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The perfect pocket knife:
Stockman with punch that preserves the extra blade for grubbing use.
Kutmaster.
that would be mine too, case #64047p for example, although the #6318PU does the trick nicely.
The perfect pocket knife:
Stockman with punch that preserves the extra blade for grubbing use.
Kutmaster.
Yeah.that would be mine too, case #64047p for example, although the #6318PU does the trick nicely.
I have in the last year or so have embraced a philosophy of “good enough” with many things. Instead of searching for that perfect something I have discovered that sometimes “good enough” is exactly that, good enough. Here is a photo of my EDC, and old friend of a knife from Queen. Is it the perfect EDC for me? Maybe not but it is very good and certainly “good enough” for pretty much anything I come across in my typical day.
This is my idea of a perfect pocket knife. Buck 112 S35vn blade, nickel silver frame and bolsters with scalloped cocobolo handle inserts. View attachment 1448256
as a sort of very late comment about the earlier posts on "growing older", I was reminded of a quote from "A River Runs Through It".... when their dad, (Skerrit, excellent actor) was letting the two brothers have the "good" parts of the river, and he was not really going to compete with them, and he said ".... there was a time..." which I always just attributed to his saying that a few years earlier, he would have taken the good parts of the river and out-fished them... as he did earlier in the movie.
I just found out today, that, intended or not, he was quoting Wordsworth, from a GREAT poem he did, called Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. This is how this portion starts out....
“There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparelled in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more."
I'm not really a reader of poetry, but I may become one, after finding this gem....
I have in the last year or so have embraced a philosophy of “good enough” with many things. Instead of searching for that perfect something I have discovered that sometimes “good enough” is exactly that, good enough. Here is a photo of my EDC, and old friend of a knife from Queen. Is it the perfect EDC for me? Maybe not but it is very good and certainly “good enough” for pretty much anything I come across in my typical day.
yea but do they have a beard comb?Yes.... just because a knife is "perfect" doesn't mean that another knife can't be "perfect" as well.
If what you need is a vehicle to get you to work and back, and have good a/c and gets decent mileage, there are MANY "perfect" vehicles. I believe the same principle applies to knives. I have several that I carry that just do everything I expect my personal carry knife to do, and are more or less equally aesthetically pleasing... so they are all "perfect" knives for me.
The Boker Barlow finally came in.
I did a full review in the "Newest Addition" thread.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads...nals-of-course.1167349/page-745#post-20111249
I hate the term "perfect." I appreciate the idea, as something to aspire to. But as a descriptor? The word makes me cringe.
It's like people forget that we have other words available in English to describe knives like excellent, fine, superb...
I guess they don't have the cachet of "perfect."
I hate the term "perfect." I appreciate the idea, as something to aspire to. But as a descriptor? The word makes me cringe.
It's like people forget that we have other words available in English to describe knives like excellent, fine, superb...
I guess they don't have the cachet of "perfect."
Yes it is.John, now that you’ve had this guy for 2-3 months is it still on the top end of your list?
Definitely a contender! Missed out on these unfortunately.
Yes it is.
I have a little pile of my most carried knives.
They are all medium, one-blade Jack knives.
The Boker Barlow sits right in that pile and is carried often.
I just love a medium, one-blade, Jack... especially with a Clip Point or a Straght Edge.
You'll see these knives pop up the most in the Totin' thread, perfect for work. The Case, which is brand new, is the only Spear.