From moderns to a traditional collection in a week...

wundergussy

wundergussy

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The bug bit me bad guys... I have been a moder/Ti-framelock/tacticool guy for years but grew sick of it for many reasons (the biggest being I don't need a weapon to open my mail). Something about the traditional just makes sense to me, and fits in with my overall aesthetic much more. So, I sold off all my moderns and as of today, here's what I have to rotate to(all except the Cadet were bought from Northwood knives/Knivesshipfree since I try to go local when I can):

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May I welcome you to the wonderful world of the traditional pocket knife?

It's a world with infinitely more variety, of both patterns and materials in a much more useable pocket knife for the real world and the business of living life. It's a world of sitting under a shade tree on a river bank, watching for the bobber to dip while sipping on a cold brew ski and solving the problems of the world with a good friend or family member.

It's a world where when you take out your knife to cut something, people don't look at you sideways, but instead ask what kind of knife you have there, because it looks very much like the one their grandfather had.

It's world of thin usable blades for the real world, that while they may not be worth squat for prying open a tank hatch, they will slice open a UPS box like nobodies business. And slice an apple smooth as silk while sitting under that shade tree.

But most of all, it's a world of very good people, at least on this forum, that are as generous with their knowledge as they are their friendship. You've come onto the best forum on the 'net, with some really great people.

Werlcome.

Carl.
 
Nice start. Start looking into multiple blade knives. While I can certainly understand the appeal of single blade traditionals, one of the biggest draws, to me, of traditionals is multiple blade choices and several inches of cutting edge in a single, compact frame. A knife like a medium stockman or min wharncliffe trapper or congress gives you 2-4 blades of different varieties, all of which have their advantages. If you're trying to open clamshell packaging, a 1" sheepsfoot is far more effective than a 4" droppoint. A pen blade is much more controllable and precise to fix a hangnail than a 3/16" tanto slab.
 
Nice selection of single blade knives you have there. I like the single blade more than the muti-blade and only have one multi-blade knife.
 
Welcome, wondergussy! Very nice knives and I especially like those Northwoods folders! :thumbup::cool:

-Brett
 
planterz said:
nice start. Start looking into multiple blade knives. While i can certainly understand the appeal of single blade traditionals, one of the biggest draws, to me, of traditionals is multiple blade choices and several inches of cutting edge in a single, compact frame. A knife like a medium stockman or min wharncliffe trapper or congress gives you 2-4 blades of different varieties, all of which have their advantages. If you're trying to open clamshell packaging, a 1" sheepsfoot is far more effective than a 4" droppoint. A pen blade is much more controllable and precise to fix a hangnail than a 3/16" tanto slab.
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exactly. ;)
 
Sniff, sniff, Carl you brought a tear to my eye with that one...

Like everyone else has already said, welcome to the sophisticated more refined side of the community, nobody here judges you because you don't have the latest and greatest knife out there. Here if you have a worn, pitted knife with a broken blade you'll get the same curiosity, the same interest as if it were a new Hinderer or Southard, in fact probably more because we wanna know the history, the lineage of your knife.

Scales rubbed smooth, blades sharpened well past their expected life span these things speak to us, it doesn't matter if you can open your knife one handed in .3 of a second. Here the walk and talk have meaning, here the knives have soul.

Welcome to the front porch, pull up a rocker, grab a hunk of wood to whittle on, pour yourself a cold drink and set a spell.
 
About exactly the same story here. It seems in the pocket clip word they are all getting to be just slight variations of the same thing. There are just so many things you can do with Ti slabs and S30v steel.

But with these traditionals, there are so many cool patterns and styles, and the custom options are fantastic for quite reasonable prices coming from the CRK & Hinderer world. I still like the Hinderer, but as the poster above stated, don't really need one for opening the mail and cutting some string. And they're quite a bit more people friendly. It seems everyone recalls their grandfather having one just like it. Cool. :)

I'm going to be moving most the "tactical" stuff out the door. Too old for that crap anyway. Already started actually with some of the very nice forum members on BF picking up some stuff. More tomorrow.
 
jackknife said:
May I welcome you to the wonderful world of the traditional pocket knife?

It's a world with infinitely more variety, of both patterns and materials in a much more useable pocket knife for the real world and the business of living life. It's a world of sitting under a shade tree on a river bank, watching for the bobber to dip while sipping on a cold brew ski and solving the problems of the world with a good friend or family member.

It's a world where when you take out your knife to cut something, people don't look at you sideways, but instead ask what kind of knife you have there, because it looks very much like the one their grandfather had.

It's world of thin usable blades for the real world, that while they may not be worth squat for prying open a tank hatch, they will slice open a UPS box like nobodies business. And slice an apple smooth as silk while sitting under that shade tree.

But most of all, it's a world of very good people, at least on this forum, that are as generous with their knowledge as they are their friendship. You've come onto the best forum on the 'net, with some really great people.

Werlcome.

Carl.
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I second this, welcome to the world of traditional knives. Looks like a great start! Possibilities really are endless when it comes to blade steels, handle material and mostly patterns.
 
Welcome and you made some great choices to start off. The bull nose has been just about the only thing in my pocket for the past week or two.
 
Congrats and welcome aboard. This is a GREAT bunch of folks here in the Traditional Forum. Tons of knowledge, great comraderie and a very active forum here.

These old fashioned knives are fun, unique and have a history behind them that makes them fascinating. You've got a nice start with those Northwoods. I like single blade slipjoints. Very slim and pocketable.
 
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You've got a superb collection, and fine taste. I think you're going to really enjoy this faction of knife enthusiast. You're pretty hardcore if you sold all of your modern stuff. I still retain a lot of modern cutlery, but find myself enjoying slipjoints and old school cutlery, more and more.
 
The pull of traditionals over moderns is getting stronger every day for me, too.
I won't sell my stuff. I'll still keep my ZT and Big-Bad Benchmades for borderline-abusive stuff and whatnot, but for EDC, my Case knives are fantastic.
 
Although I only have a couple of the more modern "flip open with 1 finger" knives I really don't care to carry them. I carried an old Kershaw lockback in my pocket for many years. At a point around last Sept. or October I lost one of the pivot screws out of my beloved Kershaw. I couldn't get a replacement screw so my brother talked me into a flipper. I found out real quick that the general population sees those kind of knives as weapons. I do service work inside peoples homes. Shortly after I bought a cheap slipjoint to carry. This past Christmas my wife bought me a Queen Gunstock. Now I have several new slippies and find most customers comment on how pretty they are.
No flippies - only slippies for me from now on!

Bob
 
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