Pocket Knife

[Benzadmiral]

Plenty of one hand opening knives around. Many use a thumb stud in the blade so you use your thumb to open while holding the handle in the same hand. Switchblades are actually legal in many places but not needed. Just google one hand opening knives and you will see a bunch all prices and types

The case trapperlock looks traditional yet is one handed opening

https://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_store.html?ttl=CASE Trapperlocks&waDESCRIPTIONdatarq=case trapperlock&

Now that's more like it. Thanks.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I've got one of those Case Trapperlocks, it's a beaut. So nice that I don't actually carry it. When I want a knife in my pocket, it's usually a Buck 302.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Plenty of one hand opening knives around. Many use a thumb stud in the blade so you use your thumb to open while holding the handle in the same hand. Switchblades are actually legal in many places but not needed. Just google one hand opening knives and you will see a bunch all prices and types

But a switchblade has an awesomeness factor that a one hand opener does not.

 

[Pat Spade]

@Benzadmiral: have a look at japanese Higonokami. Can be single hand operated:
https://www.knifecenter.com/brand/530/

My daily compagnion: french DoukDouk. Flat enough to be carried in my wallet...
https://www.couteaux-berthier.com/black-douk-douk-knife-pm,us,4,DOUKDOUKnoirPM.cfm

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

My Dad's Spyderco that I gave him Christmas 2006. He passed away in 2011 so I kept it.

 

[BobHufford]

This is my EDC. It theoretically can be opened with one hand, but since I severed a tendon in my right thumb years ago it is a bit difficult. Also the Russlock lever tends to wear a hole in my pocket lining if it is facing down. The good thing is that the inclusion of that BPS logo gave me a 40% discount!

 

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I have a one hand opening knife. It's a CRKT Carson M16 and it has a thumb stud on the blade as well as a protrusion on the back of blade so you can push it open in a moment.

That's handy but I wish they made some of those knives more dressy, instead of with that apocalypse-quality-looking plastic.

 

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This is my EDC. It theoretically can be opened with one hand, but since I severed a tendon in my right thumb years ago it is a bit difficult. Also the Russlock lever tends to wear a hold in my pocket lining if it is facing down. The good thing is that the inclusion of that BPS logo gave me a 40% discount!

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Bass Pro Shops alright!

 

[Edward]

Wow. Here it varies by state but you are usually good under 3" bade. I forget what it is in my state I have a weapons permit so essentially up to a sword blade is legal

UK laws are fairly tight, but actually very simple. You can carry any knife of any sort or size you like, providing you can prove to plod that you have a legitimate reason for having it on you if questioned. So going camping in the wilds with a 6" sheath knife, no problem, but you have to be either camping or on your way to or from it (or on your way home from the shop having bought the knife, obviously): leaving it lying in the car or whatever all the time is apt to get you arrested if caught with it at another time. In terms of EDC for no particular reason, the requirements are that the blade is less than 3" in length, is not 'assisted opening' in any way (basically any kind of one-handed opener - spring, flick, stilleto, gravity - bar a thmub stud in the blade itself, though there are, I believe, exemptions in the law exclusively for individuals who have lost one hand), and the blade does not lock in place once opened. My sole objection to the UK law as it sits is this last condition, as it makes the knife that fraction less safe for the user.

I’m a Swiss Army knife guy. They are classics, yet affordable and utilitarian.

I have one (mine is a Victoria Knox, not a Wenger) I bought on a school trip to Switzerland in 1992. It's kind of nice as a souvenir still, though I now regret having gone for one of the multi-blade affairs. These days, the most useful knife I find is one with just a decent blade, not all the novelty stuff. If I were to be buying again, I'd go for one of the stripped-down versions that are actually issued to the military there. I do have, somewhere, one of the German equivalents (if memory serves, a Wenger by manufacture) which would be an excellent EDC but for the fact that it's just a fraction too long for UK laws.

I own a number of Laguiole and Buck folders one of which I always have with me. I prefer the Laguioles over the Bucks though, dressier and available in the most stunning handle variations and there are models with a corkscrew.

I have my eye on a Laguiole. I was admiring them this Summer in France; I may treat myself to one of the cheaper models if we go back in the next couple of years.

This is my EDC. It theoretically can be opened with one hand, but since I severed a tendon in my right thumb years ago it is a bit difficult. Also the Russlock lever tends to wear a hold in my pocket lining if it is facing down. The good thing is that the inclusion of that BPS logo gave me a 40% discount!

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Very nice piece indeed. How did the logo make such a difference?

 

[BobHufford]

Very nice piece indeed. How did the logo make such a difference?

They are my employer. We get a discount on "branded" product.

 

[Jaxenro]

This is my rig for when I am feeling particularily dressy. The knife dates from the late 19th century I wear it clipped inside my jacket pocket using a boot clip type sheath. The Colt is from 1923 and has a matching pocket holster that is an authentic reproduction of a holster the time period

 

[dnjan]

I’m a Swiss Army knife guy. They are classics, yet affordable and utilitarian.

Same here. Victorinox with 2 knife blades, bottle opener, can opener, screwdriver and corkscrew.
All the essentials.
Goes in my checked bag when I fly, and then back into the right vest pocket when I unpack my luggage.
Forgot it in the pocket one time, but the security person in the Frankfurt (Germany) airport had a lot of respect for "Original Swiss Army knives", and directed me to the closest post office in the airport.
Sending it back was much less than half the cost of the knife.

I've given similar knives to grad students working for me who needed a knife for something in the lab, but didn't have one handy.

 

[Inkstainedwretch]

"Switchblades" were outlawed in 1958 because, of all things, they were featured in a lot of juvenile delinquent movies, popular in the '50s. Think " Rebel Without a Cause." By the '90s, when the gangs were armed with military-grade firearms, it seemed silly to ban a pocket knife because it opened with a spring instead of a thumbnail. I don't know if the ban was ever rescinded, but they are sold openly now. I have several. Local laws may restrict them, so you still may be subject to arrest, depending on how the cop who busted you is feeling that day.

 

[RJR]

I have several "one hand" knives but most frequently use a Boker or a Spyderco.I have CCW so auto is not an issue.

 

[-30-]

That's handy but I wish they made some of those knives more dressy, instead of with that apocalypse-quality-looking plastic.

http://www.collectors-of-camillus.us/Catalogs/1946-Camilluss.pdf

How about a No 62, c/w a Mother-of-Pearl handle - prior to this 1947 catalogue.
(I have one, and thankfully, it was never dropped. - no bolsters for protection.)

If done, a Web-search for the original company will be most rewarding.
(Just did a You Tube search as well:

Regards,
J T

 

[Cocker]

Fell in love with this one a couple weeks ago, a Perceval "Le Français":

 

[BlueTrain]

"Switchblades" were outlawed in 1958 because, of all things, they were featured in a lot of juvenile delinquent movies, popular in the '50s. Think " Rebel Without a Cause." By the '90s, when the gangs were armed with military-grade firearms, it seemed silly to ban a pocket knife because it opened with a spring instead of a thumbnail. I don't know if the ban was ever rescinded, but they are sold openly now. I have several. Local laws may restrict them, so you still may be subject to arrest, depending on how the cop who busted you is feeling that day.

Just as many people go to the emergency with knife wounds (intentional) as with gunshot wounds.

 

[Benzadmiral]

This is my rig for when I am feeling particularily dressy. The knife dates from the late 19th century I wear it clipped inside my jacket pocket using a boot clip type sheath. The Colt is from 1923 and has a matching pocket holster that is an authentic reproduction of a holster the time period


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I picture Peter Lorre's Ugarte tucking that gun and knife into his pockets before heading to Rick's!

As for a pocket knife choice, I went with Alz's suggestion: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H3QXHI/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The Case models are great, and when I want to splurge a little more I'll go with one, but this looks like it will suit me for now.

 

[Jaxenro]

I picture Peter Lorre's Ugarte tucking that gun and knife into his pockets before heading to Rick's!.

Bogart liked the 1903 and carried it in a few movies including Casablanca. He had smaller hands and thought the 1911 looked too large in his hands and made him look small on screen.

 

[Jaxenro]

Fell in love with this one a couple weeks ago, a Perceval "Le Français":

Really clean lines I like it