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Edged Tools / Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?

« Last post by David on Today at 06:32:34 PM »

Rediscovered.two knives I acquired a couple years ago, if that long.

Both are from searching for EQUAL END knives, both were new, a Rough Rider and a Marbles, and both named as Cattleman knife.

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The Marbles, is the one on top, 3 blades, equal length blades.  Each insanely sharp, cut paper with less than a whisper of sound. Blades are 440A. Covers are bone, and back side sport 3 backsprings. 1 for each blade.

I have carried and used this knife for the past 5 days and it is easy to carry, blades deploy without breaking a finger nail and with half stops it is well designed.  Cannot believe I ignored this model for so much time, mainly because it is a MARBLES make 
Can not find this listed any longer, but believe I did not pay much more that $12 to $14 when I ordered.

The Rough Rider, is much larger at 4-1/4” long closed. The 2 blades share the same pivot end.  The  be pull of each blade is about a 6.5 and nail nicks are easy to access.  Blades are sharp. Came sharp as well,  and with Zblavk MICARTA Covers a very handsome slip joint. Yet, I would not categorize this a Cattleman.
A search found this yet available, well under $20 US.
So reasonable I just submitted an order for a matching Copperhead that is less than 4” closed.

For modern , old style slip joints, both will see EDC rotation.

Eventually I will stumble onto some older vintage Slipjoints that David and Steve share, as their post are so dang educational👍.

Sorry for the ramble, but that is how I roll when I find something I like😉

I enjoy your rambling buddy . So ramble on.   

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Edged Tools / Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?

« Last post by David on Today at 06:31:03 PM »

Lamb and a Bunny knife

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Good pair Steve!   

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Edged Tools / Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?

« Last post by David on Today at 06:29:53 PM »

Nice little horn covered Brooksbank penknife.

Nice one buddy!   

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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: Four Layer Friday

« Last post by Tuisto on Today at 06:26:43 PM »

Here's one of my more favourite four-layers (but not as favourite as my Climber Deluxe!). Not entirely sure why they didn't make more of these (Climber Lites), maybe as a production model, you know? I feel like it's probably that flashlight technology develops so quickly that they're soon rendered obsolete and thus are seen more as replaceable items than most other SAKs. The lights, however, IMO, have reached the point where I think they're powerful enough that I can keep them indefinitely at this point and not want to trade up to a more powerful one.

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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: Explorer Challenge May 2024

« Last post by Buzzbait on Today at 06:26:40 PM »

Those are some nice scale colors, Buzzbait!

Thanks. I wanted plus scales for both knives, so I decided to order some interesting colors. Once the new scales were on, I was over moon with how both knives turned out.

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The Break Room / Re: Ten Things Everyone Should Be Able To Do

« Last post by Gareth on Today at 06:25:29 PM »

I actually do reasonably well on this list.  I fall down on my foreign language skills I must admit. Oh, and I doubt my penmanship is up to 1930s snuff.  I can ride a horse but I'm much more likely to be found on a bicycle, despite that list's prediction.

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Edged Tools / Re: What Traditional Knife are you toting today?

« Last post by LoopCutter on Today at 06:23:57 PM »

Rediscovered.two knives I acquired a couple years ago, if that long.

Both are from searching for EQUAL END knives, both were new, a Rough Rider and a Marbles, and both named as Cattleman knife.

 

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The Marbles, is the one on top, 3 blades, equal length blades.  Each insanely sharp, cut paper with less than a whisper of sound. Blades are 440A. Covers are bone, and back side sport 3 backsprings. 1 for each blade.

I have carried and used this knife for the past 5 days and it is easy to carry, blades deploy without breaking a finger nail and with half stops it is well designed.  Cannot believe I ignored this model for so much time, mainly because it is a MARBLES make 
Can not find this listed any longer, but believe I did not pay much more that $12 to $14 when I ordered.

The Rough Rider, is much larger at 4-1/4” long closed. The 2 blades share the same pivot end.  The  be pull of each blade is about a 6.5 and nail nicks are easy to access.  Blades are sharp. Came sharp as well,  and with Zblavk MICARTA Covers a very handsome slip joint. Yet, I would not categorize this a Cattleman.
A search found this yet available, well under $20 US.
So reasonable I just submitted an order for a matching Copperhead that is less than 4” closed.

For modern , old style slip joints, both will see EDC rotation.

Eventually I will stumble onto some older vintage Slipjoints that David and Steve share, as their post are so dang educational👍.

Sorry for the ramble, but that is how I roll when I find something I like😉

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General Tool Discussion / Re: Which EDC item will you NEVER get?

« Last post by AzteCypher on Today at 06:21:54 PM »

Pry bars - never needed them in any capacity during my day to day job.  If I needed one, I used a proper 3ft pry bar.

Knipex pliers - the ones on my Gerber or Leatherman multi-tool will do.

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The Break Room / Re: Ten Things Everyone Should Be Able To Do

« Last post by AzteCypher on Today at 06:17:22 PM »

I can do almost everything.

I can't paddle a boat - never had the opportunity.
I can't skate but I can skateboard.
My handwriting is ok and I can use a fountain pen.
I'm not great at sports but I'm ok at soccer.
I've only ridden a horse twice so not an expert.
    My wife can actually ride a horse.
I can't play an instrument to save my life.
Property.... I collect SAKs and knives so...

I can however do most work on our cars except for engine internals and transmission internals.
I can shoot a bow.
I can make biscuits from scratch.

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Swiss Army Knights Forum / Re: SAK Hook Challenge

« Last post by Tuisto on Today at 06:14:25 PM »

Yeah, it's not helpful for reading but when copying excerpts from books to the computer for writing papers it's extremely helpful. Especially if my main book holder-opener (in the back) is already being used for another book . I definitely have some innovative uses for some of the SAK tools. And yes, thank you, I found out how to request it!