What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Badger28 said:
Really trying to get myself to come around to the Okapi
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That doesn’t look like a genuine Okapi to me, there are fakes floating about.

It looks like it has "flats" on it's sides, the wood doesn't look like it's resin impregnated & the blade grind looks wrong..............
 
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Carrying this old #55 Hound Tooth today.

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Amir Fleschwund said:
I have the exact same Ulster made Craftsman. Fine knife.
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Agreed. Great, sturdy, well made knife. I up and gave away my favorite Craftsman last week - the black delrin with the brass and eagle shield. So this one is coming out of the bullpen and going to the top of the weekend rotation along with the 293.
 
Jack Black Jack Black has talked about reading about Buck 110s as a kid, but them not being available to him in the UK. I saw them in the sporting goods store as a kid in the US, but they were completely out of my price range as a kid - I thought the 110 was for rich people. In high school, when I had a little saved up for my first "serious" knife, I took the advice of some elders and bought a fixed blade instead (a Buck 102 that I still have, and still appreciate). So I didn't actually get around to getting a 110 until much later. In at least some respects it's like the anti-Opinel - it's so heavy that it really only works as a belt knife, not in the pocket, it's kind of squared off, it's not cheap. But, like the Opinel, it's a classic for good reasons - it is a solid and reliable knife that cuts well, looks good, feels truly traditional.

And I'm just going to keep including the Proper in my carry until all of you break down, realizing that it's actually a pretty great slipjoint, and go get one for yourself. (So, probably just gonna keep posting it forever.)
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Tyson A Wright said:
Jack Black Jack Black has talked about reading about Buck 110s as a kid, but them not being available to him in the UK. I saw them in the sporting goods store as a kid in the US, but they were completely out of my price range as a kid - I thought the 110 was for rich people. In high school, when I had a little saved up for my first "serious" knife, I took the advice of some elders and bought a fixed blade instead (a Buck 102 that I still have, and still appreciate). So I didn't actually get around to getting a 110 until much later. In at least some respects it's like the anti-Opinel - it's so heavy that it really only works as a belt knife, not in the pocket, it's kind of squared off, it's not cheap. But, like the Opinel, it's a classic for good reasons - it is a solid and reliable knife that cuts well, looks good, feels truly traditional.

And I'm just going to keep including the Proper in my carry until all of you break down, realizing that it's actually a pretty great slipjoint, and go get one for yourself. (So, probably just gonna keep posting it forever.)
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I looked at 110s at the knife show I had forgotten just how heavy they where.

There was also the Titanium version that's the one I bought 30 odd years ago but didnt get on with it to well.

Yours is the classic and best version.
 
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