Favourite Smaller Folders and Slip-Joints…

Hard to beat a Barlow pattern in that size knife.

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Just a few of my favorite EDCs in that size range:

Peanuts
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087 Pen
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Rambler* (always on keychain), Secretary, Pioneer Settler
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*ETA: Oops, forgot you already had that one covered;)
 
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In daily life it is a small SAK that I use most. One of my favourites is the Victorinox Cadet. It has a number of very useful tools in a small and light package.

For small locking folders it is the Fällkniven TK4 that's my favourite. A great little knife.
 
I grew up with slipjoints and still have the Swiss Army Knife I bought when I was eleven, but I'm not a big fan of slipjoints since good lock systems showed up, esp Spyderco's stuff. My smallest folder is a Sage2. I prefer a knife with a sizeable handle I can get my large hands around so the Sage is about as small as I want to go. However, people say that the Caly 3 in ZDP-189 and carbon fiber is a fantastic small lockback knife.
 
Always find a Ladybug hanging around my key-chain; for all the really little stuff. Enjoyed a G-10 Dragonfly for a bit, but then it went away. However, that FRN version looks appealing.
 
JAB,when I saw the pic of your Damascus Peanut I had to check my left jean pocket,looks like the twin of mine.Great knife!-Jim
 
I find myself gravitating toward smaller folders also. My EDC includes a Victorinox midnight mini champ. It measures only 2 1/4" and is packed with tools. When I first got it I thought the light on it was a waste, but it has come in handy more times than I can recall. My other EDC is a Boker medium stockman. It measures about 3 1/4" and gets used quite a bit. I have a Case medium stockman but it doesn't have the sheepsfoot blade so the Boker gets more use.
 
These are two that see some carry time. First is a Bulldog EZ open in stag
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This one is a Case mini trapper with wharcliffe blade.
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While I have not been able to rid my pockets of the larger folders, I appreciate the peewees as well.

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Victorinox Classic SD.

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Victorinox Manager.

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G10 Dragonfly.

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Case Baby Butterbean.
 
It is hard to go wrong with GEC's. 12-months ago, I knew nothing about them. Ran into the owners at a manufacturer's day at Smoky Mt Knife Works and handled some of their knives. My first thought... expensive. I got over the cost issue. Now I have three or four of their knives. My last was a Sunfish pattern which I have taken a liking to for its heft. My first was a Great Eastern and it is a nail biter.
 
Two of my fave sub-three-inchers:

GEC "Little Carver" sleeveboard
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Hiroaki Ohta teardrop Wharncliffe (with a SAK Classic)
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Some good-lookin' knives, fellas! :thumbup:

I must say, I love those Wharnies... especially on the more traditional style slip-joints! (Rick, that Ohta is a beaut!)
 
My go to little guy is a Strider PT CC Tanto.
 

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Hiroaki Ohta teardrop Wharncliffe (with a SAK Classic)
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My God, that's an exquisite little knife!!!

That may be the only knife that could lure me away from my damascus peanut. Just staring at the pic made me start to drool a little.

Carl.
 
Here's my contribution to this "small guys" thread :D

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The Spyderco Grasshopper was an awesome gift from timberweasel itself :thumbup:
 
I´ve always liked the little ones the most.
My Favourites are:

Spyderco SS Cricket in full SpyderEdge
Spyderco Jigged Bone Kiwi
Ladybug in full SpyderEdge
Case Peanut in CV
Victorinox Alox Classic
Victorinox Alox Bantam
 
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