Would you be ok with just traditional knives for pocket carry?

I could, sometimes I do. Sometimes I carry just a modern. Most if the time it's both at once. :)
 
Absolutely. I have no interest in moderns at all in fact. I own 2 or 3 moderns but rarely carry them. They're tools and I do believe in using the right tool for the job so they see occasional use. Only if in a place that I can't carry my Glock is a modern folder added, otherwise it's just my 55 and one other slippie. Outdoors for chores it's a very sturdy fixed blade in a sheath (my BK2).
 
Could I, yes I could, heck people have only had tactical modern knives in the last 30 or so years prior to that you couldn't even had asked this there was no choice, yet they seemed to be able to get by, (was a traditional pattern made during the 40s considered a modern knife back then?).

Would I? No, I like having a one hand locking blade for when it's called for, (like when I have only one hand free and need to open my knife)
 
I did and I do - in fact.

I carried the Case Medium Stockman CV with Chestnut Bone for just nine months as my only knife. As well as the GEC #66 Serpentine Jack that I carried for several months as well.

Never missed something...
 
Unfortunately my addiction will not allow me to own only one type of knife. If it has a blade, I will buy it and I've learned to accept that.

But during the week when I'm in the office I only carry a traditional folder and I never feel a need for something different.

Also I find traditional folders, including traditional lock-backs more aesthetically pleasing. I really enjoy handling a well made knife with wood , bone or stag scales.
Modern folders are more like machines and I enjoy them too, but in a different way.
 
I've carried traditional slipjoints exclusivley for 50 years, could there be something I'm missing by not carrying modern folders?
Ken.
 
I've carried a traditional nearly everyday since I was a Scout, don't even own a modern; so I have no issue with a traditional as my sole EDC. OH
 
I carry traditionals exclusively. This Christmas I gave away my Sebenza to my brother. I still have a BM Axis lock in my drawer, but that's just because I haven't gotten around to selling it. It's been unused for 10 or so years.
 
I don't know why it has to be one or the other. When I started in the trades I carried a couple of different 4" slip joints that did the job for me for years. But even back in the early 70s I wouldn't carry a Buck 110 as that knife was looked at as a "modern knife". Guys that carried that on site were often chided with "why don't you get a fixed blade and be done with it" or "heck, if the blade broke you could always use it for a hammer!".

The Buck 100 locked ( "hey dummy, learn how to use a knife properly and you won't need training wheels" ) and had some kind of super rust resistant steel ( "if you would learn how to take care of a knife you wouldn't have to worry about that stuff" ) and was much larger than any other knife on the job. It was considered a show off knife, one that a wannabe tough guy carried. Too modern for most folks taste around here.

But in just a few years it proved to be so successful at its job it was a job site standard. Now, just a little over 40 years later it is considered a traditional!

So a good design (to me) isn't that easy to dismiss as one kind of knife or another by attaching a label to it. Today's modern might be tomorrow's traditional. This can be seen by the excellent thread that was on this subforum a couple of months back that showed "modern traditonals" and how traditionals have evolved over the years.

I could still get by with just a traditional in my pocket, even in my business as a hands on contractor. But I won't. I don't have to. With a good modern blade like a RAT 1 on my pocket I can use that for any unpleasant, dirty, "questionable for a knife task" that I want and never worry. I only have a couple of those modern styled knives out of my stable of about 80 - 90, and they are both tough as nails. They allow me to keep my prized traditional in my pocket for slicing only chores, which I like.

Years ago, I did a stint managing funds for a bank. Could I carry a traditional only in a white collar job? All day long, and glad to do it.

Robert
 
Let your needs dictate ... what you need :-)

If a slipjoint will do everything you need.. have at it.
If you prefer a knife with faster or one hand opening ability.. use one.
If you feel a fixed blade better suits your needs (hard use or protection).. that's what you should carry.

I like all 3 and depending on my needs will carry what works best for that situation. I always have a folder on me and sometimes a fixed blade. Now that I'm getting more into traditionals, I may find myself carrying 3 knives.. one of each :-)
 
That is all I'm carrying these days. I used to be way into tacticals. I had lots of them from many of the great makers, Mayo, Cook, Obenauf, Hinderer, Terzoula, Lambert, Lightfoot, etc. Also had Sebenzas and balisongs and plenty more. Then, mysteriously, I just sort of lost interest in knives and eventually sold them off and stopped carrying a knife. I went for a few years without carrying a knife of any type really. Just recently got back into traditionals and I've been carrying a GEC #15 single blade spearpoint lately and I really like having something to open boxes and mail but don't feel the need for any more than that.

So, yes, for me a traditional is all I feel I need these days.
 
My direct answer to the OP's question is yes.

Qualifier: I carry at least three knives daily. Firstly, a modern, one-hand, opener for convenience: secondly, some traditional pattern (stockman, trapper, jack, etc.) and thirdly, a multi-tool (almost always a Leatherman).
 
If it was always legal for me to carry a fixed blade: without a doubt. Too bad its not, and definitely not always socially acceptable.
 
I go back and forth. Today it's nothing but a Case Peanut. As soon as I got to work there were a few cardboard boxes to break down. The peanut did it just fine, but now I have some blade play. It would have been nice to have a modern folder. I think I like traditionals more for their craftsmanship, and what they represent . I like moderns more for their function, and the fact that I can adjust them.
 
I grew up with "traditional" knives. So yes, I could get along with them. BUT...

If I need a "modern" knife for easy of getting to it = pocket clip.
Or, a need for one hand opening = thumb stud

Then I'll carry a modern folder. The only real time the above fits is when I was deer hinting from a elevated tree stand, with a web safety harness. I always wanted to be able to get to my folder and be able to open it with one hand in case of a fall. Yes...I do fall asleep in my stand when times are slow. I have a few older SOGs that fit that description. The older ones are SWEEEET folders.

Other than that a traditional will work for me.

Tom
 
I accumulate both traditionals and modern tech knives but I carry a liner lock w/thumbstud. I have nothing against traditionals other than almost all require two hands to open them.
 
Yes definately i do love a fixed blade and am a big fan of assisted folders, but a good traditional buck or even a classic case pin is nice to have. Hell if i HAD to a sharpened rock would satisy me.
 
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