Favorite slipjoint patterns and why?

My favorite pattern is a 3 1/4 stockman.

Second is any slim single blade pattern like a Cooperhead.
 
I love the various two-blade jacks with clip and pen blades: peanuts and medium serpentines for EDC, the larger Barlows and similar jacks for outdoor weekend use.

I used to prefer stockmans, but rarely used the spey. Moreover, the sheepsfoot seemed no better than a pen for most small-blade tasks. Thus the KISS principle led me to the jacks.
 
I've been carrying alot of small stockmans (3 1/4) lately. But all the talk about peanuts around here has got me thinking...
 
my absolute favorite slippie is the Hen and Rooster/AG. Russell Hunter ?702?(dunno right now) coffin bolsters, spear point polished stainless blade with a long pull. They made a smaller one for the collectors club, number CM-6 in 1975 i think, and they used the same model for the bicentennial commemorative knife but it had no bolsters, had steel, sterling, brass,or gold handle scales.
 
My favorite pattern is called a melon knife (check out ebay). They cone in one and two blade variations. My favorite has a main blade (like a doctors knife) about 3.5 inches long and a smaller serrated spear that is about 2.25 inches long.
 
Stockman for the 3 very different blades, and the fact there are three blades.

Pen-utility-single trapper like the Queen #11 it just fits my hand so well and the thin longer blade is so usefull.

Scout-mini scout the choices this knife provides I find to be a great combo of utility and comfort to edc.
 
Moose
Very good balance in the pocket and the two blades cover all of my everyday needs. Make it with with round bolsters, and it's a definite winner in my book.
 
I usually prefer two- or three-blade knives like the canoe, trapper, and stockman, but right now I'm carrying my Ray Kirk Scagel. So really it just depends on the day.

James
 
I don't give a cuss about slim. I ain't slim and I don't expect my knives to be slim.

I generally like whittlers because of the multiple blade shapes. Lately though, I have been finding trappers more useful, and when I came across the wharncliffe trapper pattern (a wharncliffe blade instead of the spey blade), I was sold. It is by far the most useful pattern for me that I have.

That being said, I like knives for other reasons than being useful. I love the aesthetics of old English (and American) patterns. Five-bladed knives also have great appeal for me.
 
shaldag said:
I don't give a cuss about slim. I ain't slim and I don't expect my knives to be slim.

I generally like whittlers because of the multiple blade shapes. Lately though, I have been finding trappers more useful, and when I came across the wharncliffe trapper pattern (a wharncliffe blade instead of the spey blade), I was sold. It is by far the most useful pattern for me that I have.

That being said, I like knives for other reasons than being useful. I love the aesthetics of old English (and American) patterns. Five-bladed knives also have great appeal for me.[/QUOTE

About as well as can be said. I agree.:thumbup::thumbup:
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You guys were right, I'm really digging the sowbelly right now. Schatt & Morgan's sowbelly is a superb pattern. The handle feels so nice in the hand- the curves are nice. The best part for me is that you easily orient the knife by feel, choose and open the right blade without looking at it. That's something I can't do with most stockmen. Asymmetrical ends are a good thing.

I'm also starting to grow very fond of the GEC #73 2 "scout" 2 blade trapper pattern. Which is closely related to the old Remington bullet trapper. (mountain man?) The proportions are so beautiful on that pattern. Collector Knives.net has a Winchester trapper up that is very similar and looks fantastic. Very tempting. I'd love to have one of the old Remingtons, but they're going for $2500 to $3000 now (if you can find one!)
 
Of all patterns, I believe I am most fond of the stockman. Probably because I carried a small stockman everyday for a fair number of years (Buck 303, Camillus-made, I think.) There is something about the lines of it that got imprinted on my brain as being the definition of a pocket knife. I have a 301 that I often carry these days. It evokes the same basic response somewhere in my brain, "Now THIS is a pocket knife."
 
copperheads and jacks, but always end up with a mini copperlock,just feels good in the pocket
 
I seem to be another Stockman Fan. The three blade configs really works for me. Though I would like to get a nice size Canoe some day...
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I like easy carrying knives with a big blade/small blade combo like the peanut. I hope to get one of those lovely, small GEC Barlows soon too.

Another favorite for shear utility is the scout pattern, which I have in the form of a slim, alox SAK.
 
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