If you were confined to one knife to EDC carry,

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moonwilson said:
FWIW, I have six GEC #73s, and I prefer the Bullnose over all of them. Mostly because you can pinch the blade open, but the steel is better and the handle is more comfortable too. For a simple, hard-working single blade, it doesn't get much better. :)
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THIS kind of information is helping the wait immensely! ;)
 
moonwilson said:
FWIW, I have six GEC #73s, and I prefer the Bullnose over all of them. Mostly because you can pinch the blade open, but the steel is better and the handle is more comfortable too. For a simple, hard-working single blade, it doesn't get much better. :)
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I concur! The Bullnose has been the only knife I've carried since I got it a few weeks ago, and it's incredible.
 
As a neophyte to the cult, I may be committing heresy, but I am loving my Case CV yeller sodbuster jr. This thing is a beast. It cuts everything, including me. Just a couple of light strops on my leather belt daily brings it back up to shaving hair, and the patina is coming along beautifully. A drop of oil on the pivot and it's good to go.

I do carry my peanut along side as a sort of 'big' little brother, and pull it out and use it as well just to keep the soddie jr. from getting cocky.

The small size of the peanut, from the overall length to the length of the blades, has shown me how I can do so much with so little. But I love the shape of the blade on the soddie jr. Very utilitarian, and the contrast of the patina on the blade with the yellow of the handle just brings a little smile to my face.

John
 
street soldier said:
As a neophyte to the cult, I may be committing heresy, but I am loving my Case CV yeller sodbuster jr. This thing is a beast. It cuts everything, including me. Just a couple of light strops on my leather belt daily brings it back up to shaving hair, and the patina is coming along beautifully. A drop of oil on the pivot and it's good to go.

I do carry my peanut along side as a sort of 'big' little brother, and pull it out and use it as well just to keep the soddie jr. from getting cocky.

The small size of the peanut, from the overall length to the length of the blades, has shown me how I can do so much with so little. But I love the shape of the blade on the soddie jr. Very utilitarian, and the contrast of the patina on the blade with the yellow of the handle just brings a little smile to my face.

John
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The Soddie jr would probably be my choice too, my only problem with it is that it doesn't have that "cute little pocket knife" look that the peanut has. In fact, it seems like a rather large knife. For the past couple weeks i've been searching for a sized down soddie. Either way, I am beginning to love that single bladed work knife concept.

A Vic alox pioneer or cadet might do the trick too.

A Buck 301 or 303 are good choices as well.

My "one knife" needs to have a few things
- reasonably priced
- able to be replaced without too much difficulty
- friendly enough for office carry but large enough for outdoors
- not too bulky
- has to age nicely

Like i said, at this point in time the soddie jr cv and vic cadet or pioneer are really appealing to me.
 
I'm going with 3 3/8" - the length of my GEC Conductor. My first reaction was a 4" Powderhorn, but then I re-read the OP and it said for E..D..C ..... in my everyday life I don't need a large knife and the Conductor can handle anything/everything I'm likely to run across. (Darn Powderhorn sure does feel good in hand though. ;)).

Gratuitous pics of both ('cause we all like pics):

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That is always a tough question.

It always seems like it is the "next knife" the one I don't have yet, but will be perfect.

I almost always have at least 3 traditionals on me. Gec barlow (that 25 pattern fits so nicely in the watch/coin pocket). The at lest one in either normal front pocket. I have a slip sheath I made for my #73 Scharade pioneer, so it often rides double in a pocket with another knife.


One knife, I would go for a cattle Barron. Clip, Spey, Warncliff, and a leather punch. (I don't own one yet. I absolutely am kicking myself for not getting on in my recent binge).

I like carrying big knife traditionals, like grandad barlows. The long blades sure make cutting fruit pleasing (I cut a lot of apples for my two boys).

The Pichability of the sod buster pattern makes it very handy.


My GEC elephant toe has a pincable main, and a very nice cross section on both blades. If it had a warncliff secondary, it would win for what I have right now.


I have a Queen/Pardue "gunboat" that is very nice to carry. Two main blades (spear) and one little coping blade. If the mains were ground thinner it would be Ideal. I just reprofiled all three, and left one spear more robust, and took more off the shoulder of the other.

It would probably edge the rest out right now, just from a one knife does all. It is just long enough to cut apples.

If I had managed to snag one of the Queen barlows with the warncliff secondary blades, that would be the one blade pocket king!

Now, a bigger barlow, with a warncliff secondary would be mighty hard to pass up!
 
Probably this guy (medium case stockman)

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I picked him up this week. Its from 1984, so pretty old, but has clearly held up really well through all the years. The scales are really worn, but being this my first case CV blade, I am enjoying it immensely. I cleaned it up a bit, but this was the pick from the guy who had it previously.

Blades are nice and sharp and have a decent spring to them. I love the old look. This thing still has a ton of life left in it.
 
For me it depends on the number of blades. My initial thought was 3 1/2", but that's for a multi bladed knife. It's big enough for a good grip and still carries well in any attire. If it's a slimmer single blade, then I'd be willing to go up to 3 7/8". Since you said to pick one, I'd go with the former because I prefer to have multiple blades most of the time.
 
I would pick my Camillus barlow, I carry this thing everywhere and it does everything including my five-o'clock shadow ;)

I still don't know the year or model number if this bad boy, Lord knows Ive taken so many closeups, if anyone can help with the identification I would be very gratefull :D

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I EDC this 3 1/8" Wharncliffe Trapper. It does everything I need it to do. If I had to pick one, it would be this one.
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I'm partial to a 3 7/8" closed stockman. Longer than 4" is too big to be comfortable in my pocket. Smaller does not fill my hand when I am cutting.

If I could only have one knife (:eek:shudder*gasp:eek:) it would likely be a Buck 301, because it's such a terrific user. because..
  • the layout of the blades (which is different than that of most stockman knives),
  • the alloy which takes a fine edge because it has no carbides and is hard enough (58-59HRC) to hold that edge pretty well.
  • the fact that it is 3-springed so that all the blades come straight out of the knife and are easier to use.
 
If I had to pick just one it would have to be a Buck 112. Perhaps I feel this way because it was my first "real" knife and one was carried through my youth into adulthood...I still pocket carry one quite regularly, and other times use a horizontal sheath for discreet carry...there's not much that can't be done with a 3" blade...
 
Only one?

No back ups, on deck, stand by's? Wow, tough choice. I guess if I resist opening a vein with my damascus peanut, I'd probably join Frank and pick a Buck stockman. Why? Way back before I succumbed to our affliction, I tramped all over the place with a Buck stockman and it did a very good job of being a sole edc. And I hear the new ones are even better than the old ones, technically.

But I'm gonna be one depressed old codger!

Carl.
 
While I love Whittlers and Scouts, my favorite right now is my Ka-Bar Dog's Head Stockman. I'm not sure the full length closed but it has a 3" main blade.
 
Either my Hinderer XM-24 or one of my Infi/Skirmishes (Benchmade 630 Skirmish handle with a custom Busse Infi blade).
 
If I could only have one knife to carry I would have to go with a sak . I just could not give up the options that a sak gives . I do carry 84mm Vics alot these days but if I had to pick one I would go with a 91mm model . Probably a Super Tinker .
Jim
 
If I could only have one knife to carry, what size (closed) would it be?

I am going to limit myself to what I have, and I would want a locking blade, so I ma going to say 3.875"

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Lots of different ideas here. What you'd expect since there are so many different tastes and needs.

For me a 'one and only' knife has to be inconspicuous. Occasionally I have to wear a suit, god forbid, while at other times I am buried in the lab and have a lot of dirty cutting jobs. I only carry two blade picket knives so that narrows it down. My old mini trapper served just this function for years. But I have to say that a single spring knife is more easy to carry in dress slacks. As bad as I hate to do it I'll have to go with a relatively new pattern. The White Owl is about perfect as a one knife compromise.

But for me any two blade, medium sized, inconspicuous knife would do.

Will
 
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