Hot Knives in 20 Years?

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straitshot

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What will be the hot new models in 20 years? I still use some I've had that long and they work just fine. I suppose the politicians will determine it to some degree, like 2" blunt blades.

However, assisted opening, pocket clips, carbon fiber, super alloys, and trick locks are on the edge now. 20 years ago Spyderco was the maverick, and all the stores carried trappers and stockmans. Fixed blades were pretty much still made for hunting rather than SWAT.

What's your prediction for 2027 blades?:) Regards, ss.
 
I also wonder if and how knife laws will change. It seems like Britain is having some rather interesting knife issues, and I hope such silliness doesn't spread here.

Ceramic blades may become more practical.
 
People try all kinds of sexy ways to get a knife to look and do different things--but the basic designs of useful knives remain fairly stable. They'll have different materials and handles, but I bet a drop point hunter is still around. I bet the slippies will still be popular. Something will certainly be new in the tactical market.

Quality will always be quality and trends will come and go.

Just my thoughts...no crystal ball.
 
okbohn said:
People try all kinds of sexy ways to get a knife to look and do different things--but the basic designs of useful knives remain fairly stable. They'll have different materials and handles, but I bet a drop point hunter is still around. I bet the slippies will still be popular. Something will certainly be new in the tactical market.

Quality will always be quality and trends will come and go.

Just my thoughts...no crystal ball.
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I agree. The basic designs have been around for years (centuries?) and will remain for years to come. Makes will continue to try to come up with something new and if they build it, some will come. I think that if buyers make wise choices, the knives they buy today will srve them well in 2027. I still have my Boy Scout knife, a basic Bowie format, purchased some fifty years ago and it's still razor sharp an quite serviceable.
 
I wonder what effect the MIM (the molded cast blades?) will have on the industry. If knives can have a more 3-D shape who knows what it will lead to?
TC
 
Laws will no doubt affect what is carried. Collectables might take a different direction.

Most carry knives will be under 2.5" and maybe not lock open. :eek:

It is still amazing that innovation is alive and well in an industry that is 40,000 years old, but it is. We will have even "better" materials (jumps higher, runs faster, looks different). We will have new fasteners, locks, grinds, "fads".

We will also rediscover the old. Blade history will take on new meaning and depth.

As Clearytja mentioned, MIM offers interesting solutions and is a great adventure. Spyderco's "S" model is a production MIM blade. The "Bifold" (currently in "new" development) is MIM'd blade and handle. Sinterred magnesium alloys will add new dimensions.

Testing interest and technology will also improve to better "know" the blade, edge and history. More discussion on the edge from a molecular level.

Crime rates will certainly affect the useage of "Mowgli's tooth"; who carries what, why, training, etc.

Multi-tools wil continue to develop.

Knife kits will become more common and many will "create" their knife of the day.

Composite knives will become more popular, small and not obvious.

IMO,

sal
 
straitshot said:
However, assisted opening, pocket clips, carbon fiber, super alloys, and trick locks are on the edge now. 20 years ago Spyderco was the maverick, and all the stores carried trappers and stockmans. Fixed blades were pretty much still made for hunting rather than SWAT.
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I strongly disagree.

I was getting into knives in the late 70s and early 80s. Couldn't afford anything to speak of but I read magazines and such. There were any number of fads and high end steels then too, 440C being one of the hottest. Butterflies and tantos and push daggers and all the Cold Steel things. You had to go the right stores to see those things but they were available. Then as now, you had to know where to look.

Phil
 
There's a video game with a knife that has an electric charge. Kinda like a knife/tazer. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but such a weapon could be build and could be useful in a combat situation. Such a weapon could add effectiveness to slashes aimed at less than lethal body parts.
 
There was a time when people thought we would be driving hover cars right now. The fact of the matter is, we aren't, and we probably won't be in the forseable future.

I have a feeling that popular knives then will be much like the popular ones now.
 
I think it will depend more on the character of whichever warlord has taken control of your local area.

After the dollar collapses, legislation will be by consensus around the campfire while roasting what or whomever has been caught in the snares that day.

I would want BIG knives. Along with the shotgun.

:D
 
There will be a new super steel that will sharpen itself!!!

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised to see blades impregnated with more carbides. A cubit zirconium impregnated blade wouldn't surprise me at all.
 
Strobengh said:
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised to see blades impregnated with more carbides. A cubit zirconium impregnated blade wouldn't surprise me at all.
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Darrel Meyer has been making such a composite for about 10 years.

sal
 
As the pendulum swings back away from "tactical" knives, watch for the return of the friction folder. No lock, just blade, scales, and two rivets.

Put money on it, I am.


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- Fractal knives (http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=143)

- Knives like the vibroblades from RAH novels. Probably disposable with batteries like what you find in the disposable electric blades.

- Innovations in concealability (plastic knives) and compactness (new folding mechanism) are likely given the ingenuity of people.

- Wonder plastics or metals that change from flexible to rigid stabbing or cutting objects when bent a certain way (again, William Gibson had that idea in one of his novels - the character had this device in his belt).

- Tougher ceramics or similar materials that take the same one molecule thick cutting edge as glass or silica but without the brittleness.

- Non-scratching and cut enhancing finishes
 
Strobengh said:
There will be a new super steel that will sharpen itself!!!

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised to see blades impregnated with more carbides. A cubit zirconium impregnated blade wouldn't surprise me at all.
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I would like that. Maybe some kinda of mini-bacteria that will...i must be crazy :D
 
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