Whats your favorite pocket knife and why?

This was a gift from my wife 12 years ago. She was killing time before a business appt. so she went in a jewelry store and they had a few WH knives, so she bought this one.

Here are some specs: William Henry Monarch B05 MCT button lock folder, featuring a Rob Thomas “Typhoon” Damascus blade, integral Mokume Gane frame and bolsters by Mike Sakmar, and basketweave carbon fiber scales;


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Locutus D'Borg said:
This was a gift from my wife 12 years ago. She was killing time before a business appt. so she went in a jewelry store and they had a few WH knives, so she bought this one.

Here are some specs: William Henry Monarch B05 MCT button lock folder, featuring a Rob Thomas “Typhoon” Damascus blade, integral Mokume Gane frame and bolsters by Mike Sakmar, and basketweave carbon fiber scales;


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Dude, not an expert-your wife is awesome and a keeper. Take out the garbage with no tantrums.

Dude, not an expert-that is fantastic knife. Mow the lawn with no tantrums.

Dude, not expert-oh nevermind, you owe her!
 
JAB said:
Got one. I like it and carry it on occasion but after nearly 30 years of carrying Small Sebenzas nothing else just feels quite “right” and it’s still a close 2nd.
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I wish I were in the same camp, where I could decide and stay loyal to that decision.

It's a tough expression of personality.

I'm glad the choice isn't easy or wrong.
 
I love my old three dot Buck 110. It was beat up and some blade loss but no loss of blade length when I got it, along with lock rock and some side to side play so I don’t feel the least bit bad about using it hard. It had been sharpened so poorly I had to spend some time with a worksharp belt sharpener to get it to the point where a stone would do the job. I was too lazy to use a mill file. I’ll use that old Buck to cut anything. Get home and break out the black DMT and hone it up again. I love a cleanly apexed coarse edge especially on this beater. There’s a certain freedom in that; Using it like I stole it without compunction.

When I use it up and it needs it, I’ll send it in for a re-blade and keep on using it like I hate it even though I love it like no other. It was the last Buck 110 I carried as a cop, on my duty belt in a single magazine pouch for a 1911 magazine of all things. Fits perfectly! It seen manhunts for escaped convicts, high speed pursuits, prison transports, domestic violence calls, wrecks, D.O.A.’s, O.D.’s… but it also helped during happy times too, but those don’t keep it awake at night in the dresser drawer. I reckon the thing could qualify for a PTSD retirement if I were still on the job, cause that last year or two was full of action. I digress.

I’ve pounded, sliced, pried (lightly and gently),… all kinds of knife no-no’s I’ve thrown at it and it keeps coming back for more like it has Stockholm Syndrome for me. It was with me the day I turned in my badge for good. It went with me every day to truck driving school when I decided to get my CDL and get away from cop life. It was in my pocket when I took my tests and passed. It went to Texas with me on that first job and I carried it every day driving the lower 48. It even likely saved my life one dark night at an Arizona truck stop, it changed the guys mind when he decided he didn’t want my wallet that bad after all. Not bad enough to get gutted like a deer for it anyway but that’s a story for another time maybe. I remember pulling over in the Rockies to whittle on a stick with it and missing home. It got used as a kitchen knife a lot, living on the road like that. Seeing all this wrote down makes me wanna dig it out and carry it more often. It seems to prefer the more calm life of driving trucks pulling tankers. Maybe we both do. It has a habit of kicking other knives out of my pocket. Maybe I have Stockholm Syndrome for that old beater Buck?
 
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JC972 said:
I love my old three dot Buck 110. It was beat up and some blade loss but no loss of blade length when I got it, along with lock rock and some side to side play so I don’t feel the least bit bad about using it hard. It had been sharpened so poorly I had to spend some time with a worksharp belt sharpener to get it to the point where a stone would do the job. I was too lazy to use a mill file. I’ll use that old Buck to cut anything. Get home and break out the black DMT and hone it up again. I love a cleanly apexed coarse edge especially on this beater. There’s a certain freedom in that; Using it like I stole it without compunction.

When I use it up and it needs it, I’ll send it in for a re-blade and keep on using it like I hate it even though I love it like no other. It was the last Buck 110 I carried as a cop, on my duty belt in a single magazine pouch for a 1911 magazine of all things. Fits perfectly! It seen manhunts for escaped convicts, high speed pursuits, prison transports, domestic violence calls, wrecks, D.O.A.’s, O.D.’s… but it also helped during happy times too, but those don’t keep it awake at night in the dresser drawer. I reckon the thing could qualify for a PTSD retirement if I were still on the job, cause that last year or two was full of action. I digress.

I’ve pounded, sliced, pried (lightly and gently),… all kinds of knife no-no’s I’ve thrown at it and it keeps coming back for more like it has Stockholm Syndrome for me. It was with me the day I turned in my badge for good. It went with me every day to truck driving school when I decided to get my CDL and get away from cop life. It was in my pocket when I took my tests and passed. It went to Texas with me on that first job and I carried it every day driving the lower 48. It even likely saved my life one dark night at an Arizona truck stop, it changed the guys mind when he decided he didn’t want my wallet that bad after all. Not bad enough to get gutted like a deer for it anyway but that’s a story for another time. Seeing all this wrote down makes me wanna dig it out and carry it again. It seems to prefer the more calm life of driving trucks pulling tankers. Maybe we both do.
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And I thought I was a great storyteller and wordy! You poet, you!

May you live well and prosper!
 
donkey12 said:
The knife is called a loomfixer? I'm trying to find one but not seeing anything.
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Yes a LoomFixer. Case has made them. Rough Rider calls it a Half Hawk. Sometimes the pattern was called a New England Whaler.

The black ones showns are older KA-BARs. My favorite by far. Only because they are a little thinner and have carbon steel blades. Also the hardest to find.

Hope you find one.
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The shape is a sway back jack, and you will see the same shape with only the large sheeps foot (rope knife) or only a hawk bill (pruner). Those are nice too, but I like the secondary pen blade
 
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eveled said:
Yes a LoomFixer. Case has made them. Rough Rider calls it a Half Hawk. Sometimes the pattern was called a New England Whaler.

The black ones showns are older KA-BARs. My favorite by far. Only because they are a little thinner and have carbon steel blades. Also the hardest to find.

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The shape is a sway back jack, and you will see the same shape with only the large sheeps foot (rope knife) or only a hawk bill (pruner). Those are nice too, but I like the secondary pen blade
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What a great collection. I'm definitely going to be finding me a few. Thanks for the information.
 
One of my favorites is this Druid Integral in S90V. It was a grail ever since I saw Peter's pictures over 10 years ago, and finally got one shortly after that. Checks all the boxes.
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And then there's the Spyderco Gayle Bradley Air, and although perfect for office/special occasion carry, it was a little small for EDC. I had Nathawut make me a larger version in a Ti framelock with Nichols 3V core.

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