The thin ground blades of a traditional can cut, skin, and slice circles around other knives. And lock-backs were, and are, put on many traditional pocket knives. GEC has made many lock-backs.

Traditional knives are awesome

I've got a 1970s sodbuster jr along with an old Boker 3 blade stockman in my EDC rotation. Honestly the sodbuster is pretty capable for most daily tasks and the Case surgical steel strops up very nicely. There is just a bit of charm in a simple penknife as a break from the overbuilt, heavy use, survival, tactical, bushcraft craziness of the modern folding knife market.

I do carry traditionals and I usually carry it as a second knife for situations where I'll run into sheeple that might be scared of my larger folders

After watching documentaries about the wildlife that lives in Australia, I feel like you should all be allowed to carry spring loaded automatic machetes.

Thoughly enjoy you walk through your knives and think your new traditional is stunning.atb paddy

A good handmade traditional is a lovely thing and makes a great edc. Your GEC is lovely, and here in the UK, traditionals are mostly legal, but none of the others on your table are.

Traditional knives have character because they are usually made by hand thru most if not all the process that gives them a little more sole and story which I love. Being a little newer to the knife world as far as being a critic steals seem to me to be more of a fickle (snobby)thing most traditional knives are made of the same steal they used 100 years ago when knives were truly EDC gear and put thru lots of scenarios performing just fine.Not just used to open boxes and a few camping trips like most including me use them for. I enjoy both styles, but this is one of those things that make me wonder about the steal making a knife.As far as rapid deployment in the free world or not I've never heard of a guy stopping terrorists or criminals with a knife. Also GEC and Queen have made Northwoods which subcontracted its knife builds they are usually built on one of their knives with just a different material and blade.

Great Eastern Cutlery is making parts for GEC#74 Mustangs , right now. Maybe a Saddle Trapper #74 two blade is in the works also. GEC has "Things to Powder" clues on their web-sight. (not confirmed)

"would you ever look at traditional pornography?"

I definitely want a traditional knife at some point. They used to bore me but have grown on me recently. I'm keeping the quality of the knives I purchase in line with my skill of sharpening so I still have a ways to go. I usually love sod busters but I like the clip point on your model, very nice 👌

GEC is making the #74 run in October 2020. I spotted triple line Northfield Mustang bolsters on the GEC web-sight.

Wow. This is a truly well done video, and the best I’ve seen of yours. Very well done.

I carry a Case Trapper in cv steel. But for most of the day I also have a fixed blade on my belt.

I carry and collect Case folders because they are so good looking. I actually feel good looking at and handling them, like the feeling you get from hearing a song you really like on the radio. Some people experience this feeling from art work (not me so much). I prefer the thin blade for opening mail or boxes. Case makes many patterns but I co not like them all. Tidioute brand has some great looking knifes that are very functional, but are much more expensive than Case. Thanks for the topic and video!

That first knife is beautiful

I just received my three different 2020 GEC#74 Mustang knives.

Love me some traditionals! GEC makes some handsome looking tools that are fully functional and very people friendly, always something to keep in mind in EU as well.

I always carry traditional folders. Try Boker tree brand stag knives., made in Germany. They are one of the best modern made classical knives Boker 7588 is a good example.

Last yr I bought my 1st GEC. Beaver Tail 54217. Jigged bone and absolutely love the two blades and instantly see the appeal across the board and no, I don’t need a another traditional but the fever has set in and I’ll soon be adding more to my stable.

I definitely need to get a GEC at some point to round out my collection

I love my Tidioutes, they're two of my favourite folders. In fact, I think if some omnipotent being told me I could only own one pocketknife (barring multitools, SAK's) it'd have to be my Executive Whittler. I've gotten back into modern folders lately, but I still like traditionals for two primary reasons: Aesthetic, and form factor. I LOVE the look of carbon steel with a nice deep patina. And traditionals often come in sizes that are more pocket-friendly than a lot of the overbuilt modern folders. Also, the blade thicknesses are often more reasonable on tradtitionals as well.

I recently started getting into traditional pocket knives. I picked up an old Boker/Tree Brand 92/29, I carry it every day. It doesn't get much use because I also carry a ZT 0562, which tackles most edc chores

That Tidioute is a stunner. I'm old-fashioned, as you know, so I'd take that over any of the others. If you're going with a traditional it''s hard to do better than Great Eastern Cutlery :-)

With me there was just lots of traditional type knives about when I was a kid and maybe what is most important.....I could get my hands on very few of them for one reason or another. So it's down to years of coveting. When I get a traditional type knife there's bags of character to it and a much bigger buzz to the process. Even if there's elements of disappointment with knives like the occasional A. Wright folder, it's still an A. Wright and it still has bags of character!

I have recently started to buy traditional knives again. In the old days, I mostly carried fixed blade knives. I learned that the "reverse Tanto" is basically a slightly restyled spey blade, which is common in the traditional. So, your beloved 940 (and mine) are spey blades. I guess one has to be careful when performing the procedure and the blade shape supposedly helps remove what you wanted to remove without as much collateral damage. Now, they say it is a skinning blade.. but, it is not called a skinner.

Have you seen the Lionsteel Roundhead? They're sold out now but I'm lusting after one now, and it's got me looking at traditionals...

First, I accidentally walked into a courthouse with a Stanley pocket knife in my briefcase (Locking 1 1/2 inch, disposable blade) and I had a long walk back to the car with the stupid thing... I actually forgot it was a knife. Pretty much any knife will get you sent back to the car in the US. Next... the real way that traditional pocket knives works (on a bad day) is you reach into your pocket to pull out your knife and you find the hole it passed out through... (on a good day) you look down and find a nice bone handled pocket knife just laying on the sidewalk or street. In the old days, as a kid, you pretty much lost one to to every one you found.... Lastly, as a kid I usually lost imperial knives and found case knives... Free upgrade. Some people were smarter and had tiny leather sheaths made that attached to their belts or had lanyards, like watch fobs so they didn't lose their knives as often. Traditional knives are light and very useful. But they quickly wear through the bottom of your pockets and then they are someone else's to lose. If you like your knife have a small sheath made for it. . I might be a little older than some folks around here... But when I was a kid a decent to good pocket knife cost around $5.00 US and it still hurt to lose it. I've seen the cost of some fancy traditional knives... and the best thing about losing one might be not having a knife to do yourself harm with when you realize just how stupid you were to carry your pocketknife in your pocket. Cheers

I carry a traditional because it reminds me of my child hood when I got my first knife it was a case trapper

I carry a traditional folder on a regular basis along with a Becker BK24 inside the waistband. That combo really works for me and it doesn't violate any German law whereas one handed locking folders do.

Say Heah Cedric, Put a Zero Quench or Cryo (similar) and you get a pretty good stainless blade. I like that on a Traditional Pocket Knife, Simply because of it's minimal maintenance. Important to me. I recently got a C. S. Machinac Hunter, Yeah, It's defenetly a knife to use in the bush, For food prep, small game, fish like wood work to moderate. It all depends on the hinge. C. S. makes a good one. Yeah, It's a single blade, but a good size and not too big, just right, I got a pretty good price at Opticsplanet.,,.

hi peet grate vid keep it up i have a question would you get a mora bushcraft black or a gerber strongarm and also blades of oz have a para 3 now thanks

You should see if you can find even earlier types; I'm thinking for instance of Opinel or Antoninni (Old Bear); also Case Sod Buster knives have their ancestry in farmer's knives from Germany, etc. Oh, two others, somewhat different: Mercator Otter 'Black Cat' from Solingen, Germany; also the French 'Douk Douk'. All of these are what I consider peasant/workman's knives. For that matter, Svord which are now made in New Zealand are based on friction folders going back to Roman times. You may enjoy at least handling them!

I like the lion steel round head.

There's a bunch of modern traditionals out there, e.g. LionSteel Shuffler, CRK Mnandi.

Great GEC knife, love the walk and talk action of he knife. Where is the best place to get one here in Australia ? I need one asap.

That Tidioute answers the question. You carry a traditional knife for its beauty and simple functionality. Modern folders are fun too, of course.

Love trad knives but can't afford GEC or Case. Have to settle for Buck and Rough Rider -- oh well! I want a small knife in my pocket as it suits my everyday small jobs -- today it's a Buck canoe. If I have something bigger to cut I use a Mora fixed blade. Incidentally, for food prep, your lunch box, picnic basket, nothing slices like an Opinel. Of course, for ultimate practicality go with Victorinox ... but not as beautiful or stout as the trads.

Sorry if I missed out, but do you still have your American Lawman? I was expecting it to be here.

I think my Casa knives are a little better than you suggest - good video.

I struggle to get excited about knives that I can't open one handed and securely lock (for fighting off terrorists while free falling from exploding helicopters) but I have seen a couple reviews lately of wood carving multitools in that traditional style, and they totally do it for me. It is the perfect function for such a whimsical (lame ass) old school form factor.

The only reasons for me to carry a traditional knife are 1) avoidance of adverse response when I use it publicly, and 2) nostalgia. It is for precisely those reasons that I carry an SAK every day.

Did u sell ur lightweight manix 2 in s110v?

I started really far away from traditionals, because Mr. Fancy Nutterbutter from KZfaq told me that what was most important was quick deployment, one handed deployment, one handed closing, a lock that made it impossible for the knife to fold (because knives are basically bear traps, always threatening to snap shut on your fingers if not held open), rust resistance, and if you could afford it, supersteel. My own use has totally reversed my tastes. Most important to me now are blade shape, blade thickness, and handle ergonomics that allow for a wide variety of positions. Traditionals have every modern knife I've used beaten badly in those categories. I live in Maine, so my knifes never rust. I've only ever had locks fail on me. (2 lockbacks and 1 axis.) Slip joints have to move about 120 degrees or so before they snap shut. (Unless they have a half stop, which I've actually found to be a safety hazard, not a safety feature.) I can't picture a scenario where I wouldn't feel the knife closing well before it cut me. I feel safer with them, these days. And supersteels? Well, I've used S30V, D2, VG10, N690, 14C28N, 12C27, and 154CM, and liked none of them as well as good 1095. I never had to sharpen any of them less, and some of them I had to sharpen more. I could try the real crazy modern steels, but here again we get to my biggest priorities, blade shape and thickness. So they definitely have a place for me. I've given away my Benchmades and Spydercos and Kershaws to happy friends.

What's the second knife from the right?

Why are knife laws so strict in AU? No full automatics allowed?

I carry traditionals because they are all you need.

Do you still own that great eastern cutlery

Sometimes you need a traditional such as a Case Trapper or a Swiss Army Knife, etc... Especially when you’re around the safety nuts or some liberals and you can’t whip out your cold steel Spyder Co or an auto

The reason y I carry mine is the story the story behind mine is I caught it in a lake and it is a super rare pocket knife that sell for over $800 restored but I just soaked it in white viniger for 3 days and it has a beautiful patina to it and the rust pitting makes it look so cool check out my channel if u want to see it

Most of my knives are traditional due to the fact that they will not alarm the sheeple and the Commie police here in California will not view them as "weapons".

Folders are no knives, they are a disgusting raped Form of a knife, i truly hate them.

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