What is your favorite carry pattern?

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What is your favorite carry pattern for every day?


For me personally its a whittler (with the teardrop queen liner lock in 2nd place, then the trapper in 3rd).
 
I carry a stockman most. Because it seems there are a good amount of choices in that pattern for carbon blades with bone or stag scales. My choice would be a whittler or a congress, but there is not a great selection of knives out there in those patterns with carbon blades and bone or stag scales. I've said it before and I will keep saying it until I see it change. You can get carbon blades with plastic scales, you can get bone or stag in stainless steels, in any pattern you choose from lots of makers. But to get bone or stag and carbon steel, well your selection of patterns and makers is very limited. I guess I pine away for times that are gone, and I wasn't there when they were happening. I want 1095 steel with bone scales in all the classic patterns. Mooremaker is the only one I know of doing this, and I don't have the money at present to get them. I will get one or two eventually.
 
A month ago I would have said stockman, but recently I bought a el cheapo Rough Rider 2 blade Copperhead, quality was pretty good for the price, and even if I don't stay with it, I am really likeing the Copperhead pattern.

I have looked around and so far haven't found anyone else making the 2 blade copperhead, anyone else seen one?
 
I have a Eye Brand two blade copperhead in stag. I think they still do it. I think I saw a Queen one in D2, but I could be wrong.
 
The medium stockman will always be my favorite. It seems the most versatile to me followed by slim trappers. I'm Jonesin for a Boker whittler on eBay but I'm cheap so it's going to be a while before I get lucky :p.
 
Yep, Eye Brand still makes their copperhead. I've seen it in stag and their yellow handle material.
My EDC is a Moore Maker stockman that I love, but I have a custom slim trapper coming that may replace it. Or it will if I can bear to carry a custom. I hope I can, because it was designed specifically as a carry piece.

James
 
eye brand and kissing crane still make them, boker does to I believe. The florida knife hut has some. I believe smoky may also?
 
I'm with you on this Rev. For general slacks carry 'round the city I prefer a nice whittler. (and the older the better as far as I am concerned).

Anytime I see an '83 pattern or '88 from the early seventies I try to scarf it up if it can be had for under 35 or 40 bucks or so. I have also been known to cary some old "equal ends" and newer Queen Dr. knives in D2.

Picked up a large carved bone D2 stockman yesterday, but I have not taken the time to reprofile the edges yet. I anticipate toting it on occasions when I am in jeans and outside.

Rev,
You have my interest peeked. A lot of the newer Queen whittlers that I have seen (along with some of the S&M's) have two backsprings rather than split backsprings. Do those Queens in D2 have split (and tapered) backsprings?
 
Stockman pattern. Right now I am carrying a J.A. Henckels congress with a sheepfoot, spear, two pen blades, and stag scales. This has been a superb pocketknife.
I also always have a Leatherman WAVE in a horizontal sheath on my belt too.
For many years I carried a stockman 3-bladed knife of various makes and they all served me well. I don't recall a clinker in the bunch other than a CASE...but now that I think about it, the CASE was not a stockman but a single blade slim TRAPPER that wouldn't hold an edge for sour apples.
 
WIL TERRY said:
I don't recall a clinker in the bunch other than a CASE...but now that I think about it, the CASE was not a stockman but a single blade slim TRAPPER that wouldn't hold an edge for sour apples.
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Just out of curiousity was your above mentioned CASE stainless or carbon steel?
 
My favorite slipjoint to carry is the Sowbelly Stockman. Fit's in your pocket just right and has lots of blades. Here's an example.
Greg
 
I am going to sway away from the pack on this one. Beleive it or not, I love to carry a sunfish/elephant toe. When I pull it out, it tells everyone Hey! he means business and he appreciates a fine knife to boot. Yes it is heavy in the pocket. But being that I love pocket knives I don't mind it at all. Now I don't use it in the garage or to scrap carbon off of a spark plug :eek: I just like to show it off. I am a big big guy and it fits me quite well. 6'6" and 340 pounds. I can hear the group now "A sunfish for EDC" come on!!!!!!!!! :barf:
 
I have yet to check one out, but the toenail always appealed to me. I am seriously checking out the canoe pattern too. Seems like it would ride in a pocket really comfortably. Anyone make a good canoe with bone scales and carbon blades?
Wil Terry, thanks for the comment about the Henckels. I was looking at those and was not sure about them, couldn't find many comments about them. Do they have carbon steel blades?
 
Bobwhite said:
I have yet to check one out, but the toenail always appealed to me. I am seriously checking out the canoe pattern too. Seems like it would ride in a pocket really comfortably. Anyone make a good canoe with bone scales and carbon blades?
Wil Terry, thanks for the comment about the Henckels. I was looking at those and was not sure about them, couldn't find many comments about them. Do they have carbon steel blades?
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I have a Queen Carved Stag Bone Canoe in D2 which is technically not stainless. Overall the knife is really nice!
 
I'll swap you my Eye Brand copperhead in stag for your Queen canoe in bone. Mine is very lightly used, it is in near new condition. It has carbon blades. If you want to do a sort of loaner swap, just so we can check each others knives out, that would be cool with me. We swap for two weeks and decide then if we want to make it permanent. I am going away for the weekend, so if you email me about it late today or on the weekend, I won't get back to you til Monday.
 
Bobwhite, sorry that's one of my favorites in the Queen D2 series. I gotta hang on to that one.
 
I don't have a single favorite, other than to say "Multi-blades". I rotate through several types and usually settle on carrying 2 (as well as a couple more I keep stashed about in my desk and laptop bag). Usually that's a SAK and a small hunter or clip-point. If I had to settle on one, I'd probably choose a stockman or congress.

Keep in mind, I'm usually cutting cardboard, wire, or plastic, although my SAK has been used on dry-wall in a pinch. :)
 
Grateful said:
Just out of curiousity was your above mentioned CASE stainless or carbon steel?
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The CASE I mentioned was a carbon steel knife from around 1963. The blade would take the keenest of edges--it would wipe the hair off my arm--but as soon as I opened the days mail and maybe cleaned my fingernails it was so dull you could have put it on your saddle and rode to Taos in comfort. It is the only knife I ever owned that was like this but it soured me on CASE knives forever. When I spend my money I tend to be one unforgiving sumbiscuit if I get screwed.
 
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