Does anybody not own a non-traditional folder?

[dynamicmoves]

I have mostly fixed blades. Couple modern and traditionals.

 

[midnight flyer]

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.

What a great post!

I am thankful that I can appreciate just about all quality knives, even though many aren't for me. Personally, I don't understand the mindset of many that it has to be one or the other, or that there is a group of special guys that only uses one type of knife.

Considering that for me, knives are working tools, I can see a place for just about all of them (don't be silly... take out mall ninja junk) if they are quality built. I carry both moderns and traditionals 99% of the time as I have found that both patterns can have their strong points. Since I can carry both, I do. I only have about 5 heavily built "modern knives", but I have to say in my job they get the yeoman's share of work.

Robert

 

[catfish579]

Because of where I live, it is not acceptable for me to carry a modern OHO on a daily basis. the exceptions are a folding exacto knife gerber makes I carry at work so I can loan one to my coworkers and not worry if they were to batter it and a leatherman squirt I keep on my keychain (wouldn't quite call the leatherman a modern folder but also no a traditional). otherwise I carry small traditional and/or an SAK cause they do everything I ask of them. A OHO that flips open in the blink of an eye is magical and they can be cool, but it is just I have no real need for something like that.