Your favorite "minimalist" pattern.

[whetrock]

The Case Tiny Toothpick is growing on me, as has the Peanut, but I really am curious what is your favorite knife that's a bit on the miniscule, or skimpy side.
The Tiny toothpick is a nice sliver of steel. This thing took a superb edge, from only a black Arkansas stone, and strop.





I don't mean to be redundant with this thread.

 

[Old & In The Way]

That's a very nice looking toothpick. I guess my favorite small knife would be the GEC Pemberton. I own a couple (a single and two blade), and am impressed with how well made and sturdy it feels for such a tiny knife. I haven't taken on any beavers with it yet (a nod to the Peanut Cult), but feel like it can tackle most anything I need to accomplish. The single blade in particular seems extraordinarily simple yet elegant to me.

 

[Rsmith_77]

Buck 309
like a peanut, only tougher

 

[arizonaranchman]

Without hesitation it's this little wonder... The #06 Pemberton in Autumn Gold bone.

 

[kamagong]

At 3 1/8" closed this half-whittler is my smallest slipjoint.

Here it is next to a forum moose.

- Christian

 

[dogstar]

My favorite little knife would be the Vic Classic

 

[Sonnemann]

Maybe not what you were thinking of, but for a minimalist traditional knife I immediately think of of the SAK Bantam. I have both the standard and Alox versions and I think it is the most functional single-layer SAK out there. The Alox version could slip in your wallet unnoticed pretty easily and opens bottles, opens cans, screws screws, strips wires, and has a 2.5" main blade to boot. My other minimalist favorite, the Compact, is basically a larger Bantam with an added full-size scissor layer and a ballpoint pen, parcel hook/nail file, corkscrew, and hidden straight pin. They are truly economical in their nesting of tools in only a layer or two, and avoid the unnecessary bulk of a separate bottle/can opener and the cool, but rarely used saw of the Farmer.

For an American traditional pattern I definitely second the humble tiny toothpick. I have one in chestnut and CV and it is really a gem, just a little razor.

 

[black mamba]

At 3⅛ inches closed this might be a little large, but it's very flat (single spring) and light, and beautiful and sharp and a joy to use.

Robeson 622359 Swell Center Pen

 

[knarfeng]

I really am curious what is your favorite knife that's a bit on the miniscule, or skimpy side.

Regulations at work limit me to a knife with no more than a 2" blade and 4 1/2" total length.

This Buck 305 Lancer is the knife I carry most frequently at work...

 

[herisson]

Definitely this... the smallest Douk. Minimalist but far from skimpy : full grown almost 3" blade ! Ha, Ha !

 

[Old Hunter]

Either of these two pen knives - the Mini-Copperhead is the thinner of the two, useful for light dress pants, the Serpentine Jack is the stouter of the two. OH

 

[SAK Guy]

194OT...nice thin and Old Timer sharp!!!!

 

[marchone]

Peanuts are cool, and very minimal. The SAK Waiter has been my standard EDC for decades. I think I've used the corkscrew more than the blade. But I always have knives at hand.

 

[Stich2442]

I will say the #26 is becoming a favorite small knife



Pete

 

[Living_Simply]

I'm a minimalist by nature. I love sodbusters, it doesn't get much more utilitarian.

 

[screened porch]

I was thinking minimalist as in simple, and came up with single blade granddaddy Barlow. For tiny, I have a Camillus like Knarfeng's Buck Lancer. For tiny that I would carry as primary, I have a little flat cattle knife .

Or a little flat jack like the Robeson in the middle here:

 

[mr_badexample]

This 33 conductor is my most carried knife. It can handle 90% of my daily activities.

 

[jackknife]

Hmm, minimalist.

For me, a fan of the peanut, the peanut is my edc pocket knife. So a minimalist knife for me would bee one actually smaller than the peanut. That slot would probably be taken by the little Vic classic on my keyring. It's a very very useful item for it;s size, and after witnessing what my better half dished out to hers, I don't feel bad about using mine as my tiny beater. Since it's on my keyring, I can't leave home without it. Makes sure I have some kind of knife on me, no matter how forgetful I get.

But even more minimalistic that that, would be the old Christy knife my dad carried the last years of his life. He had bad arthritis in his fingers, and opening a conventional knife was a pain, literally. He had this old Christy knife he used for all his little cutting.

 

[Codger_64]

Some neat knives here! scrteened porch, is that cattle knife a Kent or Dunlap made by Camillus? I've seen a few actually maker branded, but most are merchant branded.

I like my old fixed blade knives and I suppose the mostest minimalist would be my "A.W. Wadsworth & Son Germany" branded Adolph Kastor & Bros. c. 1911 Fishing Knife.

And maybe the slightly later "Kent" branded Camillus Sportsman's pattern. Can a sheath knife get more minimal?

Of course there are many brandings of the old c. 1930 Outers pattern, pretty much just steel and bone. This is the old Remington RH4, but most every cutlery at the time either made their own version of the pattern or had someone else make one for them with their own branding.

 

[Pipeman]

Here are 4 "littles" that i carry and use. The 3 oldies are 3 inches, the northwoods Norfolk is 3 1/4.

Best regards

Robin

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