AK Adventurer, Thank you ! I try to do my best, just to put knives under their best profil. And also for the pleasure to share them.
New knife. 1991 Case Texas Jack. Nice square bolsters and CV steel. No pitting or rust. Surprisingly no blade wobble for a 1990s Case knife. Centered blades and matched red bone handles with even dye. Never used and bought on eBay for $40. The only odd part was the guy used a Best Choice Toaster Pastry box as a shipping box.
This Case peanut in Devon Thomas raindrop pattern damascus has been a steady pocket companion for two years now. It does most of what I need from a pocket knife.
A few of my faves. Nowhere NEAR all my knives! Boys Knife GEC 85P Case Humpback "Whittler" in Red Camillus EO Remington Jack Schrade 8OT that was Grandpas Case CV Nut
French Laguiole Knives I by Elbæk, on Flickr French Laguiole Knives II by Elbæk, on Flickr French Laguiole Knives The smaller one, an Aubrac with reinder antler scales, was my EDC for a few years. It is really tiny, blade lenght; 5,85 cm, overall lenght; 13 cm The larger one, a no-name with olive wood scales, has seen little use, because it is too large to carry legally on a daily basis here in Denmark, blade lenght; 10,5 cm, overall lenght; 22,5 cm The larger one has the traditional cross inlaid in brass nails in the handle. Normally larger Laguiole knives has a simple cross inlaid in the handle. In the 18- 19th C. a shepherd was expected to stay with his flock at all times - also on sundays during mass. For that reason shepherds were considered to be be more or less pagan in the eyes of the church. To counter that, shepherds started to have their knives inlaid with crosses, mostly simply by hammering in small brass of bronze nails into the handle, in the pattern of a cross. The shepherd would then, upon hearing the churchbells call to mass on sundays, place his knife in his loaf of bread, with the cross facing towards him - and say a prayer. Thus not missing out on mass entirely.
