What's your favorite single blade pattern?

Wow, lots of awesome knives here! Hard to pick a favorite but if I can only choose one, it would be the French Capuchin and it's derivatives. This pattern is from the Pyrenees mountain area dates back to medieval times.





Some Spanish versions. I carried the middle one daily for several years.

 
Here are a couple of Big Boys.

Tidioute #23 Pioneer Linerlock @ 4½"
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Schrade Walden 127UH Linerlock @ 5¼"
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Not sure this is a question I can answer. It really depends on use case. Fancy dinner? Working in the yard? Regular day? Meal prep? Here are some favorites!

I think I’d lean towards the copperlock even though I prefer carbon steel. It can handle everything, is safe to hand to someone because it locks, and dressed in ebony it can certainly be that fancy steak knife.

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draggat said:
Wow, lots of awesome knives here! Hard to pick a favorite but if I can only choose one, it would be the French Capuchin and it's derivatives. This pattern is from the Pyrenees mountain area dates back to medieval times.





Some Spanish versions. I carried the middle one daily for several years.

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Beautiful curation there Steve, but that Horn Pallares is off the scale :D Never seen one like that before but I do find the basic Pallares are really keen slicers and make wonderful fruit knives or food prep.

In attempting to answer the OP's question, can't say what is my favourite, depends on context, need and mostly mood, I like most of what I've seen here (not surprising 🤣). French knives impress me with their variety and abilities, they have great artisan makers but also (still) really good inexpensive factory work knives, think Opinel (so many types to choose from and brilliant) Au Sabot, GR Knives, G.David, Florinox, and the Douk-Douk a small stainless one I carry incessantly. Wonderfully simple and unobtrusive in the pocket and very effective-look cool too. The Laguiole in its many forms is an impressive knife as it's so right in the hand and while I have a couple of Customs and an oldie this Juniper all stainless one from G.David is my favourite. Why? Well finished, good looking smells great (JUNIPER!) slices beautifully, easy to open, hard to close (safe) and not expensive .

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GEC single clip barlow 15s are a universal favorite. Goldilocks size, steel liners and bolsters result in a sturdy feel, and pinchable blade due to the angle the spine protrudes. Available in many covers, thank you waynorth waynorth

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The old folding hunter with one blade is an elegant composition.
Somebody loved the Schrade Cutco on top for a long time. I love the Craftsman linerlock, and I wonder if my predecessor got it cheap because the stamp is upside-down.
I don't remember being outraged by the missing shield on the North American Hunt Club, so I probably lost it, though it's still outrageous that it wasn't stuck on better.
The Marbles was super cheap, perhaps because there should have been more green in the handles.
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Will Power said:
Beautiful curation there Steve, but that Horn Pallares is off the scale :D Never seen one like that before but I do find the basic Pallares are really keen slicers and make wonderful fruit knives or food prep.

In attempting to answer the OP's question, can't say what is my favourite, depends on context, need and mostly mood, I like most of what I've seen here (not surprising 🤣). French knives impress me with their variety and abilities, they have great artisan makers but also (still) really good inexpensive factory work knives, think Opinel (so many types to choose from and brilliant) Au Sabot, GR Knives, G.David, Florinox, and the Douk-Douk a small stainless one I carry incessantly. Wonderfully simple and unobtrusive in the pocket and very effective-look cool too. The Laguiole in its many forms is an impressive knife as it's so right in the hand and while I have a couple of Customs and an oldie this Juniper all stainless one from G.David is my favourite. Why? Well finished, good looking smells great (JUNIPER!) slices beautifully, easy to open, hard to close (safe) and not expensive .

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Thanks Will. I got lucky on that Pallares horn. Most of what came from their workshop is not good - low quality flakey stuff.

Can't go wrong with a Laguiole and juniper is always a great choice!
 
I guess my favorites are the two Schrade linerlocks in 1095 steel, the 125OT, and the 194OT.
 
3 1/8" swayback gents for honorable mention. Plenty of blade for most of my needs. Straight blade is easy to sharpen and the pointed tip is useful.

Hand made gold cufflinks were a wedding present from my grandmother to my grandfather 105 years ago, alongside her onyx pinky ring.

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