It's 1912...

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And your off on a guided horse mounted big horn sheep hunting trip out west. You will be riding into the Rockies and a log hunting lodge is the base camp, with nice walled tents for camp away from the lodge.

You have all your gear packed, and have a good rifle and hunting knife, boots, clothing, the whole kit and kabootle. But as you are prepared to leave your house, you pause to select what knife from your collection to slip in your vest pocket along with the waterproof match case and compass, for whatever pocket knife duties come up. Hurry up, the train is leaving in 30 minutes and you just have time for the model T to make it.
 
Curtain and Clark

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I can't decide! Probably my Case yellow Trapper in CV. These did exist in 1912, right?
Hurry, I'm going to miss my train!
 
My thoughts too Kbrasmodeler, I'm not sure I have anything that was a possibility in 1912! :p

Have to be carbon steel since I am not sure that I won't have to sharpen it and diamond hones for sure won't be around. I think my Queen mountain man trapper in 1095 would do just about anything that needed done. Big but light for its size. Sharpening stones work fine on it.

Will
 
I assume the 1912 part means we should choose a pattern that was availbe in 1912. I think the scout pattern was available in 1912, so I'd take my Jr. Scout. It'd be a full size Scout though, I don't think they had Jr. size back then.

I figure the main blade is a nice whittler or general camp duty blade. Bottle (or can) opener for beers after a long day in the woods. Awl for general purpose use, maybe boring the odd hole in a leather strap. Tightening my belt after getting skunked on the hunt. Removing a stuck shell casing from my rifle perhaps. Can opener for dinner duty.

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Here it is next to a full-size scout for comparison:
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Fun "which knife" thread, thanks Carl.
 
MJF said:
Mantis with the laser grip...those were around in 1912 right? :confused:
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Yeah, but there were so many problems with the battery designs & capacities of the time that no hardware stores would carry it. A miner's helmet lamp was used first, but it burned fingers. Then Prestolite was tried, but the regulator for the gas was too bulky. Finally a ford Model "T" battery was used, but it was too heavy. When spares were carried, the pack animals kept collapsing after a few miles.

:p :D

So instead, I'd take Cattle knife, with a leather punch/awl.

~Chris
 
johnny twoshoes said:
Jackknife, does it have to be a knife of that era, or one we currently have in our collections???
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Yep, has to be from the old days. Stockman, trapper, cattle knife, jack of any kind, but no moderns. I don't think Sal Glesser's daddy was born yet.
Carl.
 
jackknife said:
Yep, has to be from the old days. Stockman, trapper, cattle knife, jack of any kind, but no moderns. I don't think Sal Glesser's daddy was born yet.
Carl.
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Ah... well that changes things a bit. You've said we had a hunting knife already so this one is only for camp chores. I'd look for something light and thin. Hiking uphill can make a thick knife very uncomfortable. Matter of fact I have a canoe that I use almost exclusively when doing a lot of uphill walking for just this reason.

I'd opt for a canoe or cigar with a single spring.

Will
 
I'll take a nice bone or ebony-handled equal-end two-blade jack around 3.75". One nice stout blade for general use, and a razor-sharp pen to trim off the end of my big fat, $1.25 Havana cigars.

-- Mark
 
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