Wharncliffe folder EDC....

[DrBobK]

I absolutely love my BM 425 Gravitator. Discontinued so a little hard to find but a great knife with a real wharncliffe style blade, not a "modified" one.

 

[mollyhatchet]

2nd the Kiwi.

 

[randomlooker]

Great Eastern Cutlery has put out a variety of traditionally styled slipjoints with wharncliffe blades. I just got the most recent release in the mail today -- 3 inch Sleeveboard with a wharnie main blade and a small coping/sheepsfoot secondary, with goldenrod bone handle scales. Very very nice looking knife, if you can live without a lock.

 

[BlueyM]

Please excuse my curiosity, but why don't you want a liner lock knife, Thro1?
Your decision, of course.

Many makers of gentlemen's folders use liner locks and are excellent quality.

 

[thro1]

thanks to all the posts....good stuff here, to reply to the above...I would just prefer to be able to shut the blade without my fingers being in the way....I know I could always 2 hand it, but there are times in use when that is not feasible. Also, from my own lack of manual dexterity experience...I have had liner locks fold unintentionally a few times. I can live with it if I just fall in love with a knife....but if I can avoid the liner lock, I'd like to...thanks again for all the help.

 

[cutter17]

Though not in stock right now, more are coming, and the fact you have looked at customs, and WH's, Knifeart has the Chris Reeve Insingo, which is a Sebenza with a wharncliff blade. Here is a link to the picture;

http://www.knifeart.com/insingo.html

 

[DallasSTB]

....I do not want a liner lock where the hand must pass over the travel of the blade....eg. BM Opportunist....

I know that you specifically ruled this out, but I wanted to say that I received a BM 440 for father's day a couple of years ago and really like it. The liner lock has never been a issue for me in EDC use, plus it has the quickest "pop" opening of any manual knife I've ever tried. It's a sweet little knife that you can regularly find for <$100.

Just wanted to throw that out there.

 

[T.K.C.]

I very much love my Todd Begg Gents Glimpse that has a modified wharny.

 

[Helle]

I'd look at the Case line of Copperlocks too. They have options in stainless and carbon steel with Warncliffe blades.

 

[jthomas]

I was going to suggest a Case Seahorse Whittler, since you didn't specifically say that you wanted a single-blade / pocket clip type knife. I also love the Spydie Centofante 4, great knife.

 

[Paul 883215]

I vote for the Kiwi as well. The carbon fiber version has been discoed and can be had for $84.00 from the factory. The knife has VG-10 blade steel and a lockback. If you like the looks, it sounds perfect.


www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=305

 

[chanwahyaoh]

thanks to all the posts....good stuff here, to reply to the above...I would just prefer to be able to shut the blade without my fingers being in the way....I know I could always 2 hand it, but there are times in use when that is not feasible. Also, from my own lack of manual dexterity experience...I have had liner locks fold unintentionally a few times. I can live with it if I just fall in love with a knife....but if I can avoid the liner lock, I'd like to...thanks again for all the help.

Ironically, I have a harder time closing a lockback 1-handed w/o fingers in the way than I do a liner/framelock.