Sebenza 25... Go Figure...

Ok so the general consensus is that if a feature is so old and overdone we can forget the innovator, like pocket clips, thumb studs, opening holes, over travel mechanisms? Many have, no one is stating on their purchases, "using a pocket clip, that was invented by Spyderco company, or adapted from the first one hand opening hole invented by SpydercoWill the Reeve integral lock succumb to the title of FRAME LOCK? It already is being called the frame lock. Only those that chose to call it the reeve Integral LockWhy credit anyone for anything if that's the attitude, is financial gain / advertising the only motivator for giving credit? Of course its highly impractical to credit every creator of every part of a knife, but if the norm is to promote new innovations why one and not another? Because after a while everything gets cooled down and normal or industry standardsWhy not call it the "reeve overtravel disk" rather than silently applying them half way through a batch of knives. Why give such praise to an application of an O-ring without a whisper of Niels Christensen the inventor of the O-ring. Why not give credit for the guy that invented Titanium, a blow torch, a belt sander, the wheel, heck, why not give Bob Loveless the credit for almost every single drop point design, or James "Jim" Bowie? If you keep giving credit to everything after a while it becomes to much, everything becomes an industry standard or part of the norm. If that is the case then one does not give credit after a while. Same logic applies to many fields, computers, exploration, cars. No one is crediting the Mercedes Benz S600 with being the first car to have ABS, Airbag etc. Many of the issues boil down to law. I believe patent law dictates if one has a patent and someone else modifies it by 30% at least they are not infringing on the patent and no credit needs to be given in any case. The only things that do not change as fast as that is Academic Research

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