traditional edc knifes

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Hi All,

I'm new here and have been searching the from (via google).

It seems most people hear like a "modern" type knife for edc. Such as tactical folders, small "flickers" (kershaw chive like), ETC.

Do many people here carry more traditional knifes as edc? Such as stockmans, trappers, barlows, buck 110's??? Those are the type of knives I grew up with and my Grandpa, uncles and cousins carried.

My usual edc is a buck 110 and either a buck stockman or trapper. Some days I'll stick a leatherman blast on my left side and a kobalt folding utility knife in my back pocket for cutting stuff like mining belt.

As you can see, I'm not "all traditional, all the time" but I do like the versitility of a classic type of knife and prefer it to the tactical, flicker type knives.

How 'bought it?

Sam
 
Do you mean how many carry fixed-blade knives? not many, thanks to the magic of sheeple. No one notices Jeff's Kershaw Blackout, even though he carries it everywhere, since it shows up only as a clip on the outside of his pocket. But when I leave my gerber multitool on my belt from work, people take notice.
 
im going to strap my new CRKT M60 on a drop holster and see what the reaction is from people in a shopping mall
 
The one hand opening and closing, lock blade folders have spoiled me. They just so easy to use it's hard to go back to the traditional folders. I like the frame lock and AXIS lock models.
 
Welcome to BladeForums!

LOTS of us like traditional folders.

Soleil gave you the subforums to visit where you will find lots of friendly folk who have similar tastes.
 
Do many people here carry more traditional knifes as edc? Such as stockmans, trappers, barlows, buck 110's??? Those are the type of knives I grew up with and my Grandpa, uncles and cousins carried.

My usual edc is a buck 110 and either a buck stockman or trapper. Some days I'll stick a leatherman blast on my left side and a kobalt folding utility knife in my back pocket for cutting stuff like mining belt.
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I carry this one everyday.....

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A Custom Shoppe Buck 110 with walnut scales, nickle-silver bolsters, and ATS-34 steel.




Are you guys sick and tired of me posting this picture yet? :D
 
I carry a small ( 3" closed) jackknife every day to the office. It has a two blades , a clip and pen, I find it perfect for most jobs around the office. I also keep a large stockman on my desk in a slip-pouch, strictly for cutting food ( my lunch). Ironically these two knives are probably the least expensive in my collection , but get lots of use.

On weekends I carry either a modern one-hander clipped to my jeans pocket or a Buck 110 on my belt. Sometimes I'll carry just a large stockman in the pocket and nothing else.

Nothing wrong with Options :)
 
What you carry as EDC depends on where you live, both country wise and if it is in a big or small town etc.

Most people who have discovered the good things with carrying a multitool or pocket knife but otherwise have a normal social life usually carry a Swiss army knife or a multitool of some type.

The Buck in the picture looks very nice in a collectors point of view but might feel too aggressive if found by a security person at a night club. Why? maybe because it has a very pointy blade and no other "nice to have features" and looks, to untrained people, like something cheap bought just to stab people.

The "classic" knives I have been carrying has been two SAKs and a LM PST, but they might not be classical in the way you refer to.
 
Welcome!

If you visit the Multitools sub forum, you'll find a lot of non tactical people too, with their SAK, Gerberz Leatherman, etc. But IMHO, in urban sheepies environment, a SAK or trd slipjoint is best to have. SAK better, as the tools/blades matches urban use better, but YMMV.
 
i carry a buck 110 to work and a spyderco native and they do a great job just like them flickers i call them.might be a little slower but get the job done and in fashion:)
 
Thank for all the replies! I guess it does matter what type of area you live in and the people you work with. I work at a mailroom of a newspaper and my bosses are used to people edcing buck 110 and the like. Even a few guys have had switch blades and butterflys (yes I know there ill-eagle:D).

We're in kinda a rural area so most people don't give knives a second look. I've pulled my 110 at the local sheets to open a food container right in front of a on duty cop. He never even gave me a second look.

If I am around sheeple, That's what the stockman or trapper are for. The leatherman is mainly carried when we cut books (to unjam the machine).

BTW, ALLENC, you really carry that as a everyday work knife?! My buck has so many dings and dents from work it's not funny (kinda sad:(). How do you like the finger grooves? Always wondered if they were worth it.

Thanks again for the replies!

Sam
 
I don't carry anything but a traditional pocket knife. Got used to stockmen and barlows and scout knives as a kid, and never got over it. That was way before the Buck 110 was out.
 
BTW, ALLENC, you really carry that as a everyday work knife?! My buck has so many dings and dents from work it's not funny (kinda sad). How do you like the finger grooves? Always wondered if they were worth it.
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Yeah, I took that picture the very first day I received it.
She is'nt so pristine now. ;)

I really like the finger-grooves.
Whenever I use my Alaskan Guide 110, I miss the grooves.
IMO, they allow for a more secure grip when doing fine work....kind of like a choil.
But when doing heavy cutting, since the spine of the handle is pressed firmly in to my palm anyway, I hardly notice the grooves.
 
SuroK said:
im going to strap my new CRKT M60 on a drop holster and see what the reaction is from people in a shopping mall
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I was in a shopping mall in Cal-E-Fornia once with a small fixed blade on my belt. My wife was with me and we were Christmas shopping. A cop in the mall approached and asked me to remove it as people were complaining. He told me to put it in my wifes purse.
Now we are talking a 3 inch blade custom in a black leather sheath, and I am wearing all black. So someone was really paying attention.
At least he did not confiscate the thing. Here in Oklahoma it is a lot more acceptable.:thumbup:
 
I guess I'm in the traditional camp. I only have a couple of "tactical" knives left, and neither gets much carry time. Most of what I need in a knife is accomplished rather well by a 2-3 layer Swiss Army or other old fashioned pocket knife. I'm a suburban dweller who works at a university. I rarely need a big, thick blade that can be deployed in the blink of an eye. I rarely need a full sized multi-tool. But a thin, sharp blade serves me very well. There's very little a Swiss Army won't do for me, except look nice. So I've been looking at a red Case peanut...:D

Frank
 
I like the "modern" knives but admit I find myself carrying a traditional style Boker Copperliner an awful lot --- reminds me of my granddad and gives me warm fuzzies everytime I use it.;)

I think its interesting that a traditional style folder gets far fewer raised eyebrows than whipping out a small "modern" knife that has a tactical look.
 
All I have are traditional slip joints, with chrome vanadium or 1095 carbon steel blades - except for one SAK Classic SD

I wrestle[d] with this Classic SD, if Case ( someone) made a CV/Carbon steel Peanut or similar with scissors, the SAK would be deleted.

I only own, or will use oil stones - Dry
Norton India coarse /fine stone and Case Hard Arkansas (2 7/8 x 1" x 1/4) are all I use.

How raised - what you do.
 
Hey Allenc,

How about a picture of the 110 now? I love battle scars! :) I was using mine at work and missed the sheath (nylon) and had it drop on the pavement. It ain't new no more!

Sam
 
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