What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

I carried this new Boker yesterday and again today.
NjnkvkY.jpg
 
My former rotation schedule treated ALL my knives equally in the sense that they showed up at some position in their category list and weren't scheduled again until every other knife in that category had been scheduled for a week of pocket time. In my new rotation schedule, I wanted to acknowledge that, although I like almost all of my knives, there are some that I like quite a bit more than others, and I wanted to carry my favorites more frequently. So in the new schedule, for most categories, I identified my "top ten" knives for the category, and those show up every other week in the schedule, with less favorite knives "filling the gaps". So in 20 weeks, I've gone through all of my top ten for a category, and can start over on them again, even though in most categories I have quite a few "lesser knives" still waiting for their first turn.

The schedule is set up for 60 weeks, so that I get through my top ten in each category 3 times over the 60 weeks, but in most categories, I get through the "not top ten" only once (and maybe a few of them get carried a second time for categories in which I have fewer knives overall).

A few exceptions to my alternating weeks for top ten and not top ten knives.
• I only have 8 knives total in my lambsfoot category, so I just rotate through all of them over and over in an 8-week cycle.
• I have so many canoes that I'm carrying 2 each week, one of my top ten canoes and one less favorite canoe. So I'll get through my top ten canoes every TEN weeks - Yippee!
• My miscellaneous category is such a diverse bunch of knives that I didn't try to identify a top ten, so there's no "caste system" driving the scheduling of knives in that category.

Canoes of the week are a Case 1975 as a top ten canoe and a Fightin' Rooster 4-blade canoe as a wonderful knife that didn't crack my subjective top ten:
book.mark.2open.jpg

gunboat.mark.4open.bath.jpg

International Knife of the Week is a Taramundi (top ten international knife for me):
tara.mark.open.edge.fords.jpeg

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
My former rotation schedule treated ALL my knives equally in the sense that they showed up at some position in their category list and weren't scheduled again until every other knife in that category had been scheduled for a week of pocket time. In my new rotation schedule, I wanted to acknowledge that, although I like almost all of my knives, there are some that I like quite a bit more than others, and I wanted to carry my favorites more frequently. So in the new schedule, for most categories, I identified my "top ten" knives for the category, and those show up every other week in the schedule, with less favorite knives "filling the gaps". So in 20 weeks, I've gone through all 20 of my top ten for a category, and can start over on them again, even though in most categories I have quite a few "lesser knives" still waiting for their first turn.

The schedule is set up for 60 weeks, so that I get through my top ten in each category 3 times over the 60 weeks, but in most categories, I get through the "not top ten" only once (and maybe a few of them get carried a second time for categories in which I have fewer knives overall).

A few exceptions to my alternating weeks for top ten and not top ten knives.
• I only have 8 knives total in my lambsfoot category, so I just rotate through all of them over and over in an 8-week cycle.
• I have so many canoes that I'm carrying 2 each week, one of my top ten canoes and one less favorite canoe. So I'll get through my top ten canoes every TEN weeks - Yippee!
• My miscellaneous category is such a diverse bunch of knives that I didn't try to identify a top ten, so there's no "caste system" driving the scheduling of knives in that category.

Canoes of the week are a Case 1975 as a top ten canoe and a Fightin' Rooster 4-blade canoe as a wonderful knife that didn't crack my subjective top ten:
View attachment 2035585

View attachment 2035586

International Knife of the Week is a Taramundi (top ten international knife for me):
View attachment 2035588

- GT
Click to expand...
That's just too regimented for me, but glad it works for you. I do get in a rut often and like having a familiar knife in my pocket, so very many of my hundreds of knives get neglected as far as attention and carry. I will give some thought as to setting some kind of rotation schedule, because I have so many knives that I want to carry but can't bring myself to change more than 1-2x a week.

So when I think about switching things up, the idea of change makes me anxious and I leave the same ones in my pocket. It took a lot of energy for me to swap out right front pocket carry last night to a new ZT0450CF that I bought.

I carry a "dirty" knife in my right back pocket for cutting things I would not put in my mouth, and a "clean" knife in my right front pocket for cutting things that might touch my mouth, and then I have a SAK of some sort in a cargo pocket or left side just for the tools. I have not changed my right back pocket "dirty" knife much at all as I beat on the knife and don't want to create too many new "beaters". I only changed my SAK once in the past 2 months. It's the right front "clean" knife that I rotate the most.
 
5K Qs said:
My former rotation schedule treated ALL my knives equally in the sense that they showed up at some position in their category list and weren't scheduled again until every other knife in that category had been scheduled for a week of pocket time. In my new rotation schedule, I wanted to acknowledge that, although I like almost all of my knives, there are some that I like quite a bit more than others, and I wanted to carry my favorites more frequently. So in the new schedule, for most categories, I identified my "top ten" knives for the category, and those show up every other week in the schedule, with less favorite knives "filling the gaps". So in 20 weeks, I've gone through all of my top ten for a category, and can start over on them again, even though in most categories I have quite a few "lesser knives" still waiting for their first turn.

The schedule is set up for 60 weeks, so that I get through my top ten in each category 3 times over the 60 weeks, but in most categories, I get through the "not top ten" only once (and maybe a few of them get carried a second time for categories in which I have fewer knives overall).

A few exceptions to my alternating weeks for top ten and not top ten knives.
• I only have 8 knives total in my lambsfoot category, so I just rotate through all of them over and over in an 8-week cycle.
• I have so many canoes that I'm carrying 2 each week, one of my top ten canoes and one less favorite canoe. So I'll get through my top ten canoes every TEN weeks - Yippee!
• My miscellaneous category is such a diverse bunch of knives that I didn't try to identify a top ten, so there's no "caste system" driving the scheduling of knives in that category.

Canoes of the week are a Case 1975 as a top ten canoe and a Fightin' Rooster 4-blade canoe as a wonderful knife that didn't crack my subjective top ten:
View attachment 2035585

View attachment 2035586

International Knife of the Week is a Taramundi (top ten international knife for me):
View attachment 2035588

- GT
Click to expand...
Those older Case Canoe's are definitely top notch like that '75. Is that a single spring?
 
Modoc ED said:
Jackpot!!!! When we went to the Wagon Wheel Cafe yesterday, they had just set out new red coffee cups. I brought two home with me. We're off with Coco later for the Vet. She's much better but we take her to the Vet for a look-see every couple weeks. I buffed out the Tony Bose signature on the blade of this Ebony Sowbelly and will tote it again today. Sausage and waffles for breakfast.

View attachment 2035341
Click to expand...
Ed, I think we need a bladeforums wagon wheel mug! I end up hearing about the place most mornings! Always appreciate the posts, thank you.
 
I never really thought about carrying two traditionals until I found this thread a few months back. While I don’t always carry two I did today. More or less just because I wanted to take some pictures.

The amber is another one I’ve had for years but finally decided to carry it.
BEB890D4-FAEF-4A03-BD64-808F9FEAE332.jpegF7A511FB-0484-47B4-912D-3CC89886C648.jpeg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top