The Perfect Knife?

The Stockman is difficult to beat for versatility. Three (or more) different blades for different tasks, in a compact package.
If (heaven forbid) I could only carry one, a 3 or 5 or 6 blade stockman would be my choice.
Thankfully I'm not limited to just one. 😁
 
kamagong said:
I like knives too much to ever believe in something as illusory as the perfect knife.

I do however, believe in "The One." As in this is newest One, that's the next One, there's the One after that...
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I see your point and completely agree with you Christian but ya got me thinking.
Could it be that the perfect knife is actually a pair and only exist in the "one" plus one?
Or in other words the two, such as...
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or
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Just wondering. :)
 
CEOh said:
Most days, I carry an Alox Electrician. So I just found the Old Timer 93OT. Did Schrade make the perfect knife in the 80's? I've never been a big fan of their scales but up till now I, like many, think the Hawbaker Muskrat may have it all figured out for my EDC needs anyway. This might even be better. Pinchable sheepsfoot and no unwanted spey blade. If anybody would make a 2 blade clip/Sheepsfoot/Wharncliffe 2 blade combo (🙏under $80) they would sell like crazy! Frustrating. So did Old Timer make these in carbon steel or just the Schrade+? There are 2 on the major auction site but they're high as giraffe...tails.
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I don’t know if I’d call it perfect, but I really like the 93OT. Great blade selection, a great size, and nice and pocketable. To answer your question, yes, they made it in carbon. They also made an 893, which is the same pattern with jigged delrin and a federal shield.
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This 93OT, or a Case 6318, share about 90% of my traditional EDC pocket time anymore. The 93OT and the 98OT are the same knife, one has two blades while the other adds a Spey blade (its a medium Stockman very similar to the Case 6318). OH
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The perfect knife is a large carbon steel stockman like the Case 75. I’ve carried one for decades. It’s become my touchstone knife and what I compare all others to. Glad that Case still makes one available at an affordable price.
 
Dunno about the perfect knife, I've been too much a knife floozy to nail it down to one, but the SAK is the most useful- I've had a Spartan/Tinker/Pioneer on me for the better part of 33 years and they've been magic
 
Even for a fairly knife-monogamous fellow like myself, perfect has been elusive. I do like a clip+warn or clip+sheep combo.
 
I saw this the other day as well and am considering it for different reasons - simply it’s price.

I will be on a family vacation at the end of June and it’ll be nice to have something on the very inexpensive side when I go to the beach - that will allow for some cutting when needed (packaging/food) as well as potential beverage opening. This covers both. It will be this or the RR classic carbon scout knife.

In either case they are both perfect “I don’t care if this breaks, gets lost, or get confiscated“ knives.


While the patient aspect of GEC is 100% accurate if your waiting on a pattern to pop up; I think “overspend” is subjective to the person spending the money and on what their spending it on. I would say that one could argue the value of a knife is - or isn’t - worth the cost but overspending for one may not be for another. Kind of like how I would not spend a lot of money on a flashy car as I don’t see the value in doing so; others do.
 
If you are seriously asking, I believe the closest pocket knife to the ‘perfect knife’ is the Schrade 897UH based on popularity - I recall reading that it was the most popular in their lineup.
However, you could reasonably argue that the more modern Victorinox Cadet is the better knife and would have surpassed it had it been available at the time.

Either of these two leave all GECs and other brands’ lineups well behind. Nothing comes close. I say this as a GEC collector.
 
CEOh said:
This is interesting and for almost nothing. But... So you can get a cheap one or you can be really patient and overspend on a GEC. All I'm wishing for is a fairly priced readily attainable quality version.
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Which Old Timer model is that? I don't recognize it, but I like that spear/sheepsfoot blade combo. :thumbsup::cool:

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Which Old Timer model is that? I don't recognize it, but I like that spear/sheepsfoot blade combo. :thumbsup::cool:

- GT
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[Edit: One Vendor] says it’s model #1158658. It popped up fairly recently as “new” so I don’t know how long it’s been out or if a repeat of am older model? I don’t know Old Timer well enough to know if the number holds any meaning
 
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Jerbhola89 said:
SMKW says it’s model #1158658. It popped up fairly recently as “new” so I don’t know how long it’s been out or if a repeat of am older model? I don’t know Old Timer well enough to know if the number holds any meaning
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Thanks for the ID info, Jeremy. With that "hint", I could find it online. Looks like it's only about 3" closed, which I consider a little small, but the spear/sheepsfoot blade combo is still a real draw for me.

I don't know what's going on with the Old Timer model numbers. Until recently, the Old Timers (American or Chinese) had model numbers that were a number followed by OT (e.g., 8OT is a big stockman, 34OT is a medium stockman, 93OT is a clip/sheepsfoot jack). But I recently saw what I'd have called a 5OT, a 3.75" closed lockback with drop point blade, that was listed at Tractor Supply as a Schrade Old Timer 1113577. I could keep track of some of the most common Old Timer patterns in terms of a 1, 2, or 3-digit number followed by OT, but I don't think I have enough gray cells left to learn a new set of 7-digit model numbers! o_O

- GT
 
joeradza said:
Sounds like a canoe Gary.
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🤓 You're probably right, Alan.
But its spear/sheepsfoot blade combo would be an improvement over the usual canoe spear/pen blades. On the other hand, it would be a little less desirable than a canoe in terms of sunk joints, with the canoe bolsters doing a better job of covering the tang corners of closed blades than the "standard" equal-end bolsters on a Churchill do.

- GT
 
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