New design, early ancestor?

[deltablade]

I was struck by the similarities between my Condor Kephart and Schrade SHTF42. Both were designed by experienced users, as Griffin demonstrates in his post on here; https://bladeforums.com/threads/schrade-schf42-raven-how-it-came-to-be.1604258/.
The Condor is in 1075 steel vs the Schrade 1095, and the Condor has a thinner blade, so is somewhat lighter.
Maybe their similarity in design by woodsmen about a hundred years apart is another example of the effectiveness of this type design for a working knife.

 

[Rykjeklut]

Might be me, but I can't really see any similarities apart from that they are both definitely knives.

 

[marcinek]

Might be me, but I can't really see any similarities apart from that they are both definitely knives.

I agree. The handles of both allow for "knuckle clearance" but the same could be said for a French chef's knife.

 

[Henry Beige]

A visionary or a poet will see the subtle connections that elude the rest of us.

 

[GIRLYmann]

I figure all knives derive from a common non descript ancestor.

But i see that just may be that schrade has an ancestor
In a mission knives blade

 

[unwisefool]

Those don't look the same at all?

 

[abcdef]

A visionary or a poet will see the subtle connections that elude the rest of us.

I think that elegantly explains this enigma.

 

[marcinek]

I think that elegantly explains this enigma.

Yea...that got pretty deep.

I still don't see it. Other than they both may be well-designed for their task. But all good knives are.

 

[Gravy]

They're pretty similar in the fact that they're both fixed blades, I'll give you that...

 

[john april]

i think the lack of similarities is not subtle