All About Pocket Knives

Great post Charlie.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 2:30 am Nice shots, Zach. I love how much time you spend in nature with your younglings teaching them about their environment and the natural world; you seem like a really good father

Reminds me of my own father

This is high praise, I appreciate it my friend. Sometimes I feel like I didn't do enough teaching in a day but I always think, at least we were out side today

I was outside yesterday and I found this one in a tree

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:31 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:44 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 4:17 pm

My Grandpa was a... a hunter... so he was out in the wild a lot. When I came along I was his sidekick on many of those outings.

Sas, ... I can only imagine you and your 'Ol grandpappy out there in the wild*, wandering free in the Arizona wilderness....

*I wonder if there are any out of focus black & white photographs to document any of those trips?

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 1:44 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:31 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:44 pm

My Grandpa was a... a hunter... so he was out in the wild a lot. When I came along I was his sidekick on many of those outings.

Sas, ... I can only imagine you and your 'Ol grandpappy out there in the wild*, wandering free in the Arizona wilderness....

*I wonder if there are any out of focus black & white photographs to document any of those trips?

The wilderness keeps getting smaller and smaller though. Many of those secluded places aren't so secluded anymore.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:33 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 1:44 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 2:31 am

The wilderness keeps getting smaller and smaller though. Many of those secluded places aren't so secluded anymore.

You said it Sas! I went camping last month and there were people everywhere... I couldn't believe how many other campers were up on the mountain

.... you would think with the wilderness getting smaller and smaller and not so many secluded places anymore that there would be a lot more out of focus pictures around of you and your kinfolk ...

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:51 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:33 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 1:44 am

The wilderness keeps getting smaller and smaller though. Many of those secluded places aren't so secluded anymore.

You said it Sas! I went camping last month and there were people everywhere... I couldn't believe how many other campers were up on the mountain

.... you would think with the wilderness getting smaller and smaller and not so many secluded places anymore that there would be a lot more pictures around of you and your kinfolk ...

We're a stealthy species.

Another one from the Halloween archive...

So all of the other photographers are out of town? On vacation? Out of film?

From our walk today, some poor boy cuttin' tools.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:06 pm So all of the other photographers are out of town? On vacation? Out of film?

From our walk today, some poor boy cuttin' tools.

Knice poor boy tools.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:18 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:51 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:33 ame.

We're a stealthy species.

That is true, ... except for some of your cousins south of the border... sometimes when you hear mariachi music deep in the wild woods of the high Siera mountains and you thought that you were all alone... it can be a little disconcerting....

doglegg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 1:29 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:06 pm So all of the other photographers are out of town? On vacation? Out of film?

From our walk today, some poor boy cuttin' tools.

Knice poor boy tools.

Thanks Doglegg.

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 1:48 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:18 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:51 am

We're a stealthy species.

That is true, ... except for some of your cousins south of the border... sometimes when you hear mariachi music deep in the wild woods of the high Siera mountains and you thought that you were all alone... it can be a little disconcerting....

Tengo familia en Mexico.

Another from the Halloween archive.

My new to me Frost lockback with the Babe Ruth printing removed

Monster blades on parade in October.

Fingers wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:30 pm My new to me Frost lockback with the Babe Ruth printing removed

Another nice one Fingers! Is the handle bone or synthetic?

Sasquach wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:35 pm

Fingers wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:30 pm My new to me Frost lockback with the Babe Ruth printing removed

Another nice one Fingers! Is the handle bone or synthetic?

Thanks. The eBay seller said bone. Is there a way to tell for sure. I once read that a hot pin would be a test.

Fingers wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:46 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:35 pm

Fingers wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:30 pm My new to me Frost lockback with the Babe Ruth printing removed

Another nice one Fingers! Is the handle bone or synthetic?

Thanks. The eBay seller said bone. Is there a way to tell for sure. I once read that a hot pin would be a test.

Indeed a red hot pin or needle will tell you, the odor of burnt bone is quite different from burnt plastic/synthetic. However that method will leave a scar on the handle material. A method I have used in the past is to gently tap the handle against your teeth, you can feel the difference between bone (much harder) and synthetic. It's old school but it works most of the time. Also, if you look closely bone has a grain to it and most synthetic doesn't.

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There was a bear at the park today

Also a little peanut and the Dad knife. Only snapped a few pictures before a few normies strolled up.

They did that thing where they see me watching my kids so they assume I'll watch their's and sat and chatted together while their child was unsupervised. I will keep everyone safe, but I will not be in charge of your kid. I watched happily as my crew worked together to build a sand road and the rogue child laid down and buried herself with sand

sgteldridge wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 4:44 pm110

Nice shot Sarge. The B&W works well in that shot.

I don't really have any "monster knives" to march in Squach's October parade, and no kids to take to a park where photo ops abound, so I'll just have to stick with my normal size cutlery and look for photo ops to present themselves in my daily routine I am enjoying taking out knives I normally never carry and trying to find ways to photograph them in otherwise mundane settings.

A sailor's rope knife might have been a better fit for today's photos

ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 5:08 pm There was a bear at the park today

Also a little peanut and the Dad knife. Only snapped a few pictures before a few normies strolled up.

They did that thing where they see me watching my kids so they assume I'll watch their's and sat and chatted together while their child was unsupervised. I will keep everyone safe, but I will not be in charge of your kid. I watched happily as my crew worked together to build a sand road and the rogue child laid down and buried herself with sand

It's a wonder the "normies" didn't freak out that you hade knives on a playground. The generations coming up behind me seem to be insanely obsessed with "safety". Did their kid have knee pads, elbow pads, helmet, and steel toe shoes on?

Got nice photos there. That last one looks like an old military mess kit knife with a paracord handle. Interesting.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 07, 2025 7:01 pm I don't really have any "monster knives" to march in Squach's October parade, and no kids to take to a park where photo ops abound, so I'll just have to stick with my normal size cutlery and look for photo ops to present themselves in my daily routine I am enjoying taking out knives I normally never carry and trying to find ways to photograph them in otherwise mundane settings.

A sailor's rope knife might have been a better fit for today's photos

Great pics Q!

Mundane settings in Hawaii??? Give me a break! Living in a tropical paradise can only be mundane if you let it be. It's all a matter of perception. There are photo ops everywhere you just have to be in the right frame of mind to spot them. I might have walked by a tree stump or pile of rocks a hundred times without giving it a second thought. Then one day walking the same trail past the same tree stump or pile of rocks the sun is leaking down through the foliage at just the right angle or a light rain has caused them to glisten a bit and voila a photo op is born. It's only at that point that I think of how many times I have passed up that opportunity because I wasn't looking at it the right way. Your photos are always well done and a pleasure to view.

A 100 year old survivor Continental looking pretty in the fall colors.____Dave