Small gentlemens knife for every day use

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Gerard1971

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Good morning all,

I am GJ from the Netherlands and I am searching for info and tips.
Looking for a small folding knife that I can wear every day in my pocket.
So no collectors item (although it's tempting) but a good ''tool'' for a reasonable price.

I really hope this whole knife thing isn't going to grow into ''another'' addiction :D

Looking forward to your input.

Kind regards,
GJ
 
Good morning all,

I am GJ from the Netherlands and I am searching for info and tips.
Looking for a small folding knife that I can wear every day in my pocket.

* between 7 and 9 cm in length
* single blade
* for every day use
* and I do not like plastic on the handle

So no collectors item (although it's tempting) but a good ''tool'' for a reasonable price.

I really hope this whole knife thing isn't going to grow into ''another'' addiction :D

Looking forward to your input.

Kind regards,
GJ
 
Case Sway Back Gent.

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(photo snagged from "ots 15" in the traditional knife carry thread)
 
7-9cm length...is that the blade length, or the length of the knife closed? Do you need stainless steel, or are you OK with carbon steel?
 
Depends on where you draw the line for gentleman's folder, but I've been carrying the Spyderco Caly 3 with carbon fiber handle and zdp blade a lot.
 
scratch my mcusta suggestion.

How about an AG Russell regular curved Jack?

Or an AG Russell lockback Barlow?
 
Thought you might like some pictures with that?

Regular curved jack in jigged bone (they also make a smooth white bone version)
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Or the lockback barlow? Available in yellow delrin (not what you'd like), Black Rucarta (micarta, probably not what you'd like either) or Cocobolo:

[video=youtube_share;8AQE3cZjAHQ]http://youtu.be/8AQE3cZjAHQ[/video]
 
Kershaw Indian Ford - I had that knife with Micarta inlay and carried for many years - I was a "Gent" and that was my knife. Kershaw replaced it when I did something dumb [ dropped it on a hard surface and damaged the pivot area] - I sent for repair at my cost, they replaced at their cost. Probably carried close to but <20 years.

I gave that replacement knife to my oldest grandson who still has and is now a "Gent" - I'm just old and retired.

Kershaw won my loyalty with a great knife and then went above and beyond when I inadvertently damaged it.

Best.
 
Well, my latest purchase is a perfectly elegant gentleman's folder that's at 11.5cm a bit over the size you specified (alack, when opened is sure to cause panic among womenfolk and such, because then it shows its true nature and heritage), but I will propose it just to keep it off the well trodden path:

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It's a Miguel Nieto Navaja- for the price you pay, I think it's in $30 region, you get great quality, F&F, and I'd say an amazing knife (and a strange impulse to hum 'Mack the Knife' every time you open it)...
 
Lots of traditional suggestions. When I'm in need of a gentlemen's knife, I grab my Benchmade 480-1 Shoki.

 
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