UPDATE: POLL CLOSED - March Traditional Knife

Which Traditional to Carry for March

  • Remington Grand Daddy Barlow

    Votes: 22 29.7%

  • Case Texas Jack

    Votes: 24 32.4%

  • GEC 81 Texas Rose

    Votes: 5 6.8%

  • GEC 35 Cattleman

    Votes: 14 18.9%

  • GEC 59 Stag

    Votes: 9 12.2%
  • Total voters
    74
  • Poll closed .
Ellis Wyatt

Ellis Wyatt

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I have decided to ask the porch to pick which traditional knife I will carry for the month of March. So far this year, I have carried a white bone GEC 36 for January...
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And a Bunny knife for February...
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Here are the options for March.
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Please select your choice in the poll, and if you have a reason you selected one, post what your reasoning is in the thread. The poll will close in 2 days, and the winning knife will spend the month of March in my pocket.

Thanks to all who participate!

UPDATE: POLL CLOSED

After a couple days, the poll is now closed. The winning knife is the Case Texas Jack!
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I voted the 81. I have one that I haven’t carried much and I’m curious to read how it goes for a month.
 
Rsmith_77 said:
Lol I picked the Texas jack
So do I? Of all people, need to explain my reasoning 😁
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I think we can let you slide. The Texas Jack is the oldest of the options by several decades, and has a beautiful patina on the blades. A great option.
Keyopp said:
I voted the 81. I have one that I haven’t carried much and I’m curious to read how it goes for a month.
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I've carried this one a few times, and it pockets very well, but I find myself only using one of the blades. I am also curious how it would go after a month. Maybe one blade for food and one for other cutting tasks?
Ron Sabbagh said:
Here’s my vote…

Why? I think GEC nailed this pattern. Lotta knife; small pocket space
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Probably the most practical for what I use a knife for every day, but I guess we will see how the poll turns out.
 
Ellis Wyatt said:
I think we can let you slide. The Texas Jack is the oldest of the options by several decades, and has a beautiful patina on the blades. A great option.
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Cult of the Texas Jack; why should the peaNUTS get all the glory

That's right, there is a (as of today 35 page) dedication to the little peanut. Why should they get all the glory? why should they get all the dedication? Where is the glory for those who have bigger hands and still like a sleek, sexy, serpentine jack knife? Where is the glory in the...
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First Choice: Cattleman It looks like the patina needs some work. (unless it is one of the rare 440C knives that can't patina.)
First Choice Alternate: Pair the Cattleman with the Bunny. 😇

Second Choice: TIE: The one to right of the Cattleman OR the Daddy Barlow.

Is the Yellow Rose a Muskrat with two clip point blades?
 
I chose the grand daddy because it is the one I have in my pocket and I am really enjoying it.I usually carry a case moose or GEC moose so I like a bigger pattern and the grand daddy just feels right
 
GeofS said:
Grand daddy barlow vote cast. Go big or go home!
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Old Engineer said:
Grand Daddy was made to be used .

Harry
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Reaper AL said:
I chose the grand daddy because it is the one I have in my pocket and I am really enjoying it.I usually carry a case moose or GEC moose so I like a bigger pattern and the grand daddy just feels right
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It really is a large knife, but feels fine in my pocket. The large blade makes it very useful in the kitchen too. Surprisingly, the older Grand Daddy I have is even larger!
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I don't really know what YOUR knife wants, needs, and preferences are, so all I can do is tell you what I would choose if I were going to pick one of those knives as my only carry for the entire month of March. 🤓

If I'll have only one knife for the whole month, I'd want it to have the versatility that comes from having several blade shapes, and since I prefer a spearpoint main over a clippoint main, I'd choose either the GEC 35 cattle knife or the GEC 59 whittler (even though I have almost no experience with GEC knives). The cattle knife reminds me of "an equal-end stockman" and stockman is a pattern that I'm very familiar with and like a lot. So, for the sake of learning what a new-to-me pattern can do, I'd choose the novelty (for me) of the whittler. (And IMHO, stag is never a bad choice.)

I voted for the #59 whittler.

Whatever you choose, I hope you and your knife have a marvelous March! :thumbsup:😁:cool::thumbsup:

- GT
 
Remington, but this really all about the one I’d pick for myself. There’s a good chance I don’t put on long pants from April-October, therefore would not carry the larger sized knife most of that time.
 
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