What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

Had these 4 out today. Needed to take a picture for the Trade thread

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TheChunk91 said:
I think it would be fine, the only real hindrance would be the lack of a longer blade with belly but only sometimes. The two narrow short blades, one with belly and one straight, will handle the vast majority of things you'd need a pocket knife for. Small blades can do big jobs easier than a large blade can do small jobs.
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Well said! That helps me to understand my reservations with regard to carrying the seahorse whittler: hauling around that big Wharncliffe blade just so I can have the other two available. A peanut or tiny trapper would be more "practical". (But they wouldn't have the je ne sais quoi, the panache of the seahorse whither.) :D
 
lutejones said:
That’s been my problem with whittler patterns, even the much more reasonable case 6383 got eventually replaced in the pocket due to the excessive thickness of the main blade ( and the handle/blade ratio).
I’m carrying today just to reaffirm my views ;)
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I have the Rough Rider version of that pattern and I do like it. I'll have to try that one in my pocket for a while, also. I like the whittlers even though I'm pretty useless at whittling! :p
 
Hanging with the Camillus today is a new one that arrived yesterday. This is my first Case large stockman. I decided to go with yellow Delrin and CV steel, since I've enjoyed that combination so much on my Case medium punch stockman.

The new Case is a very impressive. The whole knife is overbuilt in comparison to my GEC Dixie stockman. The pulls are all a perfect 5, with a decent amount of snap. No spring gaps. No blade wobble whatsoever. Sharp out of the box, although maybe a bit coarse in grit. Pinched bolsters. The blade thickness measures to be about .020" behind the edge on all blades, which I consider very appropriate for a knife of this size. I really dig the big wide sheepsfoot. I'm always a bit disappointed when I buy a stockman, and get an undersized sheepsfoot blade, since the sheepsfoot gets as much use as the primary clip. And I always prefer a nice full clip blade in terms of aesthetics. For less than fifty bucks, it's a heck of a knife. Case totally nailed the large stockman.

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