pocket knife?

[Colt]

Newbie here! I would your input on what small pocket knife (no longer than 3"-3 1/2") is out there and how they compare to each other? I have been looking at the uncle henry/case knives/k-bar knives. also what type handle do you prefer i.e. bone,stag etc..

Thanks for the input!

Colt

 

[Kdarmy]

Colt,
I learned the hard way when I first started. One pet peeve of mine with a pocket knife is that the shield needs to be pinnned on rather than glued. You can tell by looking inside the liner with the blade open and where the shield should be. All three brands you mention have glued shields, at least the new one's. I've just had my share of glued in shields poping out on me. Hope this helps you make your choice.

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~Keith~
"War to the knife and knife to the hilt"

 

[Hoodoo]

I think if I was going to get one pocket knife of the type you are mentioning, I would get a Buck.

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Hoodoo

Doubt grows with knowledge.
--Goethe

 

[Uncle Bill]

Have you looked at Boker Tree Brand, Hen & Rooster, and Robeson?

Robeson (Queen) makes the traditional patterns in ATS-34, mirror polish, bone, pinned shields.

I've only seen them in a catalogue, but they look worth investigating.

 

[prn]

So, who carries the Robeson? I don't recall seeing them anywhere.

Another that looks reasonably attractive with nice blade steel (AUS8) and a good price, but not a lot of variety in the traditional pocket patterns is Browning. I know that at least Howard at the Knife Center and Fred at Knife Outlet carry it. I'm not sure who all else might.


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[johno]

I prefer carbon steel over the plain jane stainless and for a using knife prefer a handle material that isn't too expensive. For traditional patterns Kabar, the green handled Remingtons and a lot but not all of the Old Timers are basic carbon steel knives, and I like Old Timers as they're readily available and the ones that I've purchased have been of good quality, better than some of the prettier and much more expensive knives. Walmart has the Old Timer medium stockman for usually less than $20. Browning makes a nice looking medium stockman with rosewood handles in AUS-8 stainless for $25 to $30 from some places. Case, Boker, and others offer stainless and carbon steel in the $35 to $70 range, and of the ones that I've seen in that range German Eye Brand looks very nice. I've asked Santa for one of the faux tortise shell carbon steel Camillus, am looking at some Eye Brand, and already have a handful of Old Timers that I like a lot.

 

[James Y]

Colt:
I own traditional pocketknives from Schrade, Buck, Case, Camillus, Ka-bar. For actual use, I prefer either knives in the 700 series (because they are extremely solid and well-built), or some of the Schrade Uncle Henry pocketknives (unlike the Old Timers they have rust-resistant blades).
I'd have to say the Buck 700 series is very consistent in quality. I also like many of the Case knives...they are probably the prettiest of the lot I own, and work great, too...but I'm afraid of dropping one and breaking the bone handles, so they rest in my collection.
The Ka-bars and Camilluses I own I got in the 1970s and are good, but I've had some trouble putting an edge on some Camilluses.
Some of the Boker pocketknives I've seen look good, but since I'm on a using spree now, I probably wouldn't buy one for fear of damaging it.
Jim

 

[knzn]

The people at Buck have great customer service, should it be needed, and they support "bladeforums".

Handle material is just personal preferance.

 

The William Henry knives look nice. They offer a nice variety of knives, and a good choice of handle material.

 

[Outlaw_Dogboy]

I'm afraid I'd have to go with any of the Buck pocket knives. I've never had anything but good service from any of the ones that I own (quite a few).

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