Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

And speaking of pics - these arrived today. Cadet and Farmer.
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Two came in the mail today. A Buck 112 with a black anodized aluminum frame and red micarta handles and my very first A. Wright and Sons. The Buck is an extremely nice knife. Light, tight and right. Looks great in person too. I don't think I did it justice in the pics.

The A. Wright completely blows me away at the price I paid. I had never even heard of A. Wright until I found BF. Got this one a good price, so I thought I'd try it. Its put together very well. Blades nice and tight. A little uneveness of the springs, but otherwise nothing to pick at. Buffalo horn, like the Buck, looks better in real life. It has some depth. All around an excellent knife. I'm not sure what model this is, no paper work or packaging and it doesn't say on the tang. I'll have to a little research. Posted a pic with a GEC 29 for scale.

This is a good knife day :D
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My green Case swayback jack showed up today.... it is every bit as nice as my red and blue versions. This one has Tony Bose' signature etched on the blade, instead of the "1 of 3000" limited edtion....I really like this shade of green, very vivid. Case, for the most part, hit this model out of the park. A while back, I bought a used one in CV that had some main blade wobble, but I don't know if it came from the factory that way... but it is still a perfectly serviceable knife. Here's the green one, and a "family pic" without the CV one, which was out on the workbench.

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I got this in the mail today, my first MAM. I’ve seen them around before, but was inspired to finally order one when Ron Half/Stop Half/Stop posted a nice photo of his in the totin’ thread recently.

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It seems like a nice Opinel-alternative. The blade is nice and thin (not quite Opinel-thin behind the edge, but thin). I like the shape of the blade; the tip is pointier/more useful than an Opinel, and I like how the heel of the blade is offset a bit from the handle (sort of like a very small chef’s knife).

Mine has a couple minor imperfections with the grind and factory edge, but nothing too bad, particularly considering it’s a $10 knife. :D The nail nick is essentially useless — too small and very shallow — but it’s also unnecessary, so no big deal.

It’s definitely more pocket-friendly than an Opinel. I like the simple shape of the handle, and it’s comfortable to hold when open. The liner lock is backwards from what you would expect, and operates like my left-handed GEC #73. I don’t find that to be a problem, except that it makes it harder to close with one hand.

With the blade open, the lock is just ok. There’s blade play up and down and side to side, but it does lock the blade and keep it from closing.

I sharpened it up this afternoon; it was quick and easy, and took a nice edge. The factory sharpening left me with a sort of wonky bevel even after I sharpened it. That would annoy me on a more expensive knife, but it is 100% cosmetic and doesn’t affect how the knife cuts, so it doesn’t bother me on an inexpensive knife like this.

Overall I like it, especially for the price. If only they made them in carbon steel… ;)
 
I picked this Case Tribal Lock up a couple of weeks ago. I bought it at my local large knife specialty store. They had it for over $10 bucks less than on line and I got to pick from the four they had available. It is easily pinched open. The blade locks up tight with no movement in any direction. The factory bevel is about normal for Case nowadays. Course, but easily manageable. I have wanted one of these for a while. It's Pocket Worn Whiskey Bone and it has a CV blade. I also like the bareheaded feature on this model.

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Half/Stop said:
I picked this Case Tribal Lock up a couple of weeks ago. I bought it at my local large knife specialty store. They had it for over $10 bucks less than on line and I got to pick from the four they had available. It is easily pinched open. The blade locks up tight with no movement in any direction. The factory bevel is about normal for Case nowadays. Course, but easily manageable. I have wanted one of these for a while. It's Pocket Worn Whiskey Bone and it has a CV blade. I also like the bareheaded feature on this model.
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Nice pick. :thumbsup:

I think Case did well with these - mine's the same with regard to pinch and blade lockup. Feels good in my hand as well.
 
Just in. A strawberry jigged bone Cripple Creek sowbelly. This is my first Cripple Creek with strawberry bone, and my first sowbelly Cripple Creek. The strawberry bone isn't all that common. I don't think sowbellies are very common either. Very nice knife. The secondary blades are marked "'84" in a circle which is common to Cripple Creeks and means it was made in 1984. The main blade has a small "86" on it. I'm not sure what this is about. I know sometimes Cripple Creeks will have blades from two different years, but this "86" isn't CC's typical year stamp. There is no indication that its a club or show knife, and it doesn't say "86 out of xxx", so I don't know what the significance of the "86" is.

The couple or three strawberry CC's I've seen in the past have been priced higher than I was willing to pay. I'm stoked :)
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I had the opportunity to visit a large Case retailer in Missouri a couple of weeks ago. My first visit. I went in with the intent of leaving with a Tribal Lock with the same covers and CV of Half/Stop's knife above. ( I just love that user name!) The two they had available had back side handles that looked washed out. I was disappointed but snooped a bit and came up with a Harvest Orange/SS version. I'm still in search for a nice Whiskey Bone/CV version.
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mbkr said:
Two came in the mail today. A Buck 112 with a black anodized aluminum frame and red micarta handles and my very first A. Wright and Sons. The Buck is an extremely nice knife. Light, tight and right. Looks great in person too. I don't think I did it justice in the pics.

The A. Wright completely blows me away at the price I paid. I had never even heard of A. Wright until I found BF. Got this one a good price, so I thought I'd try it. Its put together very well. Blades nice and tight. A little uneveness of the springs, but otherwise nothing to pick at. Buffalo horn, like the Buck, looks better in real life. It has some depth. All around an excellent knife. I'm not sure what model this is, no paper work or packaging and it doesn't say on the tang. I'll have to a little research. Posted a pic with a GEC 29 for scale.

This is a good knife day :D
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mbkr, cool lookin' A Wright jack knife. :thumbsup: I am expecting the plainer (no file work, rosewood scales) version of that knife, to arrive in my mailbox, soon.
How are the pulls? My limited experience with that maker causes me to expect a nail breaker secondary pull. :eek:
Time will tell.
 
Cutfinger said:
mbkr, cool lookin' A Wright jack knife. :thumbsup: I am expecting the plainer (no file work, rosewood scales) version of that knife, to arrive in my mailbox, soon.
How are the pulls? My limited experience with that maker causes me to expect a nail breaker secondary pull. :eek:
Time will tell.
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Thanks. I'm lousy at rating pulls, but...I'd give both the primary and secondary 7's. The secondary feels a little stiffer, but I think that's just because there is less leverage. I don't find them to be nail breakers, but my friend did. Literally. Unbeknownst to me, his nails are weak due to some medication he takes. I found this out after he attempted to open the knife :eek:
 
This knife arrived yesterday from Switzerland, and while I’m sure most folks wouldn’t give this scruffy old knife a second look, I’m over the moon.

This is a “proto-Pioneer,” from 1957-1961, which—with a change to the awl/reamer—became the 1961 Soldier and its civilian counterpart, the Pioneer. This is the first of the Alox knives, the one that got the train rolling.

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