Case or Canal St.

[knarfeng]

Not trying to hijack here...and those are two solid knifemakers.

But have you tried anything from GEC?

They exude quality.

Absolutely love them.:thumbup:

Aside from Case and Canal Street, I have a couple of GECs
I find the Canal Street to be just as well built as the GECs.
The GECs have much stronger springs (I have broken finger nails opening them.)
I actually prefer my Canal Street over the GEC.

 

[A. G. Russell]

AG Russell has the rockwell posted on his site. I found a large stockman CV for about the same price as the medium stockman with the stainless... I am between a rock and a hard place...

If edge holding is priority 1 then you need to think Queen and their D2 Steel at near 60 Rc. Not as fine as Schatt & Morgan but the steel is MUCH better

 

[Will Power]

I like Traditional pocket knives a lot. My experience of Canal St has been 4 knives, I only have one now and I rate them lower than CASE, Queen Cutlery or GEC. Why? I find the spring on these knives to be extremely weak and this is not to my taste at all, I don't much fancy their cheapo coin style shield either but that's just personal taste. CASE, Queen and GEC also have a much bigger range of knives to choose from.

I realize that others' have different experiences or needs and I respect that.

 

[knarfeng]

I like Traditional pocket knives a lot. My experience of Canal St has been 4 knives, I only have one now and I rate them lower than CASE, Queen Cutlery or GEC. Why? I find the spring on these knives to be extremely weak and this is not to my taste at all, I don't much fancy their cheapo coin style shield either but that's just personal taste. CASE, Queen and GEC also have a much bigger range of knives to choose from.

I realize that others' have different experiences or needs and I respect that.

Variety, especially of opinions, is the spice of life.

I do agree that the others have a much larger range of choices.

 

[mustangfootball]

i like case my grandpas knife for some time now he carrys a kershaw even gramps is getting into knives that open fast what the heck my dad used to carry a case until his birthday he picked out a mooremaker wiht the buffalo handles he loves it skinned a whole friken beef with the thing ha my favorite traditional is my case trapper stag handles