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Your knife comes from good stock, Vince!
Case medium stockman
I'm green with envy over that pair of knives, José! (Does Portuguese have a phrase equivalent to the English "green with envy"?)
Attractive mini copperhead! Is the secondary blade a pen blade?
Game-winning triple play, JJ! I'm a sucker for the inexpensive old Imperials and Colonials.
Thanks for the ram's horn canoe compliment, Dean, and for the weight comparison among Bucks.I like the look of your Marbles Rams Horn canoe, Gary.
Thank you for your kind comments, Gary. Interesting information about your Calvinist Cadet corps. I had never heard of that group having been brought up in the Wesleyan Arminian tradition. Sounds like fun.
Regarding Buck 110/55 series versus the 50x series, I agree with your comment on the blade dynamics; additionally the 50x knives are much lighter also.
I enjoyed my experiences as a Cadet. There was even a magazine (quarterly, monthly?) for Cadets, and I remember that one year the humor section often featured elephant jokes. Another year, many of us were in the same school studying world history for the first time (6th grade?), and our Ping Pong tournaments got set up using lots of medieval European feudal terms to rank players based on their results. (IIRC, if a person hadn't won a match yet, that person was called a serf, and the person currently at the top of the rankings was called "The Pope" - rather ironic for Calvinist Cadets. )
I'm thrilled each time I see the jigging on your Schrade Barlow!
Nice spearpoint mod!
Superb sowbelly, ED, and interesting story of the conversation in town!Carried this Case CV Sowbelly Stockman to town and the Wagon Wheel Cafe today.
It was an interesting time at the Wagon Wheel Cafe today. Our local paper comes out on Thursdays and while sitting at a table along with some other locals, one of them was reading the paper and came across the Obituaries. ... A lot of interesting stories and history about the local area and some living and some not, in the community were told. It was almost like bringing back to life those in the Obituaries for a short while.
Yes, I always prefer rounded bolsters, and I'm surprised how "thin" my 3-spring 6347 is.With the rounded bolsters the 47's carry like a smaller knife in the front pocket - glad to know you enjoy carrying one too.
Thursday's carry. Thursday was a road day, so not much reading or posting. OH
I like your classic Cadet!
That duo looks nearly indestructible, Jack!...
It hardly seems to make any difference here at the moment, but there's another week gone Carrying my Hartshead Barlow, and another Old Friend in the shape of a Needham Brothers NAAAFI Knife
A-1 pair, John! Which model Case medium stockman is that? (They seem to have about a half dozen called "medium", and the round-bolstered ones always appeal to me.)
Fine Spanish folder!
This old Pallares is a good example that even resin can look vintage.
That feathery copperhead is hypnotic!
Phenomenal pitch black pair, Jeff; I especially like that EO teardrop!Got a pair of old Camillus in black today.View attachment 1491271 View attachment 1491272
- GT