Your top 5 must have production knives?

GEC #56 Dogleg Jack.
GEC #73 Scout.
GEC #12 Toothpick frame.
Buck 300 series stockman, 301 for me.
Any USA Scout knife.
 
S&M F&W teardrop jack
Eye 4 1/4" stockman
Queen slipjoint Mountain Man
Fontenille Pataud laguiole
Northwoods #11
 
GEC Mini Hunter (#73)
GEC Conductor (#33)
Buck Stockman (#301)
Buck Muskrat (#313)
GEC White Owl (#68)


Chris D. :D
 
Errr..., does this mean those you don't have? or do have or a combo.

If it means those I don't have:
GEC conductor
Case Barlow
A.G. Russell peanut
Canal Street Cannitler
Queen mini trapper

If it means of those I do own,
Case mini copperhead
Case sway back jack
Bulldog canoe
Bladeforums 2009 Barlow
Case 62032 Texas Jack

If it is a combination of what I have and what I don't
Bladeforums 2009 Barlow,
Canal Street Cannitler
GEC Conductor
Case sway back jack
Case Texas jack.

I think that covers the bases. I also get heartburn with these kind of questions. Who wants just 5 knives anyway?

Ed J
 
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Case CV trapper
Queen Stockman Aged Honey Amber Stag Bone
Buck 110 or 112
Case Peanut
Case Sway Back Jack Chestnut bone CV

The knives that I dont have that I MUST have:
Case 47 frame stag rancher stockman
Case cigar whittler
GEC Barlow
Buck 119 special
Schrade USA old timer 340t
 
1. KA-BAR USMC
2. Case mini trapper, yella CV
3. Buck 110
4. Case sodbuster
5. Case peanut
in no particular order
 
Since each collector tends to have a different focus for his collection, I doubt that there is such a thing as 5 knives that everyone must have. Someone who collects Case knives won't list the same knives as someone who collects Queen knives.

A more apropos question might be, "What is the focus of your collection and what 5 knives are central to it."
 
Amen, but still, there are a few things that every red- blooded American should have at least once in his/her life, same with every nationality. Example- U.S.A, a Ka-Bar USMC, and an Okapi for an African.
 
Case Barlow knife (my second knife as a kid)
Buck 110 (the "benchmark" for me as a kid)
Victorinox SAK (Climber or the like)
Case Peanut (my first knife...got one when I was 6 or so)
Ka-Bar (Another "gotta have"-still looking for one for myself)
 
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every red- blooded American should have at least once in his/her life, same with every nationality. Example- U.S.A, a Ka-Bar USMC
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ummm...I'm an American and I don't have a KaBar USMC.


and Folks, lets keep to traditionals, whatever you list.
 
this is a hard question... but for me it has to be...

case sodbuster jr.
buck 100, 112 or 55
case pen knife
case melon tester (maybe a tie between this and a schrade sharp finger)
case clasp

I don't have all of these, I really want the clasp and melon tester just because i have always thought they were so cool ;)
 
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I went with models I don't currently own, but have to have some time.

Moore Maker 5301 Stockman
Queen #2 Jack
Case Copperlock
Buck 301 Stockman
AG Russell Sowbelly Trapper
 
Here are mine in no particular order........Guess what my favorite pattern is?:o

Case 75 pattern Stockman
Case 92 pattern Stockman
Puma 675 Stockman (the older models)
S&M Gunstock pattern Stockman
Schrade Walden 825 pattern Stockman
 
knarfeng said:
Since each collector tends to have a different focus for his collection, I doubt that there is such a thing as 5 knives that everyone must have. Someone who collects Case knives won't list the same knives as someone who collects Queen knives.

A more apropos question might be, "What is the focus of your collection and what 5 knives are central to it."
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Must have?

Unique examples of different types of patterns?
Classic styles by classic manufactures?
Users that I could not do without?
 
Knives I own and must have:
Camillus TL-29
Case Peanut
Sway Back Jack
2011 Forum Knife
Alox Soldier

Knives I don't have but must own:
Let's just say the list is VERY long.
 
Based on what I see as the classics:

SAK of some type - preferable a Vic soldier
Buck 110
Schrade Old Timer stockman - 34OT or 8OT
Case pen or peanut
Little Finn of some sort

Based on quality:

GEC #73
Case swayback jack
GEC executive whittler or gambler
Queen Burke small barlow
GEC 2011 forum knife
 
1. Victorinox Classic
2. Buck 110
3. Case Peanut
4. Case Swayback Jack
5. GEC #73 Frame

Keep in mind, I am not a Case fan and I prefer smaller knives. But, I bet dollars to donuts we all have a Vic Classic laying around somewhere. We all tend to agree about the qualities of the Case Swayback Jack. The Buck 110 is an iconic American knife. The Case Peanut is an incredible knife for its size. Finally, the #73 frame GEC is likely the iconic knife made by Great Eastern, as much as it may pain me to admit that.
 
These are five of my go-to patterns for carry and use:
Case Bose collaboration dogleg
Queen gunstock
Cold Steel medium stockman
A.G. Russell scout
GEC easy open jack
 
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