patterns for the outdoorsman?

RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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Just checkin in with all the avid campers small game hunters, and fisherman in here..to see what your favorite slippy patterns are...
I've pretty much been an exclusive stockman and trapper user.. but lately have been feeling the love of the Jacks and barlows....seems I don;t use the spey as much as the other 2 blades....
 
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Well, Trad patterns are all suited for the outdoors and in for that matter!

Why not consider a Harness Jack? That punch makes you want to probe things...
 
As a fisherman, I actually prefer carrying a small fixed blade but would consider a single bladed knife. I have a single blade laguiole that I think would be a great camp fillet knife. I've carried SAKs with me but in sandy areas I always manage to get sand in all the joints and the grating sound hurts to hear. Again, fixed blade would be better or just having one joint to deal with would be fine.
 
I have been a fan of the stockman for along time even tho the last few years my pockets have been full of trappers. Jacks are good as are muskrats.
Lately I have been carrying smaller knives more. 3 1/4 to 3 1/2" closed with the latter being the best. Leaving the big guys home more. Size seems to be a bigger factor than pattern these days when choosing what to carry.
Jim
 
I think we have discussed the sand issue. Apparently, if the joints are fairly loose and the blade has side to side play, then the sand won't bother it. SAKs seems to be very vulnerable to sand.

God Bless
 
Now that I have little kids, the wife and I aren't able to get out camping like we used to (just a little more time and we'll be back at it). As much as I like my traditional blade-only slippies, I've always found a lot of use for a SAK when camping, from opening beers and cans of whatever, to fixing gear. I should point out, this is mostly either car camping or with a pack, but not a very strenuous hike to get where where going (so, I don't pack beer or cans of food on a serious hike ;) )
 
A SAK for all of the reasons mentioned. But for more "traditional" patterns, I'll take a min trapper or a canoe out in the woods. The main reason why I choose these over other patterns is that you have a good range of blades, but they're still pretty thin and light, so they don't keep banging into your thigh if you carry them in your front pocket.
 
Hi,

I've been contemplating this question myself. I don't really have an woods knife anymore. I used to have a Schrade LB8 for my hunting knife. But that disappeared many years ago along with almost all of my things, including my Ex.......

So lately I've been considering get a Buck 110. But I've just acquired a Case Gunboat. Looking at it, I'm beginning to think I may have found my new hunting knife. I'm mostly an upland hunter, pheasants and grouse. The spey blade is about perfect for birds. And I'm thinking the big spear could handle dressing a whitetail without problems. I just need to find a suitable sheath for it.

dalee
 
I've been using my Buck Canoe for my outdoor needs. Last time I used it outdoors was a camping trip I took with my family a month and a half ago. Worked like a charm. The big spear blade worked great. Will skin whatever you want, whittle anything needed, and just do whatever knife chores you may run into. I love that Buck.
 
+:thumbup: I like the additional blades a large stockman offers, like having 3 sharp knives in one. I use a large, well I guess you could call it a jumbo trapper for all my hunting needs. Again like having 2 sharp knives in one.
Peter Parker said:
For out door camping use I prefer my large stockman and my trappers.
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Gotta say that a sturdy backpocket is all I need

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But, I will say that I constantly have my old Bullet 1123 in my pack (clip/spey)...sharpest and tightest sucker I got....not bad for being almost 75 years old

I know I post this knife all the time, but it's a spectacular worker

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And....just to throw this into the mix...if you feel like taking a fixed blade into the field, check out Scott Gossman's knives. These are the toughest SOB's that I have ever owned....and they never get dull!!!!!

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The most useful slippie for outdoors by far for me is my Ken Coats Shadow Toothpick. I didn't know it when I bought it but its by far the most versatile slippie I have. I've cleaned messes of fish with that thing as well as sliced fruit and veges, cut steak and deer with it, whittled and made tent stakes and find that its a very nice folding utility folder for the outdoors environment. Had I not had one to use I would never have guessed it would be that way because until I saw this one and bought it on the spur of the moment I never really cared much for the Toothpick pattern or the look of them. And to think I almost traded this one off before figuring that out. I wouldn't part with it now. If it came down to being stuck in the wilds I'd hope I had this and a fixed blade of some kind on me to be honest. They would certainly do the jobs needed well enough I think. Of course I'd like to have a locking folder if it was all I had but this slippie is quite nice and surprisingly for a longer folder it carries quite well in the pocket unnoticed.

STR
 
I love a small fixed blade, like the Buck Pathfinder or even smaller, for fishing and hunting, but also carry either a 4 blade Stockman, Sowbelly Stockman, or a Case Seahorse Whittler. The little Whittler is a phenom around the campfire ijn the evenings turning out soe weird looking little wooden sculptures....
 
I generaly back up my %" EDC blades with a slippie. Lately it has been a GEC #73 jack or my Schatt & Morgan teardrop harness jack. I will probably go back to a stockman in the near future but have to find one that suits me first.
 
hunterfisher808 said:
+:thumbup: I like the additional blades a large stockman offers, like having 3 sharp knives in one. I use a large, well I guess you could call it a jumbo trapper for all my hunting needs. Again like having 2 sharp knives in one.
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Same here and they come in handy if you dull one while skinning out small game. I've always thought the master blade on the trapper isn't bad for fish as well.
 
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