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Clark23 wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 12:21 am One of my newest pieces, Peter Henderson & Co NY hope you enjoy! ::handshake::
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From our walk yesterday. Well, I tried the same scenario as the one I described in my post to Q a couple of days ago. Same knife, same pose, different tree, different light. This time I was able to get one shot with everything in focus.....almost.
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Sasquach wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:15 pm From our walk yesterday. Well, I tried the same scenario as the one I described in my post to Q a couple of days ago. Same knife, same pose, different tree, different light. This time I was able to get one shot with everything in focus.....almost.
Knice pic Charlie.
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doglegg wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:16 pm
Sasquach wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:15 pm From our walk yesterday. Well, I tried the same scenario as the one I described in my post to Q a couple of days ago. Same knife, same pose, different tree, different light. This time I was able to get one shot with everything in focus.....almost.
Knice pic Charlie.
Thanks!
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Sasquach wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:15 pm From our walk yesterday. Well, I tried the same scenario as the one I described in my post to Q a couple of days ago. Same knife, same pose, different tree, different light. This time I was able to get one shot with everything in focus.....almost.
Oh Yeeeeaaaah!!! Nailed it ::tu:: I wonder if the spirit of the Ivoryman Schrade had any effect on making your pic turn out so good ::hmm::

Tim, your Great Smoky Mtn Trapper photo also nailed the near/far focus perfectly. Well done both a yous guys 8) ::tu::

I must be insane because I keep trying the same things and hoping for a different result. Might be easier to just learn to appreciate a blurry background ::undecided::
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Beautiful picture, I think the blurred background works well on that one, very nice.

I remember posting a pic a few years ago with a blurry background and Ivoryman commented that it was a really nice effect. I just told him thanks and never mentioned the fact that it was purely accidental and I couldn't have done it any differently. :lol:
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QTCut5 wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 2:35 am
Sasquach wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:15 pm From our walk yesterday. Well, I tried the same scenario as the one I described in my post to Q a couple of days ago. Same knife, same pose, different tree, different light. This time I was able to get one shot with everything in focus.....almost.
Oh Yeeeeaaaah!!! Nailed it ::tu:: I wonder if the spirit of the Ivoryman Schrade had any effect on making your pic turn out so good ::hmm::

Tim, your Great Smoky Mtn Trapper photo also nailed the near/far focus perfectly. Well done both a yous guys 8) ::tu::

I must be insane because I keep trying the same things and hoping for a different result. Might be easier to just learn to appreciate a blurry background ::undecided::
Thanks Q. I'm sure the Ivoryman spirit is involved.

Just a thought. I have a couple of obsolete old digital cameras that I don't use anymore but I notice that both of them have many settings and adjustments that you don't get with a phone-cam. I'm guessing that the phone-cam is supposed to do those adjustments automatically or something. I think I might resurrect one of those digital cameras and see what happens when a dumbass human takes control of the settings. What have I got to lose? A couple of AA batteries? I'll give it a shot when I get a chance.
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Well composed photos, Q and Charlie. I think that if the knife is in clear focus, then an out of focus background is okay. I always note the background of both of your photos, Q with vesicular lava and volcanic cliffs, and Charlie with pines and forest very similar to what I live in.
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archival retrieval

two inexpensive Imperials which were given new vinyl wraps to replace the original celluloid films.
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Great shots Tim, Charlie, 'Q', and Zach!
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It's raining so we won't be out for much of a walk today but here's a couple more from the archive.
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QTCut5 wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 2:35 am
Sasquach wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:15 pm
I must be insane because I keep trying the same things and hoping for a different result. Might be easier to just learn to appreciate a blurry background ::undecided::
:shock: Beautiful shot Q! ::nod::
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ThatWeirdKnifeGuy wrote: Sat Apr 25, 2026 7:25 pm archival retrieval

two inexpensive Imperials which were given new vinyl wraps to replace the original celluloid films.
::paranoid:: How did you get Sasquach to pose so nicely with green scaled Imperial pocketknife in the top picture? ::shrug::
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Sasquach wrote: Sun Apr 26, 2026 3:13 pm It's raining so we won't be out for much of a walk today but here's a couple more from the archive.
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::nod:: ...great scales on them there knives Sas! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks GSP, too bad Canal Street couldn't make a go of it. Their knives were/are top notch.

From our walk today.
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Mahalo Ike, Squach, Tony, Mel & T-Dog….. ::handshake::
Appreciate the feedback and really enjoy seeing your pics ::tu::

My outing this morning was in a more urban environment, so I had to improvise with my current EDC in the available setting.
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At one point, while waiting for my wife at the dentist, a swarm of dragonflies swooped in to see what I was doing. I took about a bazillion photos trying to get a pic of them but thanks to my slow trigger finger I didn’t manage to capture a single one ::doh:: I did get a lot of pics of this knife on the roof of my car, though :lol:
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Sasquach wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:42 am From our walk today.
The lighting is especially nice in that shot with the yellow Delrin hunter, Squach 8) ::tu::
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Although it's not an all metal knife, I think Fingers will appreciate this made-in-Japan, serrated blade folder ::nod::
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QTCut5 wrote: Wed Apr 29, 2026 2:03 pm Although it's not an all metal knife, I think Fingers will appreciate this made-in-Japan, serrated blade folder ::nod::
You’re correct. It looks like an excellent edc that means business. Top notch photo too.
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Very nice photos, Q, Charlie, and Jtx.

Tonight is Walpurgis Night. A thousand years ago, according to legend, witches across Europe would have been meeting for their rites. Two thousand years ago my ancestors in the British Isles would have been lighting bonfires and driving their livestock through the embers and joining hands to leap over the flames. I have always regretted missing out on those nights of festivity. Here is a photo inspired by my Celtic fantasy of what folks might have carried to those celebrations across the centuries.
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Dinadan wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:30 pm Very nice photos, Q, Charlie, and Jtx.

Tonight is Walpurgis Night. A thousand years ago, according to legend, witches across Europe would have been meeting for their rites. Two thousand years ago my ancestors in the British Isles would have been lighting bonfires and driving their livestock through the embers and joining hands to leap over the flames. I have always regretted missing out on those nights of festivity. Here is a photo inspired by my Celtic fantasy of what folks might have carried to those celebrations across the centuries.
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:shock: ... ::skeptic:: This pictures is making me VERY nervous..... ::uc::
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Imperial stockman I used while making some buckets for my apples off my dad's old apple tree. Case trapper too.
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Dinadan wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2026 10:30 pm a photo inspired by my Celtic fantasy of what folks might have carried to those celebrations across the centuries.
The mood and atmosphere you've created in your photo is evocative and perfectly suited to the knives, Mel, and inspires a lot more than a thousand words; it invokes a thousand years of Celtic history. Well done ::tu::

Here's my little tribute to Celtic lore....Although I am pretty certain the ancient Celts did not have Russlocks :wink: the inlaid designs are intended to depict Celtic style. I don't know the symbolism of the sword and rose on the pile side, but the interlocking "Celtic knot" style of the Seahorse on the mark side is obvious.
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American Blade 92 wrote: Sat May 02, 2026 1:16 am Imperial stockman I used while making some buckets for my apples off my dad's old apple tree. Case trapper too.
Very knice handy work.
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