The most copied knife design?

the clip point bowie and all it's various makes ever since Jim Bowie became a cult figure and frontiers legend.
 
reply to thg when i clean my 110 or any other that has brass or nickle finish i use meguiares metal polish my son got it for me to clean my motorcycle but it works great on the brass as well
 
This is a question of honest ignorance, but is the Buck 110 a completely original design? Obviously it is one of the most copied designs, but can its true roots be traced back even further? I find it very possible that somebody came up with that style/design first, but Buck mass produced it and made it their own.

I wouldn't be surprised either way. In any case, I'd say that this design is the most copied. Sure, the SAK has been copied, but apart from the 2 true SAKs (Wegner, Victorinox), they're all cheap Chinese made imitations. Imitations of the Buck 110 style can be found not only in cheapies, but in other quality production knives as well, and even customs.

I wouldn't say the Bowie knife is the most copied, since what we consider a "bowie" style knife often doesn't resemble Jim Bowie's actual design.
 
i am not by any means a big time collector i have always had a buck 110 i did some checking and i can't find a lockback that looks like the 110 it came out in 1964 and i have seen a lot of knives that look like a 110 but looks are only skin deep they are not a buck [i like buck knives so i am kind of one sided ]
 
Correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't the Puma Game Warden pre-date the Buck 110?

Most copied-Chipped "flint"
Loveless Classic Drop Point by the Custom Boys
The Classic Stockman pattern. Every body and his brother has done it!
 
i found a collectors guide at pumakniveman.com the earliest model for the game warden was made in 1968 frist time i ever heard of this kinfe one thing i do like is the lanyard hole in the rear bolster
 
Well, here's my unscientific input:

I work in the state capital city, so it's really easy for me to go to state surplus property auctions. One of the items that is available every month is a big box full of the knives that were surrendered to airport security in the previous month. Month after month it's filled with hundreds of SAK ripoffs. The sheer volume of SAK's overwhelms any other pattern or configuration in the box every time.

I call this observation unscientific because the surplus manager cherry picks the good stuff out of the pile and sells it individually or in lots on eBay. I try to follow those auctions and it seems that stockman pattern slipjoints and multi tools are the other popular items.
 
randy750 said:
i found a collectors guide at pumakniveman.com the earliest model for the game warden was made in 1968 frist time i ever heard of this kinfe one thing i do like is the lanyard hole in the rear bolster
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Thanks for that info.

That would put the 110 as the original. It came out in '64.
 
I was already a well established knife nut when the Buck 110 came out in 1964. While I was always on the lookout for a "better" knife, I purchased a new 110 in 1964 for a whoppin' $16.00 with a leather belt sheath.

Most of my friends and asociates thought I was crazy to spend $16 on a knife. I guess the same complaint still exists, only the price has gone up.

I also bought a Game Warden and the Gerber Folder when they came out after the Buck.

Mr. Buck is to be commended. The knife community is better for his contribution.

sal
 
I think the stockman pattern is a good contender. Who even made the first one? After 4 years of carrying a hunk of junk which my father gave me, I bought a Kabar stockman for 12 dollars in 1972. My parents thought I was a nut for spending so much and were actually quite upset. What did a 12 year old need such a fancy knife for? After all, that was a few weeks worth of paper route money. Wonder what they would have thought of my collection of Benchmades, Spyderco's, Emersons, etc or of my spending 80 bucks extra just for graphics on my Sebenza?
 
110 hands down.SAKs in general win,but there are too many patterns of those.
 
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