What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Gevonovich]

Herding Catts

 

[JJ Cahill]

Toting these two wood covered single bladed jacks today.

 

[OldHercDude]

Herding Catts

Herd of Cool Catts with plenty of character.

 

[JTB_5]

 

[Whetstone39]

Carrying my favorite scout knife today.

 

[Gevonovich]

Herd of Cool Catts with plenty of character.

Thank you Sir

 

[Jack Black]

That's amazing, Stan was certainly a great artisan of the cutlery world; a sad loss...
Thank you very kindly, Jack!!!

The Old Bear should make a worthy slicing partner to your marvelous Hartshead Barlow beauty; a very cool combination!

Stan did everything by hand, he even cut his blades out with a hacksaw! He told me, in his workshop at home, he had a tall chest of drawers behind his bench, and he'd press his back against it, and "I can't half go at it!" He could barely walk, but even at 90, I reckon he could have arm-wrestled men half his age!

Thanks JJ, I think I've had this knife 2 or 3 years, and this is the first time I've carried it Took a nice edge

 

[Just Tom.]

Very nice. What did you use for the spring?

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Jerbhola89]

What kind of pump, or valve (my best guesses) is it that we see it sitting on?

A refrigeration shut-off valve (I think it was 2-3” or so).


I hope everyone is having a good hump day.

Today I went for the 29 but the lure of the 86 got me. Even though it’s a bit beefy, it’s so hard to resist...

(A much more interesting valve this time)

 

[sunknife]

Handsome pair

Thanks, Jack. I dyed that orange bone a few years ago to give it some character.

 

[sunknife]

Herding Catts

Antique treasures there, Gev.

 

[Marlingspike12]

Ace pair

Thanks Jack!

 

[bigfish64]

Totin’ little brother, big brother, and extra big brother today!

Love the big brother little brother! Lately I’ve been trying to get a big and little version of some of my nicer knives. Looks good as a display also.

IMG_0985 by jacob dudley, on Flickr

Very nice knife, and your photo makes me want to go fishing!

Beautiful! Really like the slanted bolsters and ebony, very classy!

 

[I'mSoSharp]

Very nice. What did you use for the spring?

Spring steel. ......

I've used a bit of old VW Beetle front torsion leaf spring, it can be quite useful at 3mm thick, thought too thick for many knives. I cheated & shaped it while keeping it cool in this case so no need to heat treat it afterwards.

 

[CelloDan]

Today is my Bark River Little Creek thanks to the epic @Crazy Canuck "Mystery GAW/Challenge" .

I had carried in the past a few times but not too often as the knife was a bit blunt and I felt intimidated by the convex grind.

I am happy to report that I ain't intimidated no more

Bought the strop and compounds, read up on sharpening convex grinds and went to work.

I am still trying to pick up the jaw of the floor. In my mind there is just no way that a thick spine knife like it should be able to cut so well. It's a laser on paper, cuts it just as well as my hollow ground sodbuster jr that I recently sharpened.

I have little hair left on my arms and legs now and today, while talking to my patients on the phone I was cutting little strips of my notebook paper until I had this big pile on my desk

It will be hogging my pocket for a long time to come !

Gracias Mike

 

[Gevonovich]

Antique treasures there, Gev.

Appreciate the kindness, Greg !

 

[K33ncutter]

Beautiful! Really like the slanted bolsters and ebony, very classy!

Thanks my friend! Accidentally dropping it into a cup of black coffee a couple of times one morning trying to take a picture of it probably made the ebony even darker.

 

[5K Qs]

Regular stockman of the Week is this Buck 371 (thanks, Randy):


Sowbelly Stockman of the Week is a Rough Rider stag model:


Couple of canoes in this week's carry, too: a Chinese Schrade 11OT and a Case from 1975.




- GT

 

[Marlingspike12]

No turkeys Harry, just a couple of Otters!
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Handsome pair of Otters!