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Fine l@@king trio of CXX TopDog!

Corn Creek Cutlery wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:29 pm Fine l@@king trio of CXX TopDog!

Many thanks CCC

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:49 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:18 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:45 pm

So you aren't completely without good taste. That pattern does look vaguely familiar.

.... hmmmm..... .... Come to think of it Sas, .... I seem to remember some old post of yours that maybe you DID have something similar.... ... maybe....

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 12:51 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:49 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 10:18 pm

So you aren't completely without good taste. That pattern does look vaguely familiar.

.... hmmmm..... .... Come to think of it Sas, .... I seem to remember some old post of yours that maybe you DID have something similar.... ... maybe....

Well, maybe just a few. I'd be lying if I said I didn't. Somewhere in a corner of my house, after brushing away a layer of cobwebs and dust I found this.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 1:02 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 12:51 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:49 am
So you aren't completely without good taste. That pattern does look vaguely familiar.

.... hmmmm..... .... Come to think of it Sas, .... I seem to remember some old post of yours that maybe you DID have something similar.... ... maybe....

Well, maybe just a few. I'd be lying if I said I didn't. Somewhere in a corner of my house, after brushing away a layer of cobwebs and dust I found this.

doglegg wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 3:45 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 1:02 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 12:51 am

.... hmmmm..... .... Come to think of it Sas, .... I seem to remember some old post of yours that maybe you DID have something similar.... ... maybe....

Well, maybe just a few. I'd be lying if I said I didn't. Somewhere in a corner of my house, after brushing away a layer of cobwebs and dust I found this.

It's my own personal form of insanity.

Wow, Charlie! Awesome collection and displays! I didn’t know there were that many different Canoes out there!

BST lockback

tvic wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 2:37 pm Wow, Charlie! Awesome collection and displays! I didn’t know there were that many different Canoes out there!

There are quite a few more out there than I have but with Case basically dropping the pattern the number will dwindle. There will be no more American made canoes if Case stops. GEC and Bear & Son might offer one every once in a long while but I'm not optimistic at all about the future of the pattern I've spent my whole life with

Fingers wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 3:01 pm BST lockback

Cool shot, Fingers Had to do a double take because at first glance I thought it was a black & white photo....the tiger emblem and brass key add a neat little splash of color

The magic transparent blade effect....betrayed by the shadow

Now that’s a cool photo, Q! And a GOOD looking knife!

Sasquach wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 1:02 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 12:51 am

Sasquach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 2:49 am

.... hmmmm..... .... Come to think of it Sas, .... I seem to remember some old post of yours that maybe you DID have something similar.... ... maybe....

Well, maybe just a few. I'd be lying if I said I didn't. Somewhere in a corner of my house, after brushing away a layer of cobwebs and dust I found this.

!!!! *

*(Sweet Sassy Mallassy!!!!)

QTCut5 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 07, 2026 2:01 am The magic transparent blade effect....betrayed by the shadow

.... ohhhh ... the Stag! .... The stag.....

Bear and Son

Is that handle aluminum, Fingers? I’ve got a couple of aluminum handle Halloween knives from Bear & Son. I like yours!

tvic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2026 3:10 pm Is that handle aluminum, Fingers? I’ve got a couple of aluminum handle Halloween knives from Bear & Son. I like yours!

All steel

I think I may have accidentally discovered a way to ameliorate the focus disparity between a close object and a distant background: only put large, mostly amorphous, non-detailed objects in the background, i.e., don't have anything that requires particularly sharp focus or precise definition in order to to be interpreted such as written words/numbers or faces, for example. Large "blobs" of color (plants/trees, ocean, etc.) or irregular shapes (rocks/mountains, clouds, etc.) don't necessarily need to be in perfect focus as the brain will automatically correctly interpret them for what they are as long as they're relatively recognizable. This isn't a perfect solution, but it's surely something to think about next time you want to try taking pictures of a knife with sweeping vistas or a panoramic background

Here's the photo I took on my outing this morning that led to my "a-ha" lightbulb insight:

Back in my 35mm days, Q, the best way to get foreground and background in focus (depth of field) was to put the f-stop on the camera lens to f16 which reduces the lens opening. On the flip side, a lower f-stop - most lenses go down to f1.8 or something similar - gives a crisper photo. Of course, like everyone else, I’ve been taking pics with a cell phone for years and never learned how to get depth of field on these complicated devices! BTW, I think you made a great photo!

tvic wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2026 9:59 pm Back in my 35mm days, Q, the best way to get foreground and background in focus (depth of field) was to put the f-stop on the camera lens to f16 which reduces the lens opening. On the flip side, a lower f-stop - most lenses go down to f1.8 or something similar - gives a crisper photo. Of course, like everyone else, I’ve been taking pics with a cell phone for years and never learned how to get depth of field on these complicated devices! BTW, I think you made a great photo!

Yes, I should have mentioned that I use my iPhone for all my picture taking now. I mostly like the photos it takes; however, the field of depth issue is my one complaint with it. I don't recall having that problem with the little digital cameras I used before I got my iPhone, but the ones I used had options for different settings (like f-stop) that my iPhone doesn't have.

With the past few days having been warm and rain free we've been walkin' the wild side again. Gotta' let Billy run off some of his cabin fever.

Sasquach wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 7:58 pm With the past few days having been warm and rain free we've been walkin' the wild side again. Gotta' let Billy run off some of his cabin fever.

Some great looking scales on that one, and nice pictures!
Limestone?

Waukonda wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 10:00 pm

Sasquach wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2026 7:58 pm With the past few days having been warm and rain free we've been walkin' the wild side again. Gotta' let Billy run off some of his cabin fever.

Some great looking scales on that one, and nice pictures!
Limestone?

Thanks.

I'm not sure what the stone is. It looked almost volcanic, like lava rock.

Great Knives and Photos all over this page.
Charlie...You have a Fantastic Canoe collection and your displays look Phenomenal!

Thanks Kevin.

This is a pic from my photo archive that I shot for a past ST. Paddy's Day. With GREEN beer only a week away I thought I might start showin' some GREEN.