All About Pocket Knives

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:05 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 1:17 am Wood & Bone...

Nice old bones, T-Dog.....I like wood as a background, too; the grain adds adds contour and bark adds texture to the pics

With that in mind....I gave my GEC #34 Mammoth mod another spin around the woodpile
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Bone & Stone for Wharncliffe Wednesday
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Q, you're killin' me with all of this ivory! Beautiful backgrounds, great photography, and IVORY! It's collector envy overload!

This is from our walk yesterday.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:49 pm This is from our walk yesterday.

Nice use of light and dark to give the picture depth, Squach....Caravaggio would no doubt applaud your application of chiaroscuro (get your handy dictionary out, Tony! )

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 3:05 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:49 pm This is from our walk yesterday.

Nice use of light and dark to give the picture depth, Squach....Caravaggio would no doubt applaud your application of chiaroscuro (get your handy dictionary out, Tony! )

Thanks Q. I've always been partial to the dappled light created by the sun leaking down through the foliage. I had to use that dictionary myself, I couldn't even pronounce "chiaroscuro" let alone know what it meant. Like they say, ya learn something new every day.

From our walk today in the grove.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 3:05 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:49 pm This is from our walk yesterday.

Nice use of light and dark to give the picture depth, Squach....Caravaggio would no doubt applaud your application of chiaroscuro (get your handy dictionary out, Tony! )

Very accurate analysis of Charlie's photo 'Q' And I now know what "chiaroscuro" is ... but have no idea who Caravaggio is/was? Google time!
Charlie, I would like to add that your photo has a very ambience ... well done!

EDIT: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:03 pm From our walk today in the grove.

More ambience!

Nice photos of that Opinel, Charlie, with the dappled light. My favorite is the middle photo.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:03 pm From our walk today in the grove.

I like the perspective of the blade coming "out" towards the viewer in pic #2, and the inherent "action" of the blade stuck in the stump in pic #3 as if it's just waiting for a young Arthur to come along and pull it out (oh, wait, that legendary blade was stuck in a stone, not a tree stump and it was an English broadsword, not a French folding knife )

But sometimes a photo accidentally captures a detail that makes it interesting in an unintended way like the detail that caught my eye in the top right corner of pic #1. Who’s a good boy?

Rosecraft among bougainvillea
Coincidentally, I also took a “sword in the stone” style pic on my outing today. Didn’t really like how it turned out though and wasn’t going to post it until I saw Squach’s similar concept pic (which is much better than mine) and decided to post it anyway just for comparison purposes. I do like the smooth blue bone contrasted against the rough gray bark in my pic.

Thank you gentlemen for the comments.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:25 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:03 pm From our walk today in the grove.

I like the perspective of the blade coming "out" towards the viewer in pic #2, and the inherent "action" of the blade stuck in the stump in pic #3 as if it's just waiting for a young Arthur to come along and pull it out (oh, wait, that legendary blade was stuck in a stone, not a tree stump and it was an English broadsword, not a French folding knife )

But sometimes a photo accidentally captures a detail that makes it interesting in an unintended way like the detail that caught my eye in the top right corner of pic #1. Who’s a good boy?

Thanks Q. When I first started posting here people like you and Iman would make comments that I found very instructive. It was Tripple F (Scott) who suggested that I shoot from the knife point back angle.

Speaking of Excalibur, the pic below is one that I shot a while ago and have referred to as "the Excalibur shot" because, like you, my mind was triggered by the arrangement.

Who's a good boy? You mean the Tasmanian Devil of the canine class? The Mighty muscle missile? AKA Silly Billy? He is always with me when I go for a walk. I tell myself that I have to get my dog out for a walk every day when In truth it is he who needs to get me out for a walk every day. It's a symbiotic relationship. His color blends in so well in that photo and my focus was so centered on the Opinel that I didn't even notice that he had crept into the shot.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:02 am Rosecraft among bougainvillea
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Coincidentally, I also took a “sword in the stone” style pic on my outing today. Didn’t really like how it turned out though and wasn’t going to post it until I saw Squach’s similar concept pic (which is much better than mine) and decided to post it anyway just for comparison purposes. I do like the smooth blue bone contrasted against the rough gray bark in my pic, but that’s about all.

That's a pretty Rosecraft. I like the colors you captured. As you mentioned, the contrast between the smooth blue bone and the rough grey/brown bark is an eye pleaser.

Squatch, you deserve the abundant praise you received for your Opinel shots. I had to return to the photos to find the mighty muscle missile. Twice.

This is the Frost lockback with the Babe Ruth printing that I removed and had previously posted. I’d been using using my iPhone camera but switched to my camera to see the difference.

Fingers wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:20 pm I’d been using using my iPhone camera but switched to my camera to see the difference.

That's a nicely composed photo, Fingers

Any insights, thoughts or observations about the difference between using your iPhone versus your camera? (What kind of camera?)

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:29 pm

Fingers wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:20 pm I’d been using using my iPhone camera but switched to my camera to see the difference.

That's a nicely composed photo, Fingers

Any insights, thoughts or observations about the difference between using your iPhone versus your camera? (What kind of camera?)

I have been using both my cell phone (I don't have an iPhone, I strongly dislike Apple products) and a digital camera (I have two old Kodak Easy Share cameras and one "No Name" cheapo) and I have not seen a big difference in the quality of the pics taken. They all have features that I don't use (because I don't know how) so there could be difference there I haven't discovered. I usually shoot with the auto setting and the close up selection with the cameras and with the phone I just shoot as is. Indoors I avoid using the flash for knives no matter what I'm shooting pics with.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 5:33 pm Squatch, you deserve the abundant praise you received for your Opinel shots. I had to return to the photos to find the mighty muscle missile. Twice.

Thanks QS.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:29 pm

Fingers wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 6:20 pm I’d been using using my iPhone camera but switched to my camera to see the difference.

That's a nicely composed photo, Fingers

Any insights, thoughts or observations about the difference between using your iPhone versus your camera? (What kind of camera?)

It’s a Panasonic GM-1. The Panasonic has a larger sensor with all the inherent advantages that gives. The iPhone uses AI which helps in different lighting conditions and it’s always at hand, but size matters.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:05 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 1:17 am Wood & Bone...

Nice old bones, T-Dog.....I like wood as a background, too; the grain adds adds contour and bark adds texture to the pics
With that in mind....I gave my GEC #34 Mammoth mod another spin around the woodpile

Many thanks Q Well, the GEC #34 Mammoth is one of the most stunning knives that I have seen here on the forum, it is just outstanding. It looks wonderful against the wood as a background.

The Bone & Stone for Wharncliffe Wednesday photos are great, especially the symmetry of the curved blade on the round rock

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:25 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:03 pm From our walk today in the grove.

I like the perspective of the blade coming "out" towards the viewer in pic #2, and the inherent "action" of the blade stuck in the stump in pic #3 as if it's ... a French folding knife )

But sometimes a photo accidentally captures a detail that makes it interesting in an unintended way ......

Nice SAS! I love the simple design of a French folding knife ... It seems like you always have valuable insight into Knife Photography.....


Using the Marble's trapper today....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:09 pm

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:25 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2025 11:03 pm From our walk today in the grove.

I like the perspective of the blade coming "out" towards the viewer in pic #2, and the inherent "action" of the blade stuck in the stump in pic #3 as if it's ... a French folding knife )

But sometimes a photo accidentally captures a detail that makes it interesting in an unintended way ......

Nice SAS! I love the simple design of a French folding knife ... It seems like you always have valuable insight into Knife Photography.....


Using the Marble's trapper today....

Holy crapoly!!! Has that diamondback been to the taxidermist? I don't see any blur around the tail section. Hope you carry snake medicine (.22 or 12ga.) Great photo either way.

Here's a little Az snake story for you. A friend of my Granddad had gotten bitten while out on the desert. The rattler struck twice, one hit the side of his cowboy boot just above the heel and the other hit him in the calf. He got to the hospital and the only bite they found was the one on the calf. He never wore those boots again being a bit superstitious and a year or two later he gave them to my Granddad. My Granddad wore them one time and his ankle swelled up and turned purple. Long story short, They found that the snake which had bitten his friend had broken off the tip of a fang in the leather of the boot. The tip of that fang had rubbed the side of my Granddad's ankle enough to break the skin a little bit and led to an infection and mild poisoning. Needless to say, my Granddad never wore those boots again either.

From our walk this afternoon.

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:02 am Rosecraft among bougainvillea
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Coincidentally, I also took a “sword in the stone” style pic on my outing today. Didn’t really like how it turned out though and wasn’t going to post it until I saw Squach’s similar concept pic (which is much better than mine) and decided to post it anyway just for comparison purposes. I do like the smooth blue bone contrasted against the rough gray bark in my pic, but that’s about all.

That's a really great looking knife. I bought and sent one to my friend but never had the opportunity to handle one. Seeing your pictures reaffirms my choice in buying it over some of the others I was considering.

Also, the pearl on that Paul a day or so back is crazy. Old knives don't have pearl chunks that big it seems. Too bad smaug was flying around messing with your shots, still came out smoldering though.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:38 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 11:09 pm

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 23, 2025 12:25 am But sometimes a photo accidentally captures a detail that makes it interesting in an unintended way ......

Holy crapoly!!! Has that diamondback been to the taxidermist? I don't see any blur around the tail section. Hope you carry snake medicine (.22 or 12ga.) Great photo either way.

.... Holy Moly Sas!!! ... I was so focused on taking a high quality knife pictures to try and keep up with ya'll ... I must have missedthat ol' rattler right in front of me .... come to think of it.. I do remember hearing a ratting sound when trying to set up the photo......