Lone Wolf Project: Post All Your "Experiments" Here

Are you saying you wouldn't be tempted to "fool around" if a sexy custom came your way?:eek::D

(I had 'slippy' after 'custom' but I am vowing to not use the term "slippy" this year. It's too girly :o:rolleyes::D
 
johnwaynesandw said:
Jackknife, I wish you the best. Are you going to have a fixed blade you can go to for heavy cutting?


Thanks,
John
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No, I won't push a pocket knife past certain points, so there is an old wood handle mora with a carbon laminated blade in my day pack, and in my Eagle Creek shoulder bag with a small PSK is my old Buck 102 woodsman.

But for pocket use, as long as ElCuchillo holds out, I vow to do the same. Maybe this is just the inspiration I needed to try to do what our fathers did. I'm also only going to have one gun durring this experiment. I'm holding back my 617 Smith and Wesson for target and plinking, and the older of my Marlin 39's. One handgun, one rifle, one pocket knife.

This could be interesting.
 
Kerry Hampton said:
Are you saying you wouldn't be tempted to "fool around" if a sexy custom came your way?:eek::D

(I had 'slippy' after 'custom' but I am vowing to not use the term "slippy" this year. It's too girly :o:rolleyes::D
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If I can hold my vows to the same lady for 37 years, I should be able to hold out for just one year on this deal. No, No foolin around.
 
Ok then...we're all going to cheer you on and be that shoulder for you to cry on when you are missin your other pocket pals. :thumbup::cool:
 
jackknife said:
Okay, I'm going to go along with ElCuchillo and go single for a year, as long as he does. ... All my pocket knives are packed away and for the next year my edc is going to be the 303 Buck cadet ... Okay ElCuchillo, here we go.
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With all due respect, jackknife, El Cuchillo will be toting a PEANUT. I think if you're going to throw the gauntlet down in his direction, you should do the same. :D
 
jackknife said:
ElCuchillo has inspired me. In a show of support for our own, I'm putting away everything but my little 303 Buck cadet. As long as ElCuchillo sticks to his peanut, I'll stick to my 303 cadet. No Hen and Rooster stockmen, no Wenger SI, no Opinel or other pocket knife but the 3 1/4 stockman for the next year.
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What about that Classic on the keyring, jackknife? Hand it over too! :p
 
I love it! can't wait to see how it goes. I am often tempted to go bare minimum. Then I wake up and spend 20 minutes trying to decide which knife to carry.

Today it's the sak farmer.

Sometimes I have to stick one in my pocket and run out the door and lock it so I can get to work on time. It's a rough life....but someone's gotta do it...:)

Take care and good luck!

Brett
 
Yo, jackknife and El Cuchillo ......... by way of support for you guys, I thought I'd post this story about the tiny little penknife that the father of our country made do with. Check it out here. If George Washington could whip the redcoats with a 3" single bladed penknife, I certainly think you guys can hold out a year!
 
mnblade said:
Yo, jackknife and El Cuchillo ......... by way of support for you guys, I thought I'd post this story about the tiny little penknife that the father of our country made do with. Check it out here. If George Washington could whip the redcoats with a 3" single bladed penknife, I certainly think you guys can hold out a year!
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Very interesting read, but there is a very important fact in that article; Washington also had a prunning knife at Mt. Vernon. So even our countrys father had something a bit more than just the pen knife!:D

And I'd use a peanut, but dad's old Case is just too valuable as a family hand down at this point with more than 70 years of carry by him and me both. I elected Andy's old Buck to do the tour.
 
Good luck ElCuchillo.

Not sure I could do it. I am pretty much devoted to my 34OT but its by no means a monogamous relationship. Too many reasons to switch 'em up once in a while.

Looking forward to updates as well.

Chris
 
ONE?!?! :eek: 'Tis madness! I could see narrowing it down to two or three, but one? You are braver men than I!
 
Ohhh sure its gonna be white clouds and plain sailing for a short while, He'll be pealing an apple, one day soon, looking at the gators. then he'll start to think....... Hmmm that gator sure has a lot of teeth's, all razor sharp....All I have is this little 2 bladed knife.....wow sure would cool to have a lot of razor sharp stuff to carry....the gator can!! so unfair I can't have just 1 more sharp knife with me ..............

Well, you all see where this is going. In no time at all he'll be struggling to keep his pants up with all the steel he is toting around:eek::eek::p
 
Good for you Jackknife,you to El Cuchillo. I considered doing the same thing after reading El Cuchillos original thread. Maybe I will but I would have to be allowed one hunting knife and a multi-tool. What do you guys think, would one pocket knife, one hunting knife and one multi-tool be sticking with the spirit of this experiment.
Jim
 
Technically, I don't think it would be cheating to fudge it and carry a traditional style fixed along with your slipjoint of choice... I know a lot of the folksy side of my family did that when I was growing up.


Or maybe I'm just too far gone to imagine being able to make it a whole year with just one knife! :)
 
Jacknife -

Here's a thought: treat yourself to that damascus peanut and use just that for a year!;)

Personally, I don't think I could do it. Oh sure, one carefully chosen knife would do what I need, but I enjoy the variety of switching them around too much.
 
jackknife said:
I don't know, maybe he will make it.

In one respect he has time on his side, he's younger than some of us. Less than a lifetime of habit to break. And he may not have the "disease" as bad as some of us. After all, some people have licked adictions with sucsess.

But maybe ElCuchillo is really a user more than a collector. Maybe he's been on a search for the perfect set up for him. Like in the movie "City Slickers" when Jack Palance holds up the one finger, and Billy Crystal askes what the one thing is, Jack tells him thats for every man to find for himself. ElCuchillo may be looking for that one thing. Certainly a peanut will do 99% of what has to be cut on a real world edc basis. Heck, I experimented with a Vic classic, and IT did 99% of what had to be done. Food use was one achillies heel. But when we went off on a family picknic, mom allways packed a large kitchen knife in the picknic basket. These days for food use theres a mora in a plastic shath in my daypack. It also takes care of stuff I think may be a bit much for a pocket knife.

With a Sears 4-way pocket screw driver and a P-38 on his keyring, and a sharp peanut in the pocket, our very own gator wrangler just may make it.

And now that I've thought about it, ElCuchillo has inspired me. In a show of support for our own, I'm putting away everything but my little 303 Buck cadet. As long as ElCuchillo sticks to his peanut, I'll stick to my 303 cadet. No Hen and Rooster stockmen, no Wenger SI, no Opinel or other pocket knife but the 3 1/4 stockman for the next year. I'd like to use my dad's peanut, but at over 70 years of age its too valuable as a family hand down at this point. Few of my family knew Andy Warden, so I feel free to use the heck out of the cadet like he did.

See what you started ElCuchillo?:D
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No 4 way pocket screwdriver with me, or p-38. Just my Peanut. I always hear about guys who can open cans using their knife, without beating it up too bad. I want to learn that. I want to put my brains to use. Actually, I just took my Leatherman Squirt off my keychain as well. I've had it on my keychain "just in case" for years, and can't remember a single moment where it was needed. I mentioned on another thread how pocketknives fuel our ingenuity. Well, I want mine to grow. Just a pocketknife for a year.
By the way, I'm honored to have such a revered soul as Jackknife taking this journey with me. It was never my intention to have others join me, but hey, if ya'll want to take this wierd and wacky walk, we can do it together. Glad to hear ya support me, Carl. And yes, I will definitely keep you guys posted on how things are coming along, what my Peanut's tackled, any improvisations I've had to do, etc.
 
Grateful said:
Good for you Jackknife,you to El Cuchillo. I considered doing the same thing after reading El Cuchillos original thread. Maybe I will but I would have to be allowed one hunting knife and a multi-tool. What do you guys think, would one pocket knife, one hunting knife and one multi-tool be sticking with the spirit of this experiment.
Jim
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Maybe a pocketknife and hunting knife. No multitool, unless of course it's part of your job to have one. That's a different story. I had to put away my cherished Leatherman myself. I live with a Leatherman strapped to my side, and part of the experiment is to NOT have things done for me (as the other tools on a multi do). I have to figure things out for myself making do with what I have..... a pocketknife.
 
ElCuchillo said:
No 4 way pocket screwdriver with me, or p-38. Just my Peanut. I always hear about guys who can open cans using their knife, without beating it up too bad. I want to learn that.
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Ya know, I recall something my father said to me once. I was about 10 or maybe 11, and I had the Imperial Barlow grandad had gave me. Being young and full of enthusiasim i used the heck out of it. I had chipped off a tiny bit of the tip of the small pen blade using it for something a knife was not supposed to be used for. Dad shortly after gave me a Sears pocket screwdriver. I asked him what it was for.

I'll never forget his simple pragmatic answer that was so typical of the man. He said, "Why bugger up a good knife?"

Made sense to me.:)
 
I'm impressed, I hope you BOTH enjoy.
Maybe I will join in?

Naw! Ain't happening. I would crack before the end of the week...no, probably the end of the day.

Good luck!! Your gonna need it.
 
I don't know....all this fidelity to one knife, it's a tall order:eek:

We are naturally polygamous, in all senses:D
 
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