MTO Unleashed!

[pfrsantos]

Day 13

Two Northfields  a #43 Oregon Trapper and a #93 Ram Foot both in Cocobolo


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Gorgeous knives and gorgeous pic! What month is it, in MTo's calendar?

 

[pfrsantos]

Day 13: Another portuguese creation, Carpa (Carp). A very affordable and reliable knife for agricultural use. It's an OHO, lock back, amd slim as a sheet of paper.

 

[David]

Day 13

Couple stainless covered knives. I dont know who made the Stockman. The What-A-Knife was made by Camillus.

[glenfiddich1983]

Day 13

[Sos24]

Day 13

You ever have a knife that as soon as you picked it up, it felt like it was made for you.  The feel, balance, action, etc just all felt right.  For me that was the Shirogorov Neon Lite. 



There is only one thing that I wish was different and that is that the clip was reversible, but that is unfortunately the case with many knives.  Most of the time it is fine because despite being left-handed, I carry the knife in my right pocket.  The rest of the time I wear it clipped to my pants between belt and waistband until I find a slip with clip I like or come up with something different.

[SteveC]

Sleek looking blade !   

[CraftsmanSAK]

Day 12. I originally started today with a small folder, but task after task piled up. And during that, a new knife delivered by the Fedex guy while I was doin that work happened to be just what the doctor ordered--a decently sized fixed blade.  While weed eating, I noticed a post near a gate was loose, which resulted in a huge gap. Since this is a hayfield, I had to cut a working area, and remove a ton of some sort of vine off the fence in order to get my T-post and tie wire where it needed to go.  I also cut weed eater string with it, made lunch, and uh, a ton of things I forgot. I expected this to be a cheap POS, but it is surprisingly decent, and in many ways (except for the fact it uses a mystery stainless steel and Moras just seem made better) surperior to a comparable Mora knife in the $15 range. It is full-tang, with a decently thick 4" blade, and is slimmer than a Mora, and thus carries better. Ergonomics are good too. The whole knife rides higher than the Mora as well.  Steel might be a mystery, but it is tough. Held an edge, so not 3Cr13MOV, 420J2, or 5Cr15. Guessing 440A.


Milwaukee 4" Tradesman Fixed Blade.


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In general, I don't think Milwaukee knows how to make a tool that isn't worth the money.  I have so many Milwaukee electric/pneumatic tools that have just been beat to death and still work like new.  I need to get one of these Tradesman knives.   

[CraftsmanSAK]

DAY 13
Been carrying this Cybertool L or 41 in my back pocket to work past couple of days.  Scissors, pliers, bit driver, and bottle opener all came in handy today! 

[CraftsmanSAK]

Day 13

Two Northfields  a #43 Oregon Trapper and a #93 Ram Foot both in Cocobolo

Those are beautiful! 

[Noa Isumi]

Day13

Unlucky Lucky 13...
The hardest part about a challenge like this is remembering to take the photo before you leave for the day...
Luckily my glock 81 is always in my backpack so I don't have to dig into my actual edc.

[sak60]

 
I have the 78 and really like it. I modded the guard and de-blacked it. Like the you’re  sand colour better though. 

[Sos24]

Sleek looking blade !   

Thanks

DAY 13
Been carrying this Cybertool L or 41 in my back pocket to work past couple of days.  Scissors, pliers, bit driver, and bottle opener all came in handy today!

Sounds like it earned its keep today

Day13

Unlucky Lucky 13...
The hardest part about a challenge like this is remembering to take the photo before you leave for the day...
Luckily my glock 81 is always in my backpack so I don't have to dig into my actual edc.

Nice knife.  It looks nicer than their guns.

[sak60]

Ivo, that's a lovely set of knives, I have the same question as Borg. 



 



Nice one!
Wow, that's quick fix!  I lived in a high rise apartment, so usually the lightning pole did take care everything for us.  But I wonder--would the fuses in the socket/extension cords take care of the surge?



 



Just reading the spec, looks it is another knife with great balance!

Thanks. It’s just a little handle heavy and I’m in the process of thinning out the micarta gradually.
Otherwise it performs great. 

[David]

Day 13

You ever have a knife that as soon as you picked it up, it felt like it was made for you.  The feel, balance, action, etc just all felt right.  For me that was the Shirogorov Neon Lite. 

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There is only one thing that I wish was different and that is that the clip was reversible, but that is unfortunately the case with many knives.  Most of the time it is fine because despite being left-handed, I carry the knife in my right pocket.  The rest of the time I wear it clipped to my pants between belt and waistband until I find a slip with clip I like or come up with something different.

Verah nice!   

[Nix]

Day 13:


A somewhat eventful day here. We were hit by strong, sustained winds starting around noon. One of the bamboo canes that supports the anti-bird netting over my vegetable patch got snapped. I used this Breeden to make a few cuts into a fresh cane and snap it to length.




So, I'm standing there, feeling pleased to have had the Breeden on my belt and put to good use. A great knife made for hard use.

The wind is gusting up over 40mph. (Reports of over 60mph up at higher altitudes.)

I'm standing there thinking, "with these winds it would be a terrible time for a wildfire." Sure enough...in the next 15 minutes...the sky begins to fill with smoke...... Maybe I smelled the smoke at some subconscious level? 

Anyway, with strong winds coming out of the South, and a wildfire now raging...directly to my South...there is a chance that I may have to evacuate. The house is filled with the smell of smoke and visibility outside is really low. The fire went from about 10 acres to 400 acres in a matter of 2.5 hours.

If I do have to evacuate, I probably won't be able to continue the challenge. If my house burns down, I definitely won't be able to continue!

I'll let you guys know how it goes. 

[cody6268]

Day 13.

A family friend who was supposed to arrive today to look at an electrical problem messing up the wiring going to the oven (which means my grandmother's going nuts--she hasn't been able to cook for a week as a result!); but he wasn't able; but I grabbed my Klein Tools (Kutmaster) 1550-2 Electrician's Knife in carbon steel this morning just in case. This is a new pickup--and the only current production American-made electrician knife I own. I've really been putting it to use for farm work.

When he is able to look at the wiring problem, I have a ton of extra TL-29/electrician type knives to choose from in order to not repeat anything. They're in trucks, toolboxes, desks, you name it. It's an easily pocketable, but sturdy pattern that gets the job done.  A Colonial from the '70s was among the first knives I ever owned; and was in use until I started buying electricain's knives like crazy (eBay prices are super cheap for non TL-29 USA-made electrician knives). I'll just try to avoid carrying any Klein hawkbill--like most former miners, he has and carries one. That way, someone picking up the wrong knife is avoided. That's the problem about having my Granddad being a retired miner; a lot of his old work knives I have gotten from him over the years; and many of my friends who were miners (often employed by the same company; Pittston) have the same knives on them as I do.

This one turned out badly....





Unlike the 1920s when electrician's knives were first made, to WWII when the electrician's knife became well known as the TL-29; not too many things use a big slotted screw. Thus, that's why you see a lot of them modded to modify, or remove that blade entirely. I use it heavily, mostly to pry with. But, I did have to use it to unscrew the fuel tank cap on the old Stihl 011AV chainsaw. It didn't start (I suspect my own stupidity with the "Quick Stop" shield), so I had to drag out the one I hate--a modern production MS250. For once ,it started easily today--two pulls! Usually I'm there for five minutes swearing and cussing its carburetor (a known issue is that it tends to flood easily) like someone in the merchant marine.  I'm trying to save up for the MS-170 myself; but we have old Homelites and a McCulloch exactly the same size as the MS-170 needing a little TLC that would probably work just as well.




011AV. I think this was one of the first saws to have the "Quick Stop" feature. Made in the mid '80s, I think?



MS250. Bought new about 10 years ago from the local Stihl dealer.

[Sos24]

Day 13:


A somewhat eventful day here. We were hit by strong, sustained winds starting around noon. One of the bamboo canes that supports the anti-bird netting over my vegetable patch got snapped. I used this Breeden to make a few cuts into a fresh cane and snap it to length.

(Image removed from quote.)


So, I'm standing there, feeling pleased to have had the Breeden on my belt and put to good use. A great knife made for hard use.

The wind is gusting up over 40mph. (Reports of over 60mph up at higher altitudes.)

I'm standing there thinking, "with these winds it would be a terrible time for a wildfire." Sure enough...in the next 15 minutes...the sky begins to fill with smoke...... Maybe I smelled the smoke at some subconscious level? 

Anyway, with strong winds coming out of the South, and a wildfire now raging...directly to my South...there is a chance that I may have to evacuate. The house is filled with the smell of smoke and visibility outside is really low. The fire went from about 10 acres to 400 acres in a matter of 2.5 hours.

If I do have to evacuate, I probably won't be able to continue the challenge. If my house burns down, I definitely won't be able to continue!

I'll let you guys know how it goes. 

Staying safe is definitely more important than the challenge, although in preparing for potential evacuation make sure you grab some of those sentimentally important items as well as necessities.  You will keep you in my thoughts.

[Sos24]

Day 13.

A family friend who was supposed to arrive today to look at an electrical problem messing up the wiring going to the oven (which means my grandmother's going nuts--she hasn't been able to cook for a week as a result!); but he wasn't able; but I grabbed my Klein Tools (Kutmaster) 1550-2 Electrician's Knife in carbon steel this morning just in case. This is a new pickup--and the only current production American-made electrician knife I own. I've really been putting it to use for farm work.

When he is able to look at the wiring problem, I have a ton of extra TL-29/electrician type knives to choose from in order to not repeat anything. They're in trucks, toolboxes, desks, you name it. It's an easily pocketable, but sturdy pattern that gets the job done.  A Colonial from the '70s was among the first knives I ever owned; and was in use until I started buying electricain's knives like crazy (eBay prices are super cheap for non TL-29 USA-made electrician knives). I'll just try to avoid carrying any Klein hawkbill--like most former miners, he has and carries one. That way, someone picking up the wrong knife is avoided. That's the problem about having my Granddad being a retired miner; a lot of his old work knives I have gotten from him over the years; and many of my friends who were miners (often employed by the same company; Pittston) have the same knives on them as I do.

This one turned out badly....



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Unlike the 1920s when electrician's knives were first made, to WWII when the electrician's knife became well known as the TL-29; not too many things use a big slotted screw. Thus, that's why you see a lot of them modded to modify, or remove that blade entirely. I use it heavily, mostly to pry with. But, I did have to use it to unscrew the fuel tank cap on the old Stihl 011AV chainsaw. It didn't start (I suspect my own stupidity with the "Quick Stop" shield), so I had to drag out the one I hate--a modern production MS250. For once ,it started easily today--two pulls! Usually I'm there for five minutes swearing and cussing its carburetor (a known issue is that it tends to flood easily) like someone in the merchant marine.  I'm trying to save up for the MS-170 myself; but we have old Homelites and a McCulloch exactly the same size as the MS-170 needing a little TLC that would probably work just as well.

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011AV. I think this was one of the first saws to have the "Quick Stop" feature. Made in the mid '80s, I think?

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MS250. Bought new about 10 years ago from the local Stihl dealer.

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Interesting story about the electrician and miner knives.

[Nix]

Thanks, SOS. 

The winds have calmed down a bit and shifted direction a few points (if I can read the lean of the trees correctly.). I'm feeling slightly more optimistic; however, I suspect we'll be sleeping very lightly this evening.

[David]

Hoping the fire will burn out or go around you Nix. Stay vigilant!

[BClogic]

Hope things calm down more, and you all can get some sleep Nix

[Nix]

Thanks guys!   

[SteveC]

Hoping the fire will burn out or go around you Nix. Stay vigilant!

+1   and stay safe !   

[sak60]

Day 13

Couple stainless covered knives. I dont know who made the Stockman. The What-A-Knife was made by Camillus.

Cool pair. Haven’t seen that type of knife  before. 

[ChopperCharles]

Day 9: Commercial Electric 7-in-1 Electrician's Multi-Tool with Pouch

Since there was that lovely Buck X-Tract a page back, and I brought up the Outu and CRKT, I thought I'd use another in this line of strange knife-based plier tools. This one is Home Depot's "Commercial Electric" line. It's very, very similar to the Outu plierknife, and seems to be made by the same manufacturer and of the same design. If anything, this seems like a first-generation tool, with the Outu plierknife being the second generation. I say this, because the tools on this aren't quite as nice or well-designed as the Outu. The deploy switch for instance, flips in the opposite direciton. This makes it impossible to close the tool one-handed. The Outu switch can be depressed with the forefinger while the thumb retracts it. That's neigh on impossible with this tool. The Outu has a better made phillips driver, and the one handed opening flat driver opens more rapidly and with less of an arc. This flat driver my thumb wants to come off of the stud as I'm opening it, and it makes a much longer arc.

But enough with the comparisons to the Outu (which I'll probably carry later next week). This tool is actually really useful. It has a completely useable wire stripper tool that deploys like a switchblade. It has an electricians sheepfoot blade, which deploys via nail nick. It's rather short, but this actually seems like a good size for control and getting into tight places, so I give it a pass. It's also pretty sharp out of the box, which is a nice touch. I say the Outu has a better phillips driver, but this one is still very good. It's better than 99% of the screwdrivers in cheap multitools. The bottle opener is one-hand opening, which is quite nice while drinking on the job. Or for screwing things. Either way. All of the tools lock open with a liner lock except the pliers, which lock open via the switch. For $11, this actually comes in supremely handy. I have it in the drawer with my soldering iron, heat shrink, multimeter, crimpers, etc.  This is great for working on house wiring, because I don't need to carry five tools - flat driver, phillips driver, wire stripper, needle nose w/cutters, and knife. I carry one tool, and it does everything I need to attach a switch or an outlet.

I've been putting it to use in the garage for a few days now, as I add a 20amp 120v circuit and finish my 30amp 240 volt run with outlets.


Charles.

[comis]

Day 13:


A somewhat eventful day here. We were hit by strong, sustained winds starting around noon. One of the bamboo canes that supports the anti-bird netting over my vegetable patch got snapped. I used this Breeden to make a few cuts into a fresh cane and snap it to length.

(Image removed from quote.)


So, I'm standing there, feeling pleased to have had the Breeden on my belt and put to good use. A great knife made for hard use.

The wind is gusting up over 40mph. (Reports of over 60mph up at higher altitudes.)

I'm standing there thinking, "with these winds it would be a terrible time for a wildfire." Sure enough...in the next 15 minutes...the sky begins to fill with smoke...... Maybe I smelled the smoke at some subconscious level? 

Anyway, with strong winds coming out of the South, and a wildfire now raging...directly to my South...there is a chance that I may have to evacuate. The house is filled with the smell of smoke and visibility outside is really low. The fire went from about 10 acres to 400 acres in a matter of 2.5 hours.

If I do have to evacuate, I probably won't be able to continue the challenge. If my house burns down, I definitely won't be able to continue!

I'll let you guys know how it goes. 

Thanks, SOS. 

The winds have calmed down a bit and shifted direction a few points (if I can read the lean of the trees correctly.). I'm feeling slightly more optimistic; however, I suspect we'll be sleeping very lightly this evening.

Please do stay safe and vigilant, and I hope the wind would slow down and the evacuation is not needed.  I don't know how good is the warning system in place, but it is always err on the safe side.  Wildfire with strong wind is no joke, sometimes travel faster than a car can drive.

[Dunc]

Hope things work out ok Nix , it’s got to be really worrying 

[Sos24]

Day 9: Commercial Electric 7-in-1 Electrician's Multi-Tool with Pouch

Since there was that lovely Buck X-Tract a page back, and I brought up the Outu and CRKT, I thought I'd use another in this line of strange knife-based plier tools. This one is Home Depot's "Commercial Electric" line. It's very, very similar to the Outu plierknife, and seems to be made by the same manufacturer and of the same design. If anything, this seems like a first-generation tool, with the Outu plierknife being the second generation. I say this, because the tools on this aren't quite as nice or well-designed as the Outu. The deploy switch for instance, flips in the opposite direciton. This makes it impossible to close the tool one-handed. The Outu switch can be depressed with the forefinger while the thumb retracts it. That's neigh on impossible with this tool. The Outu has a better made phillips driver, and the one handed opening flat driver opens more rapidly and with less of an arc. This flat driver my thumb wants to come off of the stud as I'm opening it, and it makes a much longer arc.

But enough with the comparisons to the Outu (which I'll probably carry later next week). This tool is actually really useful. It has a completely useable wire stripper tool that deploys like a switchblade. It has an electricians sheepfoot blade, which deploys via nail nick. It's rather short, but this actually seems like a good size for control and getting into tight places, so I give it a pass. It's also pretty sharp out of the box, which is a nice touch. I say the Outu has a better phillips driver, but this one is still very good. It's better than 99% of the screwdrivers in cheap multitools. The bottle opener is one-hand opening, which is quite nice while drinking on the job. Or for screwing things. Either way. All of the tools lock open with a liner lock except the pliers, which lock open via the switch. For $11, this actually comes in supremely handy. I have it in the drawer with my soldering iron, heat shrink, multimeter, crimpers, etc.  This is great for working on house wiring, because I don't need to carry five tools - flat driver, phillips driver, wire stripper, needle nose w/cutters, and knife. I carry one tool, and it does everything I need to attach a switch or an outlet.

I've been putting it to use in the garage for a few days now, as I add a 20amp 120v circuit and finish my 30amp 240 volt run with outlets.


Charles.

Thanks for showing and the description of another interesting knife based tool

[comis]

Day 13: Another portuguese creation, Carpa (Carp). A very affordable and reliable knife for agricultural use. It's an OHO, lock back, amd slim as a sheet of paper.

 

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Thanks for this, I definitely am learning more from your posts about portuguese knives and less commonly known brands.

Day 13

Couple stainless covered knives. I dont know who made the Stockman. The What-A-Knife was made by Camillus.

Nice pair, David!  First time seeing a stainless cover Camillus.

Day 13

You ever have a knife that as soon as you picked it up, it felt like it was made for you.  The feel, balance, action, etc just all felt right.  For me that was the Shirogorov Neon Lite. 

(Image removed from quote.)

There is only one thing that I wish was different and that is that the clip was reversible, but that is unfortunately the case with many knives.  Most of the time it is fine because despite being left-handed, I carry the knife in my right pocket.  The rest of the time I wear it clipped to my pants between belt and waistband until I find a slip with clip I like or come up with something different.

I can never quite get over those few lines, almost like a Japanese painting.

[comis]

Day 13.

A family friend who was supposed to arrive today to look at an electrical problem messing up the wiring going to the oven (which means my grandmother's going nuts--she hasn't been able to cook for a week as a result!); but he wasn't able; but I grabbed my Klein Tools (Kutmaster) 1550-2 Electrician's Knife in carbon steel this morning just in case. This is a new pickup--and the only current production American-made electrician knife I own. I've really been putting it to use for farm work.

When he is able to look at the wiring problem, I have a ton of extra TL-29/electrician type knives to choose from in order to not repeat anything. They're in trucks, toolboxes, desks, you name it. It's an easily pocketable, but sturdy pattern that gets the job done.  A Colonial from the '70s was among the first knives I ever owned; and was in use until I started buying electricain's knives like crazy (eBay prices are super cheap for non TL-29 USA-made electrician knives). I'll just try to avoid carrying any Klein hawkbill--like most former miners, he has and carries one. That way, someone picking up the wrong knife is avoided. That's the problem about having my Granddad being a retired miner; a lot of his old work knives I have gotten from him over the years; and many of my friends who were miners (often employed by the same company; Pittston) have the same knives on them as I do.

This one turned out badly....



(Image removed from quote.)

Unlike the 1920s when electrician's knives were first made, to WWII when the electrician's knife became well known as the TL-29; not too many things use a big slotted screw. Thus, that's why you see a lot of them modded to modify, or remove that blade entirely. I use it heavily, mostly to pry with. But, I did have to use it to unscrew the fuel tank cap on the old Stihl 011AV chainsaw. It didn't start (I suspect my own stupidity with the "Quick Stop" shield), so I had to drag out the one I hate--a modern production MS250. For once ,it started easily today--two pulls! Usually I'm there for five minutes swearing and cussing its carburetor (a known issue is that it tends to flood easily) like someone in the merchant marine.  I'm trying to save up for the MS-170 myself; but we have old Homelites and a McCulloch exactly the same size as the MS-170 needing a little TLC that would probably work just as well.

(Image removed from quote.)


011AV. I think this was one of the first saws to have the "Quick Stop" feature. Made in the mid '80s, I think?

(Image removed from quote.)

MS250. Bought new about 10 years ago from the local Stihl dealer.

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I love Klien tools and few things I got from them always scream quality.  Looks like a solid day of work!

Day 9: Commercial Electric 7-in-1 Electrician's Multi-Tool with Pouch

Since there was that lovely Buck X-Tract a page back, and I brought up the Outu and CRKT, I thought I'd use another in this line of strange knife-based plier tools. This one is Home Depot's "Commercial Electric" line. It's very, very similar to the Outu plierknife, and seems to be made by the same manufacturer and of the same design. If anything, this seems like a first-generation tool, with the Outu plierknife being the second generation. I say this, because the tools on this aren't quite as nice or well-designed as the Outu. The deploy switch for instance, flips in the opposite direciton. This makes it impossible to close the tool one-handed. The Outu switch can be depressed with the forefinger while the thumb retracts it. That's neigh on impossible with this tool. The Outu has a better made phillips driver, and the one handed opening flat driver opens more rapidly and with less of an arc. This flat driver my thumb wants to come off of the stud as I'm opening it, and it makes a much longer arc.

But enough with the comparisons to the Outu (which I'll probably carry later next week). This tool is actually really useful. It has a completely useable wire stripper tool that deploys like a switchblade. It has an electricians sheepfoot blade, which deploys via nail nick. It's rather short, but this actually seems like a good size for control and getting into tight places, so I give it a pass. It's also pretty sharp out of the box, which is a nice touch. I say the Outu has a better phillips driver, but this one is still very good. It's better than 99% of the screwdrivers in cheap multitools. The bottle opener is one-hand opening, which is quite nice while drinking on the job. Or for screwing things. Either way. All of the tools lock open with a liner lock except the pliers, which lock open via the switch. For $11, this actually comes in supremely handy. I have it in the drawer with my soldering iron, heat shrink, multimeter, crimpers, etc.  This is great for working on house wiring, because I don't need to carry five tools - flat driver, phillips driver, wire stripper, needle nose w/cutters, and knife. I carry one tool, and it does everything I need to attach a switch or an outlet.

I've been putting it to use in the garage for a few days now, as I add a 20amp 120v circuit and finish my 30amp 240 volt run with outlets.


Charles.

For 11$ to get a specialized tool is a great bargain, the wire stripper looks good and great find!