I wanted an EDC with some class - I think I got it!

[Wook]

For father's day my wife asked me what I wanted. For the last 10 years or so I've been carrying a Victorinox SwissChamp SAK around with me. It has gotten very beat up, very ugly and truthfully it has always been a bit oversized. It is so big it doesn't really qualify as a "pocket knife" - I had to carry it on a pouch on my belt.

I've always admired what I call "gentleman's pocket knives" - ones with a bit of class. So that's what I asked for.

And here's what I got: An Arthur Wright and Sons Twin Bolster Senator. It has a carbon steel blade which I prefer and adds to the "old school" charm. You've got to admit - it is prettier than my SAK! It actually fits in a pocket as well, which is a novelty in pocket knives for me!

 

[Harvestman]

I'm increasingly a fan of the single blade and nothing else type of folder, and that one is a beauty.

 

[Pict]

Very classy, has that old school look about it. Love the file work. I'll bet you'll be looking for excuses to use it.

 

[vizsla]

Very nice mate one of my favorite sheffield folders, i love twin bolsters and lambsfoot blades

 

[Dave]

Very nice!

 

[sasquatch]

Gentleman's folders are where it's at. Nice knife there...

 

[Hoodoo]

That's a beauty! Congrats!

 

[Adze]

Lovely looking thing - if it weren't for my habit of losing EDCs every six to eight months I'd be very tempted. Is that a white bone handle? I only ask as my new EDC (after I lost my Slip K.I.S.S 2) is one of these:

 

[Wook]

It`s the stag handle. It also comes in Buffalo and snakewood. The snakewood is very pretty, but I thought the stag looked more "Scottish". That the stag handled version is about £20 cheaper doesn't hurt either

I bought this one for about £45.

Much of the work on this knife clearly cannot be done by machine and requires hand finishing. Whoever did the work on mine was an artist.

 

[woof]

I'm also becoming a fan of single blade pocket knives, just orderd the alox sak solo off amazon.

Rob

 

[dwardo]

Very nice.

Where did you pick her up?

 

[Hugo]

I like gentleman's folders,but the SAK can be pimped.

 

[Wook]

Very nice.

Where did you pick her up?

I got it off the Heinnie Haynes website.

 

[Dreadhead]

braw wee knife that, lots of class