What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Good morning y’all! I’ve got two for today and they both just happen to include some wood in the mix! ;) I’ve got my Wilhelm Wagner Sodbuster with Mesquite from Solingen and my Wright’s Lambsfoot big ‘un with Ebony from Sheffield! I hope you have a great day! :) :thumbsup:

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Thanks for that, Jack! There’s a strong resemblance in that unicorn ivory!
I can only imagine one of my Big Jacks with stag like your HHB...

A pleasure Jeff, thanks for the kind words :) :thumbsup:

Nice pairing Jack! The #25 is a capable companion to your Hartshead! :) :thumbsup:

Thank you Ron, I do like the #25s :) :thumbsup:

Old Cocobolo for the wooden Wednesday suggested attire.
Two old 4-line Camillus, the EO jack is the exact model my Grandpa carried as his “good” knife. He also had a cheap Imperial barlow, and a Hammer Brand pen with a broken blade. I don’t like to carry his old Camillus, so I looked for a long time to find this stand-in.

Have a day. Best if it’s a good one;)
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Two vintage beauties there my friend :) :thumbsup:

Good morning y’all! I’ve got two for today and they both just happen to include some wood in the mix! ;) I’ve got my Wilhelm Wagner Sodbuster with Mesquite from Solingen and my Wright’s Lambsfoot big ‘un with Ebony from Sheffield! I hope you have a great day! :) :thumbsup:

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Two venerable valkyries there pal ;) :D :thumbsup:
 
Light, yet still covered!

Truthfully it does everything I need a knife to do on a routine basis (when I'm hunting, fishing, camping, etc I'd opt for something different). I even used it to strip a couple of #14 wires in the lab at work today for a little test I was working on. Plus it looks pretty while doing it:)
 
Love that EO! Vintage gold.

How bout that Tele? Is it vintage as well? The bridge isn’t giving me enough clues...
That Tele is not “officially” vintage. It is one of two I call The Sisters. One Tele, and one Strat, from 1982 and 83. They are both E series made in Japan Squiers.
I got them both from a guitar trading buddy really cheap ~ one in exchange for me doing a brake job for him, lol, sometime back in the ‘90s.

I took out the original guts in the Tele ~ six saddle bridge, pickups, control plate, switches, pots...bagged them and put in good stuff ~ Fender vintage 3 saddle bridge, Fender Black Guard pickups, CTS and Switchcraft pots, switches, and jacks.
I had played it so much that some of the frets were quite worn down, so last winter, I did a level & polish job on the neck.
It’s a special guitar ~ sounds and plays incredible.
This is the one I traced out to make templates for the first home-build Tele I did.
The only thing I’ve swapped on the Strat is the bridge pickup. The original was too thin and trebly for my taste, so last year, I put in a hand wound pickup from a great winder named John Benson. Much better. I have used his Tele and P.90s ~ highly recommended.

Glad you like my old Camillus:D, and thanks for the chance to ramble on and on about a favorite subject!
 
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