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I bought a few of them back around 04 when I heard they were shutting down US operations.(shrade/uncle henry)

One for each of my kids. A couple are still in the safe. my oldest boy has his & hasn't lost it (yet).

Speaking of American made, you can usually find tons of great quality American made knives in the cabinets of the antique malls. Most of the time they are a real steal in need of just a little TLC to get them back to as new condition. Every time my wife drags me in one of those places I end up buying one. I've often wondered what stories they would tell if they could.

Lynn;

W.R. Case - one of the classic makers, still 100% made in the USA (they shut down their overseas plants instead of US plants during the recession).

Try their "small stockman"; about THE classic design:

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I see a new Trapper in my future.

This Dogleg Jack is in my pocket right now-


I got mine from A.G. Russel in Rogers, Arkansas a year or so ago. I must have been asleep when I told the lady which one I wanted, because I'm sure I pointed to the Trapper beside it. I'll get the trapper, possibly this weekend on my way back through there.

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This is next on my list.

Im real happy with the Cold Steel Tanto folders...not real traditional but have served me well..

Thanks Dave, the micarta one is my daily driver and the jigged bone mini my "dress up", The Camulis Blaze is the one I carry when I will be cutting hay bale twine & feed sacks open.

Mine are old fashioned Carbon Steel thank you.

T A Davison makes very nice traditional folders.

http://www.tadscustomknives.com/

Most excellent and traditional choice. The 4 1/8" Trapper pattern is one of my favorites and I carry one daily. The different Trapper versions from Case (made in the USA) are quite numerous and well worth their cost.

Here is a BG-42 Case. a slip lock, semi drop blade 2 1/2", w/Green Bone at Midway.

Hearing some good stuff on it, rating it right up there with the best of knife steels. Seems to be a consensus occuring w/custom makers also.

Not for sure why, but hearing not as much reject on the heat treatment, running around 50% for correct Brinnell.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=181544

edit: typo

Yeah that's the stuff, not sure which handles I like best but that's a sweet knife.

Me too. A Case knife will last him the rest of his life if'n he don't lose it.

Mine too. I have several case knives with chrome vanadium blades. They take and hold a wicked edge. It's only the Case knives with their "tru sharp" stainless blades that suck. Unfortunately, most of their knives are made with the crappy stainless blades these days.

I had a "Black Beauty" Switch-Blade Knife in the late 50's -

Along with my 'duck-tail' haircut, a 'studded' black leather jacket, black Engineer Boots, low slung Levi's (with the belt loops removed), and a white short-sleeved tee-shirt with one sleeve rolled up to en-case my pack of "Lucky Strike" (un-filtered) Cigarettes, and an ATTITUDE!!!

You wouldn't want to know (or belive) 'what' I traded that knife away for ...

(In retrospect, I think every knife I now own is 'probably' of better quality than my old switch-blade.)

Now-a-days, my favorite 'pocket-carry'knife is a black-handled single-blade CASE SODBUSTER. (I got two, both sizes.)

The "Peanut" I pictured has the Chrome Vanadium blades the Micarta handled one is old carbon steel that I blued with Oxpho-Blue and keep oiled with G-96, no rust and stays wicked sharp with little effort.

I still have this Puma General I carried for a full 27 years as a Peace Officer and it is another that takes a wicked edge and holds it forever. I cut a plastic bumper off a car with it one night to get a guys arm out, it would still shave the hair on my arm when I got done. The Normark in the picture has dressed out literally TONS of game over the past 50 Years. Was still shaving sharp after my only Elk was ready to pack out.

Case.

Ain't a thing wrong with good carbon steel, T!

Good carbon heat treated correctly will touch up, or correct the edge much quicker, and just as sharp.

I can get kind of partial to carbon w/color that shows a lot of use, .

I prefer a good 3 blade stockman type, keep the clip blade for fine cutting, the sheepsfoot for rougher stuff like twine and cardboard while the 3rd blade gets the bubba stuff like battery terminals.
I carried a Case 3 blade stockman for close to 30 years. Great knife. I'll 2nd the new tru-sharp stainless being junk. The SS Case I have now gets dull just riding in my pocket.
Probably my favorite is 30 year old Buck 301 Stockman. I carried it for years on the farm, but it's a little big for my office job these days. Still goes in my pocket anytime we go hunting.
Just received a CRKT Lake 111 2 1/2" lockback. I'm really liking it so far, like Cheesy I'm not crazy about clipping it on my pocket, but I have no doubt it's a good knife.