What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[guy g]

He does nice work. Lovely knife.

Yes he does! Thank you the comment.

 

[Crappie71]

Thanks, JB!
Someone asked me if I prefer my catfish fried or baked. I said yes.

He does nice work. Lovely knife.


Beautiful old knife!

Yes, Bruce. Life is good.
And the skeleton on my plate says it was a good supper, too.
And there is enough for three more meals for 3 in the freezer.

Happy 44th to you and your bride, my friend. You are 3.75 years ahead of us.



And I’ll wager it has filleted a few fish in those 29 years!

You are so right about Ambassadeur fishing reels. I guess they are my favorite Swedish imports. I have two 5000s, and a 6500C.

Yeah, the Winchester Toothpick has dressed a fish or two. As far as the Ambassador Reels, I have them from 7000s down to 5000s and use the big ones for catfish and the smaller for trolling for trout and walleye; I have a couple Royal Express III that I use for muskie. Sometimes I even catch the “dreaded green trout” —-large mouth bass that is. Lol

I enjoyed your explanation of shell handled Imperial and Hammer Brand knife construction. I really like Imperial knives and have a lot of respect for them and the manufacturing capacity of Imperial in its heyday.

You mentioned the springs and actions, and I agree. Of the dozens of Imperials I have handled and owned, I’ve always found them to have good heat treatment. Wouldn’t it be nice to find a good American made knife for $3 again!

 

[bigfish64]

Been an office day so far, but taking my wife out to a nice dinner tonight for our 44th. I'm going to dress a bit better than usual, so a light pocketknife that wears well in slacks (but can cut the inevitable string off my wife's button, etc.) is in order. The Case 6308 Whittler gets the honor. OH

Congratulations on 44 years Bruce, that is truly something to be proud of!

 

[NewBlades16]

Thrifty Thursday ...
Thrift Store find. Wood, Brass and Stainless Spear Point (3 5/32" closed).
This thing is sharp, but not sure about edge retention yet.
No idea what kind of wood but would probably guess wrongly, India Rosewood or Padauk.
The knife is made out of China though ... says so on the pile side of the blade tang.
It isn't a bad two dollar knife. I actually rather like this little knife. It's better than the used price would indicate.

That's a deal! You should see the junk knives at the emporium near me going for 5 and 10 bucks. They are so bad I wouldn't even try to bargain with them.

 

[BrotherJim]

That's a deal! You should see the junk knives at the emporium near me going for 5 and 10 bucks. They are so bad I wouldn't even try to bargain with them.

NewBlades16 ... folks here at the thrift shop know little about knives.
They do lower the price about every month if a knife doesn't move.
They're happiest when they have some "Old Timer" knives. That's high end to them. Lots of collectors of those around I guess.
I've yet to see ANYTHING that would be considered anything but a second hand user ... if it even happens to be fully functional with no broken springs etc.
I guess my point is that it is mostly all junk ... but I always look when I go by there and strangely (or not) it makes me happy to do so.

 

[TheFactor]

Happy Friday night everyone !
Part of my table top carry tonight

 

[Sacto]

Urban jack today. Weaning some calves.

 

[Corto_Malt]

Nice day for all of you

 

[Jack Black]

Superlative pair of "old Friends" slicers for Friday, Jack; a burly Big Un Lamb and a cool and classic old Boker should meet all your cutting needs nicely!

Thanks JJ, the 3 of us got worked hard yesterday

Toting these two old friends made by Robeson in the 1920s-30s.

Two striking Robesons my friend

Been an office day so far, but taking my wife out to a nice dinner tonight for our 44th. I'm going to dress a bit better than usual, so a light pocketknife that wears well in slacks (but can cut the inevitable string off my wife's button, etc.) is in order. The Case 6308 Whittler gets the honor. OH

Congratulations to you and Mrs OH Bruce, have a great night out

Those two look good together Jer I think I have one of those zappers somewhere

Have a great weekend everyone Doubling up on the stag today, a fancy Damascus Lamb, and my glennbad Biscuit

 

[Arian29]

GEC#35 with Teckel for Stag day.

 

[Cory Hess]

I’ve spent the last week at Camp Blackhawk with my boy’s scout troop. I brought a couple knives, but this Peasant Mini is the only one that ended up seeing any action. I forgot how cool these knives are.

 

[Travman]

Good morning.

 

[screened porch]

Those two look good together Jer I think I have one of those zappers somewhere

Thanks. It's like, "Wow, man. Colors".
This zapper is more powerful than my old one, but that doesn't help me track the fly.

 

[Chui]

- with thanks to a member who made the matching bronze lanyard bead for me

 

[smudge58]

Happy Robeson day!

 

[Invoice]

Very nice!

 

[mcc850]

Good morning

 

[Amir Fleschwund]

Good Schradurday morning.

 

[Old Hunter]

Congrats! Here's to the next 44!

Thank you Tyson!

That is still beautiful.
Do you even use it?

Yes, but it isn’t a heavy duty knife - always have a Buck 110, 112, Case Hammerhead, etc. for heavy duty use. The pocketknives I really cherish get treated gently.

Nice knife choice today Bruce and Congrats to you and your Wife for holding it together for 44 years my friend .

Thanks my friend.

Happy 44th to you and your bride, my friend. You are 3.75 years ahead of us.

Thank you Jeff.

Congratulations on 44 years Bruce, that is truly something to be proud of!

Thanks pal, I appreciate it.

Congratulations to you and Mrs OH Bruce, have a great night out

Thank you Jack, we had a great night out with dinner with friends and watching some local musicians.
OH
Ps JohnDF took a new picture yesterday, see all the wear since the picture above (taken a year ago)? Nope, not much!

 

[JohnDF]

"Hello Mr. Fancy Pants" ... Ash Williams
That really is a super fine knife there, Jack.