If you can only have one...

[waynorth]

For life? No such thing I fear. The one knife I expected to keep forever, a knife I received for Father's Day ten years ago, has been lost. Not misplaced, not forgotten, but lost. I have no idea where it is as I can't even remember the last place I saw or used it.



The universe laughs at our plans.

What was it???

 

[kamagong]

It was a stag covered GEC scout waynorth .

 

[jeffbird]

It was a stag covered GEC scout waynorth .

Don’t give up hope. I found one of my oldest pocket knives recently that had been missing for decades. It was in a box of odds and ends covered in other boxes from our last move twenty five years ago. A small prayer never hurts if you are of such a mind.

 

[tmd_87]

The one with a main blade with some belly and a secondary with a straight edge.

 

[waynorth]

It was a stag covered GEC scout waynorth .

A painful loss!!

 

[anthonycastorena2014]

Easy decision, jumbo trapper. Great Eastern model 23 in 1095 and Case Bose in 154CM.

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Excellent choice! Mine would also be a GEC 23. One of my most used and proven knives I have ever owned. Absolutely bad ass user and game processing knife. Honorable mentioned and runner up: the Bullnose

 

[Just Tom.]

“If you can only have just one traditional patten for the rest of your life, what would it be?”

Maybe cheating, or at least bending the rules a little, but if you consider the Opinel a pattern, you could buy as many as you want and modify them to suit your needs:

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/opinel-mods-lets-see-them.1410003/

 

[cigarrodog]

Wish I had one for you, Harvey!!

Thank you Charlie for the kind thought.

 

[sceva]

Mine would be a two bladed pen knife ( 2 5/8 - 3 1/4 long)with blades on opposite ends but not necessarily equal ended. Preferred blades would be a spear or pen and a coping blade.

Like a GEC Tidioute 09 Esquire or my Schatt & Morgan Office knife

 

[Sherbert4537]

The GEC 44 of course. Honorable mention, GEC86

 

[ron55]

I'd have to stick with my Buck 110

 

[Ruhiger Sturm]

I wouldn’t want to choose but if I had to I would probably go with this stockman. I can’t think of a situation where this one would let me down.

 

[MessieurRick]

I suppose I'm cheating a bit here but they ARE both #73 pattern GEC'S:

 

[Jack Black]

 

[joeradza]

It’s always been a single blade about 3 3/4”-4” closed preferably in stag, with a drop or clip point blade. I’ve had a few customs with those characteristics. The knife that looked and felt the best was a GEC 73 that I unfortunately sold. I’m currently in possession of a Tom Bullard that meets most of those needs except that it’s covered in walnut which I find quite satisfying.

 

[black mamba]

I posted earlier that the large stockman is my one and only (if necessary), but lately I've been carrying the Bayou Trapper sowbelly and it could give the large stockman a run for the money. Four inches closed, very ergonomic frame and a wonderful set of blades to cover any need. One of these in M390 stainless and gnarly ram's horn might be THE ONE.

 

[fishin1635]

If I had to choose one it would probably be this WJ in smooth stag with the clip.

 

[RickHuf]

Well... I still have a lot to discover but so far the most useful knife is the split back whittler. Specifically the one thick clip point main blade, one nice thin pen blade and I don't care what the third is (doesn't need a third really).

It is the perfect pattern. Heavy duty clip for everyday beating and the little pen blade for something more intricate (or sharpening pencils)

Coming in close second would be a large jack with spear or clip point and a pen blade.

 

[Bastler]

112 for me.

 

[Just Tom.]

Well... I still have a lot to discover but so far the most useful knife is the split back whittler. Specifically the one thick clip point main blade, one nice thin pen blade and I don't care what the third is (doesn't need a third really).

It is the perfect pattern. Heavy duty clip for everyday beating and the little pen blade for something more intricate (or sharpening pencils)

Coming in close second would be a large jack with spear or clip point and a pen blade.

If somebody still made something like this, I think it would be perfect for me:

If it was 4-1/2 to 5” closed, and made like the old Imperials with hollow sheet metal handles, stamped to look like bolsters and stag, it would satisfy my fondness for big, cheap knives, and give me a perfect blade combination.