WHAT ARE YOU CARRYIN RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS YOUR FAV EDC?
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Very interesting presentation, Mike. It looks as tho you have the perfect replacement for your used and much respected knife.
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Won’t fit in my pocket. To bad!
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Great to see the progression and hear how it served you well. Nice pair. Hope the next one lasts like that, although I had to wonder how the bones got cracked and if it was due to manufacturer or user? Thanks and good show.Unk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:13 pm Beautiful knives, guys.
I haven't bought many - if any - knives in the last couple of years. I've been carrying this little 63090 every day since 2011. I thought it would be interesting to post some pics of it new in 2011, then in 2016, then 2023 to see the progression of "pocket worn"
I finally bought a little Case 6318 last week to start carrying. Love the propeller shield, and it's a tad longer knife (1/4"). The little 63090 has done everything I needed for 12 years, but the bone is cracked in several places, and it's time to let it rest a little.![]()
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It was ALL user-induced damage.
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Last day of the work week 
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Nice ones, QS, David, Unk, Smalleyds and gard.
Going with the Big Chief for Finally Friday, made by Gilbert Cooper and Co. Perfectly casted, forged, assembled, sharpened and finished. And a deal at $40!
Going with the Big Chief for Finally Friday, made by Gilbert Cooper and Co. Perfectly casted, forged, assembled, sharpened and finished. And a deal at $40!
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
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Dog, Redrider - 
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Red you must not have bargained to hard with him. Tote'n these today.
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redrider, your Big Chief looks great. I have difficulty in getting a good edge on mine.
Today's knife, a Barlow, is one of the only knives I have ever forced a patina on.
Today's knife, a Barlow, is one of the only knives I have ever forced a patina on.
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Nice duo, bighomer.
QS, is yours a Cooper or a Queen? Nice Camco, by the way.

QS, is yours a Cooper or a Queen? Nice Camco, by the way.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
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Mine is a Queen. Your thoughts?
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Thank you, John!
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Beautiful looking knives everyone!
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Beautiful pair BH, love the Congress and that Remi with the camo is cool. Good show. Keeping it up.
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Not sure about the Queen, I do know Herb has dealt with a bunch of Queen Big Chiefs so I'll get his overall consensus on blade edge retention. I do know this Cooper is sharp.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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Got tired of "putting off" fixing my #45 and installing a diver's sheepsfoot/hawkbill hybrid blade and repairing a #45S; so I just ordered one of these. Do they have any plans to reintroduce the clip-point blade?1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:11 pm Nice ones, QS, David, Unk, Smalleyds and gard.![]()
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Going with the Big Chief for Finally Friday, made by Gilbert Cooper and Co. Perfectly casted, forged, assembled, sharpened and finished. And a deal at $40!
I'm so glad that Cooper Cutlery was able to bring a "real" Big Chief back to the market, instead of that hideous rebranded Granddaddy Barlow that SMKW is calling a Big Chief. I have a '60s #45 and a '90s #45EO (as well as a '70s #45s with a broken backspring that apparently never left the Queen factory until the closure), and I've gotten afraid to carry them.
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cody6268 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:49 pmGot tired of "putting off" fixing my #45 and installing a diver's sheepsfoot/hawkbill hybrid blade and repairing a #45S; so I just ordered one of these. Do they have any plans to reintroduce the clip-point blade?1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:11 pm Nice ones, QS, David, Unk, Smalleyds and gard.![]()
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Going with the Big Chief for Finally Friday, made by Gilbert Cooper and Co. Perfectly casted, forged, assembled, sharpened and finished. And a deal at $40!
I'm so glad that Cooper Cutlery was able to bring a "real" Big Chief back to the market, instead of that hideous rebranded Granddaddy Barlow that SMKW is calling a Big Chief. I have a '60s #45 and a '90s #45EO (as well as a '70s #45s with a broken backspring that apparently never left the Queen factory until the closure), and I've gotten afraid to carry them.
Not sure about the clip blade, but PM herbva if you're looking for a backspring. He might have one or know where you can get one cheap.
Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
CHRIST IS KING
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
CHRIST IS KING
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I’m not technically packing it at the moment. But this CASE folding hunter I got off of Steamboat Willie a while ago is doing supper duty!
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Fine looking meal neighbor and the ole hunter is outstanding x10.
I'm tote'n a jeffin repop and a EF flipper.
I'm tote'n a jeffin repop and a EF flipper.
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Rocky didn't get the weekend off this trip, but I'm done for the day. 

Pocket, fixed, machete, axe, it's all good!
You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
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You're going to look awfully silly with that knife sticking out of your @#$. -Clint Eastwood, High Plains Drifter
CHRIST IS KING
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Western 445; 1960s era, I think.
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Started this saturday with a 501 and a 303,ended with the same
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