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

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

Nice knife but I disagree. The clip and thumb studs make it anything but a traditional knife and certainly not the best traditional design ever. I look at this one as more of hybrid. This is a nice knife for someone that wants to carry a traditional-ish looking knife but prefers a clip to a belt sheath or pocket carry.

Plus...everyone knows the best traditional design is a wharncliffe trapper. :D
Please...no hate mail from the stockman lovers. :p
 
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I think that's a good idea, go to Tractor supply pick out a traditional slippie you like and carry it for a few days. I think you'll find it works great and gets about 99% of the work done you need it for. You probably don't need the clip (you can put your hand in your pocket) and the thumb stud (use your other hand to open the knife), but this will be your choice to see if you are comfortable with it. Give it a whirl and see how it goes.
 
Dagon said:
Ah really? I thought Mr. Michael Walker invented the linerlock some 20 years ago.
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Actually, I recall liner locks, at least the basic form of ne, on all those Camillus TL-29's from the WW2 surplus stores. Later in the 1950's, they were on some traditional pocket knives like the Schrade Old Timer single blade trapper, I can't recall the model number. They have been around for at least back in the 40's, it just took someone to dress it up and re-introduce it as something new.

I think the brass liner lock design was also used on a U.S. Navy pilot survival knife issued in WW2. It was made by Western I believe, and had a very large clip blade at one end and a saw blade on the other end. For a while in the 1950's and 60's Western made a civilian version of this knife with jigged brown delrin handles.
 
All I am going to say, is the knife disturbs me. Deeply :D.
 
Seniordep, the bastions of truth have been heard from.... you must now make a choice!
 
bastid said:
all i am going to say, is the knife disturbs me. Deeply :d.
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blues said:
i was wondering how long that would take... :p
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jackknife said:
and i was doing such a good job of holding my own toungue. :d
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I've heard some of the other knives here making fun of the picture :D

Kind of like a picture of the goofy relative that nobody wants to hang on the wall with the rest of the family.

Maybe I'm the only one that hears voices from knives :confused:
 
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Be tender now, we almost have that hook set. :D.
 
Bastid said:
Be tender now, we almost have that hook set. :D.
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Yep... There is no way he can ignore the bait.

I expect to see pics of his first one by the end of the week :D

Probably be a big "Must sell folders to fund slip joint addiction" sale thread too :thumbup:
 
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Now repeat after me..."I don't need a thumb stud"..."I don't need a pocket clip"..."I don't need a liner lock"...When I count to ten you'll awaken and then send Gus an email thanking him for bringing you back to your senses...

:p
 
A. G. Russell said:
Well, now, lockbacks and mid locks have a long history in traditional knives.
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Absolutely agree. :thumbup:

We're just having a little intervention for a wayward brother (as it were)...;)
 
Hahaha you guys are killin me. And yes I will post pictures for sure......infact I think I'll go gather all my dad's old slippies for a photo op, stay tuned :D.
 
Man does it make me feel good to dig these out :D:

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I carried this one for awhile after my father passed just to have something of his wherever I went:
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And this one is my favorite:
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Sorry about the bad pictures, I'm no photo ninja.
 
ahh good stuff. I feel much better now. ;)
 
Still gotta get one of my own though. Any suggestions on a good starter? I like the Barlow style and the swayback wharncliffe style, but I'm open to trappers and all the others.
 
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