Oldest continuously produced knife?

FortyTwoBlades said:
What about the oldest continuously produced knife, though? Not knife maker? A specific model made by one firm and with only minimal changes, if any, from its initial form? :)
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Yes, this is what this thread is about. Not whose been making knives longest, or what styles, but which specific models have endured.
 
Manufacturers aside, I believe the traditional Japanese Carpenter knives, have been produced by various knife maker/firm for quite some time. Also Friction folders in general have been produced since Rome's heyday according to the Svord, Peasant knife literature.
 
CWL said:
Puma fixed blade hunting knives share the same outline as hunting daggers seen in 14th-15th Cent. tapestries & other art. The White Hunter is a good example.

Japanese cutlery has not changed much since their sword-makers turned to kitchen cutlery after the country was unified.
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That may be, but those aren't specific models produced by the same firm continuously with minimal change over time. ;) For instance, the standard Buck 110 has gone through a few slight changes over the years but it's still made by Buck, it's still in their line, and it has only small differences between its present version and the original. The Douk Douk is almost identical today to the original made in the 1920's. Etc. etc. :)
 
Sheesh. :rolleyes: Basic knife designs and shapes don't really change over time because their use still tends to be the same. Most real innovation has been with the introduction of modern materials rather than new design philosophy. Folding knives have benefited more as a result of materials & industrialization.

The Japanese have been using basic knife shapes for at least 4-5 centuries. A Knifemaker in 1560 would have made the same pattern of knives still recognizable today. The names, shapes and use of the knives remain mostly unchanged up to the present.
Deba knives for fish
Yanagi for sashimi
Nakiri for vegetables
Santoku for general use (kitchen knife)

If you dropped back in time to the Aritsugu cutlery shop in 1560 Japan and asked for a "Nakiri", they'd hand you the same design of knife as you'd find if you went to their store today.
 
But seriously though, as per the thread's goal, which specific japanese knife design, by which specific manufacturer, has been around the longest?
 
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