What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

I am carrying the Trapper today . Talked with Amir Fleschwund Amir Fleschwund today and he stated that he had never seen a Case Gunstock . So I decided to carry 2 of mine for a little while and show him what Case's Gunstocks look like . They make them in 2 different sizes . These are the bigger of the 2 sizes . I have never used either of the Gunstocks , so I have no idea how they are as a user . I also have a GEC and a Tuna Valley Gunstock . The GEC one was a good user but the Tuna Valley , made by Queen , is a little bulky . The Cattaraugus Gunstock , shown by Primble Primble , IMO is the nicest looking Gunstock .
The large Case Trapper has been pretty much a fixture in my pocket since I got it .
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Yesterday afternoon a little bimble through the new forest.
I didn’t take many photos you will have to imagine just how stunning it is.
When I got back I had sausage and chips while looking down the cliffs as the life guards practiced dingy drills.
That looked like a lot of fun.
Once I climbed back up the stairs to my hotel room I was exhausted,14 hours later I havent left.
I just can’t handle all the stairs.
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afishhunter said:
"Useless"?!?🤯😳
O.K. it may be for its intended purpose ... but only cuz (new full) corked bottles are darn near "impossible" to find ... at least in North America. (daRn twist caps 😡)
However, the "corkscrew" still works great for untying small diameter cording with over-tight knots, splinter removal, thorn removal from soles and bicycle tyres, keeping Fire Ant™ kindling (provided you have the budget for such), and SAK mini screwdrivers handy, precision scraping, and so on.
Just like the "package hook" on some VIC models such as the Huntsman and Fieldmaster, has multiple purposes. (good thing, since packages wrapped in butcher paper secured with butcher's string is a touch rarer than bluegill teeth ... again, at least in North America.)
For example, the "package hook" can hold several disposable plastic shopping bags. When used in conjunction with the split ring, it secures a "T" shank jigsaw blade for when the standard SAK wood saw is the wrong tool - need saw to sheet metal (includes copper, brass, German Silver, bronze, and aluminum sheets), and copper or black iron pipe/tubes, etc. or a longer wood saw blade is needed.

Honestly, the only "worthless" SAK tool I've discovered is the standard no grip "tweezers" ... tho a small piece of 220 or 320 grit SiC wet or dry sandpaper super glued to the inside of the tweezers gives them enough grip to hold onto something. 😁👍
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Even though I don't drink, I have a few screws loose. So gimme the phillips driver.😁
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
Even though I don't drink, I have a few screws loose. So gimme the phillips driver.😁
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The can opener tip on the Alox Pioneer that I carry every day has never opened a can, but it works well tightening Phillips screws, when a proper screwdriver isn't handy.

It doesn't matter if I'm in the barn, the basement, the living room, or out in one of the vehicles, I'm never far away from a well stocked tool kit. Yet the Pioneer probably gets to tighten more screws, pry more stuff, drills more starter holes for wood screws, etc; than my regular tools.:)
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Buzzbait said:
That picture needs to be part of an upcoming “What Traditional Knife are ya totin' today?” post. I’ve never ever seen a beach donkey, and it sounds awesome.
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I may have been confused. I have donkey, and I have beach, but the donkey is at Gramma's grandparents' house in Great Haseley.
Johnnythefox said:
I haven’t seen any.
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Yet the beach donkeys must have been a living memory in the 1970s. There's a shot in Monty Python with a sign that says "donkey rides", and a couple of guys in swimming trunks carrying a donkey.

I'll delete these if Mom's ghost objects to my sharing them.
I think that the kids must be Mom and Uncle Bill with some cousins.
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That's Mom with Grandpa on the donkey.
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Though that's probably Evy on the donkey in the group shot.
Ed and Edna might have been too old to go on the trip.

But here's a knife.
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The Kansbol, identical to the Mora 2000, except for details of the handle and sheath.
Maybe it's going to replace the Mora 2000, which no longer sounds like the future.
 
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screened porch said:
I may have been confused. I have donkey, and I have beach, but the donkey is at Gramma's grandparents' house in Great Haseley.

Yet the beach donkeys must have been a living memory in the 1970s. There's a shot in Monty Python with a sign that says "donkey rides", and a couple of guys in swimming trunks carrying a donkey.

I'll delete these if Mom's ghost objects to my sharing them.
I think that the kids must be Mom and Uncle Bill with some cousins.
J7j2JaB.jpg

That's Mom with Grandpa on the donkey.
AeULQLU.jpg

Though that's probably Evy on the donkey in the group shot.
Ed and Edna might have been too old to go on the trip.

But here's a knife.
gqk6YlH.jpg

The Kansbol, identical to the Mora 2000, except for details of the handle and sheath.
Maybe it's going to replace the Mora 2000, which no longer sounds like the future.
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Awesome old pictures!!!!
 
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I have a few planter pots on the deck. They get some kitchen scraps and coffee grounds, compost, etc, so they stay fertile. Usually, I grow cilantro, which self seeds and perpetuates, or other herbs like watercress and one time, fenugreek.
So I keep two buckets for vegetable scraps ~ a one gallon pail in the kithchen, and a five gallon on the deck. When the one gallon is full, I dump it into the five gallon. Which goes in a compost pile when it gets full. I fill the one gallon pail with water to rinse out all the stinky residue, and use that to water the pots on the deck. Sometimes that includes seeds. And now, I have pepper plants growing in this pot, and blooming. I hope they are cayenne, because I did not plant any cayenne this year out in the pepper patch.
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That bit of patina is from trimming and de-stringing pole beans yesterday.
Since the heat seems to be coming back, I think I'll make the 30 mile drive to Costco instead of mowing.
 
screened porch said:
I may have been confused. I have donkey, and I have beach, but the donkey is at Gramma's grandparents' house in Great Haseley.
Yet the beach donkeys must have been a living memory in the 1970s. There's a shot in Monty Python with a sign that says "donkey rides", and a couple of guys in swimming trunks carrying a donkey.
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I think you're right, Jer. :thumbsup::thumbsup:🤓
I googled "british donkey rides at beach" and got some interesting hits confirming your recollections.
This is NOT one of the interesting ones:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donke...s are a traditional,in groups at walking pace.

This one is more informative and entertaining:
https://www.vivablackpool.com/a-sho...tradition,their working conditions are humane.

Locking Knife of the Week is a Victorinox folding paring knife with serrated blade (check the shadow on the pie) and liner lock (even though the knife doesn't really have liners):
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International Knife of the Week is a Carlos Quintana Taramundi I bought in Sevilla, Spain the day after Christmas in 2014. It's a Top Ten international knife for me that triggers many happy memories for me.
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- GT
 
I pulled out another of my all-time favorites this morning; a 2018 #77 barlow in desert ironwood, the only knife that I've ever ascribed a name to. This is Rondeau, named after Noah J. Rondeau, the Adirondack hermit.

I really love the clip/long coping combo. For real world use, this blade combination works best for me. The fancy Northfield trim and ironwood scales are just icing on the cake. There was a time when the ironwood had a much brighter figuring, but the oils of my hands have caused the covers to darken quite a bit over the years.

I head out tomorrow night for another week in the Adirondacks, and I'll be bringing this knife along. Maybe a few others. We'll see.

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