What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Pt-Luso]

Portuguese JMP-Especiosa in horn today.

 

[Spaten]

A beautiful Navy Knife, and a stunning Sowbelly JJ

Good to see you're not going hungry John!

Many thanks Dennis I love seeing that pairing my friend

Starting the month off with this @jsdistin re-built Lambsfoot, with giraffe bone covers, today, and an old Robeson Harness Jack for my Random Tuesday carry

Lovely HJ Jack! Whose the maker? I can’t make out the stamp.

 

[Corto_Malt]

Swayback from Cosimo de Benedetto & Two nails from Benjamin Celle, Corsican cutler

 

[Railsplitter]

Buck 112 Drop Point.

 

[Txerra_2]

https://flic.kr/p/2m2Z3uV

 

[Will Power]

Same breakfast today as yesterday, summertime.

 

[Fraykus]

I really don't know. Lamnia sell's it as Higonokami Mizushibuki Splash.

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Ok thanks!

 

[Camillus]

My latest acquisition- pretty sure it is a Bowen or Camillus Remington reproduction 1123

 

[ed_is_dead]

 

[5K Qs]

Pocketed these two pens from Robeson and Crucible Knife Co, made in the 1920s-30s.

Pristine pair of prestigious pens, JJ!

Thank you kindly Gary I have the Electrician in my city bag, but the Farmer is my hiking preference as I often use the saw I have lost so many treasured books over the years, often as a result of lending them to friends who haven't returned them Now my memory is so bad, I think they see me as an easy mark!

I admire the way you select the right knife for the circumstances, Jack!
And I can relate to your experiences with books (and memory) "with wings".

I took one of the smoothest working small wire jacks I had and cleaned it up and then put a real good edge on it. I’m going to carry it in the watch pocket of my jeans for a while. I know it won’t replace one of my larger knives, but you never know. View attachment 1573184

Looks great, Alan; looking forward to an eventual update on your "experiment".

My avatar is my younger daughter examining a Case sodbuster jr. that I won in a GAW (thanks @trevytrev). She was two in that picture. She’s eight now and has been proudly carrying that knife this weekend.
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Time sure flies, Cory!

Firey little mini muskrat for the last couple days

Majestic mini muskrat! Is the closed blade also a clip?

I love being around the Porch and just wish I had more time available to participate more often. It’s great to be here, and I really enjoy you folks a lot.

My feelings exactly!

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Upgrading to trios? Nice ones!

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This one won’t be the pocket today, no need for that because the “Dam Bar” will be its home for the rest of the summer. Along with cutting rope and opening knots, it will be cutt’n limes!
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I'm sure that knife is happy to have clearly-defined responsibilities, Todd!

Thanks Gary! I would love to hear the roar of one of those sweet and classy old boats.

They're really cool, but probably not very fast (compared to modern boats with smaller engines) since they're so heavy.

Ulster Barlow and a Mustang today !

Fantastic vintage Barlow, Steve!

Yes it does to some extent Gary. When they put my mouth back together on the let side, they tied/stitched my tongue to my new gum and then tied/stitched my gum to my cheek to help keep my mouth from hanging way down. When they did that, it destroyed the taste buds on the left side of my mouth. All's good though. I've still got my upper teeth and can gum most things. Pretzels are out but potato chips are in.

Sounds less than ideal, ED, but I guess it's still much better than the alternative!

That humpback stockman is a beauty, Mike!

I've been carrying this one all day from church to home to my workout and back home again.

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Drop-dead gorgeous knife for all occasions, Dean!

... today my wife and I grilled some pork steaks, a proper St. Louis area Memorial Day tradition.
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Wow! Those look great, Todd! I'll choose pork over beef every time.

- GT

 

[5K Qs]

Had to split my post because it was too big. I haven't had to do that since before the BF software upgrade, and I don't know exactly how to do it.
OK, more messing around than I expected, but I think I did it!

Paradox. The GEC knife looks and acts the Old School part, faux Tortoise is actually very convincing & attractive., but is from 2011, the calculator?? Something from modern times.. well yes and no. It's from 1979 and still works faultlessly,...

Fine knife, Will, and impressive old calculator; I've always had good experiences with Casio calculators and watches!

Here is a modern marvel from 1984, alongside an ancient relic from 2020:

The seemingly unused HP was a lucky thrift store find. Sadly, being a gentleman unencumbered by wealth or property, I have no use for a financial calculator, and without trig functions it is useless to me for work.

Another cool knife/calculator pair! Tom, I'm not familiar with that HP, but it looks like it might be programmable. I wonder if you could write little programs that use series expansions to approximate values of trig functions.

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Productive pair, Jeff!
Thanks for sharing some thoughts from your visit to The Wall.

I was aware of the peanut thread but not the Jack thread, thanks Gary...now ANOTHER thread I must watch!

Yeah, there's more interesting content on BF than I can keep up with! Since I started regularly participating in this "Totin' Today" thread, I don't keep up with nearly as many "random threads" as I used to.

Very cool Gary, that blade shape is really nice, is the handle some type of burnt wood?

Thanks, Todd. My Taramundi has a burnt boxwood handle; the pattern in general has handles with cool artistic designs. I think of that knife as my Spanish Barlow/friction folder.

More than one dealer calls it 23057 (from memory), but it says 6347 SS on the tang. Bermuda green Rogers-jigged bone.
I like that blaze of red too. I was looking at CK for an Italian stockman, which seems not to exist, and found this. It was a good price and it was almost my birthday, so what could I do?

Thanks for the ID; 6347 is probably my favorite stockman pattern from Case (sowbelly excepted). Yours has 3 springs, right?
It's good that you realize that some actions are fated, and no use fighting it.

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Ha thanks as always, Gary!
No castrating was done . The spey blade on the cattle knife must have done it’s share of work, though, judging from how it had been sharpened down to an awl.
The Shrade jack is one of my lessons in online buying. The seller just accidentally managed not to show the tang stamp, which has no USA. And also angled it to not show the “Shrade Anniversary” blade etch which would have indicatef it was made after Schrade USA had gone belly up. Still, it’s a good user that came cheap.
Bollocks shield ~ lol.

As my way of staying mentally sharp, I keep spellcheck turned off! How am I duing?

Regarding Leon Redbone, great exlectic mix of blues, folk, cajun, etc, and a darned good fingerpicker. Must have sold something at the crossroads!

Love the red... they make the perfect carry knife unless your knife knuts like we all are.

Thanks, John, and so true.

Thanks for your interest, Gary.
W.H.Morley & Sons was one of the many brands made for Adolph Kastor and Brothers importers (who went on to own Camillus) The image is a four leaf clover, possibly representing the four Kastor brothers.

Here's a collage I found on the web of tang stamps from cutlery brands that A. Kastor is known, or suspected, to have had a hand in.

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Thanks for the clover close-up, and the amazing collage!

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Nice group again, Gary. I think the Marbles camp knife is classy looking.

Thanks, Dean. My problem is I think EVERY camp/scout knife looks classy and desirable.

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I carried these two knives to honor those who have made the greatest sacrifice, their lives, for our freedom. Thank you to them and to their families. The Case stockman was a gift from my father who was a WWII veteran.

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Terrific tribute, Dean.

LOL! Thanks pal

They were indeed, the salad days of Lambfootery! Thanks for Mary Hopkins I once had a very overweight, crudely-tattooed Polish neighbour who would sing that when drunk!

It seems a long time since we last saw your Taramundi Gary @scruffuk used to have one, and they are cool knives
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Thanks for the replies, Jack; I don't suppose you have video of your neighbor's version of the song?

Jeff ended his post yesterday with “Count your blessings.”
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Thanks for the wisdom Jeff. Amir Fleschwund
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Great post, Jon!

Ramsfoot and a WW2 Camillus Navy Utility knife for Memorial day

Man, that navy utility knife sure doesn't look 80 years old, Steve; impressive!

Thank you to all who are serving, have served. and those who have paid the extreme price with their lives to protect our freedoms.
To the families of lost loved ones - His Mercy, Grace, & Comfort.

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Well-said, Tim!

- GT

 

[screened porch]

Thanks for the ID; 6347 is probably my favorite stockman pattern from Case (sowbelly excepted). Yours has 3 springs, right?
It's good that you realize that some actions are fated, and no use fighting it.

Yup, three springs. When I first saw that from somebody, I thought they were lazy slobs, but I like it now. Why not have straight blades?
I still don't have the sowbelly. They're never on sale. Maybe too classy for the likes of me.
Some flows are easy to go with.

 

[SteveC]

5K Qs Thanks for your great comments Gary !

 

[Travman]

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Thanks, Jeff. Not as refined and smooth as John's JohnDF , but he's got the touch!

The knife and photo go great together, Jack!

Marvelous Monday Micarta, John!

Nice tribute Charlie. A fine Willamette, I have one, my only Northfield, my wife got for our anniversary a few years ago, one of my favorite knives!

A great Monday carry, Todd!

Great photos, Jeff! Hope your Monday was a good one!

That carry is certainly a great way to start it, Mike!

A wonderful weeks worth to work with, Gary!!

Well that's a fine looking tri tip and sod buster, John!! Beef, it's what's for dinner!

Happy Monday and deepfull respectful Memorial Day, especially for you Gold Star parrents, wives, husbands children and everyone who has lost someone who has gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Thanks, Dennis. And as Todd said~ nice pair of knives! Your pen knife has something special in the bone.

Jeff, this post has been on my mind since Sunday. And the posts you made Memorial Day. I haven't commented because I just honestly don't know what to say. Others have perhaps said what I can't seem to find words to say. But simple words just aren't enough to express all the emotions and thoughts that run so deep that you and your family must have experienced and probably do so on a daily basis. Words like honor and sacrifice come to mind, but so do love and pride help to fill the gaps and void left where a young man stood proud to serve his country. We thank your son, Jason, and men like him for the water we drink and the air we breathe in the land of the free and for all the other things we take for granted. I sleep well tonight because men like your son have stood and stand the watch. I feel sorrow, but not as profound as you, your family and other have felt. What I feel is the utmost deepest heartfelt respect for you and your family's loss. But all this is mere words ... never enough. I'm truly sorry Jeff.

Words from the heart taken to heart.
My deepest thanks!
We are at peace, with 33 years of memories, two grand daughters, and a great dog as Jason’s legacy.

Swayback from Cosimo de Benedetto & Two nails from Benjamin Celle, Corsican cutler

Just beautiful!

Buck 112 Drop Point.
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I can usually tell what most of the parts are, but not what they’re for.

https://flic.kr/p/2m2Z3uV

Great looking fixed blades!

 

[Just Tom.]

Another cool knife/calculator pair! Tom, I'm not familiar with that HP, but it looks like it might be programmable. I wonder if you could write little programs that use series expansions to approximate values of trig functions.

It is indeed programmable - 99 steps, I believe. I don’t have the skills to write a program like that, especially with just 99 steps, but a few people have done just that and posted them in calculator forums. The problem is that they run VERY slowly. It is a 1984 calculator after all…

 

[Un-Chained]

Tuesday’s carry... with twin pinned shield...

A great one to all

 

[bigfish64]

I'm sure that knife is happy to have clearly-defined responsibilities, Todd!


They're really cool, but probably not very fast (compared to modern boats with smaller engines) since they're so heavy.

Wow! Those look great, Todd! I'll choose pork over beef every time.

- GT

Yeah, there's more interesting content on BF than I can keep up with! Since I started regularly participating in this "Totin' Today" thread, I don't keep up with nearly as many "random threads" as I used to.


Thanks, Todd. My Taramundi has a burnt boxwood handle; the pattern in general has handles with cool artistic designs. I think of that knife as my Spanish Barlow/friction folder.

- GT

Thanks for all the kind responses Gary. Did a little looking around and found this...right up my alley!

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Camillus, Ulster, and Lamb’s ear.And while I muddle around taking a knife picture, something’s in the woodpile.

 

[JohnDF]

Looks great John! What kind of wood did you use?

Thank you, I like Mesquite wood.

Marvelous Monday Micarta, John

Thank you, Dennis.

Well that's a fine looking tri tip and sod buster, John!! Beef, it's what's for dinner!

Thanks again, Dennis.
Beef... it's what's for dinner almost every night.

That old Case pen knife is fabulous!

That's a meal fit for a king.

Good to see you're not going hungry John!

Never, Jack.
We like fixing big meals and having leftovers during the week.

Fabulous picture, Jack.
Here's hoping that June is a great month.

Wonderful old Harness Jack, Jack.

What a wonderful knife. Good picture too.

Upgrading to trios?

I get a hankerin' every now and then... nothing like the day I carried ten knives just to show my boys I could carry them all comfortably.