Show me your humble, rough-and-ready traditionals!

[edbeau]

Not mine but one a guy at work asked me to clean it up for him.

 

[kamagong]

That's a 'Cold Steel large stockman' with "Carbon V" blades made by Camillus.

Good steel on those. I have one that I never warmed up to, though I can't deny that it's wonderful using knife.

- Christian

 

[edbeau]

Some Delrin and high carbon steel.

 

[TomcatPC]

These are the sort of knives I tend to like.
Mark

 

[Big Mike]

Here's the one I carry the most,


...an old friend for sure.

Big Mike

 

[paulhilborn]

I have an embarrassment of riches, when it comes to unpretentious knives. See what i can find offhand.
Buck, Schrade, Utica.

scrteened porch, is that a Schrade USA 44OT I see there? If so, very nice and more and more rare every day

Paul

edbeau---NICE Frontiers!!!

 

[black mamba]

This Owl Head large sowbelly (4-1/4" closed) with synthetic cracked ice scales sits in my kitchen organizer, and gets used nearly every day.

This nice little Rough Rider stockman in yellow comp at 3-3/8" closed gets pocket time.

 

[CB-R]

My Dad gave me this large soddie probably 10-12 years ago. That said, it was my first traditional. For around $20 (at the time), I don't think you could get a harder working knife. While it still looks in good shape, it's been used quite a bit. But, it still locks up tight and takes as sharp and edge as any of my $100+ GEC's.

 

[Jack Black]

Got plenty of ‘humble’!



Arthur Wright Lambsfoot, an English working man’s pattern for generations.



Otter Webermesser, a good honest working man’s pattern from Solingen, sent to me by a good honest working-man!



This 1951 Libert Belgian Army clasp knife is new to me, but reminds me of the British army clasp knives I used and abused as a kid, real work-horses.



This 1939 Wraggs British Army clasp knife went through a war, and it shows.



This Kabar Peanut, gifted to me by Pete (Stich) has seen plenty of work.



A humble John Watts of Sheffield which has clearly been a user.



A 19th C Abram Brooksbank, which started life as a Lamsfoot. Still a user today.



An old laminated Frosts of Mora, which is a great user.



An Irish Jowika fish knife.



My Mauser Officers Knife, 30 years of carry, and (apart from a slightly bent corkscrew) still going strong

 

[recon1s14]

May I?

German Mercator

Camillus model D-2(?)

 

[HFinn]

The TL-29 repro and both of these Opinels fit the bill.

 

[screened porch]

scrteened porch, is that a Schrade USA 44OT I see there? If so, very nice and more and more rare every day

Paul

It's a Schrade USA 440T 2001 Special Edition with a stainless clip blade and the rest carbon(a little disconcerting till you get used to it). So I guess it's a re-issue of a classic. Anyway, I like the long sheepfoot and the little hook blade.

 

[Planterz]

I've got a 44OT as well, purchased from a fellow forum member. Only a hair or two thicker than a 34OT. The main clip blade is a bit shorter to allow space for the 4th blade, but that's no big deal, especially with what that 4th blade is. That little hawkbill is thin, pointy, and nasty. Clamshell packaging beware! Plus, I love the sheepsfoot on these Schrades. Considering the short 3 3/8" frame, the length of the sheepsfoot is massive; way more than any stockman I have with that length frame.

 

[screened porch]

Amen to everything Aaron said about the 440T. I've been so in love with my Barlows and scouts that I haven't carried mine in a while. Time to haul it out.
This thread got me thinking about what are my oldest surviving knives of which I was the earliest owner- These are good candidates.
The Victorinox/Elinox was bought in 1967. Possibly the oldest. The others are probably within 5 years. I carried that Imperial a lot, but it didn't have three blades, so I bought the Sabre of Japan stockman. I didn't like the angle on the sabre main blade, so I got the Camillus. The little Case was a Christmas present: a good dressy, vest-pocket church knife.

Jer

 

[Modoc ED]

Saw-cut Red Bone and CV - Case Barlow 62009 1/2

 

[338375]

Here is an old Schrade Walden that I have had for quite a few years. It's nothing fancy, but it manages to find it's way into my pocket almost daily...

 

[jackknife]

This knife was built on the Moran farm in 1944 by a German P.O.W. named Albert Wurtz. He had some experience with working in the cutlery trade in Germany, and didn't mind showing a young man named William F. Moran who was a budding knife maker, how to make a folding knife. Handle was made from a crown stag split on a bandsaw, and blade was forged from a small file. Bill carried this knife for many years. I will still carry and use it on occasion in remembrance of a friend.

 

[Jack Black]

^ Wow, impressive Carl.

 

[Hammer67]

This knife was built on the Moran farm in 1944 by a German P.O.W. named Albert Wurtz. He had some experience with working in the cutlery trade in Germany, and didn't mind showing a young man named William F. Moran who was a budding knife maker, how to make a folding knife. Handle was made from a crown stag split on a bandsaw, and blade was forged from a small file. Bill carried this knife for many years. I will still carry and use it on occasion in remembrance of a friend.

Now that is some cool history. Thanks for sharing.

 

[rune1279]

Here's the one I carry the most,


...an old friend for sure.

[Uncle Henry image snipped for bandwidth-courtesy]


Big Mike

I think my Old Timer might be your Uncle Henry's nephew -- you can see a certain family resemblance on the reground main blade