You kids hold still for this family portrait...

jujigatame · Apr 7, 2013

I was going through all of my knives today for a periodic once over when it struck me that most of my traditional knives had been accumulated in the past two or three years. Since they were all out of the drawer why not get a (mediocre) picture of them together?

I'd been off the traditional train for quite a while when I decided that I had almost everything I needed in terms of modern production knives and there just wasn't the desire, or the means, to keep chasing after the leading edge. The knives we talk about and share in this forum have a special character that just can't be replicated anywhere else, something that connects in a different way. Looking at this modest group I realize there are a lot of interesting places the train still has yet to travel through in the past, present and future. As long as I can keep buying tickets I'm going to stay on and enjoy the trip.

Vanguard41xx · Apr 7, 2013

Great knives!
My two favorites are that Camillus and the ebony covered jack at the top right.

jwh · Apr 7, 2013

Nice bunch of traditionals. Good variety.

jujigatame · Apr 7, 2013

Vanguard41xx said:
...the ebony covered jack at the top right.

That's from Waterville in Connecticut. I just call it the beartrap.

Sowbelly270 · Apr 7, 2013

Nice collection ya got there, thanks for sharing.

Have a great day,
Jeff

KP · Apr 7, 2013

Well said and nice collection.

TLARbb · Apr 7, 2013

Great bunch of knives. My fav is the jack 3rd from the top on the right side.

Ed J

pertinux · Apr 7, 2013

jujigatame said:
Looking at this modest group I realize there are a lot of interesting places the train still has yet to travel through in the past, present and future. As long as I can keep buying tickets I'm going to stay on and enjoy the trip.

Thanks for the picture of your knives, and your reflections.

TLARbb said:
Great bunch of knives.

jujigatame said:

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My fav is the jack 3rd from the top on the right side.

The one I've circled above? If so, I was just about to say the same thing.

(If you meant another, my apologies.)

Jujigatame, what is it?

~ P.

Doug Add · Apr 7, 2013

pertinux said:
Jujigatame, what is it?

~ P.

If it's the one I think, it is certainly my favorite too.

jujigatame · Apr 8, 2013

pertinux said:
The one I've circled above? If so, I was just about to say the same thing.

(If you meant another, my apologies.)

Jujigatame, what is it?

~ P.

It's from Camillus. I had a thread about it here after I got it, last August I think? Still by far the best old knife I've found at a show that I could afford to take home with me. Carried it just the other day.

Doug Add · Apr 8, 2013

So it is the cocobolo Camillus. I well remember when you graced us with the photos of this new acquisition.

AFAustin · Apr 8, 2013

Very nice group there, with real variety.

I've been curious about the GEC wharnie lockback in 440C. How have you liked it?

Andrew

zippofan · Apr 8, 2013

Great collection!
Love the GEC wharncliffe lockback, and the AG Russell lockback is sweet too :thumbup:

TLARbb · Apr 8, 2013

pertinux said:
Thanks for the picture of your knives, and your reflections.

The one I've circled above? If so, I was just about to say the same thing.

(If you meant another, my apologies.)

Jujigatame, what is it?

~ P.

Yep, that's the one.

Edit: Actually, all three of the top right knives grab me by the eyes.

2nd edit: There's not one knife in the whole picture I don't like, but the one you circled is my favorite of the bunch.

Ed J

pertinux · Apr 8, 2013

TLARbb said:
Yep, that's the one.

Edit: Actually, all three of the top right knives grab me by the eyes.

2nd edit: There's not one knife in the whole picture I don't like, but the one you circled is my favorite of the bunch.

That sounds about right.

jujigatame said:
It's from Camillus. I had a thread about it here after I got it, last August I think?

Doug Add said:
So it is the cocobolo Camillus. I well remember when you graced us with the photos of this new acquisition.

Well, looks like I knew about it at the time (I responded in that thread)!

Jujigatame, have you changed your avatar since then? Makes it harder to match people and knives!

Thanks again for the group shot; when one is familiar with at least one other knife in a given picture, nothing else is quite as helpful for understanding relative size, real-life translation of different features, etc.

Solidifies favorites, too!

~ P.

jujigatame · Apr 8, 2013

pertinux said:
Jujigatame, have you changed your avatar since then? Makes it harder to match people and knives!

Either I didn't have one then or it wasn't the one I have now. I will continue to stick with Derek Sanderson for the foreseeable future though.

AFAustin said:
Very nice group there, with real variety.

I've been curious about the GEC wharnie lockback in 440C. How have you liked it?

Andrew

It's been fine. The 440C sharpened up nicely. Only thing that bugged me was the side to side play. It wasn't especially bad but increased somewhat as I used it regularly over the course of a month. I was going to send it back to GEC to see if they could cure it but once the 2012 forum knife came along with the same blade the #72 became redundant and hasn't gotten any run in a while.

Thanks for the comments.

Knife Crazied · Apr 8, 2013

Nice bunch of knives but I'd say the gec wharnie and vics grab my attention the most. Also talking about falling off trains ect, I have been like that forever I believe. I'll be real into traditional knives thinking I'll never carry another modern and then the urge hits and the moderns back in my pocket. Oh well, I'm a knife knut with a broad liking I guess.

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