Have you gone all the way?

I use only traditional slip joints. Have for most of my life, exept for a short period after a hand operation when I used small lockblades.

I don't like a pocket knife that does not have a second, or even a third blade. Mt edc is usually a small stockman like a Buck cadet or one of my small two blade jacks like a peanut or similar size. Of course, there's always a sak around, and often the sak is my edc.

If I need a one hand knife, then that's what a sheath knife is for.

Carl.
 
I only carry slippies nowadays but that is because I sold off all my one handers. They just seemed to big for me. I didn't need a 4 inch blade. However I still want very badly a Buck/Mayo TNT 172 and another Sebbie, though the small version. Other than that I am happy with my traditional knives.
 
I couldn't get by with only traditional knives. At work, I need the ability to use one hand to grab and use my knife while holding other objects, many times without a coworker around for an extra hand either. Off work it's not as much of an issue but still nice to have one handed operation.
I do love my new case swayback jack so much that I just ordered a Sodbuster Jr in cv steel but love my Spydercos as well. :)
 
Not converted all the way. I still have some BenchMade, Buck, CRKT, Gerber, and Kershaw non traditional blades. Most of my knives are fixed blades and my non-traditional folders were work blades. I learned today on this site traditional blades are not to be used for cutting large cardboard boxes. I guess I'll have to keep a couple of non-traditionals fro that. :)

Don't tell anyone, but I thought you was supposed to cut up boxes, wood, and whatever you could find with traditional blades. I thought I was pushing the limits using them for hunting and camping knives though.
 
cultivateitnow said:
I learned today on this site traditional blades are not to be used for cutting large cardboard boxes. I guess I'll have to keep a couple of non-traditionals fro that. :)
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Boy, I had no idea I was abusing my pocket knife all these years cutting and breaking down White Flier clay bird boxes out at the gun club!:eek:

My regular cardboard knife is a Kissing Krane wood handle soddie. It does just fine. I've also used the sheepsfoot blade on my 301 Buck, with no ill effect. I guess I've been lucky!.:D


Carl.
 
I am pretty much there. I got rid of the last of my modern folders a couple of years ago. I have a some multitools that have one handed open blades but I don't carry them daily so I don't really count those. So, for all intents I carry only traditional slipjoints.
 
I like my moderns (not tactical's), traditionals, and simple small fixed blades.

I usually have a small sebenza clipped on right pocket, KHnutbuster in my left pocket, and a 3 1/4" Menefee swayback in my right watch/change pocket.

I'm going lite today though. A UKPK clipped to left pocket, and my Menefee swayback in the same pocket it goes in everyday.


I am much more attached to my tradional slipjoints. I could trade or sell any modern type knife I have and not miss it, or just replace it. But its almost as if my tradionals have a soul, and I can never get rid of one once its been in my pocket.
 
I have a few like that. Out of all the knives I own and money spent over the years a $15.00 traditional I own has more soul than all my others combined. Go figure. I think it is mostly becase that knife has done more things than any other design I purchased could, and it did them all well. I lost track of how old it is, maybe 30 years. I carried it every day until I lost it one time. Turned out is slid out of my posket into a chair, so it returned a couple months later. Now I only carry it when I can no longer stand to be without it. It cannot be replaced, but I'm working on finding a few that are close.
 
I traded my Spyderco Military for a US Sharpfinger some months ago and gave away a Gerber folder last week to my brother in law.
Those were pretty much my last two wonder knives.
I carry a slipjoint every day, the only blade I can open one handed is the clip on my Charge TTi:D
 
I don't think I could do it. Slipjoints are my passion and although I could get by just fine carrying nothing but slippies, I would feel like I was depriving myself if I didn't carry a one hander at least sometimes.

My interests seem to go back and forth in spurts between traditionals and one handers. Right now I am definately on a slipjoint kick but I know it will change again eventually. Then, after that, I'll be right back to my slippies again and so the cycle continues.

If I never carried my one handers, I would be missing out on half the fun. Well, maybe one third of the fun.
 
As far as modern knives go, I still have quite a few non-traditional (but decidedly non-"tactical") customs that I plan on hanging onto for the long haul. I've never cared much for the generic-looking over-built, over-sized, overweight, overwrought black, gray, tiger-stripped and silver-skulled monstrosities that manage find their way into the pockets of validation-starved adolescent boys of all ages these days.

I do have a few small, lightweight one-handers that see some occasional use, and some higher-end collectible out-the-front toy-knives that I keep around for novelty's sake, but most of my collectibles and users are traditional slipjoints, both new and old, along the occasional lockback. These timeless knives have an honest, soulful, organic and unassuming quality that seems to escape most of the ugly-for-ugly's-sake "hardcore/weaponized/tactical" knife crowd.
 
I have not and will not "go all the way" -- with traditional knives, that is!

My traditionals outnumber my "tacticools" by about 12-1, but I still believe there is a place for both. I will keep my S30V Vanguard Pro, my BG-42 SOG and my Hammond Cruisers (which BTW feel incredible in the hand!), and they all get carried when the situation warrants. It's not often, but it's still there, and I like to be prepared for just about ANY eventuality.
 
I go from one to the other. I mostly like slippies and I have a harder time selling them then I do my modern folders. Like a previous forumite said "its a cycle". :D
 
I've gotten to the point that I carry a traditional knife (A slip-joint) exclusively during my off hrs from work. I do carry a more modern folder (Single hand, sometimes an auto) for work & a FB or 2 (Along with a firearm or 3).

The slip-joint just makes for an excellent EDC for day to day tasks. Its slicing ability & its looks, just make it a great choice. When I pull out my slippie in public, instead of getting "OMG" looks, I get looks of interest. It's nice.
 
Nope. I sometimes (getting fewer and farther between) carry one of two or three one hand openers. I have several that could be moved out as they are just taking up space, but then my traditionals take up space as well. Traditionals outnumber "black knives" as I call them, by 4 to 1, but I do carry my Benchmade 812S mini-AFCK and one or the other Gerber EZ-Outs occasionally and will continue to do so.

I also have a new (bought about 2 months ago) Benchmade small BoneCollector, which I expect to be used cleaning big game. I doubt pretty seriously that I'll use it for skinning and field dressing an apple or orange like I do with my traditionals, but it will have a place in my duffel on hunting trips. The closest thing to it in a traditional that I have now is a Kabar 1189 folder, but it is too hard to unlock for me. But the knife is well built and the steel is great for what it is.

Anyway, I don't see me going totally traditional, but I am definitely "mostly traditional". You can check my post counts here and in "General" and see just how "mostly".

Ed
 
While my slippies outnumber my others by at least 10:1, I still like my small Lockback Spydies for some tasks at work.
 
I haven't gone "full traditional" just yet, but I have been approaching it.:) After I was reintroduced to traditional knives (through this very forum), I sold off most of my modern knives and bought traditional slip joints and scandinavian knives.

I can't deny the pure utility of a one-hand-wonder in certain situations though. All tactical macho stuff aside, there is no denying the pure utility of this knife category even though it is not always an important feature. The truth is that sometimes it is. :o

For example, I cant imagine going diving without my Spyderco Salt 1 folder. It is a safety issue for me to always carry a knife when diving. It is easy to get tangled up in your own line, and there have been a couple close calls where I almost had to cut myself free and destroy the line.

You could say that a fixed blade would be just as useful, however they create a lot more drag in the water and are often larger than than they need to be. I can tuck the Salt folder neatly away, and still grab it and open it easily when it is needed. I cant imagine trying to open a slip-joint underwater:p. When your finger nails are soaked through, they dont stand a chance:eek::D.

I haven't found a better knife for the above example, so I cant honestly go full traditional, but overall -I am more interested in traditional knives and fixed blades than anything else.:cool::thumbup:
 
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Not yet still have an issue BM auto and a Kershaw assisted opener. My son has most of the rest except for a couple I sold.
 
It'd be a lie if I said I only used my slipjoints. As it stands, I own somewhere in the neighborhood of fifty knives (both slippies and one handers), multitools and SAKs. They're pretty evenly distributed, too.

What's a waste is that I only carry three on a regular basis: a Vic Rambler is on my keychain, and is my go to knife for most everything; a Buck 303 that I picked up late last year, and has become one of my favorite knives, hands down; a much loved Spyderco Pacific Salt (yeller) that has been and still gets used more than any other knife in my collection. The Buck and Spyderco never get carried together, as I like to keep my pockets nice and light.

With the exception of a couple small SAKs and my Vic Spirit, most everything is packed away in an empty ammo box in the attic. I can't bear to part with my collection, so I'm hoarding it away for my son when he's old enough. He's not due until 3/31 next year, so it'll be awhile before I introduce him to the world of knives :)
 
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