Some American equivalents to these historic foreign knives, please

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Opinel, Douk-Douk and Mercator. Made in their home countries for many years - utilitarian and inexpensive..they just work.

What are some American comparable blades?

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Old Hickory Butcher knife; Buck 110 as mentioned, any Case folding pocket knife such as the sodbuster or trapper, Schrade Old Timers, CR Sebenza, Ka-BAR USMC, ....
 
In addition to the aforementioned Sod Buster, 110, and Old Hickory suggestions, I'd also add in the old Camillus (and others) U.S. Demo knife.
 
Sod Buster is fudging it a bit for American though. The design is German, and was imported and popular in the States (and other places) for half a century before the Case version.

Buck 110 should make it in. A Fish or Tickler pattern should go in, they were the big, cheap, working knife folks bought years ago. Last, a case could be made for the Barlow, while an English pattern, it's main success was in the States, and it was a hugely popular cheap pattern for decades here.
 
Sad thing is if we're looking for iconic American blades, the only ones that would compete price-wise with the ones listed by the OP are made in China. The 110, Fish and Barlow are great suggestions, I'd go so far as to include a Stockman or a Trapper...I just don't know where you can buy one made here for $10-20...I guess maybe US made Case in the ~$40-60 range?

I think we're almost to the point where a some kind of Spyderco (aka: an ugly knife with a hole in the blade that performs incredibly) should be considered an iconic American knife and a Hinderer and McHenry/Williams/Purdue design not far behind.
 
I'd suggest the Texas Toothpick pattern, but it really resembles an Andalusian design that knife folks generically call the navaja.

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Bowie.

There's no one long-standing maker (unless you count a Ka-bar) but I think that's the most recognized American knife.
 
OP here, thanks gents.

I've added:

Higonokami (Japan 1896)- to be purchased
Barlow (England 1700's)- to be purchased
Sod Buster (U.S. 1862) - now own

to my originals:

Opinel (France 1890) -own
Mercator ( Germany 1840)-own
Douk Douk (France 1929)-own

I appreciate good stuff that has worked for its intended purposes for 100 years MOL...I see these as working peoples tools that were/are reasonable as to cost.

I own or have owed several of the other suggested comparables such a KA-BAR and 110 and while iconic don't have the manufacturing history of the others - yet.

Thanks again.

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I've always considered the old shell construction imperials to be the peasants knives of America.
They may not make them anymore, but they're out there and easily had for very little.
They fit the bill perfectly, they're lightweight, they cut extremely well, take a razor edge, and they were simply made to work.
If I had to choose one specifically it would be an imperial peanut since the Barlow is of English origin.
here's my imperial peanut next to another prime example ( imperial H6 ) an outers pattern fixed blade which were made by various different makers throughout the last century.
The one knife that fits the bill most though that is still in production would be the STANLEY 99E utility knife.
And at under 10$ it compares perfectly in the price department.
There are American knives that are extremely iconic like the buck 110, but they just aren't low cost inexpensive peasants knives like the opinel and douk douk are.
 
If inexpensive regional traditional knives are your thing, there are a few others to check out that you haven't listed. The ones that come to mind are Okapi(Germany/South Africa), Taramundi(Spain), MAM(Portugal), and Svord(New Zealand).

Here is a Taramundi next to a No8 Opinel.

 
IMO you "must" own a Buck 110, as a kid that was pretty much the only folder anyone I knew had other than the random Case.
 
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