Folding hunters

How many folks here still carry a Buck 110 or Schrade LB7, or similar knife?
A friend of mine tells me to ditch my LB7 and "get with the times". He carries a CRKT M16.
I was just wondering how many others were still carrying these old-style knives (besides myself), and are the "new locking folders" really better?
 
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I sure wouldn't ditch my LB7. It is a GREAT hunting knife--at least the old ones are. I don't know about the newer ones. Mine holds a great edge and will carve up a lot of venison. Now having said that, I will say that one knife is never enough.
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If you are looking for a new hunting folder, try a Spyderco Wegner or a Sebenza (more pricey).

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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
I seem to recall that I quit worrying about wanting to be fashionable and following the crowd in junior high, but I've noticed over the years that most people feel compelled to 'stay with the times'. It was especially funny watching the country emulate John Travolta, first getting into the disco craze and then dumping the polyester for cowboy boots and cans of horse apples to rub on their boots. So it seems with knives, and for some reason it seems worse with some who are hung up on tactical jewelry.

I like stockmans as it's not uncommon to turn an edge hard or to dull a blade with use, and having three blades to use is handy. A folding hunter makes for a nice larger knife, especially one of the two blade models like a large clasp or trapper.
 
I have had a LB7 since 1985 it is and has been my main hunting knife.Each year I do try to use a differant knife on a deer,just to try out differant things,but the LB7 is always along for the ride and does 1or 2 deer a year also.BTW our bow season opened yesterday (I was working days)I really wanted to hunt today,tomorrow and wednesday,however it rained all day today.
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I own several Buck 110s but carry a smaller Buck lockback. I prefer more traditional knives over the tactical ones.

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All through college my standard carry was a Bucklite with a one-arm-bandit affixed to the blade. It was and is a great carry knife: light, versatile, solid... The only reason I don't still carry it is that for it to be comfortable, I have to carry it on my belt, and that's a no-go with business attire. That leaves me with various "more modern" knives that happen to have pocket clips. Too bad there's no easy way to retrofit a knife with a pocket clip without drilling holes in the handle.

Razor

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Buck 560. (XLTi.) Sometimes in my back pocket beside my billfold, sometimes in it's sheath. I love it.
 
About a week ago I shot a doe with my bonus tag and used a Buck 110 to clean it. The knife worked great. I have several hunting knives that I use and happened to have the 110 with me on that hunt. I think the 110 is an excellent knife and is very tough.

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If you're happy with your older knife, cool. If you are interested in newer folding hunter designs, check out the Spyderco Wegner and Chinook or The Sebenza and a plain BM 720 Axis Lock.
 
For hunting, I would take my 110 over any of my other more 'tac' pieces. But for everyday carry, the 110 is just too darn thick & heavy. You can get the same size blade into a zytel handle for about 1/5th the weight. The clips are an adeed plus, most times (business casual) I just slip a zytel folder in my dockers & I'm good to go.

Unless of course the Bo & Luke Duke belt sheath look is still "in" where you live ...
 
I would use my Buck 110 in a camping/fishing environment, it is perfect for those things. But for daily carry it would get in the way...I already have a Leatherman on my belt, and I work in schools. So my large folder is always a newer style with pocket clip.

The 110 is great because it's high quality, yet inexpensive (bought mine new for under $30). Therefore there would be no hesitation to use it. Plus, if I needed warranty work, I live not too far from Buck Knives' plant.

My one gripe is the newer 110 belt sheath. The belt loop is too low on it, so it's positioned too high when it's on the belt. I will use the sheath from my dad's very old 110 (no longer used, convex grind) because that one's belt loop is correctly positioned, and put my own 110 in it.
Jim
 
buckman, what caliber "bonus tag" was it that you shot that doe with?

Kind of like, "I once knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith."

Reply, "Oh, what was the name of his other leg?"

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I really, really like Buck knives. They are good people and make good knives. I have field dressed more deer wityh a Buck 110 than I care to mention. I have also cut a lot of pepperoni and cheese at card games with a 110; guess it's part of the "hunting knife" function.

Unfortunatly, there was a previous quote that was true:
"For hunting, I would take my 110 over any of my other more 'tac' pieces. But for everyday carry, the 110 is just too darn thick & heavy."

I try to use the 110 whenever I can because it's such a rugged and useful field piece, but I also see virtue in the Wegner; though I wish it were better executed.
 
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