What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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mitch4ging said:
Nice pairing!

Looking at your poster, has there been any success in controlling the Emerald Ash Borer?
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I’m afraid we are witnessing the extinction of the ash tree. Fueled by our insatiable need for cheap stuff from China packed on infested wooden pallets. There oughta be a law. Wait- there is, but quarantine and treatment regulations are widely ignored.

I cut all the dying and dead ash at my place in 2016. A friend has a sawmill, and he and I have milled a bunch of beautiful lumber.

I hear they are having success with resistant hybrids - 95% American and 5% Chinese elm, I think. Similar to the efforts to ressurrect the American Chestnut. It is a daunting but rewarding process.
 
5K Qs said:
Yowza!! :eek::thumbsup::thumbsup::cool: What are the covers on that pulchritudinous pair??
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Thanks, GT. They are celluloid; I don't know the color scheme names. So far, so good on their stability.

5K Qs said:
Not using it would be a crime IMHO, Alan. :thumbsup::thumbsup: Congrats on the Olsen; what is that pattern called??
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joeradza said:
@5K Qs
The only info I found was a number Gary. I first saw the knife when Stuart ( D Duckdog ) posted it. As far as I can tell it's just number 511.
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There's not much info on that Howard City, MI knife (Olsen mostly made fixed blade hunters). It would likely be classified as a lockback clasp knife, but at 3.5" I hesitate to suggest clasp hunter. Congratulations on getting your fine looking teardrop blinking properly.

There must be a cloud in my head
Rain keeps falling from my eye-eyes
Oh no they can't be teardrops
For a man ain't supposed to cry
So it must be raindrops, so many raindrops
It feels like raindrops
Falling from my eye-eyes
Falling from my eyes

- Stuart
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
I’m afraid we are witnessing the extinction of the ash tree. Fueled by our insatiable need for cheap stuff from China packed on infested wooden pallets. There oughta be a law. Wait- there is, but quarantine and treatment regulations are widely ignored.

I cut all the dying and dead ash at my place in 2016. A friend has a sawmill, and he and I have milled a bunch of beautiful lumber.

I hear they are having success with resistant hybrids - 95% American and 5% Chinese elm, I think. Similar to the efforts to ressurrect the American Chestnut. It is a daunting but rewarding process.
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That's a shame!
Hopefully the hybrid will take. All these invasive species really do a number on our environment. :oops:
 
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