What is your favorite carry pattern?

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?[/QUOTE]
The one I'm carrying now has the stainless steel blades. They came with a decent edge---nothing spectacular--which I touched up with a diamond hone, a ceramic stick, and a few licks acrossed the razor strop. The knife took to this beautifully, has held a good edge for a long time. One of the things I like most about this knife is the angle of the blades from the handle; it is near perfect for my hand. Please note also that all of the step bolster congress knives are made by BOKER for all the other companies. I have a bunch of 'em in my collection with different company names on 'em and most all the rest are carbon steel blades. The BOKER version from A.G. RUSSELL alos has stainless steel blades of 440A, if memory serves.
 
For me it has to be a Barlow. The main reason is the fondle factor just handling the knife closed while on the phone or in a meeting. It just feels good in the hand. Second it is just so sheeple-friendly especially in stag, nobody has ever felt threathened by a Barlow knife.
 
Hey rev,
I carry a different knife each day based on my mood or need for the day, but my favorite is a stockman. Just very versatile.
Second is a jr. sodbuster. Nothin' fancy.
My 6-year-old asked for a pocket knife for her birthday, and I got her a peanut with orange bone scales (inexpensive Rough Rider, but up to the task for her). Of course, dad keeps it when not in use. She'll ask me to carry it some days, so I'll think about her during the day. :) I actually get a lot of questions/comments on it when people see me pull it out to use it. When I tell them who it belongs to, then I get the funny looks. :eek: But she'll be the first to tell you "It's a tool, not a toy." :D
I had to laugh at Phil's "sheeple-friendly" comment. I have a Case cheetah that I'll carry occasionally, and I've come to the conclusion that it's not sheeple-friendly. Although the blade is no bigger than a typical stockman, the li'l guard must make it look threatening. "Is that a switch blade?" :eek: :rolleyes:

Parry
 
Stokman is my EDC. three blade styles offers a nice choise for the different
cutting jobs that come up and you can get the pattern from most all knife companies. just retired my Buck (plain worn the blades out) and now carry a Remington R15. :cool:
 
Barlows feel so right in the hand....yet a Canoe rides so flat in the pocket. Trappers are pretty useful patterns.....two blades on a slipjoint always seem like plenty for me. A Stockman just is too cluttered for my taste. But if I had to pick just one it would be the Muskrat...I particularly like a Hawbaker with two different blade styles.

-regards
 
I started carrying Trappers, from Queen, then went to Copperhead and now carry a Schatt and Morgan Scout. I love the Scout size and pattern.
 
Gotta be a medium Stockman with rounded bolsters. The one in my pocket now is a near mint condition Eye Brand from the 70s. No need to reprofile this baby. These blade were all ground down real nice and thin already. None of the blades rub against each other either. Forged carbon steel blades that really hold an edge; these are just starting to speckle a little bit. They sure don't make em like this anymore. I'll try and take a clear pic or two of this knife later.
 
The 3 patterns I seem to carry most often are Wharncliffe Trapper, 4 blade Congress, Rogers whittler. I also carry a Senator/pen, case 6214 jack knife on occasion. Lately I've been carrying a Reese Bose 3.5in 4 blade Congress, very similar to the Case 052 pattern, which was my Dad's favorite knife. Besides being a pretty useful gentlemen's pocket knife it has a lot of sentimental meaning as well.
 
Hmmm,

Gotta be a medium stockman, w/turkish clip, sheepsfoot, and spey. Oh, it helps if it is a schrade walden.

Otherwise, a schrade whittler that I've grown fond of lately.

Glenn
 
Stockman almost every day. Occasionally a canoe, or a single-bladed pattern like the Puma Prospector.
 
For the past couple weeks it seems to be the 12cm horn tip engraved prestige laguiole from "Laguiole De L Artisan" in laguiole france :D !!!
 
most of the modern henckels come with 420. The older ones were most all carbon steel. You can find some carbon steel henckels, but they are "few and far between".

Boker actually makes the henckels you see now. Example, if you take a newer henckels whittler and a newer boker whittler you will see that they are the same knife, minus the shields, and blade stamps, of course.

Henckles have not made their own knives in many years now (if I rmember correctly)
 
I usually carry 1)Case large Amber Bone Stockman CV (usually) or 2) Case yellow handled Peanut CV or rarely 3) an old Case CV Canoe with bone handles.

The Stockman is the most useful, but is also the heaviest and thickest in pocket, I carry it anyway bc it is so versatile. The peanut is a joke for anything other than really light cutting so I only carry it when I'm all dressed up. My all time favorite pattern is a Canoe, but I don't carry them much since Case doesn't make many of them in many differnt handle patterns. The Canoe has an Large blade to do real work and a small blade for light stuff and it is light and carries very slim in the pocket :)

I like Canoes so much I'm thinking about getting a Queen canoe to EDC, that or a Queen 4-Blade Congress (D2 in a slipjoint has me turned on...lol), I Congress knives look cool but have no experience with them.
 
I don't know if you can really call it a "pattern"--but the Victorinox Electrician.

I have discovered that it has the PERFECT selection of tools for me:

Main spear-point blade
Shorter Sheepsfoot blade
Awl (just like the Soldier model)
Flat-tip screwdriver/bottle-opener

And the aluminum scales will last forever.

Good luck,
Allen.
 
Stockman mostly, sometimes a trapper.

Mooremaker first choice for edc, then Case

Only 1095 allowed, you can keep all the rest.
 
I have either a 3-bladed Browning rosewood handled stockman or a small Victorinox dress knife (small sharp blade is great for cutting up limes to use with Coronas!).

About the house and yard I'll take my Leatherman. I can screw up (I mean fix) more things with that knife than any other I own.
 
For 30-some years I have carried a Browning 4" stockman, 440C, Rosewood, 3-bladed. It fits easily in the pocket.
 
The Last Confederate said:
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?
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You might be interested in this Case chrome vanadium two-blade
copperhead offered by Billy C. at Vintage Knives:

http://www.vintageknives.com/morepics.asp?prodid=2013

I have one, and it's a beauty.
 
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