I think i am going to do it/ pre-new years resolution

lol yeah, if i go camping (God forbid that would be awesome) i would have a fixed blade with me
its not about being silly (let me try and cut this tree down with my soddie) its about learning a particular knife inside and out.

i am sure several of you folks are familiar with the saying, dont fear the man with a dozen guns, fear the man with ONE gun ;)
 
LeatherMan64, the way I see it, the fact that I have traditional knives laying around for specialized work on my workbench, desk drawer, tool box, backpacking kit, hunting bag and on and on has NOTHING to do with what's in my RFP. For me, this is about the RFP carry of the day.

Thanks for clarifying, sorry to misquote you there. That's actually a much more interesting, logical, and liberating way to think about it. I may yet have a chance!
 
lol yeah, if i go camping (God forbid that would be awesome) i would have a fixed blade with me
its not about being silly (let me try and cut this tree down with my soddie) its about learning a particular knife inside and out.

i am sure several of you folks are familiar with the saying, dont fear the man with a dozen guns, fear the man with ONE gun ;)


Back when I was backpacking and traveling in Europe, I used the same SAK Champion daily for nearly 3 months with no problems. Never wanted or needed anything else so I'm not against the idea, I'm just am unable to do it. :)
 
SO, i've seen a few threads along the lines of...
I'm only going to edc ONE knife, and i am now going to do the same.

I have gotten to the point that i fully understand i can get by with any one of my knives. they all work, they all will do what i need them too, cut stuff.



Now, just Do It!


Back a'ways, I was that one knife guy. It was an unmentionable, but it was the only one in my pocket, every single day, for approximately eight years or so...It's on it's third blade now. Then I discovered this place:eek: and my downward spiral as a knife floozy was powerfully fueled by luscious images of cutlery overindulgence. Someday, I will just need to disappear from this den of cutlery iniquity, to save my soul from helpless reckless consumerism. Then maybe, just maybe, I can go back to being that "one knife guy" again! ;) :) :p

Seriously though, Good Luck to you on your Quest good sir :thumbup:
May the spirit of abstinence and perseverance be with you!
 
lol until i found this place i was a 1 knife guy...usually a sak..would carry it anywhere from 2-5 years ..and then i would lose it and buy another one
in fact, thats how i found this place, i lost a cool little blue sak (cant even recall what kind it was) and was googling for a replacement....and i am pretty sure you know how that turned out :D
 
Two tricks to help you.

1. Find the knife that really carries well in your pocket. So well that you don't even know it's there. It also helps if it's one you like to look and and just sort of run your fingers over and use as a worry stone.

2. Leave some of the others laying around on your desk or space and just play with them. Don't do serious EDC cutting with them, but have some bits or leather, jute twine, or other stuff to cut purely for the purpose of cutting. It's not really cheating because you aren't using those knives to do chores with. You are simply, no other word for it, playing with them. HOWEVER... If you suddenly reach for a letter to open, STOP! Reach in and pull out that one EDC knife you're carrying and use it. Then go back to play time for knifeheads.

A knife that carries comfortably and almost unnoticeable is important. That doesn't automatically mean smaller knives. Personally I'm the odd man out in that I generally find the standard Barlow pattern does not ride well in my right pocket. It rides down into an angle that jams up with other stuff in my pocket and I can feel it lumped up there. Yet, a long, single blade Granddaddy Barlow like my Remington Musket-1 (bone scaled version) slips in my right front jeans pocket and the shape and size holds it neatly along the seam and it is very comfortable to carry and I don't notice it until I need it. I stopped carrying and even sold some stag scaled Bokers I had because the stag versions were just too heavy and noticeable in the pocket even though the same pattern in bone or Delrin didn't bug me.

In addition to that Gramps Barlow a few patterns that I have found carry neatly for me are: Peanut or similar jack (of course), a slim, Queen single blade jack (I've carried that one for long stretches nearly as much as my EDC and it's first runner up in the always carry category), and the slimline single bladed trapper. In this case a Case Yellow Handle CV.

One that was also surprising to me for easy carry when it didn't look like it would, is the Remington Lumberjack Moose. I don't recall off the top of my head which year, but it was a Bullet Knife one year. For whatever reason, it disappears into my pocket among keys, and other stuff and finds just the right spot to nestle in out of the way.

I'm not going to join you in the challenge, because as noted in a few threads here lately, I've been carrying a Case Smooth Chestnut Bone Mini-Trapper for a year or more. It's just there as "my pocket knife." If I'm doing something, especially if sitting, I might just reach for a knife that's out and close rather than dig in my pocket for convenience sake. The simple fact is I do have to dig because the Mini-Trapper slide right down like that Moose and lines up with my lighter and carabiner and paracord keyring all stuffed in my pocket and disappears from feel. I sometimes have to reach in and bounce things around a bit or finally just pull the whole pile out of my pocket to find it. It carries that well.

A note on the Soddie. First, when getting back into traditional knives the Case CV "Yaller" was the first one I got. I forced a patina and carried it with me. I cut food with it and carried it in my pocket at work and home in the San Antonio area summers and I sweat. I would just wipe it down (wipe the food off of it) after use. Every week or so I'd wipe a dab of mineral oil on it. If I'd sweated even more than usual I would pull it out and just wipe the condensation off of it.

Sadly, the Soddie is also a knife that never rode just right in my pockets. In a belt sheath like the ones you see with Moore Makers it would be ideal.

So yeah, it can be done, having one "pocket" knife that you always carry and use. It's also proper to use other tools when appropriate. It's looked down on to use a wrench as a hammer.

Little would be gained by me saying I'd go along with you, I'm already there. I will be right in there supporting you and encouraging you though. It's worth doing and will build character while getting truly in touch with the tradition of those before you who had and used their pocket knife. That's singular.

Good luck to all that seek to reconnect with the past actions with their choice of traditional pocket knife EDC. Just remind yourself that EDC means EVERY Day Carry, not Every Third Day Carry (E3DC). ;)
 
I'd love to try this, but I'm really not sure it'll work for me. Which is silly, because for a couple of decades (mid-1970s til the last year or three), I carried the same single knife, Jan 1 to Dec 31: a Victorinox Classic. (Well, over the years it was a couple of individual Classics, as one after another succumbed to daily wear and tear. But only one at a time AND it was the exact same pattern. OK? OK. ) Currently, there's a Classic in one pocket and a shifting cast of other knives passing through the watch pocket.

But with a knife interest reawakened, I just don't want to carry a !@#$ Classic as my one and only. (Yeah, it has to be there regardless because it's just so useful.)

So I think I'll watch what others do.
 
I'll give ita shot as well :)
Since it's OK to carry a Multi tool of some sort (Micra for example which I don't have) I wonder if I could carry my Cadet as wel because of the modified awl which comes very handy ( and the rest of the tools)
Furthermore the knife will be a good loaner in case ;)

So when things go as planned and I can keep up with it, this will be my main carry 'till spring (including my Fenix E01 which is not in the pic):

 
I'll give ita shot as well :)
Since it's OK to carry a Multi tool of some sort (Micra for example which I don't have) I wonder if I could carry my Cadet as wel because of the modified awl which comes very handy ( and the rest of the tools)
Furthermore the knife will be a good loaner in case ;)

So when things go as planned and I can keep up with it, this will be my main carry 'till spring (including my Fenix E01 which is not in the pic):


:thumbup:
welcome aboard!
and why not, i used to carry a classic in green alox on my key chain, until the clip thingy broke. now i need to find and replace the clip thingy and it will go back on.
 
lol! i am already wavering...
not with the challenge of carrying just one knife for 5 months
but as to which knife i should carry!

yellow delrin is sturdy, good stuff
but it wont age like bone or even wood. Its not going to have the worry stone aspect everyone always talks about it

that "carried my peanut for 2 years" thread and all those pretty GECs in the "what traditional are you 'totin today" are getting to me :confused:

did i choose the right knife for this experiment?
 
Well, you could always get the Amber Bone Sod Buster Jr, but that's in stainless steel. If you are going to want to see significant wear on a bone handled knife in 5 months, then you'd better carry a few rocks around in your pocket with it to get that stonewashed look.

If you don't mind a 2-bladed knife, then the Amber Bone Small Texas Jack or Chestnut Bone Mini Trapper might be good choices. But unless you intentionally abuse them and don't maintain your knives, they'll probably still look pretty good after 5 months.
 
Well I have no intention of going on such a strict knife diet. :) But of your choices, I think the Sod Buster Jr. will do fine for your experiment. Maybe pick a shorter distance - like March 21, first day of Spring, as your end date. This will be your Winter knife.
 
so the christmas eve with the kids went over well. My wife got my nephew a one hand opener and he went gaga over the flipper, my niece was just happy to get a pocket knife to go with the "survival bag" she asked me to make for her like i made for my nephew last year. SO all that is good.
I was VERY happy with the Pumas i got from Bass Pro. Being that they were in clam shells it was hard to make sure i didnt get any duds. But walk and talk was good, blades were centered good, no gaps in the liners. All in all i was pleased. One strange note about the pumas though. German Steel blades, assembled in china, said it on the box *shrugs* just for informational purposes. Oh and they are listed as 440A which is fine for the purposed i envision for teaching the kids how to use a REAL slippy.

anyways, my nephew had a modern clip knife and the one hand flipper that my wife gave him and was most definitely struggling to open clamshell packages and some of those hard plastic zip ties that some of the toys came with. So out came my handy dandy case soddie and snip snip everything was opened with little trouble. The boy was impressed. Then i took him and showed him something, we got some cardboard and had him cut it with him modern knife and while it did cut it cleanly you could feel the resistance. Then we tried with the sodbusters and they just sliced through like a hot knife through butter hehe. Ya'll should have seen his eyes.

I dont know, but i hope i made a good impression with the traditional vs modern knives in that 10 year olds mind. He may decide to be a modern knife knut (and he is showing the early warning signs of being one already) but at least I hope that i gave him enough choices and information to make an informed decision when the time comes.

So, for me it was a successful christmas :D and re-affirmed my choice on the sodbuster jr going forward.
 
Glad the knives went over well. Sounds like y'all had a good time.

I think it surprises a lot of modern, thick blade packers when they see just how those thin bladed "old timey" knives can slice through things without all that resistance.

Maybe later introduce the nephew to the Case Russlock. He can fill that one hand (albeit slower) flip open habit while still getting the sweet cutting power of a thin slippie.
 
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After the new year, I'm going to add the Sardinian resolza back into my edc rotation. As much as a love my peanut, I also like the resolza. I can't help it, I'm a knife floozy.

Carl.
 
There you go again, Spydutch falling off the wagon already:o
Before I joined this I had a hard time chosing between these 2 to begin with.

At first I chose the Peanut because of Carls tales, but on second hand I'm curious how my modified Opinel 6 will hold up when carrying/using contantly under various circumstances. If it will become too sloppy/smooth for a friction folder or maybe too tight.

So for now I'll go with the Opi (of which my 17 year old son says: "That's a real pocket knife Dad" :) )

Should I fall back again it will be most certainly be the Peanut. These two have been my main carry anyway for the past weeks.

 
There you go again, Spydutch falling off the wagon already:o
Before I joined this I had a hard time chosing between these 2 to begin with.

At first I chose the Peanut because of Carls tales, but on second hand I'm curious how my modified Opinel 6 will hold up when carrying/using contantly under various circumstances. If it will become too sloppy/smooth for a friction folder or maybe too tight.

So for now I'll go with the Opi (of which my 17 year old son says: "That's a real pocket knife Dad" :) )

Should I fall back again it will be most certainly be the Peanut. These two have been my main carry anyway for the past weeks.


hey its a new years resolution. i mean thats like 5 more days to waffle back and forth as to which knife to choose.
heck i might swap (thinking my trapper) but i doubt it. its not WHICH knife is important, its can i stick with just ONE for an extended period of time
 
hey its a new years resolution. i mean thats like 5 more days to waffle back and forth as to which knife to choose.
heck i might swap (thinking my trapper) but i doubt it. its not WHICH knife is important, its can i stick with just ONE for an extended period of time

You may have to do what I do; pack up the knives and give them to the better half to put away and not tell you where. No matter if I say "okay, the experiment is off, just tell me where they are!" I tell Karen to put them away until a set date.
 
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