What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Old Hunter · May 9, 2021

Amir Fleschwund those old Schrade Open Stock knives are so understated, yet are such nice examples of mid-20th Century cutler craftsmanship. Hope you and your family enjoy Mothers Day; we are going inland a little later to visit my parents and have dinner with them at my sisters. At 85 my folks are still kicking, but very slowly - I'm fortunate they are still here to love and enjoy. A Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers connected to the Porch and especially to our own regular Porch sitter, Rachel

r8shell . OH

Un-Chained · May 9, 2021

VCM3
Wowza

Great seeing you here as well!!

Amir Fleschwund
Gawgeous pics of blades and surroundings Jeff!!

JohnDF · May 9, 2021

Jack Black said:

Absolutely gorgeous Old lamb.

Un-Chained said:

Very cool knife, I love the green color.

Amir Fleschwund said:

Lovely pair of Schrade Knives.

JohnDF · May 9, 2021

Happy Sunday All and Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there.

Amir Fleschwund · May 9, 2021

Old Hunter said:
Amir Fleschwund those old Schrade Open Stock knives are so understated, yet are such nice examples of mid-20th Century cutler craftsmanship. Hope you and your family enjoy Mothers Day; we are going inland a little later to visit my parents and have dinner with them at my sisters. At 85 my folks are still kicking, but very slowly - I'm fortunate they are still here to love and enjoy. A Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers connected to the Porch and especially to our own regular Porch sitter, Rachel r8shell . OH

Thanks, Bruce! At 84, I worry about Mom’s hip pain that slows her mobility, but in all honesty, I’ll be worse at 84...

Un-Chained said:
VCM3
Wowza
Great seeing you here as well!!

Amir Fleschwund
Gawgeous pics of blades and surroundings Jeff!!

Thank you...

Gas!

JohnDF said:
Absolutely gorgeous Old lamb.

Very cool knife, I love the green color.

Lovely pair of Schrade Knives.

Thanks, John!
hey- your little pocket swag utility tool that looks like a bird actually has an ingeniously useful shape.

JohnDF · May 9, 2021

Amir Fleschwund said:
hey- your little pocket swag utility tool that looks like a bird actually has an ingeniously useful shape.

Thanks, Jeff.

It's the Gerber "Shard". It's almost always in my watch pocket, it's so thin I hardly even know it's in there. It sure pulls its weight as I use it almost daily.

The Zieg · May 9, 2021

Corto_Malt said:
Good Sunday to all of you

Quel couteau est-ce là?

sunknife · May 9, 2021

I chose these two to start my Sunday. I used the mini copper lock to slice some strawberries for breakfast, nice Case knife as it came with an extremely sharp edge.
The Pal cattle punch was a recover in rosewood by by Jason R., he did an outstanding job on it. I imagine most of you recognize who crafted the exquisite slip, the
mini copperlock is one of several knives I have that works perfectly in it. Thanks, John. :thumbsup:

Pal cattle punch & Mini copperlock - 1.jpeg

mbkr · May 9, 2021

sunknife said:
I chose these two to start my Sunday. I used the mini copper lock to slice some strawberries for breakfast, nice Case knife as it came with an extremely sharp edge.
The Pal cattle punch was a recover in rosewood by by Jason R., he did an outstanding job on it. I imagine most of you recognize who crafted the exquisite slip, the
mini copperlock is one of several knives I have that works perfectly in it. Thanks, John.
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The mini copperlock really is an excellent pattern :thumbsup:

mbkr · May 9, 2021

sunknife · May 9, 2021

mbkr said:
The mini copperlock really is an excellent pattern

I agree, Mike. Cuts above it's weight for sure. :thumbsup:

JohnDF · May 9, 2021

sunknife said:

You are welcome, my friend.
And that Pal is absolutely gorgeous!!!

SteveC · May 9, 2021

Camillus 17 and a 72 for Mothers day !

r8shell · May 9, 2021

Ice Tigre said:
Oh cool! Mine isn't a lone survivor after all!

Did they all have the axe etch/stamping?
There is a ghost of some mark on the blade of mine, that always seemed too deep to be from use, but I wasn't sure. I tried to leave as much of it there as I could when I rounded the tip to be safe to carry.

AHA!
Now that I know what I'm looking at, I see the axe head there! Cool!

Yay! Another member of the Schmachtenberg Club! I see someone pried with your axe, too.

According to the books, they also made contract knives with other stampings: J Dunlap; Anchor & Swords (picture); and Saint Lawrence Cutlery Co. I've never seen any of those yet.

I sharpened mine up and even with the broken blade, it's fun to carry.

Old Hunter said:
Amir Fleschwund those old Schrade Open Stock knives are so understated, yet are such nice examples of mid-20th Century cutler craftsmanship. Hope you and your family enjoy Mothers Day; we are going inland a little later to visit my parents and have dinner with them at my sisters. At 85 my folks are still kicking, but very slowly - I'm fortunate they are still here to love and enjoy. A Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers connected to the Porch and especially to our own regular Porch sitter, Rachel r8shell . OH

Thanks, but I'm not actually a mother (if I ever refer to my cat as a fur-baby, I hope someone just shoots me) I've got a Zoom meeting scheduled with my mother and brothers for this afternoon, and wish everyone a Happy Mothers Day.

6Strings · May 9, 2021

Maher & Grosh for me today, I do think they knocked it out the park with these ones.

Modoc ED · May 9, 2021

I'm not carrying nothing. Sitting at my desk in my skivvies and not going anywhere. Killed myself yesterday do my chores. These knives are on my desk should I need one.

JJ Cahill · May 9, 2021

Jack Black said:
wo Saturday stunners there JJ, outstanding knives

Thanks a lot, Jack!!!

Jack Black said:
Two old Sheffield folders today, from Alfred Blackwell, and Joseph Westby

Love the old Sheffield classics today, the Blackwell Lamb is built like a beautiful tank; very cool old delivery truck, too!

bigfish64 · May 9, 2021

Sitting in the parking lot waiting on my wife, best place to be when you’re at Walmart.

Camillus · May 9, 2021

Un-Chained said:
A stockman for Mom’s Sunday...
From the 1981 Schrade Tradesman series...
Mr. E. Albers kindly pointed this out, as I had no idea these existed. Beautiful green bone, action, ss blades and a kool etch.
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A peaceful and great Mother’s Day to all

I think that Schrade series and (I believe) Schrade-made Parker Frosts are some of the best value traditional knives out there. Rivalling the black box winchesters for quality.

Old Hunter · May 9, 2021

I had intended to carry this 1980 ten-dot 6318 HE today as I had forgotten I owned it. However, after oiling the blades and working them remembered that the Pen blade is a thumbnail buster, sometimes easy, but sometimes nearly impossible to open. So I wiped it down and put it back away and pulled out a cousin that hasn't been carried in a while either, a 1981 nine-dot 6318 HP (both knives are constructed of CV steel). OH