So you collect Traditional Patterns, Vintage or Modern?

What type of Traditional Pattern Collector are you

  • Vintage Traditionals

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  • Custom Traditionals

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T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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Lotsa of Folksy people here collectin' traditional patterns but we seem to fall into 4 catagories.

Vintage Traditional Folders, I'm talkin' 'bout Old Schrades, Queens, United, Cutco, you know old vintage knives that haven't been made in 50 or more years, these happen to be my favorites and make up the bulk of my collection.

Quality knives from a time long gone.

Modern Traditionals made by the last few US manufacturers, mostly Case and Queens with Case havin' the largest selection of patterns but spotty consistent quality, Queen bein' the Superior of the two, (with Case/Bose bein' the exception). (GEC, Northwoods and the rise of some new smaller US Companies are included here).

This category is where about 15% of my EDCs come from.

Custom Traditionals Collectors.

I ain't got that kinda money.

Finally there is the accumulator Collector who collects everything they like irregardless of who or when it was made.


This is my category.

What is your poison?
 
I chose custom but modern and custom is closer. Leaning more towards the custom.
 
Hi,

I guess I fall under the accumulator collector. Customs are so far out my league that they could as well be in a different dimension.:) But I tend to collect what catches my eye with out too much regard for who, when, or where a piece might have been made.

dalee
 
Have many older Schrades and Case older slipjoints. Been with me for a long time - 20-30 years or more. Have a couple Otha customs that are in the traditional slipjoint style. (Otha makes a very nice slipjoint!!) Have a dozen or so newer Case slipjoints that are really nice too. So I like them all. Would be nice to get a get together with other slipjoint lovers in my area. I can't afford them all but would like to see them all!! Anyone else near Central Illinois?
 
I have to say Vintage as in Schrade Old Timer USA, if I dare call that Vintage. I have a heart for 60's and 70's Case slipjoints. New, I have no problem acquiring Case CV, or Queen D2. I like Schatt with the better steels, and I have some Robesons from the 80s. My wish would be to have a good collection of end of day Fight'n Roosters.
 
I just counted the slip joints I own and it turns out that I have exactly 16 of them. There was no rhyme or reason that I could see in my collection, it seems that every so often I bought a knife here and there whenever one caught my fancy. However, the vast majority are modern productions. I also have a couple of vintage knives and a very small number of customs.

My tastes have started skewing towards the pricier end of the spectrum recently. Now that I own a fair number of slip joints I no longer want to get a knife just for the sake of getting it. When I get one now I want it to be exactly the way I want it. I am no longer willing to settle for a handle material I do not want, and the shape of a blade has to be just right. Unfortunately that means customs. I guess I'm lucky though. I don't have many expensive vices or hobbies, so I can spoil myself with a nice knife now and then.
 
Mostly interested in earlier versions of Case and Schrade knives...
They have a feel and look to them that sets em apart from most current production pieces... JMHO However, Case has brought out a few recently that look like keepers

My only semi-custom knives are Bark Rivers
 
Whatever I can get my hands on and like. :)

And there are lots and lots of different pocketknives and other sharps out there so I have no particular direction or taste as of yet.
 
I went with a combination of all.

Vintage traditionals: I like them and try collecting them mainly for their heritage, though some are nice to use too. I mainly have Schrade Old Timers and an old Colonial barlow. It's a great experience to revive an old cheapo knife forgotten by its previous owner, just to find out it's better than all of my mum's kitchen cutlery.

Modern traditionals: I like them for use due to the great F & F, and they can also be pretty damn purty. Mainly Case and Queen for me, but this small selection will undoubtedly expand, got my eye on CSC and GEC.

Custom traditionals: though I don't have any, I've consulted the services of one maker who will begin when he reaches my name.
 
I don't thnk I ever was a collector, but I managed to accumulate a great deal od knives at on e point. I was a serious accumulator. :D
 
I accumulated knifes of different kinds during my 35 years as knifeowner but nowadays Its only slipjoints. I kind of have all I need (and more than that) Traditional slipjoints has made me interested though of trying around a little. This is a 3 slipjoints year for me. Its the fastest I accumulated so far.

Bosse
 
Used to be a serious Case collector until every few days (in the 80's) they would put out a new collector series. At that point, I just gave up. Really did not buy many until 3 years ago when I found this site. Now, it is mostly custom slippies from some great makers.
Jim
 
I've got a bit of each of the 2nd and 3rd categories. Mostly modern traditionals. Wouldn't say no if an oldie showed though. Guess that makes me an accumulator collector.
 
I really enjoy what few vintage knives I carry. I own only a few that are worth too much to slide into my pocket and use. Vintage meaning older than me (a couple twice as old or more.)

I enjoy (maybe not to the same degree) the newer manufactured knives.

Most enjoyable to me is interacting with the makers of traditional knives. As a group, they are pretty unique individuals and there are a lot of things in the way they do their work and interact with each other that appeals to me. I enjoy their company as people and when I can afford it I enjoy their knives. Much of the work to me reflects the type of person who made it.

Yes, I am a mush headed knife accumulator :D, but more important to me are the people involved. I can look back over the years and realize I am a better person because of the relationships that have come about and the knives pale in comparison to the friendships that have been made.
 
I would have to say I collect modern knives. I have tried a few times to snag a vintage knife from the auction site but it's pretty tough finding a knife in good condition and even then winning the auction is another task. I keep a lookout at swap meets too but so far nothing has caught my attention. I doubt I will ever get a custom but you never know.
 
I have a decent collection of vintage knives, but the majority of my collection is from this century.
 
I'm going to have to slide on into the Modern Traditional bracket. I do have a few older ones that aren't that old, like my recent acquisition of a USA 34OT and a 30 year old Imperial fishing knife I found in a tackle box I inherited, but they're patterns that are still in circulation. Most of my accumulation (I hesitate to label it "collection") consists of newer slipjoints that have been purchased within the last year and a half. Barring SAKs, a quick mental count gives me one Buck, two Kleins, one Tidioute, six Case, one Imperial, and a Schrade. A respectable "accumulation" :)
 
I fit most in the "modern traditionals". (I count Camillus or Schrade knives of recent vintage as being modern.)
 
I guess it depends on how old "vintage" is. I'm certainly not a big collector by any means, but my slippie collection is certainly growing.

I would say I'm more into vintage & modern, as I only have 1 custom traditional. Of course, the modern traditional is what I have the most of, but the vintage ones are catching up.
 
CL01 said:
I guess it depends on how old "vintage" is.
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Not trying to step on anyones toes, but vintage to me is 1940's and older :foot:. Most of my traditional folders are younger than me, but, I do have two older scout knives.

My current crop is

recent model Queen stockman, D2 with red bone scales
Ontario RAT cattleman, D2
Ontario RAT railsplitter, D2
Tidioute 73 chocolate bone trapper, 1095
Remington Camillus made scout from the 80's
Buck 303GYS (just got, great little folder)
Frost no name brand trapper from a buddy, stamped Trail of Tears
Robeson Shuredge scout from the 50's
John Primble scout from the 50's-60's (matchstriker pull, really nice jigged bone)


I'd like to get a custom slipjoint, and almost ordered one several months back. But, I like vintage and modern. If the PATTERNS ;) are right. If the price is right too, it definitely goes home with me.

I like that companies like GEC are bringing the old patterns back. I was really surprised at the snap and walk and talk in the Robeson and Primble. I have kicked my Victorinox farmer out of my pocket for the Remington, and almost traded a Sebenza for a couple Remington folders from the 30's, but I chickened out.
 
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