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I carry a high carbon steel slipjoint in some flavor in a buckaroo pouch along with a fixed blade everyday. Mostly single blade liner lock trappers and muskrats. Case, GEC, US made old timers and an Eye Brand. I don't trust a man who doesn't carry a pocket knife. A box cutter is better than gnawing through a rope or a seat belt! Hahaha

I own a number of old style pocketknives - several single blade and stockman style - but the old style pocketknife which is almost invariably in my pocket, wherever I go, is one of my Swiss Army knives. In fact that is the case right now, with a Victorinox in my pocket as I type this. They are just so versatile and handy, for all sorts of uses.I have several SAK's, the oldest being one handed down by my grandfather which was made more than 50 years ago, and there'd hardly be a day go by that I don't use one for something.

Nope. Don't have a need for a daily pocket knife. Never have.

I have several of my Dads knives, I used to carry one myself. Then one day I was doing something with it, had my hand wrapped around it, and the blade half way folded against my fingers. Now, if it doesn't lock open, I don't carry it. I carry a multi tool every day, never know when I could use one of the other tools in it.

Victorinox Tinker 30 yrs- wore out at 2.

I have always carried a pocket knife until my current job. I have carried a Barlow style knife. A small Buck cattleman, a Case sodbuster jr and an Uncle Henry trapper. In about nine months, I will once again have a knife in my pocket daily.

I've carried a Victorinox classic since it was ok for a high school kid to have a pocket knife. The old one is semi-retired now, as it has gotten pretty beat up over the years. The current one has the fancy pink scales to make it easier to see when it's put down in odd spots.

I carry a Case Trapper and Victorinox Huntsman.

I carry a leather man wave and a knife always. Pocket knife has varied over the years,usually a trapper. 4 years ago I picked up a Rough Rider one-armed trapper on a whim and I like it. The razor blade is sweet for fine slicing. I have a Schatt & Morgan railsplitter that I think is the best knife I have owned. The two above are stainless that I normally shun for carbon steel. I also have a Moore Maker large trapper with a liner lock on the clip blade that is a great knife.

Same here Sir. Great knives.

Jim

I carry a Buck 307 stockman for everyday and a Case CV Trapper during hunting season. I have to agree with Wayne Shaw that a locking knife is safer but I still like traditional slip joints a little better.

I've got several made by case, uncle henry, or buck. The only standard style pocket knife that gets carried regularly is the smallest style swiss army. I found years ago that there were better knives for serious use.

The little swiss army is different in that it carries several conveniences on board. I use the toothpick, the tweezers, and the scissors constantly. And that little pen knife blade is worth having too.

When it comes to knives, the "just right" knife is worth it's weight in gold. I bought a Randall #1 just off post from Ft Bragg. The shop owner gave me a Gerber classic the same day. The Randall became a load to carry. The Gerber became indispensible.

I have carried a pocket knife for over fifty years.The pattern I carry the most is a Trapper.

I do not feel properly dressed unless I have a knife on me. I have a saying....if I have my pants on, then I have a knife. I carried a regular old fashioned pocketknife for many, many years. Case, Buck, Kissing Crane, and even some cheap non descript ones. Now days I carry a Kershaw, single blade, speed opening, with a pocket clip. It is a good knife. The other day, we had been riding horses and came back to the barn. I made a rookie mistake.......unsaddled my old gelding, and left the reins on the ground, and he stepped in them, and of course it tightened up on him, and he began to back up, knocking things over in the barn and getting my granddaughters horse all excited. I pulled out my knife, flicked it open, and had the reins cut, just using my right hand, all in the time it would have taken me to just pull a regular pocketknife out of my jeans pocket. But, my Sunday knife that I carry is a Case Stockman, just because it can't be seen.

Looks like most of the above kinves have not been carried or used, let alone sharpened.

I carry a yellow handled Case Sodbuster Jr. with me everywhere except for when I'm working. I like it. The blade is CV steel, so you have to keep an eye on it, but it's a simple thing to get it shaving sharp. No safety or belt clip.. cheap, tough, and simple as can be. I love mine.

Same here.

Once in a while a truly great but very simple invention comes along and everyone wonders why nobody thought of it earlier. The locking blade knife is one of them.

Work pretty good for slicing an apple? How about cutting summer sausage and cheese slices for a cracker?