The Traditional Knife of 2016

[btb01]

I'm new to this forum, but not new to Knife Collecting. As I posted in another thread, I used to be an avid collector in years past. I had some other priorities come along and had to sell much of my collection. I still owned a fair number of workers and EDC's, but was not "collecting". This year something in me snappedI felt it was important that my son start carrying a small pocketknife and as a result, bought a couple Case knives, one for him and one for me (of course). I should say, my son is 30. This is not the first time I have mentored on this topic of always having a knife in your pocket. But, this time it stuck. Anyway; I got my little Bose inspired teardrop and that prompted me to look at another one, and then I found this pretty good deal on a Case/Bose Cattleman's Stockman. This was before Thanksgiving. This knife inspired me to get back into collecting traditional knives. So now, literally a few weeks later, I have 4 GEC's on hand. It's clearly a recognizable "condition".

And here is the one that inspired me this year.

And: Thank you Jack for starting this interesting thread.

Alan

Alan, those Case/Bose Cattle Knives are fantastic! I've been tempted several times to pick one up in the Chestnut bone, but haven't been able to pull the trigger due to the price. Thanks for sharing yours; the temptation comes back every time I see one on here.

 

[Jack Black]

Some great posts among those late-comers Always a treat to see your special knife GT :thumbup: Thanks to everyone who posted, and hope to be here at the end of the year for more of the same. Have a great 2017 everyone :thumbup:

Jack

 

[AShearer]

Alan, those Case/Bose Cattle Knives are fantastic! I've been tempted several times to pick one up in the Chestnut bone, but haven't been able to pull the trigger due to the price. Thanks for sharing yours; the temptation comes back every time I see one on here.

Barret: You're welcome. They are kind of pricey, but certainly a special Case product.

 

[MJ71]

My knife of the year for 2016 actually came to me way back in February of 2015. At that time I was reading the Traditional forum one evening when I noticed a GAW that was started by my friend Bob, aka BigBiscuit. This GAW was to raise awareness and raise funds for Jimmys Fund. Another friend Brett, aka KBA, had donated a knife to the GAW to help raise donations for St Jude's. Since I live in Tennessee I was very familiar with St Jude's and the wonderful work they do. Pam and I actually donate to St Jude's every year. I was more than glad to make a donation and enter the GAW. I was totally blown away when my name was picked as the winner of KBA's donated knife. Who wouldn't have been excited because the prize was a beautiful TC Barlow. A single blade spear with Ebony covers, just a classy Barlow by anyone's standards. I started out throughout 2015 carrying my TC on a regular basis, but always in a pocket slip. I never cut anything much with it except paper and opening mail and the occasional package. Early in 2016 I was looking at my EDC knives doing some sharpening and oiling the joints and such. I was looking at this beautiful Barlow and thinking about the fact that I have a mint example NIT in my safe when I decided that I would start enjoying my prize, just as it should be. At that time I left the slip off the TC and started cutting apples and anything else that would be needed on a daily basis. I have carried this knife more than any other in 2016 and enjoyed it very much. I do usually carry two knives so I rotate my other choices between different patterns and makers. So a special thank you to my friends Bob and Brett. Here is one of my latest photos of my TC.

Great story. And love seeing this getting some use. Always a hard decision, but these were made to be functional working knives.


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