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Traditional Sleepers ?
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+1 on the slimline trapper. I don't own one, but they tempt me a great deal. The Case copperhead might fit in the sleeper category, at least in my parts because I have rarely seen one actually carried. It is a pattern I want a couple more of. The only one I have now is the red CV wharncliffe model. This is one of my posts that will probably get edited a few times before I let it rest.
Ed J
Ed J
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I like mine.Great blade combination, all of which snap like an aligator. I kinda wish the blades were ground thinner at the edge. I picked mine up for a very fair price (along with Moore Makers and Cold Steels) from an eBay dealer who is a former Camillus employee that bought pallet-fulls worth of undelivered knives at their auction. Unfortunately they seem to have dried up.
Camillus made a lot of that pattern for other folks including Craftsman and Remington. I have 2 of the Remington versions.
Ed J
The Bears I've handled seemed serviceable, I'm not sure I'd be able to judge them as a whole, seeing as I haven't seen a wide array of them, but I like the fact that they're trying to make an affordable, knife made stateside. I don't see a whole lot of chatter about them on the forums, but then again I'm quite fond of Anza fixed blades, and I here next to nothing about them here. Anzas are traditional IMO, being fashioned from metal files, pretty darn affordable too. Handles may be a bit too contemporary though, for the traditional sub forum.
I can't separate "sleeper" from the use among car guys. A sleeper is a car that is much faster than it looks. The old Regal GTS and T-Type were sleepers. A Subaru WRX with no cowlings and badges is a sleeper - just a harmless Impreza, really.
So, it's not about popularity or lack of there of. Nor is it about forum chatter or the lack there of. To me, its more about cost and the general reaction that the knife provokes among the general populace, including knife folks who don't get it yet.
In this light, there is only one king of sleeper list.
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The Opinel.
How in the world can a knife that old fashion work well?
How in the world can a knife that inexpensive be any good?
How in the world can a knife that light be durable?
edc-pair by Pinnah, on Flickr
Yeah, I may have to go with Pinnah on the Opinel being one of the great sleepers of the cutlery world. Light, cheap(low cost), very effective cutting tool. Can easily slice and dice with way more expensive knives.
Another great sleeper is the old 300 series pocket knives by Buck. Sold in sporting goods and hardware stoers all over for thirty some years, and used to the point of abuse by many working men, yet stand up to the job like a Sherman Tank.