My Top 5 Most Carried Traditional Knives, with a few Honorable Mentions

[@ROE1300]

Secondary knives? What are you involved in that these knives would not suffice for your only every day carry? These size knives have lived in my pocket for 65 years as my only knife and I am not dead yet. My father and grandfather survived well with these style knives as well. Having said that if I go camping or fishing or hunting I take my Buck 110 or Cold Steel AD10, but I am in the wilderness. I very much like your selection of knives, thank for sharing.

[@rpc717]

I still have an Alox from 1986. It hasn't been used a ton, but it's been through a ton of moves and a deployment. It's still in pretty new condition.

[@georgeohwell7988]

Greetings from Northern Ireland, great review.......subscribed

[@howabouthetruth2157]

Your Northwoods that ya gave the "honorable mention" with the dogleg frame is called "the Burnside Jack". It's not GEC's "Primitive Bone", but rather, it is "Pioneer Bone" which does look somewhat similar to their Primitive, which costs more. Knives with their Primitive Bone will often have natural cracks in the handles due to natural aging. GEC stumbled upon an old cattle "grave yard" of sorts, on a 200 year old farm. Bill Howard loved the weathered aging appearance of the bone so much, he bought the entire stock pile of it. They say it is at least 60 years old, and it is the costliest of all bone handled knives in the GEC line. I have quite a few of them. Great video!

[@lewisward4359]

Nice Warncliffe blades! I use several for woodcarving-Queen Cutlery Oar Carvers, one with mother of Pearl slabs and a locking blade,. Henckel's jigged red bone Congress, and Pinewood's Forge-Harvey Refsal (not a folder.) EDC I carry Schrade Walden 1930's honey bone Electrican/Carpenters knife along with my Benchmade Emissary and mini-Griptillian.

[@carmineredd1198]

i used to carry a Schrade 125OT in my front pocket of my levi 501 jeans or a 38 snubnose, no one ever noticed

[@joefoxamerican1525]

Here in Texas we would call our fancy knife a BBQ knife. Same with guns. You wear your best at special functions. Good video.

[@abc456f]

Just recently started getting into traditional slipjoints. Today I ordered a gec northfield #44 buffalo jack in cocobolo wood. Looks beautiful, looking forward to having it hand.

[@DBoom70]

Great video bud. I love my traditional as well as my moderns!

[@gastonwhite1]

I would love it if you could do a video on maintaining a traditional knife!Thanks

[@ShawneeUnion]

Such a great video. I hope you update this, I feel similarly about these single blade and simple slip joints.

[@guusdejong2523]

I designed a barlow and it's made by K'roo knives for me. Designed as a large knife in a small package (I love small overbuild knives and Willem is the man!!) Pretty sure it will be my favourite as I designed it to be my ideal knife!! I'm super exited :D It has: -3mm thick O1 steel -6.5cm long clip blade -stainless backspring and bail -1.5mm thick brass liners -green dyed giraffe bone covers -3cm long 2,5mm thick nickel silver bolsters with reinforcement pins. 92mm closed (swiss army knife size)

[@bearfootcheokee5235]

I found a old timer Schrader USA 1250t signal blade liner lock the other day at flea market got it for 15$ had a little corrosion but the blade looked like it never cut anything

[@ratride1]

Thanks for the video. Well done! I enjoy the slipjoint videos.

[@FWGlockGuy]

Beautiful collection!

[@thedaver8]

I have that same model of Talon. I'm with you, I love it. It's my most carried traditional too

[@dalewildey4102]

I would appreciate it if you did a video on the type of lanyard you have on some of those knives

[@desertratedc9596]

Hmm, major fan of the wharncliff blade shape it appears. Nice choice for a backup or secondary blade. I love the utility of the blade design. My buck stockmens sheep hove (which in my opinion is very similar and as useful) gets a lot of use and so does my 1951 boker tree brand scout knife (also sheep hove) gets tons of use. I love the versatility of the sheep hove and wharncliff

[@Coltbreath]

Thanks for the Vid. The Northwoods blade on the Fremont is sometimes called a Bohncliff pattern after Derrick Bohn the owner of Knives ship free and Northwoods it's his design.

[@BrotherBeard75]

Man it is a great selection. love it

[@LukeMorry]

Being a UK boy, traditional knives are something I going to needa get into, because for the most park, there is limited options for legal carry knives. Plus it would would be nice to all come classier knives to the collection instead of just the 'Tactical' knives.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

For all purposes there isn't a need for a locking blade and in a knife fight slashing is very effective which you also don't need a lock for. 🇺🇸

[@Beowulf_98]

@@grizzlycountry1030 stop with the flag shit, nobody with at least half a mind gives a shit where you're from.

[@MPerry-ox9qb]

More traditional knives please. Love them. Also, like the contrast of the wooden table you use in this video.

[@CaliforniaPrepper]

Actually wish I had more traditional folders. A good friend and fellow youtuber actually sent me one a while back. He had gotten it from his grandad and doesn't have a family of his own. So he passed it on to me to give my boy for his first knife. It's a nice little Buck folder. Can't wait till my little ones are old enough to pass them onto. Great video brother.

[@NickKostalas]

The knife at 6:00, what brand and model is it? I didn't catch that. Wharncliffe?

[@NickKostalas]

GEC #92 Talon

[@JoeRN2B]

What brand name for the knife that you love so much? It was right after the top choice Barlow. I really like that one. I have a case like you have and love it but boy I really want that micarta beauty that you showed. Thank you.

[@jrcash1234]

Love the sway back jack. I have a sway back gent on the way because of watching your vids. A perfect uk edc knife. Cheers.

[@jamesherrington5606]

That ivory is amazing!

[@onsquare3rd537]

I totally loved your knives brother, great video, thank you for taking the time out to show us. Regards Cliff.

[@triumphant39]

I have an O1 bull nose, but it's in black delrin.

[@sergeantbigmac]

Ive carried a Mercator K55K for years. I got it for

[@grizzlycountry1030]

I have no use for the victorinox cadet. I do have the pioneer, pioneer solo, farmer and hiker.

[@paulie4x1]

Saw Heah, Yeah one of my Fav's is my Camillus Silver Sword #836 I carry it almost every day, It's a Canoe Pattern 3blade Slipjoint Pocket Knives the other day I went to the pawn shop and found another ine, it looks like my Camillus but just a little smaller it's also a Canoe Pattern 3blade Slipjoint Pocket Knife, but my new one is a Wilkinson Sword INOX Slipjoint Pocket Knife made in Sheffield, England, I think it will give my Camillus a rest. Yeah, it is sharp and doesn't appear to ever been sharpened, But I can't find any info on it, Boy I would love to know what steel it's made of any info would be great, , ,

[@Claus-L.Mueller]

Oh, what a great vid! I like your choice. And I sold my Viper a few days ago, because it was a little bit too large for using it in an office environment. I've got the Case Sway Back Gent - the single blade version. And it's easy to pinch it open. And I thought, the Indian River Jack may be a good alternative to the the Fremont, because of it's CPM 154 blade steel and the very suitable blade. But quality wise, the Fremont from GEC, is much better than the IRJ from Queens!

[@grizzcon2]

Great video, and collection. Those are all great traditional's. Luv the patina they all have. Is that from just regular use?

[@GME_Patriot]

Thanks for the great video. I am really taking my time picking out my first GEC knife. I have a nice little Case collection, but I have been seriously drooling over some of the pretty wharncliffe/sheeps foot patterns that GEC has produced. Is the Talon what you'd recommend if you could have only one from GEC?

[@Traderjoe]

Since I lost my Swayback last year, I miss it, and may pick up the Cadet if I see it in Targe' Great video! This will go down as a great one I think :)

[@Volkmannx]

'Hot dog shield' 😁👍

[@bernardog.141]

Please, what model is "sodbuster"? Thanks.

[@HammerK99]

Thanks for the video; subscribed.

[@justf0rlulz]

awesome rotation!

[@thedaver8]

have you bought any more traditionals lately? Just wondering if got one of the GEC #77 barlows or the Northwoods Broadway. :)

[@paulie4x1]

Say, Heah, Yeah when I watched this video again, That second Warncliff, I think with the wooden handle, caught my attention to one I just got recently, Yup at the pawn shop, It's a inexpensive Bokor Magnum, with nice wooden and stainless frame, but the blade is a dagger like shape and damascus, I like pointy knibes in the bush, especially when carving, that type of point on the blade allows me to cut out a curve in a short space, Yeah, I defenetly will use it in the bush, , ,

[@genoedcknifecollecter1538]

Would civivi rustic be traditional

[@filippoparodi1405]

Knife name 10.29 min ?.?????

[@SSDeol]

Beautiful knife

[@ColoredSquid]

Hey man what did you use to polish that Fremont jack?

[@MrDazza64]

Man, I totally love that Talon in OD Green...I must have one...any chance you could hook a brother up from England? I can't find one anywhere...was it a limited run or SFO? I think I'm also going to try and get my hands on the Case SBJ...That looks a little stunner too! With the stiff knife laws in the UK, I 'mostly' ;-) carry either a UKPK or an SAK Cadet daily. But the GEC and Case would definitely go in the rotation...should I get my hands on them? Love the channel, regards to you and your family. Dazza. P.S. It's all down to you that I own & love my carbon Kwaiken in VG10...of course I never carry it...cough!

[@fredde90210]

Great vid

[@scenicdriveways6708]

For over 23 years I've only carried one knife daily , my 1968 U.S. Camillus military pocket knife ( just like this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/npilp4GOiaeVlac ) . I've used it so much that I wore out the springs. I just decided it was time to retire it and buy a new knife , so I purchased a Boker Camp Knife ( which is pretty much the same knife and has the same features ) and it came in 2 days ago. I hope it will serve me as good as my U.S. Camillus knife did.

[@johnjames218]

in the uk the only knives we can carry are slip joint with under three inch blades

[@brentsido8822]

+John James sucks maybe you should just do what you want instead

[@hunterayres213]

+Brent Sido 😂

[@jamesaritchie2]

And to think you once ruled the world. Now you can't even carry a knife. Why don't you all man up and tell the government where they can stick such stupid laws? Slavery is supposed to be illegal, but when you can carry gun, and when you can't carry a knife, you're a slave. A willing slave, maybe, but a slave still.

[@oopman12]

Yea only that's not quite how it works. depending on where you live within the uk you could get away with carrying a fixed blade or a folder. Especially if its for your work, In that case it is simply legal to carry a knife it its for your job. Where i live there is plenty of countryside and no one thinks twice if they see me in the woods with a big old fixed blade.

[@oopman12]

Yea only that's not quite how it works. depending on where you live within the uk you could get away with carrying a fixed blade or a folder. Especially if its for your work, In that case it is simply legal to carry a knife it its for your job. Where i live there is plenty of countryside and no one thinks twice if they see me in the woods with a big old fixed blade.

[@jotabe1984]

you have to give credit to the old grampa knifes... they are the finest of them all. But Sadly they are kind of obsolete. A one handed folding knife will fill everyday task but adding some "defense" to it, while a Multitool like the victorinox mentioned will be a knife with a lot of add ons which make them more suited for watch pocket. It maybe make no reason to carry them, but they are pretty indeed

[@TheBroberts1986]

Could tell which was your number 1, same as my choice.

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thanks

[@4715826930]

Those freaking gec sodbusters are so hard to find

[@carwynphillips2438]

I got a Swiss knife for £5 and it is one of the best knives ever

[@cadenruda4159]

Would you be able to do a video on how to do a patina on a knife

[@badlydrawnkid6]

I still don't know why people include a SAK as a traditional pocket knife. It's a traditional multi-tool, meaning the knife isn't as good as a genuine knife. It's a compact version of all those tools it carries. For example; I don't care for the scissors in a multi-tool, so I'd rather have genuine scissors. Why compare scissors in a multi-tool to genuine scissors? I don't even buy a multi-tool for the knife. I don't need it if I already carry a genuine knife. SAKs have uncomfortable covers/scales and traditional pocket knives are a lot more comfortable to use. SAK pocket knives are standard issue, meant to be cheaper, and have less quality of a knife. I actually do like SAK multi-tools, but I don't understand why they're compared to trad pocket knives and included with trad pocket knives.

[@kelamuni]

think the CV is 1085

[@JackGorton1960s]

Never heard of it. Wtf are those blades? Flooring knives? 65$ =too much especially for that.

[@uptonsavoie]

Barlow first, last, and always.

[@thsbulldawg82]

If you don’t remember anything else, hang on to these two facts: First, the rules DO NOT make it illegal to own or inherit ivory. Second, if you can’t prove it’s old, it is no longer legal to buy or sell a piece of ivory in the US.

[@desertratedc9596]

Chris Brooks I think it's fo ivory. Still very pretty but not illegal at all. So many people freaking out about the ivory when it probly isn't even ivory. Thanks for pointing the facts on real ivory though.

[@ctaber2011]

Sell me the ivory one !! :D Pwease!

[@beno2rasho]

Just how loosely are you talking......once a wk, month???

[@jamesaritchie1]

I have no use at all for a Cadet, but a SAK is still one of my most carried knives. But I need and use the tools on a Fieldmaster. I always go for functionality, so I think most flip knives, and every tactical knife made, are essentially stupid EDC knives. For that matter, so are most slip joints that have only one blade. For people who actually use knives day in and day out, having more than one blade is crucial, and is really the whole point of slip joint knives. I can do a dozen things with a Stockman that can't even be attempted with a single blade knife, and a Trapper can do things that no other knife can do well. Anyway, why anyone would carry a tactical knife is beyond me. They're lousy at doing the kind of tasks demanded in all sorts of areas, can't even attempt what a Stockman or Trapper can do, and of course what a good SAK can do, and I don't care who you are, you will never use a tactical knife for its intended purpose. If you do, someone will shoot you. This is also the problem with Tom's Choice. A Barlow has two blades, not one, and it's that small second blade that makes it so useful. A TC is a beautiful knife, but about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. The only single blade knife I've seen that has real usefulness is the Buck 110. It's a lock back, and it's big enough, and strong enough, to do the same work a fixed blade belt knife can do. If you can't carry a fixed blade knife, then the Buck 110 is the next best thing. Other than this, I haven't seen a single blade pocketknife that can do anything a good box cutter can't do. In fact, some of the new twenty dollar folding box cutters do pretty much everything better than single blade pocketknives. I understand why you like a knife that you can easily pinch open, but being able to do so is a sign of cheap construction that will, over years of use, develop a blade wobble. But, again, few people who own such knives actually use them on a daily basis. Collectors are one thing, knife users are quite another. And you consider sixty-five dollars super cheap? You are living in fantasy land. Sixty-five dollars is pretty darned expensive for a pocketknife. Especially one like that. Look at the spring pivot pin. It's as cheap as they come. Saying sixty-five dollars is super cheap, and that you can expect flaws on such a cheap knife, may be the dumbest statements I've ever heard. I expect zero flaws on a ten dollar knife, and with many companies, no flaws is what I get, even at this price. I collect certain patterns of knives, and I buy from companies as cheap as Rough Rider, all the way up to the most expensive makes out there. The Rough Riders are almost always without a single flaw, and if one is there, they repair or replace the knife. ixty-five dollars is super cheap? I've heard of people having more money than sense, but you're even out of that ballpark. But at least that has brass liners. Some who don't know much about knives think brass liners are for looks, and that steel is better. That's silly. High grade brass is self-lubricating. Steel is not. Over time, steel wearing against steel may not be noticeable to the eye, but it's very noticeable in the way it loosens the blade. This doesn't happen with high grade brass. Stainless steel bolsters are also silly, but some of the highest cost knives now use them because too many who buy knives actually think they're better than nickel silver. This is one more sign on knowing almost nothing about knives. Brass makes the best bolsters, but penny pinching companies, even most who have a tenX profit on every knife, are too cheap tp use them. But take a look at a Buck 110 and tell me they aren't the best. Better, take a look at a thirty year old Buck 110 that's been carried and used every day. The bolsters are still perfect.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

That is a long rant to prove how clueless you are about knives.

[@timvest8141]

James I finally agree with you on something. Sixty-five dollars for a pocket knife is expensive, especially for a single blade knife. And it damn well better not have any flaws in it. I buy the cheap Rough Riders too, but they are only cheap in price. They are excellent working knives and extremely well made.

[@jamesaritchie1]

Traditional or modern, a pocketknife that has only one blade is as useless as teats on a boar. Such knives are either "gentlemen's" knives, or they're made for children to learn with. Carrying such a knife automatically means you know nothing about the wilderness, about trapping, about hunting, or about survival. Throughout history, the most valuable knife carried by soldiers, by mountain men, by long hunters, by pioneers, by hunters, by trappers, by survivalists, and by the general public has been a pocketknife with more than one blade. Outside of KZbin's narrow confinement, it still is. The number one wilderness, survivalist, camping, hunting, trapping, and military knife in the world outside of the USA is the plain old Swiss Army knife. The old red one with two blades and a saw. Usually a Fieldmaster or a Hiker, and sometimes a Hunter. Somehow, all these people, including ninety-eight percent of the real experts in all these things, manage to get along just fine without a big belt knife, or any belt knife, and without locking blades that are made for children and damned fools who don't know any better. I think the best knife by far is a Stockman because it has three blades, and one of those blades is a sheepsfoot. This makes it a carving knife that's fifty times better than any fixed blade knife can be. The only better knife for carving is a Carving Jack, but it's poor in anything outside of carving, so the Stockman reigns supreme. Even many, many professional woodcarvers use it, and for good reason. But the Trapper and the Hunter, each with two blades, are also good choices. The Trapper has a spey blade that almost everyone calls a "skinning" blade because there is no other blades nearly as good for peeling the hide off an animal without damaging it. The Stockman also has a spey blade, it's just shorter than the one on a Trapper in order to make the sheepsfoot fit. Ask to see someone's pocketknife. If they have none, they are not woodsmen, hunters, trappers, or survival experts, whatever their credentials say. If they have a flip knife, they're just an idiot you can ignore. But if they carry a Stockman a Trapper, or a Hunter, they are woodsmen, they are trappers, they are hunters, they know more about survival and history than any of the pseudo-experts on KZbin will ever know, and if you aren't a four year old child who's afraid of a slip joint knife, you can learn more from one of them than from a thousand of the KZbin pseudo-experts who say you need a big belt knife to survive, or who say a Mora is the best carving knife, or who actually think the new crucible steels make great knife blades for the wilderness.

[@casecutlerykid2095]

James Ritchie the Swiss army spartan is also great

[@dextercharles4269]

ivory :(

[@xPumaFangx]

Ya its illegal Ivory too.

[@ctaber2011]

Ya, don't let the FBI find out haha.

[@xPumaFangx]

Chris, I did say something about the company northwoods to American Fish and Wildlife service. I do not know if anything was done about it. But our home is very important to us. Even if it is not important to you. It is Illegal to own ivory. Not only that there are a ton of materials out there that are better than ivory to have as a knife handle.

[@xPumaFangx]

Andrew double edited

[@TrilobiteTerror]

xPumaFangx, It's not illegal ivory and it is not illegal to own ivory. They used vintage, pre-ban ivory and it's certified as such.

[@jamesaritchie2]

The TC isn't even a Barlow. And a slip joint with only one blade is defeating the whole purpose. You may as well carry a Spyderco flipper. You don't actually use a knife for much, do you? You think sixty-five dollars is SUPER CHEAP for a slip joint with one nearly useless blade? Wow! My last slip joint, a Trapper with two blades I'll actually use, with black buffalo horn scales, with brass liners, brass pins, brass bolsters, and with 440C steel, cost $12.56 delivered. That was super cheap. The one before that was a Case Sowbelly Stockman with CV blades, the choice of professional wood carvers everywhere. It was forty years old, but had never been used. It cost a little more. It was $22.90 delivered. The third was a true Barlow, and without two blades, it is NOT a Barlow, with 1095 steel. It was a lot more expensive. It cost $31.00 delivered. I'm not sure if a Buck 110 counts, but it has one blade, so what the heck? I just bought two, both with D2 steel and stag scales, for twenty-five bucks each. But I did have to drive about eight miles to pick those up.

[@thetraditionalcountryman939]

it is classed as a Barlow. It has a teardrop shaped handle with a single enlarged bolster where the blade pivots. That is the general definition of a Barlow, it can any blade shape possible yet it is still classed as a Barlow as long as it has the characteristics mentioned

[@hellcatdave1]

You have absolutely nothing what you're talking about. Also, not everyone needs two blades on their slip joint. That's not a defining characteristic for a slip-joint knife. Or even for a traditional.

[@Beowulf_98]

Covers dipshit.

[@glenrowland4817]

Don't ramble so much!