Sometimes you have to go back!

[RickJ]

For past few years all my knives have been Tactical folders and Fixed Blade Combat knives and Multi tools. I guess since I have been in the Army for the past 14 years has someting to do with it.

Growing up I was always around the Buck 110's and the Case Trappers, As a little boy I had a thing for knives and still do but back then it was the knives of the time like those Bucks and Case's that filled my shoe box under my bed.

So I started to get the itch for the old days so I went out and bought a Yellow handle Case Trapper with chrome Vandium Blades. It only cost $28.00 bucks, much cheaper than the knives I usually buy but man that little Case looks good and those blades are razor sharp!

 

[allenC]

Often I feel the same way...
but once you go "tactical" (one-hand pocket-clip folder) it's very difficult to go back.

Allen.

 

[Boink]

I love my big blades, but it so happens that most of my cutting chores are menial and in public, so my trusty slipjoint sees most of the action. That, or a Mnandi. I feel a bit unusual withdrawing my ATCF to cut open some cellophane-wrapped crackers at the diner.

 

[Grateful]

I tried to go "tactical" but it just never felt right. I am still using a Buck 110 and a Case trapper or maybe a stockman. I do carry a swiss army knife every day. Maybe that is a little bit tactical.

 

[Daniel Dorn]

I always buy the biggest, baddest blades, but I have a father-in-law who keeps me grounded by getting me the great little Cases, Schrades, and Puma slip-joints. I usually am carrying one of those, and one of my big blades, and the little ones tend to see the most action when in public.

Although not my first choice, I am greatful to have examples of the classics, to remind me of the history of knife carry. They're also easier to lend out than a $200 tactical knife with a hidden auto release.

DD

 

[allenC]

Let me clarify my statement...

When I say "tactical", I mean any one-hand pocket-clip folder.

Even the Kershaw Ken Onion Scallion and the Spydeco Meerkat are "tacticals" in my eyes.

And the pocket-clip makes them so easy to carry, and the studs or holes or flippers makes me never want to use a nail-nick again.

I'm not bashing traditionals, but it just seems to much easy to carry and use a one-hand pocket-clip knife.

Allen.

 

[Lone Hunter]

I hear ya ! Just came back from the mountains. Used my stockman all the time, while my Endura stayed clipped to my pocket. My trapper and stockman seem like a knife to me and what I use 'outdoors", just seems right. On the job my BM 710 seems right.

 

[puukkoman]

Same here. My slipjoints see regular pocket time (usually more than the tacticals). There's something that cn't be beat, about the feel of a nice slipjoint in your hand.

And I know a lot of tactical guys are into custom knives... but there's a whole world of custom slipjoints out there too! Saving my money for a Bose or a Shadley.

Peace.

 

[Trout Tamer]

Hmmm... interesting. I can see where you're coming from, but I don't share the experience. My first pocket knife was a small Schrade Old timer. I'd carry it when I remembered, but it wasn't that often...
Fast forward several years and I'd gotten into knives big. However, this time around, I cut my teeth on one-handed, locking folders. So, my nostalgia goes back to the first one of those that I had, since it was the first knife I really carried a lot (it was an old-style CS medium, tanto-tipped Voyager). I never did like the 2-handed operation of that slip-joint, so the "tactical" style was and is right up my alley. My $.02 worth.