Is this considered a "traditional" knife?

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Ed Halligan's Slip KISS, made by CRKT. Is this considered a "traditional" knife or a "modern" knife? No assisted opening, no clips, no opening stud on the blade, no blade lock. It is a slipjoint, but it lacks a frame on both sides of the blade, so I am not sure if it is traditional or not.
I think it is, however, Y'all are the experts, not me.

Thanks in advance.


P.S. Not trolling, I genuinely want to know how the Traditionalists here view this knife.
 
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Based on my response to seeing the above image, I'd say 'no,' but I too am interested in others' responses.

(Even setting aside aesthetic preferences, the screw pivot is problematic.)

~ P.
 
pertinux said:
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Based on my response to seeing the above image, I'd say 'no,' but I too am interested in others' responses.

(Even setting aside aesthetic preferences, the screw pivot is problematic.)

~ P.
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Thanks for the image. I can't get pictures to post. I've not had any problem with the pivot screw on mine. But I've only been carrying it for about 6 - 8 months.
 
afishhunter said:
Thanks for the image. I can't get pictures to post. I've not had any problem with the pivot screw on mine. But I've only been carrying it for about 6 - 8 months.
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At the risk of speaking for pertinux, I think what she meant by 'problematic' was simply that it would be problematic to consider it as 'traditional' based upon the screw pivot not that the screw pivot would cause you any functional difficulties - or at least that's what I got from her comment. Sitflyer makes a good point, and it will be interesting to me to see what others think as well.
 
Old & In The Way said:
At the risk of speaking for pertinux, I think what she meant by 'problematic' was simply that it would be problematic to consider it as 'traditional' based upon the screw pivot not that the screw pivot would cause you any functional difficulties - or at least that's what I got from her comment.
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Right-O.

Thanks for the spot-on clarification. :)

~ P.
 
Old & In The Way said:
Sitflyer makes a good point, and it will be interesting to me to see what others think as well.
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I look at the OP, and am torn. On the one hand, the knife does remind me of the wire framed folder of yesteryear. But then again, I am not inclined to call the wire framed knife traditional. Even in it's own time it was kind of an oddball of sorts, at least in my mind.
 
Very fair question I think. There's certainly the odd 'oddity' going way back, but personally I'd tend to agree with the consensus here, and say 'no' :thumbup:
 
It's kind of a modern take on a slip joint. More of a novelty. I don't think I'd react to negatively if one showed up in an occasional post. I don't think it makes the cut (that's a joke) as a traditional though.
 
Get a rope.

[video=youtube;vgrGyR6EYbY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrGyR6EYbY[/video]
 
Uh... No.

I'm going to be open minded about it though. If you find an example of a knife with that mechanism that dates to the 1950s or earlier...
:D
 
Peregrin said:
It's kind of a modern take on a slip joint. More of a novelty. I don't think I'd react to negatively if one showed up in an occasional post. I don't think it makes the cut (that's a joke) as a traditional though.
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Thank you. I will not bring it up again.
 
I will go against the crowd and in my opinion, I'd say yes. My dad always said I liked to argue...lol
Nothing about it makes it "non"-traditional, though it may not be exactly what you may call traditional. While it does have a lock, it is a liner/frame lock, which some traditional knives have.
There are some beautiful Italian made versions of this style available.
 
Traditional? More "no" than "yes" ... a definite hybrid. I agree with the Mods on this one. Regardless - I'm intrigued by the construction. Thanks for sharing this, and as you can see by the responses nobody actually went "nuts" over this.
 
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