I'm making a list, and I'd appreciate it if you checked it twice.

Argh. I'm a history major, and the thought of a sailing knife, made in Sheffield, which saw use throughout the heyday of Britain's more...imperial days just makes me giggle. And I like to see flair, not just jacks, trappers, canoes and muskrats. Those a bit boring (in my eyes)
 
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a modern version of the friction folder would be good
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What about the Svörd Peasant knife - considering to a german retailer this pattern was in Bohemia and Bavaria during medival times... this would be an interessting version - 100 % agreed
 
I've considered it - and the Hungarian and Croatian patterns were very interesting, I must admit. Are there any African designs which are homegrown (as opposed to the Okapi, Douk Douk)
 
Darn it, I shouldn't be looking at those Russian knives, there's at least three I'd love to have in my Scouting pack, aarrrrgh!

Would make a nice complement to all my Russian watches :D
 
Check Kizlyar knives, some very nice Walnut handled Russian knives. They also make folding knives, more modern than Traditional though.

You need a Finnish puukko!! :D Not the same as Swedish or Norwegian knives, Marttiini make inexpensive ones.
 
I found the name of the Russian (sort of) fixed blade knife: the Yakut knife. The examples I saw looked similar to Scandinavian knives.
 
China knife, Shilin Cutter, these are made in Taiwan (note that only one person, Kuo, continues to make these traditional slip joints today):

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Slovakian shepherd knife

for South America,puñal criollo or similar gaucho knife
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Canary Island Naifa (knife)

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Chokwe from Mozambique

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Norway ,tollekniv


so many,good luck.... :thumbup:
 
I think for Russia, you could probably get away with a saami knife. Actually, you could cover all of Scandinavia and Russia with the Saami. That being said, outside of the Saami people, there are regional differences between all the Scandinavian countries.

As for USA, the Buck would definitely be recognizable, but don't be too quick to dismiss Kephart, Nessmuck and Bowie knives. These knives literally helped shape America.
Or there is also Case or Camillus? Don't think you can go wrong with a stockman pattern.
 
I'd go with the Douk-douk for Africa. It's so well known that the term douk-douk is often used to refer to any knife.

This allows you to use the Opinel for France, where it is much more popular than the Douk-Douk.

As for the USA, I'd say the Buck 110 was the right choice. It is the most iconic and influential American knife of the last 50 years. The 110 was so influential that the term "buck knife" was commonly used to refer to any lockback knife (much like the douk-douk mentioned above). I think it's a better choice than the Spyderco or Leatherman (which is less a knife and more a multitool).

For what it's worth I've carried Spydercos for years, and currently carry a Leatherman Kick and a Bucklite Max (bascially a modernized 110) every day. :D
 
I like your choice of the British army knife (BAK) I own quite a few and find them a very good knife, possibly a little basic for some tastes, but tough as old boots, which was probably the idea the army had in mind. Personally I prefer the two piece model without the spike, it's a bit less of a lump to pocket carry, hard to find now though unless you go for the locking version. I'd stay away from the Ibberson made ones, the one I had didn't take an edge worthy of a butter knife :grumpy: otherwise you should be OK.

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zippofan said:
Darn it, I shouldn't be looking at those Russian knives, there's at least three I'd love to have in my Scouting pack, aarrrrgh!

Would make a nice complement to all my Russian watches :D
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Tell me about it! I'm still narrowing down which Vostok I want for my first Russian!
 
:cool: nice list. It will give people here plenty to bicker about. As a former Peace Corps volunteer in Western Samoa, I have to request that you include the

18 inch blade bush pattern Martindale (Crocodile Brand) machete with a wooden handle. No sheath. This is the Every Day Carry knife for Samoa. I am not familiar with the French-speaking islands of Polynesia; perhaps someone from those islands can comment.

Some people may suggest the "nifo oti" dance knife with a square blade and a hook as the Samoan knife. I disagree because the "nif oti" is only used in ceremonies and in dance routines for tourists ("ailao" is the twirling knife or flaming torch dance routine). The nifo oti is easy to recognize and may be called a "Samoan knife" but the pattern is clumsy, not well balanced, and is not used in the plantation or anywhere else as a practical tool.

If I had to choose a second pattern for Samooa, it would be a short, study fixed blade (3 - 4 inches) with a wooden handle and a point that is rounded off and sharpened for cutting slices of dried coconut meat from the split coconut shell. These are usually homemade but the Martindale company from Birmingham has this in their online catalog; this "naifi sali popo" or copra cutting knife is the second Samoan pattern that is used in the villages.

Huge belt knives, switchblades, zombie stabbers and other such things are never seen and would be "naifi papalagi valea" (knife for the crazy white man). Any folding knife is a "naifi fa'amoe" (knife you put to sleep).

Faiaoga
Doctorate in Bush Knife Studies, University of Samoa
 
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Faiaoga said:
Any folding knife is a "naifi fa'amoe" (knife you put to sleep).

Faiaoga
Doctorate in Bush Knife Studies, University of Samoa
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in context of this conversation, what doese that mean
"knife you put to sleep"

thanks in advance

Ryan
 
bakofried said:
I considered the Spyderco Worker because I see it as the advent of the modern folder - and I would like that to be represented. Granted, a stainless steel Delica might do as well, but...
And I've heard about sodbusters abroad. Is it just a commonly used pattern? Was it imported from anywhere in particular? Is it just an international work knife?

Also, I'm desperately looking for a Russian piece...
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The Sodbuster (folding butcher's knife) as I recall was commonly used in Communist Block countries (Yugoslavia, USSR, East Germany) because it was easy and cheap to make on outdated communist machinery.They were and are inexpensive, useful, durable knives that need no special maintenance to function. You could dip the whole knife in old motor oil once a month and keep cutting with it. They didn't need to be replaced often, so they were a fairly good choice for communist economies. All IIRC.
For a Russian knife, I'd go with anything made by Rosarms out of Zlatoust.
 
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