What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[Amir Fleschwund]

Have a good week everyone Starting mine with my 2019 Guardians Lambsfoot SFO, and a Metal Monday Boker Atlas

Nice pair as usual, Jack. Nice woodgrain on that ironwood, I wonder if it grew in high mineral content soil, or some other advantageous conditions.
Your anvil is much cooler than the usual skull

I can't see the pics, but it sounds great.

I thought maybe it was my “exceeded your monthly allottment of GBs” (grand daughters in the house for two weeks will do that)

 

[TheFactor]

Thank you! The knife just wants to be photographed.

Really wish I could have landed one of these. It's tough seeing them all over the forum haha

Thank you! I don't forsee this one not being and carried and used a lot.

You still can land one just subscribe to email notifications from some dealers. Also keep your eye on the exchange and you could find one for a fair price Or you could even post on the wanted threads.

 

[bigfish64]

Notable pair, Todd! Congrats on that superb GEC 83 (and apologies for not remembering whether I'm repeating myself regarding that lovely lockback)!

Thanks Gary, no apologies necessary my friend, always look forward to your comments.

You're getting a prestigious patina on your Texas Jack with its long run as one of your carries, Todd! (And that pen blade on the TJ is one of the best secondary blades of all time IMHO.)

- GT

Thanks again Gary, and I agree, it is a great secondary blade, and the more I carry this knife the more I find myself using that blade.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

What a great opportunity to witness nature Jeff. It’s really cool that you embraced the situation. I have a neighbor that lives on the other side of the cove that traps and removes almost anything that passes his property, at least he doesn’t kill them! Keep the updates coming!

Now that’s a perfect match!

That’s cool that you go skating with your son Sacto, my son is into skateboarding, he’s 18 now and wouldn’t be caught dead at a skate park with his dad!

Gorgeous grain Jack!

We are having a blast watching them. I should drag out my old (‘70s) 35mm with one of the telephotos, but I don’t have any film.
We feel kind of honored that she feels at home here ~ unless and until they decide to eat my garden!

I'm enjoying the Turkey stories, Jeff.

Excellent picture, Jack.

Thanks much, John! You know, my wife would say “don’t encourage him”.

Happy Monday everyone! Made it home late last night from our trip to the coast. Great weekend with family celebrating my niece, who graduated high school and is off to university in the Fall.

Had a very pleasant bonus yesterday afternoon. We got to spend a couple of hours visiting at the @waynorth homestead. Charlie put up with us (and the almost 100 degree heat) in his lovely backyard, where he shared some of his collection and conversation. He sent us back to Calgary with a pretty awesome hat, and for today I just had to put the Harness Jack in the pocket Thanks again Charlie!

Lucky you!

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Peachy Pair!
Schrade lover’s dream.
Awesome backdrop for knife posing too, Paul.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Peregrin]

Monday, Monday, can't trust that day!
New pic, same ol carry.
Have a good one!

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Charming knife, Mike! And I learned something new from your post. I had no idea that Canadian flights had a "carry-on approved" list of knives; it's basically blade < 6 cm, right? I think ALL cutting edges are still banned on US flights (except for checked bags).

- GT

Thanks GT. You're right about the less than 6cm rule. Was fine on the way out, but was challenged on the way home. The security guy had a little ruler hanging with his keys on his belt, and it all worked out

 

[JohnDF]

Thanks, John!

You're welcome, Jeff.
I knew I sent that knife to the right person.

Cool song, John! My daughter played violin for many years, so I enjoyed the plaintive fiddle in the cowboy song; I like the vocal harmonies, too!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Elegant and enchanting pair!

Thank you, GT.

Yellow Delrin and patina are an aesthetic combination!

I agree with you...

 

[tmd_87]

5K Qs yes it is! Crazy how time flies. She's 2 and a half. She runs the house and loves looking at my knives with me.

 

[screened porch]

A trapper in disguise??
Beguiling knife!

Thanks.
I like to speculate about it. This is Schizoid Jack, with two main blades stamped like main blades, and one red cover and one blue. Maybe a lunchbox present for somebody at U of Penn.

 

[Modoc ED]

Stay safe, ED! Have they been able to control the situation by now?

Pretty much. The forward progress and spreading has been stopped but it is only about 85% contained. They should have it full under control today or early tomorrow.

 

[BrotherJim]

Case Teardrop TB61028W CV

 

[TheChunk91]

Peachy Pair!
Schrade lover’s dream.
Awesome backdrop for knife posing too, Paul.

Thanks Jeff. They look good and get the job done.

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Thanks.
I like to speculate about it. This is Schizoid Jack, with two main blades stamped like main blades, and one red cover and one blue. Maybe a lunchbox present for somebody at U of Penn.

You mean like this?

 

[SteveC]

I love the slanted and lined boosters on that Boker! What a looker.

Thanks !

So it has been four or five days since Mom Turkey and her four younguns decided that our backyard was home. When they first came, I saw them just before letting Manny out, just averting a bloody massacre.
The first and second days, I did get to see the four little ones try to fly, and they could only get four or five feet off the ground. Within the last three days, boom! They can shoot right on up to the tops of my tallest trees.
So every morning, I talk a look-see walk, and if they’re not in the yard, I let Manny have the run of his kingdom. We had one close call when I missed seeing that they were in my blackberry patch. Manny, however, did see them. Chaos and mayhem, but no blood. That was how I found out the babies can fly.

Now the routine is I take a casual look around before letting the four legger out. Mrs Turkey has spent big chunks of the last two days roaming wider, especially across the road to the pond for water. They make the rounds of the backyard to dig in my manure pile, and then rape my wild black raspberries which are just now ripening. Oh well. That’s what I get for pruning, weeding, mulching, and watering them. I think they need them more than me.
As a side note, chipmunks and squirrels do more damage in the garden than this huge bird with her four foot plus wingspan. I cought her delicately walking through my poblano peppers, suggested she get outta there, and she did not bend a single plant.

Wherever they roam in the afternoon, at about eight o’clock, she calls her brood from somewhere over by the creek, and she flies way up into the river birch right outside the back bedroom windows. Then, one by one, the four little guys, who are about pheasant sized now, fly up and join her. All this is done with Manny sitting at full attention at the base of the tree.
There is one of the four who is the laggard, or the one with the independent streak. He is always 15 or 20 feet behind the others, when they’re foraging in the backyard. Naturally, his three siblings are already tucked under Mom’s wing up there when he finally joins them.
I took this from my daughter’s bedroom window just before sundown. I wish the resolution was better, but you can see a couple heads on the left watching me watching them.View attachment 1590904I think that even with Manny, Mrs Turkey knows that our backyard is safe from coyotes and raccoons, and this is a safe place for her kids. At least I hope so. We’re really enjoying this.
I mentioned to Mrs Fleschwund that it sure didn’t look very comfortable perched way up on that skinny limb. She said maybe she chooses a skinny, wobbly limb knowing that she’d feel a coon trying to climb out on that limb. I think she may be right. Turkeys are not dumb.

The last couple of years, I have been meticulously working through my little woods on my hands and knees about this time of the season. I am pulling or cutting the obnoxious species of perennial weeds and trees before they drop seeds, which, over time, leaves space and sunlight for the dozens of oak and hickory seedlings I’ve planted under the walnut and cherry trees. I was using this knife when I heard Mom Turkey calling bedtime over my shoulder. It startled me.View attachment 1590905Good night, porch.

I enjoyed reading that, thanks Jeff !

 

[SteveC]

Ramsfoot and a Stockman today

Cassie pup has been keeping me pretty busy lately

 

[JohnDF]

Absolutely Adorable Pup.

 

[Un-Chained]

SteveC
What a beaut of a pup and blades

5K Qs
Thank you Gary!! and tonite’s company for the good ole’ Hockey game…

 

[mcc850]

5K Qs yes it is! Crazy how time flies. She's 2 and a half. She runs the house and loves looking at my knives with me.

My daughter is also 2.5 and running the house haha. She was glad I had my Sepia TC barlow on me yesterday at the petting zoo. Decided she was not going to move one step unless the wrist band was removed from her arm. Glad I am not the only one around here being bossed around by a two year old . Something tells me our daughters will have some of the finest knives in college!

 

[mcc850]

SteveC
What a beaut of a pup and blades

5K Qs
Thank you Gary!! and tonite’s company for the good ole’ Hockey game…
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Go BOLTS!