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I've got a lot of knives...quite a lot. Most of them (before Blade Show, all of them) are Kershaws or ZTs. For a decent while now, I moved toward slightly smaller knives. My favorite knife for a while, and still now I think, is the Blur with carbon fiber inserts. Just a wonderful piece, and I use it pretty heavy. While I collected Skylines, I never really carried one, but fell in love with how small it was, after I tried using the Bladeforums edition Skyline. When I talk about knives with my best friend, I always tout the idea of my liking something with a "pocket" vibe. It's why I love something like the ZT0560, but don't ever find myself carrying it or using it much. I just dig the idea of a "pocket knife" as something thrown in there that you can use sometimes.
I've looked around at Case knives, enjoyed the photos I've found of GECs and the like, but never bit the bullet. Last weekend at Blade Show I passed by the Ka-Bar booth and saw a little brown knife on the countertop. The guy told me about the Dog's Head knives that they were doing with Canal Street, and I really liked this one. It was a two bladed trapper, and the copper bolsters and dog head inlay were just gorgeous. When I learned that it was D2 steel, I was intrigued. I guess I never look much into the traditional knife companies, since I assumed they all used something similar to Victorinox's stainless or Case's...um...whatever steel.
It got me to open my eyes a bit more, and while I didn't buy that one, I ordered my first traditional knife when I got home. So, here now I have my Dog's Head Coppersmith small lockback, and it emits a charm that's hard to resist. The feel of the bone handle material and the slim profile just give my such enjoyment. I've been now looking at other Dog's Head pieces and Canal Streets, and will likely fall deeper into this rabbit hole.
A shame I didn't hook into the Bladeforums traditional, but I'll certainly do so next time around. Here are the obligatory pictures:
I've looked around at Case knives, enjoyed the photos I've found of GECs and the like, but never bit the bullet. Last weekend at Blade Show I passed by the Ka-Bar booth and saw a little brown knife on the countertop. The guy told me about the Dog's Head knives that they were doing with Canal Street, and I really liked this one. It was a two bladed trapper, and the copper bolsters and dog head inlay were just gorgeous. When I learned that it was D2 steel, I was intrigued. I guess I never look much into the traditional knife companies, since I assumed they all used something similar to Victorinox's stainless or Case's...um...whatever steel.
It got me to open my eyes a bit more, and while I didn't buy that one, I ordered my first traditional knife when I got home. So, here now I have my Dog's Head Coppersmith small lockback, and it emits a charm that's hard to resist. The feel of the bone handle material and the slim profile just give my such enjoyment. I've been now looking at other Dog's Head pieces and Canal Streets, and will likely fall deeper into this rabbit hole.
A shame I didn't hook into the Bladeforums traditional, but I'll certainly do so next time around. Here are the obligatory pictures:
That's a nice looking knife you picked up; I didn't know Canal Street was working w/ Kabar...interesting. You won't find any super-steels here (mostly carbon steel and some stainless) but you will discover a whole new class of "pocket vibe": wood, bone, stag, micarta scales; stockman, whittler, trapper, congress patterns; steel or brass liners; and a lot of color and texture variations!!! So, yeah, it's a pretty deep rabbit hole. If interested, you still have plenty of time to tap into this year's traditional forum knife: pre-orders are being taken now prior to construction (not even half sold yet, I believe). It will be a Congress Jack, which from what I understand, is an unusual/rare configuration. Excuse my rambling. Good luck on your new journey.
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