What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Cutfinger said:
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Nice 23!:thumbsup:

Jolipapa said:
Thank you ;) They're very sweet.

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Last winter and spring were unusually hard on bushes and shrubs, including the wild black raspberries, and even domestic blackberries. A lot of bushes died back above ground, but most survived if pruned hard. But around my place, we had no berries on our brambles!:(

View attachment 1175391 This old Imperial barlow was my Grandpa’s. Dirt cheap, shell construction, ugly imitation sawcut plastic scales, BUT- great snap and of course, razor sharp.
I could not abide those plastic scales, so replaced them with buffalo horn. I ran into a few problems due to the weird shell construction, so will re-do these one of these days. Or not... I sure do like the way the horn polishes up. Of course being a thrifty guy, the horn came from the dog chew aisle at the store.:rolleyes:View attachment 1175392Impi Barlow and GEC Tidiute Cutlery #54 in honor of the porchsters at the Rendezvous on Tidiute Thursday.
 
SnailOffTheTrail said:
Just to be sure: are you referring to the thing in the very middle of the fancy circle? :D

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Yep. That's the spot. :thumbsup:
 
SnailOffTheTrail said:
That's fantastic! I even sent the question directly to Victorinox a while ago and they .... didn't respond.

Just to be sure: are you referring to the thing in the very middle of the fancy circle? :D

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I am not sure how much can I tell you before being shot down for 'promoting' a knife maker, who is not supporting BF. But if I'm being objective, pointing out also the downsides, it should be OK, I guess? How otherwise are we to have a valuable knife discussion?

The knife in question is 'Rebec' (read 'reh-beh-ts') and was hand made by Czech knife maker by the name Jaromír Bareš residing in Sedlčany - small town with tradition in cutlery.

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He's making them at ridiculously low prices. (Nobody truly understands, how can he keep producing them and not go bankrupt.) But the low price comes at a price. Attention to detail is not there. It is that kind of knife that reveals its hand-made nature not by immaculate execution, but by all the imperfections and inconsistencies. Bolsters are just a thin sheets of metal and edges of the liners are sharp. Mine is not the nicest one even by his standards, must be friday production. Look at the nail nick positioning, centering and spring termination. Surely enough, I can embrace these as character.
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It is 4 inch frame, mine is made of carbon steel blade, stainless steel bolsters, spring, liners and pins and palisander wood (kind of rosewood in my understanding), but it can be had in variety of steels (even RWL-34, elmax) and cover materials.
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Still, it is my best food prep. folder as it is thin convex ground and nice broad spear. Totin' it today too.
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Snail :thumbsup: :)
Those imperfections don't detract from that knife; they're half the appeal!
Fun to see a few others from Jaromír too, great knives I figure.
Thanks for the response, and nice pictures.

Now, who do I know that's heading to Czechoslovakia? :p
 
Mayonardo said:
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A fine pairing. :thumbsup: It's nice to see one of those office knives being carried. I was sorely tempted when they came out, but couldn't justify the purchase, since I already have a 2013 forum knife on the same #13 frame with a similar blade combo. It's neat that GEC decided to make them with the lettering; it's an old style you don't see made any more. :cool::thumbsup:

Today, it's new and worn bone:
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r8shell said:
A fine pairing. :thumbsup: It's nice to see one of those office knives being carried. I was sorely tempted when they came out, but couldn't justify the purchase, since I already have a 2013 forum knife on the same #13 frame with a similar blade combo. It's neat that GEC decided to make them with the lettering; it's an old style you don't see made any more. :cool::thumbsup:

Today, it's new and worn bone:
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I know. The Congress pattern, and this one especially just fascinated me. I looked for a long while for this one. It recalls a type of knife that was common in the mid and late nineteenth century. Even though I am attracted to knives as users, there is no reason to not have ones that make me happy.
 
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