A List of Iconic/Groundbreaking Traditional Knives

+1 for the #54 Big Jack

The Buck 110, Barlow and the Trapper come to mind on a serious note

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Case yellow trapper, buck 110, victorinox tinker, buck 119, green river butcher knives, the tl-29, schrade 4 inch stockman, and maybe a zero tolerance.
 
We need to keep this traditional knives folks. If not it gets moved.
 
I can't think of any GEC knives as being either Iconic or Groundbreaking.

The patterns themselves are tried and true, classics to be sure. But I don't think they meet the criteria as iconic in their own right (at least not yet) and I've not seen them do anything that I would consider groundbreaking really. That's not a dig by the way, so please don't take it that way.

One problem with the OP's question as it intersects with traditions is that a) manufacturers often don't last that long and b) patterns get reused so frequently and c) its hard/impossible to locate the first "ground breaking" version of many patterns. Might be better to ask about iconic patterns more than iconic models.

Related... I would totally love it if the old "patterns" sticky project were revived and if people could add information on the "first" of any patterns that are known. Wikis are so much better for collaborative content creation....
 
Some guy named Jim, got a knife from his brother Rezin. I forget the last name...

The original Walden Zulu type pattern. It sure has created a storm with custom slipjoint makers. Very useful pattern too!
 
So, a running list so far:

Actual Knives
Swiss Army Knife - took a recognizable form before WWII
Mercator
Opinel
Buck 110
Douk-Douk
TL-29

Patterns
Lambsfoot
Trapper
Barlow
Stockman
Sodbuster
Italian Switchblade Pattern

Some were eliminated (like the Marbles) for being fixed blade, which would make an interesting discussion for another post.

There were also some suggestions for more modern knifes that put their mark on the world (first Spyderco, leatherman, zero tolerance). These would also make for an interesting discussion in another post as well. I'd add the Sebenza and a couple of Benchmades to that list.
 
ckpj99 said:
So, a running list so far:

Actual Knives
Swiss Army Knife - took a recognizable form before WWII
Mercator
Opinel
Buck 110
Douk-Douk
TL-29

Patterns
Lambsfoot
Trapper
Barlow
Stockman
Sodbuster
Italian Switchblade Pattern

Some were eliminated (like the Marbles) for being fixed blade, which would make an interesting discussion for another post.

There were also some suggestions for more modern knifes that put their mark on the world (first Spyderco, leatherman, zero tolerance). These would also make for an interesting discussion in another post as well. I'd add the Sebenza and a couple of Benchmades to that list.
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Make that another thread in the General Knife Discussion Forum, please.
 
The way I see it, literally, the only real ground breaking knife is the sodbuster....

sod = ground
buster = breaking

:D:D:D:D:D:D
 
Peregrin - I have no plans to start discussing those other topics here. That was my effort to keep this thread on topic.
 
What a great thread. When I saw the topic, the first thought I had was Buck 110. Every time I look at one, I have a wave of nostalgia crash over me. It is a pattern that has a lot of memories from scouting. :)
 
Peregrin said:
We need to keep this traditional knives folks. If not it gets moved.
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I modified the title. Including the word "traditional" usually reduces the number of barbarian incursions.
 
150 years??

The Soddie is a trademark name from the 50s
The Buck is from the 60s
The Trapper is also a newer pattern
That they are now iconic is no question, but how long?

Iconic
The British Army as a pattern is over 100 years
The Kabar as a reflection of the bowie is very old, but the Kabar itself was only issued in the middle of WWII
Fairbairn-Sykes is also from 1940

And lets not forget Hollywood to help us understand Iconic and reality are not the same
 
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