international working class trad knives

[RescueRiley]

as of late I;ve been interested in acquiring trad styled knives used by working class folks around the world.. i n other words low cost working folding knives, that put function over form
example might be
mercator cat knife
Opinel
douk douk
svord peasant
Aitor castor
Sodbuster
okapi
etc


other than those mentioned can you reccommend any others?

Regards, RR

 

[confucius37]

That's a pretty good list to me, there are two more that I just recently learned about:

The Lierenaar - http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...renaar-a-knife-from-the-belgian-german-border

and the Swedish Barrel Knife - these seem to be very hard to find and kinda pricey, but they definitely scream work horse to me

 

[wouldestous]

try searching the forum with keywords like 'regional', 'work' and things like that.
besides the ones already listed theres fairly recent threads about a spanish taramundi, some italian patterns and a friction folder from austria which i cannot remember the name of right now.
might also look into the higonokami from japan.
the big difficulty on many of these items seems to be finding them in the united states. lol

 

[Humppa]

Well, the Lierenaar has almost been told, but there are several others

Like the Trattenbacher Taschenzaunkerl from Austria (that´s the knife wouldestous mentioned above)

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...cher-Taschenfeitel-a-typical-Austrian-pattern

we have the regular Hippekniep (aka Sodbuster), the Ankermesser (anchor knife) and of course the Stanley Disposable Cutter.

THere are many others out there, that should be named...

 

[rarreola]

"Ismet Yetiskul" from Turkey
"Huasito Parralino" from Chile
Pattada from Italy
Mikov from Czech
Imacasa from El Salvador
Trattenbacher Austria

 

[bvik]

Check out this thread from November 2012: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...and-I-d-appreciate-it-if-you-checked-it-twice

 

[RescueRiley]

Thanks guys.. Keep 'em coming Love that Lierenaar

 

[whetrock]

The Japanese Carpenter knives are really rudimentary friction folders. The ones I have are branded Hignokami. They might not be your cup of tea, however they are interesting nonetheless.

 

[J D Wijbenga]

In the Netherlands the "Herder". Sodbuster pattern made in Solingen by one of several Herder factories.

 

[Stich2442]

France has many reginal working knives

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...our-French-traditional-regional-pocket-knives

 

[Woodrow F Call]

A hawkbill pruner and electrician's knife come to mind.

 

[Will Power]

Small simple puukko or a Mora need not be ignored either......

 

[scruffuk]

What about a the English Lambsfoot and Sheepsfoot folding knife patterns?

 

[Jack Black]

There's the Norwegian Tollekniv.

 

[mnblade]

Mikov from Czech

Mikov is a brand, not a type of knife.

-- Mark

 

[untamed]

Bumping to add the Hungarian pattern (Spyderco will come out with their version and it is very faithful to the original design)

More info below -

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/842898-Hungarian-Knives-and-Knifemakers