The Most "Classic" American Knife

What's the most "American" knife?

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I voted for the 110 but certainly the Bowie cannot be far behind. I would also give "Honorable Mention" to the Green River knives.
 
If I could take a Mulligan, I'd add "Bowie" to the choices. But, as I explained way back on the first page, there's just so much disagreement over what a Bowie knife actually is that I chose not to. Oh well.
 
Before Buck, Ka Bar, Drop Points and other classics, there was the BOWIE knife. The Bowie is an American original. Although shapes and details varied, right from the start they typified us as a people: big, bold, brash.

If not so popular today, nonetheless the Bowie helped to settle our land and served mightily in conflicts until the widespread introduction of revolvers.

I believe it can rightly claim to be America's Knife.
 
I thought alot. Buck 110 is iconic but its very recent knife. I though JKa-Bar and Bowie, yet I vote drop piint hunter. Though drop pioint hunter's are not as famous as bowie, 110 or ka-bar, it was knife what america was built with. Before bowie, 110 or ka-bar drop point style hunting knives were being used, even before west was wan or even discovered by that matter. I think drop point hunter's are the humble working knife, which pre-dates most knives. Not famous but just my choice. I'd probably voted Bowie if it would have been choice though.
 
Personally, when I think American knife, the Bowie is always the one that comes to mind. It came from here, and it could do anything. It was for fighting, hunting, cooking, you name it.
 
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Didn't read the thread but I say "The Bowie". Ya know a USMC MKII is a Bowie.
 
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I chose the KaBar USMC because of it's wild popularity and historic/patriotic value. The USMC is the iconic military and hunting knife of the 20th century and has been used by 1000s of service members throughout history. It represents everything "american" about the modern knife industry.
 
The Buck 110 definitely deserves a lot of respect for being the "Grandfather of folding knives"
 
how about an american made whittler with stag scales?
whittlin's been around long time,
jd
 
First American knife I ever owned, about 40 years ago, was a Buck 110.

But when I think of American knives, I think Bowie.
 
I think of my camillus boy scout camp knife; which is the knife that piqued my interest in knives! That was/is a true "pocket knife." Didn't we all have one of those when we were kids?
 
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