Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

A couple days early. I've been eyeing Opinels for years, and just never got around to getting any. Picked up a 6, 7 and 8 to see how they're going to work for me. The No 6 is the smallest I'd be comfortable handling. No 8 feels right. No 7 doesn't feel bad but just kinda feels "meh" between the 6 and 8. Most likely 8, maybe a 9, going forward if I get any more. Oh yeah, Olive wood on the 6 and 8, standard Beechwood on the 7.
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SomebodySomewhere said:
Spear points have grown on me — maybe the best all-arounders when all is said and done. They don’t look quite as racing fast or whatever, but they make more sense to me the more I use them. GEC may be my undoing. ;-)
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I hope to travel the same road as yourself 😝 I can see the reasons why spear points are loved. I don't care about aesthetics as much. GEC seems to have some nice swedges on their spears which I think will help with poking; which, tbh, is the only reason I've always prefered a clip over a spear.
SomebodySomewhere said:
And yeah, that pen knife … it’s kind of like an emergency backup since it’s never used for anything else!
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I don't think I said it in this thread, but I'd love to get a stockman with a punch. A punch seems infinitely more useful than a pen/spey secondary. I did read an interesting philosophy somewhere about blade use on a stockman. The idea was basically keep your clip as your "emergency" blade. If you primarily use the sheepsfoot and pen/spey, then when you really need something really razor sharp your clip will be ready. If you primarily use the clip and sheepsfoot and you really need something razor sharp, you're likely stuck trying to use your pen/spey secondary. I tried this for a little while but broke down and went back to neglecting the pen/spey 🤣
 
sbh06 said:
Not sure if there are the right words to describe how insanely awesome this one is, B!
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My jaw literally dropped when I opened the package. Eric absolutely nailed the pattern, and the finish job on the mammoth…. 😍😍😍

Sure pairs well with the pocket slip too. 😉
 
SomebodySomewhere said:
For sure on the punch … the harness jacks have been calling to me lately.

And poking really seems to be the argument for a clip. I’m not really sure I understand different blade shapes TBH even after reading about them and observing my own use. Some things are obvious, but at other levels, I wonder if it’s just some idea I got as a kid. Because I do seem to like the clip shape even though I don’t have a great argument for it.
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I think blade preference often is one based on aesthetics but the pattern itself can have an impact. On the whole I prefer a Spear blade to a Clip especially in a pattern like a Teardrop or in single-blade form, they also lie lower in the frame so that I like., Penknife construction for instance. However, on three blade knives my choice is for Clip, just looks and works better, maybe it's the serp frame. GEC's 82 frame offers a brilliant blade assortment: Californian Clip master with Drop-Point and Wharncliffe secondaries.

So much choice in Traditionals and your tastes never stop refining :thumbsup:
 
This was delivered 2 days ago . The Dark Streak in the Micarta running up and to the right from the Lanyard Hole is an area that missed the Jigging Process . And it does not bother me at all .
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Decided to get it to complete the set after I got a note from a dealer that was having a drop on the 13th . My regular dealer was showing no stock .
Set Complete even though I will probably never run into a Cotton Bale .
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Notice the differences in the Blades

Harry
 
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