Fixed blades in traditional patterns

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Has anyone produced fixed blades in traditional patterns? Like a eureka jack or gunstock fixed blade? The only example I can think of where a fixed blade was patterned after a folder is the Case desktop knife that's identical to the swayback jack pattern and I can't think of any good reason for this fixed-folder dichotomy. Plenty of folder patterns are very comfortable in the hand and I feel like they'd make beautiful and well-working fixed blades, I just don't see them actually being produced. I'm wondering if there's a functional reason or if it's just that the patterns originated in folders and the tradition stuck.
 
Why exactly? Folders are designed to be compact, so they have form factor limitations. A fixed blade doesn't share those limitations, I don't know why anyone would needlessly embrace them by adopting slipjoint patterns.
 
You could equally call any folder designed with aesthetics in mind needless, and you might be right. But I personally greatly enjoy slipjoint patterns for more than their form factor. I find them aesthetically pleasing and I find them comfortable in hand. You consider it a needless embrace, I consider it a needless dichotomy.
 
kamagong said:
Why exactly? Folders are designed to be compact, so they have form factor limitations. A fixed blade doesn't share those limitations, I don't know why anyone would needlessly embrace them by adopting slipjoint patterns.
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I don't know that doing a fixed blade patterned after a specific folder model necessarily implies/requires keeping the same size. It could certainly be done, in many cases - ie a Viper (47) fixed blade - but I think a Eureka pattern would want to be a little bigger. It has only been over the last couple of years that I've started to appreciate the utility of small fixed blades; but I'm intrigued by this idea.
Make it so.
 
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I've seen some custom fixed blades based off the Sodbuster pattern, forget the makers though.
 
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