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That Helle looks comfortable.Whats the steel in that blade?

garddogg56 wrote:That Helle looks comfortable.Whats the steel in that blade?

According to the Helle factory web.. Triple Laminated Stainless Steel.. It is comfortable but I will say this.. If you have very large hands the handle will be short.. I have Med/Lg hands and if they were any bigger they would be too big.. Hope this all makes sense.. John

CASE G-10 Mini-T.. John

Yesterday morning....

I see you are into "scary sharp" there Scott with the Mora and Kershaw. Love them both!

The only knives I know that come even sharper from the factory than Kershaw & Mora would be a Helle like Johns. My buddy gave me his two Helles before he passed. They are beyond scary sharp!!

TripleF wrote:Yesterday morning....

Moras will take a great edge and make good tinder.
That is a rather large ferro rod. Firesteel.com?

Tony_Wood wrote:

TripleF wrote:Yesterday morning....

Moras will take a great edge and make good tinder.
That is a rather large ferro rod. Firesteel.com?

Indeed they do!!
Not sure of the seller, got it off ebay!

CASE Mini-Copperhead at Bloody Ln, Antietam.. John

Well done John.

orvet wrote:I see you are into "scary sharp" there Scott with the Mora and Kershaw. Love them both!

The only knives I know that come even sharper from the factory than Kershaw & Mora would be a Helle like Johns. My buddy gave me his two Helles before he passed. They are beyond scary sharp!!

Yes sir....ditto Dale!!

How about some Opinel No. 8.. John

John, your making this 'beautiful picture' stuff repetitious. Another beautiful shot. Simple but amazing tree trunk or roots and a simple but practical knife. Excellent.

Wood with wood... Thank You Floyd!!! John

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CASE Mini-Copperhead at Bloody Ln, Antietam.. John

That is sacred ground.

Tony_Wood wrote:

jmh58 wrote:DSC05514.JPG

CASE Mini-Copperhead at Bloody Ln, Antietam.. John

That is sacred ground.

Yes it is Tony.. And kinda eerie while walking in there too!! John

Mushroom anyone?

Great pic Scott.
I would expect nothing less from a fun guy!

Steve Warden wrote:Great pic Scott.
I would expect nothing less from a fun guy!

Great day yesterday....

Scott, that's a great picture! I see you have included for our viewing pleasure, a "sand hill or Hoover chicken".
When I was very young, I can remember seeing big gophers with folks initials carved in their shells, some times they had been painted and you could see some paint remaining in the grooves/recesses of their shells. We never ate them but we knew a lot of people who did back when times were hard. They are still considered a delicacy in some circles. They are now totally protected in Florida. I think a lot of the gophers were killed during the rattlesnake hunts, when the snake hunters would pour a little gasoline down a length of old garden hose and blow the vapors down the hole to cause the denned up snakes to come out of the gopher burrows.
Several gopher holes were found on a piece of land where our local school district was planning to build a new high school. A lot of legal wrangling and some land swap and relocation of the gophers took place before the project could proceed. This was back around Y2K before I retired in '09.
Thanks for showing the gopher along with your big old knife stuck in the piece of pine.
Treefarmer

TripleF wrote:Great day yesterday....

As always enjoyable pictures Scott. Like the old land turtle there. Is the Imperial you have on your web site?

doglegg wrote:

TripleF wrote:Great day yesterday....

As always enjoyable pictures Scott. Like the old land turtle there. Is the Imperial you have on your web site?

It is on my website I believe, and for sale on ebay right now.

Thanks!

yesterday....

Nice group of pictures Scott. I especially like that pic titled 'mushroom anyone', outstanding color in that particular specimen of fungus.

CASE 087.. John