Show Us Your Knife (And Pipe)

[bluegrassbrian]

Nice knives!
How do you keep them sharp?

Stones.. I use wet stones by Shapton (Japanese brand).
For harder steels and non-steel cutting instruments I use diamond plates (which are like regular stones but they're covered in a diamond carbide of sorts).

 

[bluegrassbrian]

As some may have noticed, I like slip joints, especially if they are swaybacks. This particular one, from knife maker Bret Dowell, is starting to show some pocket wear.

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When it comes to traditional, Swaybacks are among my favorite shapes. Sexy curves and a warncliffe blade. I've come close a couple times to picking up the one Spyderco made a few years back.

I'm enjoying the Sandrin at work- it just glides through everything.
The puukko is actually replacing my paring knife (temporarily? Maybe?)

 

[troutface]

Schrade Walden 880. The Walden stamp was dropped in mid 1973 according to AAPK, so it can't be any newer than that. Don't laugh, but it sits by my computer and I use it to trim my cuticles. Stop laughing already.