Perhaps the best traditional knife design.......EVER!!!

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seniordep2010

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Ok so I'm in the market for a new knife but I cannot decide if I want to carry a traditional style or a modern knife . Well I've been carrying a modern style knife but once I found this forum it really made me want to carry traditional knives.
Well I feel "out knived" with a traditional because I have to first dig through my pocket to find it since there is no clip, then I have to use two hands to open it, and worry about chopping my fingers off since there is no lock if I just had to stab something. Then I found this piece of knife making genius: The Case Mid Folding Hunter

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It's got a pocket clip, a thumb stud for easy one hand opening and I believe it has a liner lock but don't know for sure. It's like the two best pocket knife designs had a baby. :D.
Are there any other brands besides Case that make something similar to this?
 
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There are some other traditional patterns that have a lock, but I can't think of any with a clip. Yes this one does have a liner lock. You might be surprised after carrying in pocket for a while, it seems natural

If you are really worried about maybe needing to stab something, go with a sheath knife. Locks can fail ...

A lot of people find in time that a big knife is not really needed. Traditional pocket knives will do just about anything you can ask of it. As long as you remember its a knife and not a pry bar or hatchet
 
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If you're concerned about stabbing things or having blades fold on your fingers then the traditional folding knives represented in this forum are probably not your best choice.

On the other hand if you want a reliable cutting tool that looks good and just plain works...well then you've come to the right place.
 
Well I'm really not worried about stabbing things and getting my fingers cut off since I've never even stabbed something with my locking knives, but I just really like the clip and thumb stud. ;)
 
Tell yourself, No clip, No thumb studs, No lock .... You can do it :D
I'm not knocking modern style folders with locks, clips and thumb studs. I think a lot of us here have, or have owned in the past this style of knife.


Heck, pick up a cheap user knife and see if you like it or not. If you can't get use to not having a clip and thumb studs, you are not out much.

Even some of the lower priced knives like the Rough Riders get decent reviews and they can be had very cheaply.

Life really is better on this side of the fence :D
 
You still need to treat every knife like they are slippie, so why not get real slippie?

Something like yellow handle Case medium stockman or a Case Peanut with CV blades. Carry it around, make nice patina on it... and then tell us that you don't like it. I dare you ^^
 
I'm pretty sure one of you guys just used some kind of mind control to convince me to go get a new slippie on thursday when I get paid. Cause for some reason all I'm hearing in my head is thursday....get paid.......buy a slippie.....you can do it. :D
 
I'll put it this way..... I have three Emersons........ they are holding a shoe box down under my bed and I carry a Mooremaker sowbelly stockman 99% of the time...... usually paired with a Case peanut for the sheeples! Needless to say, my Busse tends to keep the Emersons company!
 
seniordep2010 said:
I'm pretty sure one of you guys just used some kind of mind control to convince me to go get a new slippie on thursday when I get paid. Cause for some reason all I'm hearing in my head is thursday....get paid.......buy a slippie.....you can do it. :D
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If you've never carried or used one before, it might seem a little awkward and inconvenient at first.

It shouldn't take long and you will find yourself taking it out of pocket just to admire it ... For me, it is more of a production when I need to cut something.
I pull it out of pocket, admire it briefly, open it up and do what needs to be done.
Then the ritual is in reverse for putting it back in pocket.

It may be different for you though, because I have "issues" :D
 
Blues said:
Perhaps you'll be won over to our way over time. It's a good start.
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More and more lately I've been carrying a slip joint (or two...;)) in place of a locking pocket clip knife knife and find that I don't really miss the lock (or the thubstud, or the clip, or the titanium, or the - well, you get the idea:D) all that much. Now, if I can just wean myself away from stainless...:p
 
338375 said:
Life really is better on this side of the fence :D
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Quoted for truth. :p

I could never get over that clip blade on the Case Mid-Folding Hunter. To me, it looks like half the blade is missing. Your pictured Mid-Folding Hunter is 4" closed, and you have other traditional possibilities:

- Case large Stockman @ 4-1/4", but doesn't lock; in my experience the springs are strong enough to provide a measure of safety. Three blades definitely gives you more utility.

- Case Trapperlock (single blade) @ 4-1/8" and has a liner lock.

Neither comes with a clip, but both have bolsters large enough for a clip install, if you're so inclined; there are several members here who could handle that for you.

thx - cpr
 
Great Eastern have also made traditional liners.... I am unsure of the history (no doubt one of the more knowledgeable forumites will enlighten us) but it was one of the traditional companies who invented the concept of the liner. (Case if memory serves)
Anyway here is one of mine but sorry.....no clip:o

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That GEC would make a fine first knife, or for that matter it would be fine for experienced slip jointers too. Nice lookin Stag
 
The GEC Liner is a very fine knife,well capable of work and a good looking bird as well. Check the Queen range of liners too.
Not sure, but I suspect liner locks are a relatively new arrangement, lockback is much older.
 
Thanks for all the responses :thumbup:. I think I might just go to the local Tractor Supply to pick up an inexpensive slippie to see how much I like it, the one I have is just a laguiole copy I got from a pumkin festival for $9, cuts apples pretty good though :D. Ill be doing some searching and maybe find a nice little knife that fits me and get it for Christmas!
 
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Great Eastern have also made traditional liners.... I am unsure of the history (no doubt one of the more knowledgeable forumites will enlighten us) but it was one of the traditional companies who invented the concept of the liner. (Case if memory serves)
Anyway here is one of mine but sorry.....no clip:o
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Nope, Cattaraugus, 1906. :) First used to make a locking screwdriver on what would become the TL-29.
 
Ah really? I thought Mr. Michael Walker invented the linerlock some 20 years ago.
 
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