What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[SteveC]

Very Nice Case knives !!! The jig and color is outstanding
Just wondering if you've re-dyed the covers ... maybe with Fiebing or something?

Thanks, they are unaltered.

 

[5K Qs]

An old cheapie for today!

That's an intriguing Portuguese knife!!

It sure was a sweat fest digging in the direct sun, Gary, but grunt work is what I do best.
I'll pass on your compliment on our yard to the wife who does all the flower gardening. I assure you she will be tickled and sincerely pleased that you noticed.

74 & a Rooster for me today. The Fight'n Rooster never left the pocket but the GEC opened 15 bags of paver base to fill my trench when I got home from work today.
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Good man, Greg!
(I think I might be getting too old for grunt work. I was supposed to dig out some volunteer maples that got started in some thick ground cover under a hemlock tree, but I had a heck of a time getting my shovel through all the vegetation and roots. Shouldn't have been such a challenge! )

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Thanks much, Gary!
The premise of your chaperone story starts out with promise, but I’m not surprised at the reality. You might have felt like pulling your fingernails out with fencing pliers by the end of the trip!
Nobody ever accused ME of looking like Chuck Norris. Or Sean Connery, or Charles Bronson, either...
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I felt like pulling out somebody's fingernails, for sure!
I told the kids that I thought Chuck Norris looked like me, not the other way around!

I carried this one today. Beer and Sausage and nuclear towers (decommissioned).

Cool photo!
Have you had anyone objecting to what they claim are your GMO cattle??

The day of the higos. Japanese style by Julien Maria.
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Coffe time

Splendid wood-handled higonokamis!

I have a pair like that somewhere Gary, they were used by cobblers

Edit - Easier to find a photo online than to find my own photo, or the pliers themselves!

Thanks pal It's just the same with me, I'm the oldest, and my younger siblings seem to have had a quite different childhood

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That's a beauty Gary, great pic Too

Good luck to Charlie @waynorth, with his hip op today Hope you're doing hand-springs again soon Charlie

Cool cobblers' tool, Jack, and a couple of cool tools from Charlie's output "in honor of" his surgery!
Memory is sometimes (almost always?) an unreliable "record", but I'm glad I'm not the only one who's finding that out!
Thanks for the compliment on my Case canoe and photo.

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That’s (everlastingly sharp) as good as reason as any Gary lol !!
As a reminder, grab ‘em when you can as these were made by Camillus between 2004-07 and have bolster pins, not the Schrade Swinden System. They are somewhat of a heritage run with plastic tubes and literature in 60’s fonts that came out for their 100th anniversary and I would imagine ended with Camillus’ closure in ‘07. Model numbers are SWA293Y (trapper) and SWA834Y as today’s stockman carry….
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The good ‘ole Hockey game pushes on again tonite, eventually grabbing a red something or other later on today. A great one to all

Thanks for the helpful background info on those knives, Gus.
My condolences on the end of the hockey season.

Thanks Gary, it's supposed to be stag bone, like the RR stuff
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Thanks for the info, Jack. I also have some examples of Marbles stag bone that I think is quite good.

Yesterday I wish I had sandwich and beer. Today I brought only the sandwich. Maybe on the weekend I bring both!

Fantastic photo!!

Pleasant pair!

Yes, I'm sad it's getting darker. It's inevitable though I guess.
He will soon fade into memory... but when he shows up again, I'll know the end is near.

Looks like a super handy pocket carry, GT.

That's my favorite Canoe I think.

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I have a soft spot for my Lambsfoot knives, what can I say, I'm weak.
I ended up throwing a Vic Cadet in the mix as well, just in case I needed any small tools.
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Thanks for taking time out from fishing to reply to me, John!
So you actually ended up with 3 knives for your trip instead of one? A man after my own heart!

Thanks, Gary. I like the wharncliffe version better than the standard. Yeah, everything is an emergency when it goes wrong with livestock. Luckily they practically take care of themselves, as long as you give them everything they need and check on them constantly.

So true!

Some American chestnut for wooden Wednesday out in the yard.
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Sweet knife, but what really caught my eye was that door handle/latch! We used to have those on a couple of doors in the barn/sheds when I was a kid, and I may not have seen one for almost 50 years.

Thanks for pointing those out! I'll have to try those when I get caught up on this series.

Changed up my carry for the first time in a while today, though I stuck with the 74 pattern. This one was a direct result of the generosity of fellow porch member @BDubbs.

With that drop point blade and handsome wood handle, that's a very appealing knife!

Marvelous threesome you have today, Gary; the KK Office Knife looks like a wonderfully cool old slicer, too!

Thanks, JJ.

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I always enjoy seeing that classic Office Knife Gary
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I'm off to the market tomorrow, with my Big Lambsfoot in tow

Thanks, Jack.
That big lambsfoot will fit right in at the tool stall!

62 rides along today.

Our little guy Gizmo is "celebrating" his 16th birthday today! Look at him getting all rowdy

Stunning stag, Mike!
And Gizmo looks like a good ole boy!

Great lineup there, GT

Thanks for saying so, sir.

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Went to Hobbit Beach, didn't see any hobbits.

What a superior batch of photos, and the stag 83 and Vic Farmer are stellar knives!

Today I carry this Victorinox alox Kingfisher dual color.

José, I always enjoy seeing photos of that knife, and I think this one above is the first time I saw both sides simultaneously! Very cool!

- GT

 

[bayouace]

Seldom separated from my 2000 Baby Butterbean.

 

[Un-Chained]

5K Qs
You’re quite welcome and thank you kindly Gary
There’s always next year !

JJ Cahill
What a shot pal! Just look at those two… sublime pairing

 

[Pt-Luso]

José, I always enjoy seeing photos of that knife, and I think this one above is the first time I saw both sides simultaneously! Very cool!

Thank you so much, Gary, it's just that can see the two colors.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Federico Terra]

 

[Patrick Robbins]

This one and a modern found their way into the pockets today

 

[Hibou Canne]

 

[Corto_Malt]

That's an intriguing Portuguese knife!!


Good man, Greg!
(I think I might be getting too old for grunt work. I was supposed to dig out some volunteer maples that got started in some thick ground cover under a hemlock tree, but I had a heck of a time getting my shovel through all the vegetation and roots. Shouldn't have been such a challenge! )


I felt like pulling out somebody's fingernails, for sure!
I told the kids that I thought Chuck Norris looked like me, not the other way around!


Cool photo!
Have you had anyone objecting to what they claim are your GMO cattle??


Splendid wood-handled higonokamis!


Cool cobblers' tool, Jack, and a couple of cool tools from Charlie's output "in honor of" his surgery!
Memory is sometimes (almost always?) an unreliable "record", but I'm glad I'm not the only one who's finding that out!
Thanks for the compliment on my Case canoe and photo.


Thanks for the helpful background info on those knives, Gus.
My condolences on the end of the hockey season.


Thanks for the info, Jack. I also have some examples of Marbles stag bone that I think is quite good.

Fantastic photo!!


Pleasant pair!


Thanks for taking time out from fishing to reply to me, John!
So you actually ended up with 3 knives for your trip instead of one? A man after my own heart!


So true!


Sweet knife, but what really caught my eye was that door handle/latch! We used to have those on a couple of doors in the barn/sheds when I was a kid, and I may not have seen one for almost 50 years.


With that drop point blade and handsome wood handle, that's a very appealing knife!


Thanks, JJ.


Thanks, Jack.
That big lambsfoot will fit right in at the tool stall!


Stunning stag, Mike!
And Gizmo looks like a good ole boy!


Thanks for saying so, sir.


What a superior batch of photos, and the stag 83 and Vic Farmer are stellar knives!


José, I always enjoy seeing photos of that knife, and I think this one above is the first time I saw both sides simultaneously! Very cool!

- GT

Good evening,

Thank you very much.
You have a lot of nice knives that I like...

 

[Jake Dudley]

 

[r8shell]

Because I can

The king of patina.

Not gonna pretend I'm carrying these today. I think my trousers would fall down under the weight if I attempted it. But they are out. Recent acquisitions with lovely stag handles. Both main blades have had to be re-profiled due to damage but they're still good and functional with excellent snap. The mariners knife is by Joseph Allen & son and the other is Taylor Eye Witness, both of Sheffield.
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A very fine pair. Is the smaller one stag, or bone?

Sure, it looks pretty, but can it “cut it” in the hot rod shop?
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Wow! That's a beauty!

I know it's Thursday, but I felt like carrying some wood.

 

[tmd_87]

The king of patina.

A very fine pair. Is the smaller one stag, or bone?

Wow! That's a beauty!

I know it's Thursday, but I felt like carrying some wood.

THANKS

 

[thepapercut]

Knife: Farm & Field 99
Peppers: Shishito, Habanada, and Cowhorn

 

[BrotherJim]

Had this Case Texas Jack out after the mail run day
Noticed on the backside, all these chips and lines cut and some brown stuff smeared all over it
If I send it back, can Case fix it or should I just toss it and get another? ... Thanks !!!

 

[mbkr]

Sweet knife, but what really caught my eye was that door handle/latch! We used to have those on a couple of doors in the barn/sheds when I was a kid, and I may not have seen one for almost 50 years.

- GT

First time anybody's complimented the shed latch. Thanks GT
The shed was here when I bought the house in '94. The company that made it is just down the road and still in business. Pic from last winter.


I didn't actually carry a knife today
I had a colonoscopy this morning and left the pocket knife at home. I commented to my friend who drove me that it was the first time I'd left the house without a pocket knife since the last colonoscopy. After I got home I took a long, satisfying nap

Here's a pic of a couple of Rough Ryder splitback whittlers for Thrifty Thursday and to maintain knife content

 

[draggat]

That's an intriguing Portuguese knife!!

Thanks Gary! Very inexpensive but a pleasure.

Had this Case Texas Jack out after the mail run day
Noticed on the backside, all these chips and lines cut and some brown stuff smeared all over it
If I send it back, can Case fix it or should I just toss it and get another? ... Thanks !!!

You can toss it in the mail to me and then get another!

 

[Travman]

I've thought about lining my slips with shearling, but I was afraid of what all the oils in the sheeps wool would do to the knife materials. You'll have to report back on how it's doing.

I’ve left the camel bone 92 in that sheath constantly for that past week. So far so good. I’ll keep watching it. I have had a leather sheath that wasn’t good for knives. Something in the leather was slightly corrosive. So I do check all knives that are in new sheaths a lot, especially in the beginning.

 

[Travman]

Now can you pull the knife back out?

Sure. I simply tap the sheath opening onto the palm of my hand twice and that normally loosens the knife. After that I’m able to pull the knife out with my thumb and fore finger.

A long skinny pocket knife works best in this sheath. 38‘s, 48’s and 92’s seem to fit well.

 

[NewBlades16]

What a great picture, your pup has such an expressive face! Hope you don’t mind, but I couldn’t resist. View attachment 1595979

It wasn't tuna fish was it?