Do you like single blade or multi-blade traditionals?

My favorite traditional pattern, by far, is the stockman. I often carry 2 or 3 knives at a time, and the stockman is always first in-the-pocket in the morning; the remaining knife or two are selected more or less on a whim for the day. Might be an Opinel or sod buster pattern among the secondary choices, but the multi-blade stockman is mandatory. I just don't think I'd feel comfortable without that one in my pocket. :)


David
 
Both, but I don't like over thick knives.

I find a single blade better as a slicer (no handful of blades to grip hold of) lighter too, but the ingenuity of multi blade always appeals. What I like most as a compromise, is a single spring two blade knife. But then again.....bottle opener...
 
csisland said:
Other than whittling, what do you guys use the extra blades for on a multi-blade knife? Cleaning your nails doesn't count.
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I run a low angle on my trapper clip blade for cutting (less than 10 degrees per side), and use a 20+ degree edge on the spey for scraping, deburring, and other rough uses. I had a stockman with an intermediate angle (sheepfoot), but didn't really find it that helpful. If I still had that knife, I'd take the sheepsfoot blade down to a zero bevel, spine to edge, just to see how it worked.
 
me2 said:
I run a low angle on my trapper clip blade for cutting (less than 10 degrees per side), and use a 20+ degree edge on the spey for scraping, deburring, and other rough uses. I had a stockman with an intermediate angle (sheepfoot), but didn't really find it that helpful. If I still had that knife, I'd take the sheepsfoot blade down to a zero bevel, spine to edge, just to see how it worked.
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I'm not even in the same league when you start talking degree edges, intermediate angles, etc. All I know is sharpen blade and use to cut things.
 
For my EDC use I prefer a multi-blade pocketknife (two or three blades) in a medium length (3-3/8" to 3-7/8"). I own a few single blade and four blade pocketknives, but nearly never carry them. For hunting use I far prefer a fixed blade to a large lock-back single blade folder (for skinning, deboning, and butchering meat). As to what I use the multi-blade pocketknife blades for; I primarily like to have a clip and a sheepfoot blade, so a Stockman is a favorite, but I also like a Jack with a clip and pen blades as well. Boxes, string, twine, envelopes, cardboard, drywall, plastic, plaster - all get cut on occasion by my pocketknives. OH
 
I own and carry some knives with a single blade, but my preference is for multi blades. I like two blade jacks and have carried a stockman a long way when I was younger. Started with a boy scout knife when I was a kid, and still love to have a SAK around.
 
I started out with the stockman, one of my favorite patterns. I still have a few of them. But for a typical day I don't need the extra blades. I'd rather have the using comfort and lighter weight of a single blade knife over the versatility of a multi-blade.

- Christian
 
csisland said:
I'm not even in the same league when you start talking degree edges, intermediate angles, etc. All I know is sharpen blade and use to cut things.
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No problem, just think of it like this. The sharpened edge bevel on the clip blade is twice as wide as the bevel on the spey blade (roughly half the angle), and the sheepsfoot blade, if I still had it, would be sharpened by laying it flat on the stone until a burr formed (a long time, I know) and then raise the spine a dime's thickness off the stone to remove the burr and add a microbevel for just a little strength. You really haven't lived as a knife nut until you lower an edge down to near flat to the stone. Most don't like it, but it's worth a try. My trapper clip point blade is sharpened with the spine about 1/16" off the stone. Don't stress about it though, it's not super critical.
 
me2 said:
You really haven't lived as a knife nut until you lower an edge down to near flat to the stone. Most don't like it, but it's worth a try.
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Cutting with a zero bevel blade is a joy. I took down the edge of the sheepsfoot, then lightly convexed the whole thing. It's sharp now. :D

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- Christian
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
My favorite traditional pattern, by far, is the stockman. I often carry 2 or 3 knives at a time, and the stockman is always first in-the-pocket in the morning; the remaining knife or two are selected more or less on a whim for the day. Might be an Opinel or sod buster pattern among the secondary choices, but the multi-blade stockman is mandatory. I just don't think I'd feel comfortable without that one in my pocket. :)


David
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I'm the same way with my 55. It's always first choice and only a handful of days has it ever NOT been with me. The others rotate by whim of the moment, but the 55 I just can't seem to be without or I "just don't feel right", sort of out of kilter? The TC Barlow is a very close second in this category of favs.
 
Multi-blade, otherwise why a traditional? Stockman seems to have the right combination of blades, but I really do favor the 2 blade Texas Jack.
 
To answer the OP's question frankly and directly : I like them all. But I choose carefully... I usually prefer the multiblade folders "small" and the one blade folders "big". However, the small fixed blades are currently winning an impressive first place in EDC. It's getting complicated...
 
csisland said:
Because they look better than a modern, and maybe one doesn't want to carry a bulky modern around.
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Wow,I guess you told me; feel better now? Moving right along, I have a few Congress 4 blades that are less "bulky" then your average "modern" folder.
 
Alnamvet68 said:
Wow,I guess you told me; feel better now? Moving right along, I have a few Congress 4 blades that are less "bulky" then your average "modern" folder.
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No no I didn't mean it to sound like that. Darn internet. I'm terrible at putting together words and apologize if I came across as snooty. That wasn't my intention. :)
 
kamagong said:
Cutting with a zero bevel blade is a joy. I took down the edge of the sheepsfoot, then lightly convexed the whole thing. It's sharp now. :D

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- Christian
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Those edge grinds look very much like how I've done mine, including the convexing. It's a beautiful thing to see, especially against the contrasting patina highlighting those edges.

That knife is a beauty, Christian. :thumbup:


David
 
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