What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[mbkr]

Happy Boxing Day!

Is the feather on the copperhead your work?

 

[mbkr]

I'm ready to find out what's in the GEC 2021 lineup -
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[5K Qs]

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Spectacular scrimshaw, LT! I've seen some Rough Riders done by Layden on Etsy; she does very impressive work! Do you have any art on the pile side of that knife?

In the 39 years we’ve been married, there have only been a few Christmases that weren’t spent in the mayhem of extended families.

Despite missing that, I think this Christmas is going to be superb. Why, shoot! I even have cans of smoked oysters and sardines to open by the fireplace.
As @JonMcD so eloquently reminded me, it’s not hard to find happiness. Here’s hoping all you here on the porch find it!
Merry Christmas, and Happy Hanukah! View attachment 1478973This is a High Carbon 4 blade cattle knife, and a Primble Belknap Hardware serpentine jack. It’s really the only knife I have that I’m compelled to carry in a slip out of fear of damaging the Schrade peachseed.
The fixed blade is an Ideal Products (Solingen), which I think is a budget knock off of a Canadian Belt Knife.

I admire the perspective you have on life, Jeff, as well as the fine old knives you carry!

I put on my warm gloves to shovel the driveway this morning.
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Barrett, I think that photo illustrates a BIG difference between Minnesota and Michigan winters. Michigan (at least my part of Michigan 30 miles from Lake Michigan) is cloudy almost all winter, with sunny cloudless skies a very rare occurrence. I once had a student from the Twin Cities area who said he would not look for a job in Michigan because Michigan winters "made him sad."

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The Pandemic has not affected us as much as some but :
This is what was normal in 2018 :

This this year and Finances is not the reason :

We wish every one of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Harry

Quite a difference between now and then in your Christmas prep, Harry. I hope you have happy holidays even without as much family visitors as you're used to!

Couple of festive knives!!

Toting a couple of scouts today, an old Pal and a thrifty old Imperial Hammer Brand.

Scintillating pair of scouts, JJ; I especially like the Hammer Brand cracked ice model!

Thanks a lot Gary I am indeed cleaving to the cleaver! That's food for thought there amigo

Today’s carry is a GEC Medium Stockman, tomorrow’s carry will be the pearl handled Case pen. Merry Christmas to all. OH
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Phenomenal pearl pen, Bruce!

Wards Cattle and a Mustang

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Cool couple of cutters, Steve, especially the cattle knife!

My small Moki Blackiston's fish owl.

For reference: Actual Blackiston's fish owl:

Cool photos, Frank! I didn't know that there was a real bird the knife was named for.

Thank you, Gary. I do have one with white bone on the pile side, but the mark side is the flag so there would some redundancy there. (I suddenly wondered what dundancy meant, but apparently it is not a word.)

That is a beautiful Christmas photo with two gorgeous knives!
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Thanks for the compliment, Dean, and for making me aware of the etymology of "redundancy".
Nice shot of your saw cut Ancient!

Still this little 'un. Pile side:

That Craftsman peanut is cool!

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I have several Spanish knives, but no Muelas; yours is a winner!!

Very cool "world tour" of cutlery, Gary; the Handyman Helper II is very interesting!

Fab three Gary

Thanks, JJ & Jack.

Today I carry this Thiers de Fontenille Pataud in stag.
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Stellar stag, José!

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Enjoy this day, friends.

That passage from Isaiah 9:6-7 is deservedly famous, Jeff, but I like the "setting the scene" in verses 2-5 almost as much.

My daughter gave me this Cadet for Christmas (with a tiny hint from Dad.) Went straight into my pocket this morning. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Congrats on the captivating Christmas Cadet!

Thank you, Gary. I hope you and your family have a wonderful day.

Thanks, Vince. Christmas was pretty quiet with just my wife and me, but we Skyped with our daughter and her boyfriend on Christmas Eve, and did online gift-opening, so that was nice!

A month or so ago the wife asked what I wanted for Christmas. I flippantly said; "How about a Buck 500 Duke" and last night - Christmas Eve- she gave me a box to open. What to my wonder when I opened the box, there was this Buck 500 Duke. ...

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Congrats on the Christmas Duke, ED!!

Thank you, Gary. Speaking (or writing) of superb, that is how I would describe your Ebony Lambsfoot.

Thanks, Dean.

I'm carrying my Crimson bone Case stockman today. (I dropped it into the snow after I took this photo )

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Someone else posted a couple examples of those crimson bone Cases earlier this week; the mottled bone is pretty cool!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Superb shot! I don't know why I never thought of doing that, given that most of my pics have unintentional self-portraits caught in reflections. Way to embrace the reflectivity!

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Tantalizing tripartite of totes today; really dig the image of your wonderful ebony Guardian!

Regular Lambsfoot, with ebony, and rat-tail bolster.... perfection!

Thanks, JJ and John.

Toting these two Robeson jacks today; Merry Christmas!

Those red Robesons are festive!

My EVERY Christmas knife.

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Very nice, Jeff!

- GT

 

[r8shell]

Is the feather on the copperhead your work?

Yep!

 

[mbkr]

Yep!

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[SteveC]

5K Qs thanks Gary !

 

[Prester John]

Yep!

 

[OldHercDude]

Happy Boxing Day!

Can't remember if I commented already on the Case. If not, very nice work on the feather!

 

[Headwinds]

Congrats on the captivating Christmas Cadet! - GT

Thanks for the compliment and the absolutely awesome abundance of alliteration.

 

[Headwinds]

Yep!

As a matter of fact, I think yours looks better than the real feather!

 

[Jack Black]

Surely hope you can find some relief, that is a bad hurt. Best wishes to you. OH

Thank you very much my friend, I'm grateful

 

[Prester John]

Happy Boxing Day!

Also 2nd day of Christmas (getting two turtledoves!), Feast of St. Stephen, and my youngest son's birthday (a quarter-century!).

 

[JJ Cahill]

Both stunning JJ :thumbsup

Thanks a lot, Jack!!!

 

[JJ Cahill]

Scintillating pair of scouts, JJ; I especially like the Hammer Brand cracked ice model!

Thanks Gary, it's definitely an "Imperial look!"

Those red Robesons are festive!

That's what I was thinking ; thanks again!!!

 

[r8shell]

Can't remember if I commented already on the Case. If not, very nice work on the feather!

As a matter of fact, I think yours looks better than the real feather!

Thank you. I've practiced on Rough Riders (thanks, 5K Qs for sending me some last year) and felt brave enough to go for it on the Case.

 

[Gevonovich]

Thank you!
I'm so happy with my new find. I've never handled a 100 year old Swedish knife, and am noticing so many fine details: sunk joints, stovepipe kicks, perfectly placed nail reliefs, etc. I can't resist giving it some careful pocket time.

Like a fine cool day in the Sun

 

[Gevonovich]

 

[peanutsxx]

Thanks gents!

peanutsxx - your Peanut Knives have me thinking about a NIB Schrade USA 72OT I have in a box somewhere - I need to find that knife and pull it out; nice Yellow Delrin Peanut you have there. OH

That Craftsman peanut is cool!

Thanks gentlemen! With the #62 hogging my pocket most of the year these wee ones didn't get carried much. I have enjoyed them this week.

Please show us that Schrade OH!

I'm ready to find out what's in the GEC 2021 lineup -
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I can't quite wrap my imagination around all of those @hose56!

 

[SteveC]

Albers Cutco and a Wards Stockman

 

[Headwinds]

Brand new Cadet and old Buck today.