The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
I am carrying others as well (of course) but I just got this German Linder tuxedo sampler which I will have in my pocket for awhile. All steel and stabilized (rosewood?) covers, one spring, half stops and sharp ( a rare thing for a new knife). Now I need to scare up some victuals for 'sampling.' I am thinking New Year's Eve will be a good test- charcuterie, cheeses; I may not need it for the mini marshmallows in the cocoa. Who said anything about hot buttered rum, anyway?
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Love my Electrician. Quite a capable carry and for me a "not-to-worry" one at that. I enjoy your pics of it.I haven't been posting as much as usual since I've been carrying the same knife for a couple of weeks now. I almost switched to my peanut today, but the reamer on the electrician came in handy to clear out some holes for a rope on my daughter's sled.
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Must be a tough one if it compares to the mighty TL-29!
Enjoy that week off~ hope the new job is working out.
Remember, chores will still be there when you feel like it. Go play with the kids.
Funny you mention charcuterie. We had a craft sale in the barn at the farm before Christmas. I used my limited skills to make a bunch of crafts.
Just before that, an ancient ash fell over my back fence, so I started making stuff out of it. Used my chainsaw to cut big rounds, and lengthwise boards, thinking I would make live edge serving trays. My son in Denver saw a photo, and declared them to be charcuterie boards. That was completely foreign to me, but now I’m making them for a young lady in Colorado who’s starting up a new charcuterie catering business.
Here’s what they look like~
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Stockyard Whittler and a new to me Case Barehead Jack
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A great pairing, Steve, a blade for every possible situation! I'm going with a Churchill and an SAK.
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Thank you, Michael, for your compliments.
That is an excellent shot of the classic Peanut.
Get 'em while they're hot, they're flying off the shelf!I spent quite awhile looking before I picked the one I bought.
Modern traditionals out in the woods with me today.![]()
It definitely is, I feel like a kid again with this, I can't believe I waited so long to get a .22 revolver. Shooting tin cans with a 22 is more fun to me than shooting paper with larger calibers.That looks like a lot of fun!
Good on you for salvaging what you could from the ash tree, Jeff. There is some nice looking grain in those slabsMust be a tough one if it compares to the mighty TL-29!
Enjoy that week off~ hope the new job is working out.
Remember, chores will still be there when you feel like it. Go play with the kids.
Funny you mention charcuterie. We had a craft sale in the barn at the farm before Christmas. I used my limited skills to make a bunch of crafts.
Just before that, an ancient ash fell over my back fence, so I started making stuff out of it. Used my chainsaw to cut big rounds, and lengthwise boards, thinking I would make live edge serving trays. My son in Denver saw a photo, and declared them to be charcuterie boards. That was completely foreign to me, but now I’m making them for a young lady in Colorado who’s starting up a new charcuterie catering business.
Here’s what they look like~
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I love the wood grain in your Little Rattler.
Hopefully there wasn't any (or much) damage to your fence from the falling tree, Jeff. But at least tell me you saved a few pieces for some guitar bodies. Those are good looking boards, that's just where my mind went first! Spring is just around the corner, so I guess it's starting to feel like time to hit the woodshop again!Must be a tough one if it compares to the mighty TL-29!
Enjoy that week off~ hope the new job is working out.
Remember, chores will still be there when you feel like it. Go play with the kids.
Funny you mention charcuterie. We had a craft sale in the barn at the farm before Christmas. I used my limited skills to make a bunch of crafts.
Just before that, an ancient ash fell over my back fence, so I started making stuff out of it. Used my chainsaw to cut big rounds, and lengthwise boards, thinking I would make live edge serving trays. My son in Denver saw a photo, and declared them to be charcuterie boards. That was completely foreign to me, but now I’m making them for a young lady in Colorado who’s starting up a new charcuterie catering business.
Here’s what they look like~
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Thanks much, Michael!Those look great! Best wishes assisting the start-up.
I really like that crotch grain, Greg.Good on you for salvaging what you could from the ash tree, Jeff. There is some nice looking grain in those slabs
The past two days I've carried this pair. A GEC 74 and a very fine older knife by Camillus that was gifted to me by kind member here, thanks Paul.
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Time for me to fire up the propane heater in the garage, or give it up til spring!Hopefully there wasn't any (or much) damage to your fence from the falling tree, Jeff. But at least tell me you saved a few pieces for some guitar bodies. Those are good looking boards, that's just where my mind went first! Spring is just around the corner, so I guess it's starting to feel like time to hit the woodshop again!
Thanks a lot, Jack!!!
You have an excellent cutter and a classic bottle opener, now all you need is a frosty beverage; hope your back is on the mend, too!![]()
Sowbelly stockman this week is a Rough Rider with carbon steel blades and yellow synthetic covers:
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"Regular" stockman this week is a Case Caliber LT347:
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Premium canoe this week is a Schrade-Wostenholm I*XL stag canoe (thanks for the GAW @cchu518):
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Budget canoe this week is a RR Ram's Horn Bone model:
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- GT
Must be a tough one if it compares to the mighty TL-29!
Enjoy that week off~ hope the new job is working out.
Remember, chores will still be there when you feel like it. Go play with the kids.
Funny you mention charcuterie. We had a craft sale in the barn at the farm before Christmas. I used my limited skills to make a bunch of crafts.
Just before that, an ancient ash fell over my back fence, so I started making stuff out of it. Used my chainsaw to cut big rounds, and lengthwise boards, thinking I would make live edge serving trays. My son in Denver saw a photo, and declared them to be charcuterie boards. That was completely foreign to me, but now I’m making them for a young lady in Colorado who’s starting up a new charcuterie catering business.
Here’s what they look like~
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