Single Blade or Multiblade Knife

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Hey guys, which do you all prefer for edc a single blade such as a sodbuter, lockback etc. or a multi blade like a stockman, trapper etc.and why.

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I like the possibility to choose between two (or even more blades), so I personally tend to multibladed knives. But I have the same ammount of single bladed knives, which I really like.

On a multibladed knife, the blades should be a little different for the cutting tasks.

Just an example - I have jackknife, made by GEC which I really like. It has clip blade as mainblade and penblade as secondary. The mainblade is for food prep and the secondary for the "dirty" tasks, like opening packages etc. etc.

On singleblade knives you can´t choose, but they are great, too. I really like my soddies and my lockbacks etc. as EDC knives...
 
Single blade knives carry a lot easier in the pocket, at least at the sizes of knife I generally carry. I think if you work in an office a Texas jack is pretty ideal as far as two blade knives go, but unless you really like carrying a stockman or congress pattern, anytime else is overkill.
 
I'll go multi blade every chance I get.

I like having two or even three blades on hand just in case of a real dirty deed cutting job. I don't know how many times I've looked at something, and thought "This is going to screw up my edge for sure." But then I just go ahead and use the 'minor' blade of my knife and go on with the rest of my day knowing my main blade is still fine. Plus with two edges, you can have two very different style of edges. One at a steep angle for those dirty deeds, and another with a slighter angle for fine slicing.

There's an added feature that has nothing to do with cutting, but I didn't find out about it until I became a senior citizen. A three blade stockman ot two blade jack will have a wider boxier handle. When you get to old fart status, you may find that with arthritis a fatter handle is nicer for older hands to grip with. Better control and able to put more force in the cut if need be. Just like a Victorinox recruit will be better to grip than a Victorinox bantam, even though they are both 84mm knives. Or like a peanut is easier for me to grasp than a Case pen or mini copperhead, even though the one gives another 1/4 or 3/8th of an inch in length, they are just to slim.

For older hands, fatter is better, and if we get an extra blade in the deal, then that's just gravy on the taters.

Carl.
 
Multiblade almost every time. It's good to know if you dull a blade in your activities that you have another sharp one ready to go.
 
Multi bladed knives for all the same reasons as stated by Andi, Carl, & Corey

Pete
 
I like two bladed knives for the same reasons as other have mentioned, but you don't have to give up 2 blades for the sake of having a slim knife. You can get a double ended jack or a pen knife. Take the white owl for example, its extremely easy on the pocket, but its got a sizeable main blade at 2.5"

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It depends. I like the utility of a two blade jack, a trapper, a stockman. However, I still like a few one handed openers, and it must have transferred to my collecting habits, because right now, I have three folders I choose from for daily carry. The one hand openers pretty much live in my door pocket in my truck. I usually have one of these on me, Tidioute Beavertails, a 48 2 blade trapper, or 73 single blade, or 72 lockback. I got a Moore Maker sowbelly moose at Gosstoberfest this year, and really like it, been carrying that. So, it's usually either the 73 and a Case peanut, or the 48 and 72. Overkill, maybe. I can get by fine with the peanut, but I just like the variety. It's a lot better than carrying 5 one handed openers on me, outside of a knife show ;).
 
Mostly I like multi bladed knives,like my Peanut or my Swayback Jack,for all the above mentioned reasons.The exception being my Chestnut bone and CV Case Backpocket Knife.I like how I can get the big knife out of my pocket by pulling on the lanyard,plus it's just so beautiful.:)
 
I raised this same question about a year ago. At that time, I was just considering my first multibladed traditional knife.
I'm still partial to my roots...which leads to single bladed knives.
I've come to appreciate the good thing of having two blades...if it's the right blades. Three is too much for me, and I think that, from this moment on, I will avoid knives with more than two blades.

Fausto
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I've carried a lot of multi-blade knives, but never used anything but the main blade. recently i picked up a buck solitaire (single blade) and it fits my needs really nicely.
 
I like both, but when I'm carrying a two bladed folder I like keeping one razor sharp and the other as just a user. If I'm carrying a 3 bladed folder like a stockman the extra blade gets relegated to "scraper"
 
I always carry more than one knife, but on my large knives I prefer 1 single blade and on my smaller trads I prefer at least two.
 
I like having a nice sharp thin main blade and a fairly dull secondary. The main can handle all of the use I need it to handle, from food prep to opening boxes to cutting string and tape. The second can function as both a blade for really nasty chores and as a scraper for labels, mud, pudding (:D), whatever. One blade is nice, but two is better.
This is the time that the saying two is one and one is none is true, but two is one, one is none, and three is better doesn't neccesarily work. For me at least a three bladed knife is often too thick, but a two blader with fairly thin blades, brass, and bone works perfectly.
 
I'm in the multi-blade camp also, for the reasons previously articulated. I have a couple single blade knives, but the only one that gets used regularly is the GEC Northfield 65 Ben Hogan. It only gets used for food slicing in the kitchen, so my pocket knives that get used daily are all two or three blade knives.
 
Do I carry single or multi blades. Yes, I carry a slightly larger than normal Lanny's clip on my belt for everyday cutting tasks and a trapper in my pocket for the more delicate cutting jobs.
 
I like one or two but I can't stomach three or more. With one, it's easy--just use it. With two, it's easy--one for smaller task and one general use. With three my system falls apart. I never know why I would need or use that third blade and my cutting needs aren't so specific that I need more options. Perhaps if I worked in an environment where I needed more specialization I would appreciate the additional blades, but currently one or two is completely sufficient.

Oh, I also hate when two blades from opposite ends share the same back spring and have to bend to accommodate each other, but that's another story all together.
 
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