What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Locking Knife of the Week is an oriental Schrade 5OT Bruin that I bought at Tractor Supply:
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International Knife of the Week is a rosewood Coursolle Pradel from France:
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knarfeng said:
A few months ago, one of the members (Might have been S Sid Post ) was asking about a large stockman to be used as a work knife on the farm. That got me wondering about how the latest versions of Schrade Uncle Henry knives were looking, now that they've been made offshore for about 20 years. Schrade appears to still be part of Taylor Brands, but Taylor is now owned by Smith and Wesson. The first Asian Schrade knives out the pipe in ~2005 were pretty poor. By ~2012 they were putting out a reasonable product, but not one that a collector would salivate over. Now they have a "Next Gen" version. So I bought a couple to try.

I would say they are still not collector knives, but they are nicer than the knife I bought in 2012 and do a good job as a work knife. Springs are flat in open and closed positions. Blades are well shaped. Springs are about a 5. One minor gap betweent the springs, no gaps anywhere else. Blades feel crisp on the stones. US Schrade used to run their 440A stainless at 58HRC. These feel similar. And the 7Cr17MoV is a very close approximation to 440A. Reasonably tough, holds an edge OK, easy to sharpen. And if you do something that needs to be done, but which wrecks the knife, they are inexpensive to replace.

I said all that to say that today I have an Taylor Next Gen Schrade 885UH Senior Rancher in my pocket today as I work in the garden pulling weeds.
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I actually ended up with the large Case Stockman in Burlap. Really nice knife. I might need to try one of these new ones you are talking about. I discounted them as I really dislike "Taylor Brands" offerings, and S&W never impressed me either.

Cutting baling twine in a cow pasture is probably better done with one of these than my more expensive Case. A fixed blade is what most people think of first, but getting the blade under the twine and above the hay is not as easy as you would think to actually cut just the twine! Tension of the bale and what was baled matters too!
 
Sid Post said:
I actually ended up with the large Case Stockman in Burlap. Really nice knife. I might need to try one of these new ones you are talking about. I discounted them as I really dislike "Taylor Brands" offerings, and S&W never impressed me either.

Cutting baling twine in a cow pasture is probably better done with one of these than my more expensive Case. A fixed blade is what most people think of first, but getting the blade under the twine and above the hay is not as easy as you would think to actually cut just the twine! Tension of the bale and what was baled matters too!
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Sounds like a job for a wharncliffe?
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Or a hawksbill/ pruning knife?
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