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Mark's lost my carry knife thread got me off my duff to take some pics of some of my favorites. The Case XX 61048 and 62048 being a pattern that I used to collect and that I still carry in my pocket. A few other favorites in the mix. If I get a vintage knife mint or nearly so I rarely will carry it. Here are a few of my favs.
That's a beautiful collection, Jimmy. Mine are less pretty. I carry a Strider PT pretty much everywhere, & very occasionally a Kershaw Wildcat Ridge. It's huge though, & weighs the same as a brick!
I've only ever carried two, and I like them both. They are quite different, and I like them for different reasons.
I have a Case Stockman that I think is a very elegant knife, and when I carry it, it is totally concealed. I also like that it has three blades that serve different functions and see different use. One is a "beater" blade that I use to open boxes and envelopes and such, one I use for grooming/first aid (like trimming cuticles and such), and the other I reserve for when I need something really sharp (aka I haven't used it yet).
I also have (on loan) a Spyderco Salt Tasman with the serated blade. I like it because it is easy to access (with it's pocket clip) and easy to open with one hand. It's also a very rugged blade, so I feel like I can cut anything with it. At first, I was quite skeptical about the curved blade, but I've come to quite like it for certain types of cutting.
+1 on all of this, I use mine the same way except for the addition of using the clip for cutting up dinner when a good steak knife is not avalable.Quote:
Originally Posted by holli4pirating
Here it is just as it came out of my pocket tarnsh and all. I clean and sharpen it a couple of times a year. It is due.
During the holidays I carry a case hobo knife/fork pattern just in case food is avalable and no tools are there to eat with.
My dear hunting knife is a case trapper that gets carried one or two weeks a year. I get a kick out of the city folk that come around during the fall deer season with a big ole pig sticker dangleing from there belt. The old guy that taught me to gut a deer showed me how effective a good trapper pattern can be.
Don
Just to say that the Case 61048, also known as the 'slim trapper', 'farmer's knife' and 'Dixie Switch' is light as a feather. The old high carbon models hone up razor sharp, quick and easy. They hold an edge and can be opened with the thumb and forefinger of one hand. I used to carry the little Buck 501 in the pic next to the red Rogers bone XX that I've been carrying for years but it is too hard to sharpen.
I like a lightweight knife that won't wear a hole in my pocket. I guess because I'm an old timer I prefer the more traditional look of the old pocket knives that some of the more high tech stuff that has become popular the last twenty years. OTOH, as the saying goes .... "It's all good" :)
Snaped a shot of the othe two I carry during the year. Like I said the med. stockman is my go to EDC but in the fall you might catch me with either of these in my pocket.
Don
A few of my favorites:
Böker Cronidur lockback.
http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecent...s/BO112013.jpg
Bought this at a recent knife show. It's lovely and came amazingly sharp.
(Sorry don't have any of my own pictures of it yet) I love how it sits in my pocket though.
Then there's my Queen Gunstock in D2 steel.:
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Love this thing. It's my first quality slipjoint other than a SAK (Swiss Army Knife). Gorgeous jigged bone scales and once I got it sharpened properly it stays sharp through anything.
(Continued because of the 12 picture limit per post)
Then there's the custom knife I bought from Thailand.
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Mammoth Bone with black mother of pearl, Titanium and Damascus.
It's about the same size as the Queen but it only gets used for dry and light tasks. I does get used however. I wouldn't dream of buying something that nice and then denying it any use.
For heavier use or when I'm in the mood my Böker Black forrest limited #250 out of 300
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Hight Tech Aluminium handles, linerlock with cocobolo inlays and 440C steel.
And last but not least one that I also recently got...THE BEAST....a ZT 302 (not my video but show is off nicely.)
YouTube - Zero Tolerance Strider Onion Ranger Green zt 301 and Brown zt 302 - ColtelleriaCollini
This is quite the beast with Titanium, G10 and S30V steel all contoured, nice and grippy and everything. With assisted spring opening that makes a nice KLACK when it's opened.
Hey guys very nice collections. I'm yet to post some pics of my knives. As soon as I do I jump back to this thread. Oh, I don't want to forget about LX Emergency's Social group the Knife Boys. Hint, Hint.
My new favorite: Spyderco Left Hand Military 4"
I've posted this in another thread, but here is my EDC. Benchmade 950 Rift.
Here are what I would call my EDC knives.
The Clasp knife is a Rodgers and it was given to me by my god father who is in the Navy Reserves. It's a great knife, takes a good edge, but weighs a ton. I don't carry it often.
The Opinel Slim is probably one of my favorite carry knives. It sits nicely next to my wallet, is very sharp, sheeple friendly and very elegant. Can be opened signle handidly fairley easily. I like it a lot. Great in the Kitchen too. I would like to fit a pocket clip or perhaps a hole for a lanyard would do.
The all black knife is a Browning I picked up in the states. It's not really legal as an EDC without reason, i used to use it at work to cut up boxes, and for a cheap knife the blade used to hold up for months doing that. I don't work in that job any more so I rarely carry it.
The Green thing is a Svord peasant. A great knife for UK EDC as it's a completely legal friction folder. I intend to edc this for a couple of months to see how it goes. Not sure if it will replace the opi though.
The Laguiole is a Chinese one with 440. It's actually a pretty good knife with a good sold slipjoint. I like it, heavy, but I quite often take it to occasions as it's so elegant no one takes much notice.
The SAK is on my belt most of the time. And the small locker is used as a neck knife quite often if I'm in the garage or what ever.
A Laguiole lives in my pocket. It looks a lot like this one:
http://www.laguiole.com/images/lea_2...bro_bru_dp.jpg
I have been carrying a SOG Vulcan in my pockets for a few months and a few days ago, I've ordered a Fallkniven FH9. I need a smaller and less aggressive blade when around Boston because of its knife laws. :rant:
On the left is my daily carry knife, a Kershaw Ken Onion 1660CKT. The middle one is a Case Trapper which I actually used for skinning but I dulled it too quickly so I switched to a disposable razor knife. The knife on the right is a Browning that my wife gave to me as a Christmas present, that goes hunting with me. I had a smaller case that I carried for years until I lost it.
Oh, and what collection would be complete without a KA-BAR, doesn't fit in my pocket though. :)
My everyday carry is a Buck Nobleman 0327SSS-B.
http://images.shopbuck.com/Md/6071_1...k_Nobleman.jpg
Used to carry a Kershaw Leek, but I kept losing them and they got too expensive to keep replacing.
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The Buck holds a better edge and is sexier anyway.
This is a perennial discussion. I like that it comes up from time to time because we get to see each other's collections growing. Here are my locking folders:
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In the unlikely event you can't see for yourself, the Benchmade is my EDC.
Here's my customized Pro-Tech Godfather (I re-scaled it with spalted apple and turquoise):
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Even though I rarely carry one (they are illegal in CT and I can open and close my Benchmade just as fast) but I love the automatics! Maybe it's the Italian in me. We used to call them switchblades. I have a nice little collection and I hope it grows to a nice big collection:
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Hey, one is missing! Oh that's right, one of my favorites:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/...d16b331c_o.jpgMy Foster M1911 double action. Well done double action knives are very impressive bits of design and machining.
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