Your favourite EDC pattern

#77. All day long.
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I tend to gravitate toward this type for my primary pocket knife -- large, single blades. Not exactly a favorite pattern, but definitely a preferred type.

















 
My EDC is a Buck 301 or 371 stockman, along with a 4 blade scout/camp/utility, and a Buck 110. Some days I add a canoe to these three.
 
I tend to favor the whittler patterns, especially any with a split spring. Great main for most tasks (food, slicing an apple, or spending time in the woods). The other side has two small blades, being a pen and a coping in my case on the two GEC #38s I have. I keep the coping as a scalpel, and the pen for boxes, public and the like. I get as much utility out of this one knife as I have ever been able to with a larger folder and a peanut combo (just don't tell Jackknife... he might pull my cult membership!!). As it uses a split spring setup, it still carries nice and slim too!
 
The knife that sees the most pocket is my Case Sodbuster Jr. in yellow delrin. I have some fancier knives (and more expensive) that I really like, but the Sodbuster is my favorite. The blade has developed a lovely mottled blue and golden color patina from slicing my lunchtime apples. It looks great with the pale yellow handle. For around $20 it was a great investment.

Mike
 
I have a few knives that fall into the favorite EDC category. Not just one.

Let's start with the one or two that I have handy pretty much all the time.

GEC Wharncliffe trapper in smooth ivory bone:

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Then there is the avatar mini copperhead. I can't say how much I like this pattern... In this photo, you can tell it gets used...

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and a treasured knife that I came to own a while back - GEC 66 jack in rotten banana bone:

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Ed J
 
For me, the main attribute of traditionals is the increased utility of multi-blade knives, with different cutting profiles. The only time I carry a single blade is if I also have an SAK on me. So my favorite EDC patterns are stockmen and two-blade jacks. Strangely, I never got into whittlers; I prefer the larger sheepfoot of a stockman to the small coping blade on a whittler. The combo of a clip and sheepfoot really works for me; here are some of my faves.

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Thank you all for your replies. I have ordered the Queen rail splitter. Coping and pen secondary blades with a clip main. Perfect.
 
Student762 said:
Thank you all for your replies. I have ordered the Queen rail splitter. Coping and pen secondary blades with a clip main. Perfect.
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I think you made a great choice. I have a Queen made Tuna Valley Railsplitter, and it is one of my favorites (I have too many. Hehe).
 
Student762 said:
Thank you all for your replies. I have ordered the Queen rail splitter. Coping and pen secondary blades with a clip main. Perfect.
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Excellent choice. I'm sure you will love it.

If you don't mind my asking, which handle material did you choose?
 
My favorite pattern is the Wharncliffe Trapper. One blade with a straight edge and one with a little belly seems to get it done for me. Something like this.
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Railsplitter said:
Excellent choice. I'm sure you will love it.

If you don't mind my asking, which handle material did you choose?
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Hey there Railsplitter, it seems as though your handle tells us which is your preferred pattern ;) :thumbup:
I got the amber bone one. I was aiming for a walnut handled model but I found my choices were severely limited. Being Australian it's very hard to find a dealer here that stocks all the variations and I've never had much luck getting knives through customs.
 
Student762 said:
Hey there Railsplitter, it seems as though your handle tells us which is your preferred pattern ;) :thumbup:
I got the amber bone one. I was aiming for a walnut handled model but I found my choices were severely limited. Being Australian it's very hard to find a dealer here that stocks all the variations and I've never had much luck getting knives through customs.
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Sounds good. I'm sure you will like the blade arrangement as well as Queen's D2 steel.
 
I have a nice little rotation going but my GEC 48 Trapper seems to get the most pocket time. Which is funny to me; I don't need two full sized blades, it's a pretty big knife and it's heavy for it's size. Yet, I think it might be my favorite.

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