Favorite “peasant” knives

I have a few which I think fall into this category...

Herder
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Joker
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Higonokami
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Opinel
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Joker Setter
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StrangeDaze StrangeDaze Sorry, can't recall :) No tang markings, but if you're patient I'm going to the country house nextwk. and I'll check its box. Christian kamagong kamagong if he's reading this will remember though.

I will say this, VERY durable, it has stainless liners & backspring with carbon blade. Couple of weeks ago I hear an ominous clunking noise from the washing-machine.....:eek: after the cycle finished I found I'd left it in a pocket., but none the worse for it at all:D
 
Will Power said:
StrangeDaze StrangeDaze Sorry, can't recall :) No tang markings, but if you're patient I'm going to the country house nextwk. and I'll check its box. Christian kamagong kamagong if he's reading this will remember though.

I will say this, VERY durable, it has stainless liners & backspring with carbon blade. Couple of weeks ago I hear an ominous clunking noise from the washing-machine.....:eek: after the cycle finished I found I'd left it in a pocket., but none the worse for it at all:D
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Thank you! I’ll have to pick one up eventually if i can.
 
Just Tom. said:
I believe it is the “Castor” knife, by Aitor (Spanish, I think).

I made this same joke once before when this knife came up, but with a name like “Castor Aitor”, it really aught to have a spey blade…
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Henry Beige said:
Looks like an Aitor. Sadly discontinued. Has the leaf-shaped blade that you see on some Spanish knives, and others, but the one that comes immediately to mind is Pallares de Solsona.
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Thanks! Looks like it is discontinued.
 
This category of knives has been discussed here in the past . One question has been what to call them. “Peasant” is fairly apt, but makes me think of the Svörd peasant knives. “Ethnic blue collar” has been tried, but seems awkward. “Working” knives? “Hipster knives”? There are probably some others, as these discussions are at least a few years old.

As you might have surmised, Just Tom has an impressive collection. My own assemblage pales in comparison, but includes Opinel ( the poster child), MAM, Antonini, Mercator, Douk Douk, Pallares de Solsona, Okapi, Aitor, Joker (some decent ring-lock knives), Higonokaml, Svörd, and probably some I don’t remember.
 
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