Not a fan of single blade folders.

[leghog]

I've given away everyone I've had except this Camillus. It may change my mind regarding single blade slipjoints.

 

[QJerry]

I'm a great fan of single blade folders and that picture made it worse..

 

[hunterjrg]

I'm a huge fan of single blade slippies and especially that lovely girl you've got there. I use my slimline quite a bit but especially for bird cleaning duties which I think it excels in. I'm currently eyeing my next slimline. A D2 Queen

 

[dave308ek]

I must be unlucky, I like them all

 

[KBA]

I must be unlucky, I like them all

I'm just as unlucky

 

[jackknife]

Yeah, I used to be that way.

Growing up with scout knives, and seeing the grownup men around me with barlow;s and stockmen, and jacks and pens, I grew up thinking all pocket knives had to have at least two blades. I carried a Buck stockman for a few decades. Then one day I was at a duty station overseas, and I saw an old guy with a Douk-Douk. Later near our base In Germany, I ran into an old Herders sodbuster. Then one day I tried an Opinel. My knife convictions went all to hell then.

I still actually prefer a pocket knife with at least two blades, but I'm not as firm on it as I used to be. I still have a love/hate relationship with Opinel, and I do have huge respect for the sodbuster, no matter who made it. I found out life is too short to put limits on what knife I like. If I stick to multi blades, I'd never have known the shed pleasure of using my resolza, or the effortless slicing and dicing of the Opinel. Or the rustic charm of the Higonokami.

I like my stockmen, but I love my dalliances with my single blade European pretties!

But we'll always have Paris!

 

[BrotherJim]

... I LIKE it

 

[coolio]

I used to really like more than one blade on my knives. But as I've aged, I seem to have went to the opposite end of the spectrum. Now, if it isn't a radio jack or a caplifter, it better not have a second blade. Not that I'm saying I'm wiser, mind you, it's just what I prefer. Plus, somehow I reason I can buy more knives that way.

 

[MercyfulfateXX]

I'm just as unlucky

Me too!:thumbup:

 

[singin50]

While I have been through the plethora of different knife blade configurations over the last 20 years, the single blade is definitely my new favorite! Honestly for all I'm doing, it's all I need.
Perry

 

[RRaconteur]

This year's forum knife was my first single blade slippie. I never thought it would get much carry unless I was wearing a certain pair of slacks. But it has been the first knife to regularly (~50% of the time) displace my harness jack. And now I find myself looking twice at the singles I would have never paid much attention to before.

Thanks a heap, you lousy bunch of enablers. 😄


Michael

 

[Lycosa]

A single blade is all I need.

 

[r8shell]

I used to think one of the major advantages to carrying a traditional was having the choice of blade shapes/sizes. After using the 2014 forum knife a while, I'm very impressed with how comfortable it is in my hand. I still like to have the option of a few smaller blades with me, so I have the excuse to bring along a second knife.

 

[knarfeng]

One of the reasons I carry a traditional pattern instead of a modern pattern is to have a selection of blade shapes, each optimized for a specific cutting job, ready at hand.

Like r8shell, when I do carry a large single blade traditional, I normally carry another knife with other blades.

But that is a Camillus.

 

[black mamba]

I'm another multi-blade fan. I do have and use single blades, but waaaaaay less often than two-blade jacks or stockmen.
And like Frank, I like the specialization of different blades and nearly always carry another knife with a different blade when carrying a single blade.

 

[Aurelio Corso]

Love single blade folders also

 

[kamagong]

In my everyday existence, I find having a knife indispensable. The shape doesn't much matter as long as I have a good, sharp cutting edge.

I do on occassion find the versatility of a multi-bladed knife advantageous. I keep a few around. But most of the time all I want or need is a single blade.

- Christian

 

[leghog]

I suppose I just prefer another blade on the single spring. This one is actually just a bit smaller than the knife in the OP. I do like single spring slipjoints. I just prefer more than one blade.

 

[jackknife]

Mutli's are nice.

But singles have their place.

 

[TX_planes]

I like single blade knives. However, I don't own many. Most are double blades. In fact, some of my favorite knives have two blades.