Does anybody not own a non-traditional folder?

[LCS]

Only traditionals here (Case knives, a Rough Rider, a few Swiss Army knives and some Mora fixed blades for camping and cleaning fish).

I did have three non-tradtionals at one point but gave them all away. They were well-made knives, with certainly good enough quality steel, but just didn't appeal to me both in design and function.

 

[Fire Beard]

I like...no, love...knives. All kinds. I'm 66 years old, grew up with traditional knives but fell in love with every single advance in knife design. I don't really distinguish between what's traditional and what's modern. They are all cutting machines and, if it appeals to me, it doesn't really matter if it's opened with a nail nick, thumb stud, flipper, blade hole or an automatic button. I remember when the Buck 110 was considered revolutionary and "modern". I loved it then and I love it now--now that it's considered as a "traditional". I was one of the first people around to buy a Spyderco Clipit when they were introduced in 1990. I love them still and I still carry one of the newer models most of the time. But I never lost my love of the traditional knife and I've recently rediscovered how useful a standard slipjoint can be. Not just useful but also aesthetically appealing to the eye and the hand. Virtually everything I need to do with a knife I can do with a traditional folding knife. But, in the end, they're all knives to me. I love them all and enjoy using them all to the exclusion of none.

Awesome. Very well said.

 

[Jody744]

Spyderco ukpk at work. I wear gloves, and drop knife sometimes.
Also a queen elec conversion by glennbad.
I am willing to loan spydrerco to coworkers also.
It is a "modern" slipjoint...
90 % traditional in my collection
(Bought a bunch of vic saks when i was a teen)

 

[glennbad]

I have a very few modern folders. And quite a few traditionals, LOL. I do carry my Mini grip every day, but it ALWAYS accompanied by a traditional of some kind.

 

[digitalurbancamo]

(Excluding Fixed Blades)
Modern Folders 20% (carried about 10% of the time)
Traditional Folders 80% (carried about 90% of the time)

 

[bonzodog]

I own one non traditional,Gerber e-z-out.Takes care of the rough stuff in the garden.

 

[KYenglish]

almost exactly this, although I have only 3 modern type knives, and there cheap friendly and small

I've got a few non-trad folders in a box somewhere. Same place they've been sitting for years.

I find that a quality slipjoint does everything I need a pocket knife to do. If more than that is required, it's time to grab a fixed blade. :thumbup:

 

[Halfneck]

I love my traditionals, but lately have been carrying either a modern Benchmade or Spyderco. I just started working back in the medical field and they are easier to carry in scrubs, and faster to access. Once home though one of my traditionals (GEC Eureka Jack lately) is usually in my pocket.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

I find that a quality slipjoint does everything I need a pocket knife to do. If more than that is required, it's time to grab a fixed blade. :thumbup:

Very true, unfortunately, due to local laws, not really an option.

I like...no, love...knives. All kinds. I'm 66 years old, grew up with traditional knives but fell in love with every single advance in knife design. I don't really distinguish between what's traditional and what's modern. They are all cutting machines and, if it appeals to me, it doesn't really matter if it's opened with a nail nick, thumb stud, flipper, blade hole or an automatic button. I remember when the Buck 110 was considered revolutionary and "modern". I loved it then and I love it now--now that it's considered as a "traditional". I was one of the first people around to buy a Spyderco Clipit when they were introduced in 1990. I love them still and I still carry one of the newer models most of the time. But I never lost my love of the traditional knife and I've recently rediscovered how useful a standard slipjoint can be. Not just useful but also aesthetically appealing to the eye and the hand. Virtually everything I need to do with a knife I can do with a traditional folding knife. But, in the end, they're all knives to me. I love them all and enjoy using them all to the exclusion of none.

Well said!

 

[Old Hunter]

In "modern" all I own are Buck 112 & Buck 110 Folding Hunters (and their clones made by Schrade and Camillus) - I think they have evolved from "modern" to traditional style during my lifetime. OH

 

[deskil]

My Traditionals outnumber my Moderns by a four to one margin, but I usually carry one of each daily (sometimes two traditionals of different blade configurations and sizes). I tote two (any where from two to seven individual blades), 'cuz one ain't enough.

 

[quattromori]

Not so old either...but strictly traditional anyway

Fausto

 

[jeremy1517]

I carry my Michael Morris friction folder with my favorite Wharncliff blade pattern everyday. Mr. Morris made it exactly how I wanted it...

 

[Eric J]

I find that modern folders do have their place and I can't seem to get along without them. I can't carry a gun in my state so I carry a modern folder. My SAK Super Tinker goes everywhere and does all of the work though. I wish the world were different, but we like to release felons and there are too many gangs/members to count.

 

[jc57]

Does anyone not own a non-traditional folder or are happy with just traditionals?

To answer the original question as closely as I can:

I COULD be happy with just traditionals. However, I already owned several non-traditional knives prior to getting into traditionals, and I have no reason to get rid of all of the existing ones. I haven't added any NEW non-traditionals, though and have sold or gifted several that I knew I wasn't going to get any use out of.

I see no reason for it to be an all or nothing proposition either way. I am about 90%-95% traditional in my collection.

 

[kamagong]

I had three or four Benchmade knives, but I lost almost all my knives in a fire three years ago and just never bothered to replace anything that wasn't a slip joint.

James

I never knew that James. On the bright side (if there can be one in those circumstances), you've been able to pick up that awesome Bagwell in the interim.

- Christian

 

[monstrum]

I usaly just carry a traditional. When I carry a modern its with a tradition.

 

[csisland]

Traditionals are less complicated than the non-traditional. Whenever I'm looking around for a non-traditional, the strength of the lock, deployment method, and type of steel makes my head spin sometimes.

 

[Phil in Alabama]

Traditionals only; the closest thing I have to a "modern" knife is a Kershaw/Kai Gentlemans Folder with G10 scales, but it's a traditional lockback style. Have some copperheads, some equal ends, some scout/utilities, a couple of folding hunters, and a few other mixed types, along with three fixed blades, a Queen "Rabbit Knife", a Lone Wolf Loveless Design drop point and a Russ Easler custom. Never really seen any "modern" type knife that appealed to me.

 

[knarfeng]

I'm old enough that when I started carrying a knife, "traditional" patterns were the only knives available. I carried them for a couple of decades before modern patterns were common. I still have modern knives in a wide array of blade alloys; and they still get carried.

Having carried and used both traditional and modern designs a goodly bit, I've decided that the blade shapes of traditional patterns are more useful to me. But I do prefer the modern alloys.