife...and using it...
 
pertinux said:
I love to see this. Good on ye!

~ P.
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Thanks, Sarah.

sitflyer said:
Thanks Blues, it's pics like yours and others here that have me contemplating getting a custom built knife...and using it...
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You're very welcome. There are still several customs in my collection which I haven't yet worked up the backbone to sharpen and use and yet there are many others (even at the $1K price point) which have been taken to the stone. I can't always explain what motivates me to preserve some and address the others except to say that a beautiful custom knife without a properly finished edge somehow feels incomplete.

Once you get past the fear of carry and use, a custom knife is a great companion. We use other expensive things in our lives...our homes, our vehicles, our firearms and myriad other tools and possessions, so why not at least use some of our higher end knives? I wish I had the gumption to use them all and eventually I hope that will be the case.

It's my hope that before my time comes I'll have an opportunity to give them away to folks who will appreciate them. It seems so much more fitting than putting them up for sale or to the highest bidder.
(I hope that I won't have to make that arrangement anytime soon, though. :p)
 
Blues said:
Bill Ruple: "Copperhead" (3 11/16" closed, Stag / CPM-154)
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Masterful!!!
 
Blues said:
Bill Ruple: "Copperhead" (3 11/16" closed, Stag / CPM-154)
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I've always admired that Copperhead Elliott. The best part of owning a custom slip joint is using it. Good on you!
 
Still (seems like always) doing chores around the place. I'm still carrying the ole #79 GEC Workhorse Whittler which we all know isn't really a whittler in the pure sense of the word. These are new pictures of it. It no longer has the appearance of a new knife but a well used one. I mixed up some JB Weld with the sheepsfoot blade and got it all over the knife while doing so and spreading it with the sheepsfoot blade. Moved on to another project and the JB Weld nearly dried on the knife. Had to use naptha, a single edged razor blade, and a Scothc Brite Pad to get it off. The worst part was getting the JB Weld out of the nail nick and pivot joint of the sheepsfoot blade. Oh well, things happen but everything came out ok so no harm no foul. As I said in another thread the other day; this knife isn't meant for small, easy, delicate, jobs but rather heavy commercial use or heavy home shop use. Heck of a knife!!

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Excellent group of blades on that one, Ed, not much you couldn't do with it (short of mixing Sakrete ;)).
 
Blues said:
Excellent group of blades on that one, Ed, not much you couldn't do with it (short of mixing Sakrete ;)).
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Thanks Elliot. There's not much the knife can't handle. Great knife for a rural setting. Sakrete huh - I shudder the thought.
 
Rsmith_77 said:
why let the bf trapper bump it?
you customized that to your desires/needs

let it feel the love man, let it feel the love :P
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If you received a new knife and have the will power to NOT put it in your pocket I envy you :)
But it will definitely stay in the rotation...
 
Case BSA olive bone Canoe in front pocket and my Mercator K55 in a cargo pocket of my Scout pants. Going to an Eagle Board of Review this evening, hoping my Scout does well. :thumbup:
 
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