What's the most useful traditional pattern to you.

the stockman has been an EDC for many years and even wear them out with use.
 
Silverdagger said:
My thoughts are this. Get something that fits inbetween the peanut and trapper.
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Sounds like a copperhead.:thumbup: When I set out to get a trapper, I ended up with a copperhead because its smaller size seemed more pocketable. Lately I find myself attracted to canoes with the versatile combo of spear and pen blades.
 
Wharncliffe whittler cause I wear suits more then I wear boots...............

Stockman in the woods though with a "good" Jumbo Trapper close behind. No stainless steel either.

Syn
 
I would probably choose the copperhead pattern too. I love the 5-1/4'' folding hunters, but they are a wee bit large for everyday usage. The copperheads are practically a shrunken folding hunter, reduced to around 3-3/4'' on average. I currently have four of them, two Queens with D2 blades(one #41L CSB, one #41 stag), one Bulldog in stag/carbon steel, one Henckels (obviously a Boker made knife)in stag/stainless. I wish Queen would make a two bladed copperhead with D2 blades in the new amber bone or some pretty stag, I'd be on one of those right quicklike.

I chose the copperheads as favorites because of two differently shaped blades, but both are pointed. I've never had much usage for sheepfoot or spey blades, or even spear points. Cleaning fingernails, picking splinters, or even skinning a squirrel or rabbit, I want a sharp point. I have a couple of stockmans, very pretty, very practical, but a large part of the time, I pick up one of the copperheads when I head out.
 
I like 2-bladed slippies the most. The ones I find myself coming back to are Trappers, Jacks, and Canoes.
Right now I have a Queen D2 CSB Canoe in my pocket. Yesterday it was a Cozy Glen/Queen City Mini Trapper, and before that a fullsize Case CV Trapper. Those are my top 3, while the others (stockmen included) usually just sit in a drawer.
 
jtb49er2000 said:
I have to agree with the stockman pattern being the most versatile model. As stated already by Kamagong, my clip blade gets the most general use, the spey blade stays like a scalpel and is reserved for skinning, and even though I keep the sheepsfoot sharper than I need to, it's used for rougher cutting. All and all, if I had to ditch all my knives and only have one pocketknife to handle all pocketknife duties, it would be a stockman pattern. That being said, I do have a nice full size trapper that serves as a great outdoors kind of knife. The blades are a little thicker and robust and the long spey blade does a terrific job of skinning. The trapper comes in at a very close second, but either pattern is tough to beat.
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Well said. Stockman or trapper for me too.
 
Hey guys,

The swell center jack looks really good.
Just got a Scharde, the american version, stockman and middleman. Will see how that goes.
By the way, can you feel the difference with you are using the knife. Whether is the classic yellow or bone?


God bless.
 
Another vote for a scout/camp pattern. Recently either the SAK Soldier or the Case Scout Jr. have been my edc. I'll also carry a Camillus Cub Scout utility knife. These have been the most useful recently.
 
Good question,this is one question I would like to ask my friend BLUES..the Super mod.He loves slippies now lives in N Carolina & prob.uses slipies more than most.Be interesting to see which pattern he chooses & wonder if it will be production or custom!Course knowing BLUES...he will prob.dodge the bullet,& say something slippy PC ....saying he has no fav.& likes all patterns.
Jim
 
Both the stockmand and the trapper are great patterns, but for what I use a knife for, I prefer having a combination of long and short blades like on a stockman (or a whittler). I also like the congress pattern and basic jacks like the gunstock. I find that the sheepfoot blade is a very useful blade to have on an EDC slipjoint.
 
I hate to say it but if I could only have one traditional slip joint, I would have to go with a sod buster. I love small knives, like peanuts, and pen knives. I also am a big fan of trappers, stockmans, TL-29's and many other patterns. But the sod buster is a strong, light weight knife that is cheep, easily replaced and packs a ton of cutting power. I have used my full size Case to clean and butcher deer, clean trout and pan fish,cut food on Picknicks, work, repair hand tools, set up camps, and every thing in between. It even does ok with most smaller tasks. The fact that it has one blade makes it easy to clean, and maintain. If I was going to be using one knife day in and day out for the rest of my life a Sod buster would be what I want. Joe
 
4 blade, 3.5 congress is what I carry most often. After that, a wharncliffe trapper or Rogers whittler.
 
While I love my CV Case stockmans, my yellow handle Sodbuster Jr in CV is my top choice. With all the other trappers and stockmans I have, only the Sodbuster rides with me all the time.
 
My favorite traditonal patters are stockman,trapper and congress in that order.But I have to say my favorite slippie's are Sak's.
 
Medium stockman.

Although I just got a large Western stockman (model 742), a bit big for pocket carry, but boy what a cutter!
 
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