If you had to name one folder that revolutionized the knife industry?

Swat knife. It legitimatized the selling of crap under the guise of professional endorsement and quality. That seems to be the biggest trend in America today.
 
Buck 110

Spyderco Worker

Spyderco Endura/Delica

All three revolutionized the knife industry by their introduction.

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Outdoor Edge Cutlery Corp.


David Bloch

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Buck 110

Spyderco Worker

Spyderco Endura/Delica

All three revolutionized the knife industry by their introduction.

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Sincerely,
Outdoor Edge Cutlery Corp.


David Bloch

See our Online Catalog at: http://www.outdooredge.com


 
Shootist

You started this.......how about clarifying the timescale instead of letting posters keep changing the rules according to when they became interested in knives ?

In your mind, when does " folder history" start ?
Last year ?
Last decade ?
When knives began "folding" ?



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BrianWE
 
Troglodite Knife Works, a long time B.C.E. Chipped flint tool loosely tied between two sticks, or pieces of sabertooth tiger fur.

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Dave
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If at first you don't succeed, go buy a knife.
 
Good question Brian. I would say In this century anyway. I myself was probably thinking Buck 110, or Spyderco worker. I think these knives really changed the way people thought about folders.

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Dennis Bible
 
Y'all are going to think I'm nuts, but I think it was the Case Jack or Sodbuster. One of those was probably one of the first reliable big scale production knives that had consistant quality and reliability.

Jake



[This message has been edited by Jake Evans (edited 03-03-2000).]
 
I suppose we'd need to add the perspective of time and if we're talking about folders that made important changes that lead to the folders we have today I'd point to two, the Buck 110 folding hunter(first really popular big locking folder) and the Spyderco C01 Worker (first tactical folder, or at least the first one that made a significant impact on the knife industry.)

Anybody thought of posting this question on Levine's forum. I'll bet he has some interesting insights. Take care.



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Fred
Knife Outlet
http://www.knifeoutlet.com
 
How about the knife that got people who don't like knives buying knives....the Leatherman ?
My Wave goes everywhere I go.....the other knives must wait their turn.
have I caught up with you guys, yet ?
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BrianWE
 
I can't narrow it down to any one knife (or person) in particular, so here goes:

Sebenza - what can I say - "quintessential". Chris and Anne are setting the standard for customer service and consistency of quality.

Bob Terzuola ATCF - introduced the thumb disk, first "tactical" folder, cool logo. Bob can design a freakin' knife!
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Spyderco Military-second edition - shows that persistence pays off, eccentric pivot, design, tough as hell. Danelle, where are you?

Cold Steel SRK - for the money, a terrific all-around FB, in spite of the company's politics.

Simonich Cetan - design, TALONITE. Rob is too cool for words.

Kit Carson Model 4 - one of the few customs with liner-locks that can be implicitly trusted, overall design, built like a brick doo-doo house, and above all, Kit is a another "classic" of sorts.

Benchmade Emerson CQC7 - Navy Seals, and Richard Marcinko were catalysts for the lightweight tactical folder revolution, at least for me. Yes I bought in to that "issued to Navy SEAL's" crap. Admit it, so did you.

Spyderco Police, Endura, Delica - Wunderbar lockbacks. Sal Glesser, the man behind the one hand folder revolution. The Tucker (without the crappy outcome) of the last 50 years. Why can't corporate America be more like Spyderco?

Too many more to list - enough of this novella.

Later,
Chris
 
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