How many have remained Loyal to a pattern?

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Or if strayed, returned to a type you started out with.

Thinking back over my knifeaholic life, it seems like I've never strayed far from my scout knife roots. I've fooled around with soddies, jacks, a trapper, and some European peasants knives like pinels, Douk-Douks, Okapi's, Mercators and such. But there was always a scout pattern or sak lurking about in another pocket or kit close by.

How many of you were given a knife by a father, uncle, or other mentor, and still are partial to that pattern?
 
I've always been drawn to the stockman pattern. It hasn't changed; the stockman is still my favorite by a longshot.
 
I always seem to fall back on stockmans of some sort. I have a recent fascination for scouts lately.I picked up 2, 1 disappointment, and plan on maybe a few more, but 7 out of 10 times I reach for, well lately it's been my Bulldog sowbwelly. I have an EDC rotation of sorts, but I tend to carry one particular knife for a week to several months at a time. If I carry a XX or something it's probably for just a day or so. The exception to the rule is my Copperlock.It's the sensiquential(spell check) pocketknife in design and comfort....and it's ebony, a rare modern folder handle material.
 
My first knife was a 2 bladed jackknife, and I seem to have a few of those still around. I also love Boker whittlers. I've had one or another of those since I was in HS. My father always loved Stockmans and Trappers, but has stuck to Stockmans for a long time now. I got over liking them, preferring whittlers if I'm going to have three blades in a knife. But most of the time nowadays, I'll carry a one or two bladed jack, and maybe an SAK. Got my first SAK at 19, and have more of them now. Usually have an Executive in my pocket or nearby, which is a switch for me, but it's a good little knife.

So there are several patterns that I like. Variety is the spice of life, I guess.
 
Not so much a patter per se, but a blade... I always head back to a wharncliff.

Mike
 
First knife my father gave me was a Providence Cutlery Barlow. The first knife I bought for myself was an Imperial Barlow. Since then I have bought probably a dozen barlows over the years, more of that pattern than any other pattern I have. I have several that are in my EDC rotation still.
 
For me it is the small stockman. However, the Vic Cadet is trying hard to take the #1 spot. What would that be called? A small scout maybe.
 
I always reach for a stockman, I might carry some other knifes as well, but a large stockman finds its way into my pocket almost every day. but the peanut comes real close.
There is no similarity in the two patterns, but I like both a lot.

Peter
 
I love the utility of the stockman pattern and I have a bunch of 'em.

That said, there are just too many great patterns for me to carry one of 'em predominantly.
 
I have an affinity for the Muskrat pattern or maybe it is the Turkish clip blade shape also the Wharncliff blade combo? I have carried this style for almost 30 years I have lots of other patterns but the RAT always wins!
 
I started off with the trapper and haven't gone back to it yet. I'd have to say a cheap soddie and a barlow (or barlow type) is what I always carry 4 maybe 5 days out of the week.
 
I'll have to say the scout patterns as well. I've never owned a scout knife per say, but have owned several SAKs over my life, my first being a classic knock-off. I have ALWAYS seemed to have a SAK of some type or another on me. Whether it was my Wenger SI, Vic soldier, cadet, sportsman, recruit, etc., there they've been, and since we are talking about pattern, I guess the scout pattern is what they most resemble. Sometimes I find it hard to justify carrying just a knife. When I DO carry a knife, like my Peanut (which I LOVE, by the way), i realize there are so many screws to turn, or cans and bottles to open, ot splinters to remove. I look at my SAKs and say "They just have it all, how can I NOT carry one", and then I go and carry one.
So scout pattern for me, unless a SAKS are considered a pattern unto themselves, in which case I'll say SAKs.
 
I'm not partial to any particular pattern, but I've stayed loyal to clip point blades ever since I bought a USMC Kabar and found out just how useful that fine tip is.
 
Though no single pattern heads my knife buying habits, I find myself inexplicably drawn to trappers and soddies. My grandfather gave me a trapper and a large sodbuster, and my uncle gave me a small sodbuster. I love them all and though I have others, I'm prone to carry them every now and then.
 
I usually carry some type of 2 bladed jack or a medium stockman. My wife gave me a jack over 20 years ago that still gets a lot of carrying time.
 
I change knives more often than underwear. Stockman, trapper, sodbuster, canoe, peanut and so on all have a place in my EDC rotation depending on my mood. The same happens with my pipes or cigars, I like to have a few to choose from.

Although I always carry a SAK, the model changes almost daily. The only part of my EDC that hasn't changed in a while is my SwissTool Spirit (with the little ratchet and bits) which has been in my pack since I bought it a couple of years ago.
 
I guess my collection is weighted to the Stockman

And when I get other patterns, I compare them to my Queen small and medium stockman.
F&F, Walk and Talk, blade size, comfort in hand.

So if that is 'loyal', then yes...
 
I started my knife-carrying career with a Schrade Old Timer Jr. Stockman. I’ve carried the Jr. Stockman pattern ever since. Not alone. Bigger blades with more graspable handles are too useful to pass up. But the Jr. Stockman does many fine tasks to perfection.

My default carry these days is a stag scaled Jr. Stockman and a Benchmade Rittergrip. I hate the Rittergrip FRN handle. But the practicality of a lightweight, ambidextrous, one-hand-opening knife for emergencies keeps me carrying it. Many times I’ll add a stag-handled medium stockman or trapper for the fun of it, and for a larger use, non-tactical, don’t alarm the sheeple knife.
 
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