Pocket Knife Past / Present / Hunting

[Tunaguy]

I have carried a pocket knife almost all my life. My Dad always had either a sheath or pocket knife on him and it rubbed off on me. I think my first pocket knife was a 3 blade Boy Scout knife, although my first knife was a small sheath knife w/ a compass in the handle(dull as sh-t). I've had many over the years and one of my favorites was a Buck Muskrat (pre-China). Had it for 30 years before it went missing. Currently carrying an Opinel #8 but that could change depending on my mood.

[Zobo]

That reminds me,  there was a time in early 2000s that I carried a sheath knife with a compass in the handle too. I carried it twice in the field and then retired it to the shelf. Way to heavy/bulky and if I'm being honest , expensive at the time. It's a Randall fish and fowl, I think, with awesome stag handle. It's in the picture below with a repost of what I carry now, an Esse Izula. Not nearly as exciting to carry but a major 11oz lighter and lays super flat. Unnoticeable, and does the exact same thing as the Randall, until I get lost of course!

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[Tunaguy]

That reminds me,  there was a time in early 2000s that I carried a sheath knife with a compass in the handle too. I carried it twice in the field and then retired it to the shelf. Way to heavy/bulky and if I'm being honest , expensive at the time. It's a Randall fish and fowl, I think, with awesome stag handle. It's in the picture below with a repost of what I carry now, an Esse Izula. Not nearly as exciting to carry but a major 11oz lighter and lays super flat. Unnoticeable, and does the exact same thing as the Randall, until I get lost of course!

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Speaking of Randall's, one the the knives my Dad left me was a 6" Model 5 Camp knife. Beautiful blade and sheath but as you said a little heavy to carry in the field.

[Howieg]

Case trapper for work and everyday carry .
Havalon for game skinning .

[btomlin]

I carry a small rosewood handled 2blade jack knife from Old Timer that I bought as part of a 3 knife kit in 2017 because I lose them.  I'm still on #1 so I guess I jinxed myself by buying a 3 pack.  It has "limited edition" on the blade so I feel fancy.  LOL.

[knifeshark]

For most of my time in the woods I carry a Ruana 11b small hunter made by Rudy, and a vintage Buck 301 stockman for splinters and thorns. Deer and bear I carry a  vintage Ruana custom Finn also made by Rudy (M stamp) with a bigger blade.

[Muzzy61]

More pockets knives than I know what to do with but, I carry a small 3 blade Case Knife that my dad carried for years. I'll carry it until my grandson is older enough to have it.

[Mbhyman88]

Carried for years and still have a yellow handle Case Trapper.  Only small issue with that knife is the CV blades take a little maintenance to keep them from rusting.  I do a fair amount of saltwater fishing so the last couple of years my go to has been a Kershaw Leek.  I have always liked the assisted opening design and with a stainless blade and pocket clip it goes with me almost everywhere. 

[RutnNStrutn]

I've recently become a fan of the Outdoor Edge replaceable blade knives.  I have a new one that I can't wait to try on a turkey so I may be carrying a new knife in the woods this spring.  Their EDC version has a pocket clip and is very light.

Absolutely!! They come in different colors too, including blaze orange, which makes it easier to find if (when) you drop it.
You just can't beat a brand new blade when you're skinning a gobbler.

[10th Legionaire]

My EDC is a Victorinox Swiss Army Spartan. It's been the most carried of any of my pocket knives since I got my first one in 1977 or so for signing up for an REI Co-op membership. I did carry a Buck 110 when I was in the USN. That thing got used and abused maintaining a jet fuel system on ship board.

For cleaning birds I keep an old Remington Uplander and a Grohmann Trout and Bird knife in my hunting tool kit. For field dressing deer I keep an old Buck 110 in my backpack.

[Missed mallards]

Carried a kershaw for years. Had bucks, gerbers, & a few others. Then got a Walmart d2 steel blade ozark trail this past winter.

Does everything I could ask and then some. Holds an edge like my wife holds grudges!

Best thing. It was literally 10 bucks. And  it's lite. But for 10 bucks come on! And clipped in pocket. By far best knife I've ever owned and ain't worried about it. If I loose it, ok. If it breaks, aite. But so far I've been impressed.

[TrackeySauresRex]

Back in 1973 I was a Jr. High kid living in Roxboro NC.  We had moved there for my father's work, he built electric power plants.  We owned a home in Texas but his work had us moving every two or three years.  So we usually rented a house.  In this case, it was a house on Lake Hyco.  We had no neighbors close, just woods, turkeys and other game...and that lake.  I was in paradise!

One summer day I was swimming down by the pier.  The landlords were wonderful people who had a weekend lake house next door that they used occasionally.  They had a senior family member over that day.  As I swam he sat on the bench near the shore whittling on a stick.  We talked some and he was a kindly old man, and funny.  After a time, he got up and walked back to the house.  I swam a while longer and noticed a pocket knife on the bench when I was leaving.  I took it to the old man, explaining how I found it.  Now I know for sure that old man left that knife.  There had been no one else there.  But he looked it over closely, turning it in his hand before passing back to me and telling me that it wasn't his.  He said I was fortunate to find a nice knife, but it wasn't his.  I smiled as I left for home with my new knife, but I knew.

I've never forgotten that man's kindness.  Over the years I've forgotten a few knives in the presence of a boy of appropriate age myself.  And if I feel the need to remind myself to be kind and generous, I go pull it out of my desk.

<3 Beautiful! 

[paboxcall]

About 25 years ago, my work travels took me through Bradford, PA, so I stopped at the Case/Zippo factory. Purchased a 2-blade stag handle peanut while there, and it has ridden in my pocket everyday since. Handle has been worn down pretty good after all these years. Find the peanut's clip and pen blades are just about perfect for the vast majority of those everyday type tasks.

[Bagg-it Tag-it]

I have carried this old Swiss Army knife forever. Slender and easy to carry in my  pants pocket. Will handle 80% of anything that might require a tool.






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[Ranman]

Been "toting" (as my Grandpa called it) a pocket knife since I was 11-12. My very first pocket knife was a small three blade old timer. I carried it for years, I lost it and found it more times than I can remember. I have always loved knives, and have several, including several sentimental knives that were my grandfather's and my dad's. Most of them were case three blade Stockmans. As a wedding present, my wife gave me an antique wooden toolbox. That is what I keep my knife collection in. My go to carry now is a Spyderco para military 3, and most of the time a case Canoe knife. I love caring knives with pocket clips, for the ease of access, but something special about that case canoe.
Randy