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What Traditional Knife are you toting today?

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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16050 on: December 16, 2018, 03:22:02 AM
Dusted one of my Laguioles for the weekend
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Verah nice Laguioles!  :like:

Camillus WW2 Navy Utility


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Always enjoy seeing the EO!     :like:

The Canoe again.  It's a beautiful knife and wonderful to carry.

Great Canoe!     :like:

I managed to get two trads together today, for a walk in the woods.  :)


Good pair to take on a walk in the woods!    :tu:    :like:
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16051 on: December 16, 2018, 03:42:48 AM
A whole lotta fantastic going there, David!  :like: :like:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16052 on: December 16, 2018, 03:47:38 AM
Out of curiosity....

What do you Traditional fans think of the BM Proper?





I'll confess to being drawn to some classic design with some modern materials. Not inexpensive, but I'm still tempted...... Thoughts? Experience? Watch y'awl say?  :think:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16053 on: December 16, 2018, 04:34:39 AM
I got to handle one a while back, seems well built and Comfortable.

Nice knife I just didn't care for the saber ground blade.
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16054 on: December 16, 2018, 05:50:38 AM
I managed to get two trads together today, for a walk in the woods.  :)


Sweet !   :like: :tu:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16055 on: December 16, 2018, 10:04:18 AM
Out of curiosity....

What do you Traditional fans think of the BM Proper?

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I'll confess to being drawn to some classic design with some modern materials. Not inexpensive, but I'm still tempted...... Thoughts? Experience? Watch y'awl say?  :think:

A tad pointy maybe?  :dunno:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16056 on: December 16, 2018, 02:12:36 PM
That Proper has kind of an awkward look to the design. Like the blade doesn't match the handle or something  :think:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16057 on: December 16, 2018, 02:46:19 PM
Out of curiosity....

What do you Traditional fans think of the BM Proper?

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I'll confess to being drawn to some classic design with some modern materials. Not inexpensive, but I'm still tempted...... Thoughts? Experience? Watch y'awl say?  :think:

Interesting knife. But not interesting enough to convince me to buy one. Not yet anyway.
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16058 on: December 16, 2018, 03:04:08 PM
 :iagree:
Out of curiosity....

What do you Traditional fans think of the BM Proper?

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I'll confess to being drawn to some classic design with some modern materials. Not inexpensive, but I'm still tempted...... Thoughts? Experience? Watch y'awl say?  :think:

Interesting knife. But not interesting enough to convince me to buy one. Not yet anyway.
Barry


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16059 on: December 16, 2018, 04:14:05 PM
The Proper is one of those knives die hard traditionalist won't like, it's a slip joint but it is not a traditional pattern. That doesn't bother me but I'm weird like that. As long as it cuts well and fits my hand, I'll get along with it.

My only complaint with it is the blade grind, the Proper is a small knife aka under 4” and small knives should cut well. That's where Benchmade blew it with the Proper. The one I got to play with was .026” behind the edge, combined with a saber grind. When you put those two things together the Proper is not a good cutting knife.
It works for meat, rope and material that pulls away from the blade.
Use it for cardboard, reinforced hose or similar stiff material and it requires noticeably more effort to push cut thru materials like that.

If Benchmade would flat grind the blade, it would serve well as something like a modern version of the sodbuster.


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Reply #16060 on: December 16, 2018, 04:16:46 PM
A pair of slip joints for today's carry, Lionsteel and Manly Wasp.
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16061 on: December 16, 2018, 05:53:00 PM
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16062 on: December 16, 2018, 05:53:29 PM
Cammie #51




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Reply #16063 on: December 16, 2018, 07:35:48 PM
Nice 51  :like:


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Reply #16064 on: December 16, 2018, 08:01:06 PM
A pair of slip joints for today's carry, Lionsteel and Manly Wasp.

With that pair you wont have to sharpen very often.     :like:

Nice 51  :like:

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Reply #16065 on: December 16, 2018, 08:34:44 PM
Reckon I've gone Western on ya buckaroos today.    :D
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16066 on: December 16, 2018, 08:52:04 PM
Yee Haw !  :like: :tu:


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Reply #16067 on: December 16, 2018, 09:07:41 PM
We need some theme music.

 
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16068 on: December 16, 2018, 09:30:42 PM
Hard at work on the domestic front!
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16069 on: December 16, 2018, 10:13:29 PM
Nice Trapper Barry !   :like:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16070 on: December 17, 2018, 12:50:05 AM
Reckon I've gone Western on ya buckaroos today.    :D

Reckon you have  :D Nice pair. 


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Reply #16071 on: December 17, 2018, 12:51:31 AM
Hard at work on the domestic front!
The once proud trapper doing domestic chores.  :facepalm: 
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Reply #16072 on: December 17, 2018, 12:52:23 AM
Thanks Steve!
Nice Trapper Barry !   :like:
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Reply #16073 on: December 17, 2018, 12:53:03 AM
About like its owner my friend :facepalm:
Hard at work on the domestic front!
The once proud trapper doing domestic chores.  :facepalm: 
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Reply #16074 on: December 17, 2018, 01:13:17 AM
About like its owner my friend :facepalm:
Hard at work on the domestic front!
The once proud trapper doing domestic chores.  :facepalm: 
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I can joke because I'm in the same domestic boat   :facepalm:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16075 on: December 17, 2018, 01:26:16 AM
Good to see the Trapper back in the rotation, Barry!  :tu:


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16076 on: December 17, 2018, 01:27:03 AM
The Proper is one of those knives die hard traditionalist won't like, it's a slip joint but it is not a traditional pattern. That doesn't bother me but I'm weird like that. As long as it cuts well and fits my hand, I'll get along with it.

My only complaint with it is the blade grind, the Proper is a small knife aka under 4” and small knives should cut well. That's where Benchmade blew it with the Proper. The one I got to play with was .026” behind the edge, combined with a saber grind. When you put those two things together the Proper is not a good cutting knife.
It works for meat, rope and material that pulls away from the blade.
Use it for cardboard, reinforced hose or similar stiff material and it requires noticeably more effort to push cut thru materials like that.

If Benchmade would flat grind the blade, it would serve well as something like a modern version of the sodbuster.

Great observations, Dean.

You've cooled my interest a bit.....  :-\


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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16077 on: December 17, 2018, 01:38:24 AM
I hear that Dean 😊
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16078 on: December 17, 2018, 01:39:21 AM
Thanks Nix!  It's fun playing with some of Noah's collection!
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Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?
Reply #16079 on: December 17, 2018, 01:47:16 AM
Some great blades guys :dd:

The Proper also doesn't do it for me as a trad either ??? guess some of the other points given were similar in my mind before I even read them :think: but I have never had one in hand so I can only go with what the other guys said :salute:


 

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