cb51
Active Member
So I was att he Poolsville day gathering yesterday, and had a ball watching the parade, looking at the car and motorcycle show, vendors along the street. We, the family consisting of my better half and sis-in-law and Bro-in-law, went to chow down. Plenty pf good food on hand, with BBQ tents, Crab cakes, hot dogs, funnel cakes. There's always that something about the smell of meat cooking on the fire that is not to be denied. Some good BBQ for lunch, and then a kid goes waling by why a funnel cake. Bo-in-law decides he has t have a funnel cake, so we all decide to get one to share. Part of being senior citizens is cutting down on food and sharing stuff to keep the weight off and stay halfway fit.
So my better half gets a funnel cake right out of the hot oil, and I take out my Northwoods stockman to slice it into quarters. Like eating a super fresh still hot doughnut, grab. I'm wiping off the stockman's main blade and this older guy sitting at the picnic table next toys comes over to ask about the knife. He says we don't see many old fashioned knives anymore, so I hand him the stockman and he looks it over carefully, then takes out a very old Case Jackknife from his pocket. The bone handle was once jigged, but the jigging now as a faint pattern in the bone. The carbon steel blades were a medium gray in color, except for a bright ribbon of sharp edge running the length of the blade.
We talked for a bit, and both agreed that the traditional pocket knife seems to be a dead or dying thing. I've always wondered why?
Aside from one other poster, I never see anyone with a old time pocket knife threes days. It seems like the thing for everyone to carry is one of the modern tactical knives that is a weapon first and Pocket knife second.
Anyone else carry a traditional pocket knife here?
So my better half gets a funnel cake right out of the hot oil, and I take out my Northwoods stockman to slice it into quarters. Like eating a super fresh still hot doughnut, grab. I'm wiping off the stockman's main blade and this older guy sitting at the picnic table next toys comes over to ask about the knife. He says we don't see many old fashioned knives anymore, so I hand him the stockman and he looks it over carefully, then takes out a very old Case Jackknife from his pocket. The bone handle was once jigged, but the jigging now as a faint pattern in the bone. The carbon steel blades were a medium gray in color, except for a bright ribbon of sharp edge running the length of the blade.
We talked for a bit, and both agreed that the traditional pocket knife seems to be a dead or dying thing. I've always wondered why?
Aside from one other poster, I never see anyone with a old time pocket knife threes days. It seems like the thing for everyone to carry is one of the modern tactical knives that is a weapon first and Pocket knife second.
Anyone else carry a traditional pocket knife here?