Top 5 Iconic Production Folders

SPYDERCO MILITARY S-90V
BENCHMADE SKIRMISH full size
SPYDERCO POLICE model
SPYDERCO ENDURA III ATS-55
SPYDERCO DELICA SS 50/50 EDGE vg-10:thumbup:
 
Buck 110
SAK
Spyderco whatever their first model was
SEBENZA
CASE whatever their first mode was, after all they pretty much started the whole pocket knife thing
 
Lots of good answers here and I'm learning a lot of folding knife history by googling the manufacturers of the knives mentioned.
 
instead of saying the same thing that everyone else said,

i'd like to mention the leatherman and the cold steel tanto

leatherman spawned a whole industry of multitools

cold steel's americanized tantos, love it or hate it, is one of the most widespread knife designs, definitely iconic (even though i personally hate it)
 
Fredde90210 said:
With over 1500 posts in six months you have certainly many opinions of knives ;)

Vic. Soldier m.1890-91
Buck 110
Spyderco Worker
CRK Sebenza
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I must say - I love my spydie worker! Shame they discontinued it - I was luck to find another at a knife show after I lost mine in Iraq after 10 yrs. of carrying it. Now, I've broke the tip on the second one (actually, another person did). Time to start looking again.

Gibby
 
I'd say:

Buck 110
Spyderco Delica / Endura
Benchmade 710
Opinel (in these parts of the world)
Case slipjoint (particularly stockman and sodbuster)
 
You have to include one of those slip-joint camp knives with the fold out fork and spoon! Who over the age of 30 hasn't had one of these at some point in their life?????:thumbup:
 
Original SAK. While multi-function folding tools weren't new even in the 1800s, the ability of the Swiss to mass produce and mass-market these made them the vanguard of modern multi-tools and Swiss-Army-style knives.

Buck 110, the archetype folding lockback.

Schrade Old Timer 34OT. Not the first Old Timer, but the most popular of all time - in fact the most popular Schrade model of all time. Made by the Imperial-Schrade Corporation continuously for forty years, and still being copied and sold by other knife companies.

Spyderco Endura. Early pioneer of modern "tactical" knives featuring the following characteristics: black plastic handles, one-hand opening action, locking blades, and aggressive styling.

Having a hard time picking out a fifth that would be considered "iconic."
 
MikeC said:
CASE whatever their first mode was, after all they pretty much started the whole pocket knife thing
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The oldest known example of a folding knife was found in Hallstatt, Austria, and dates to the early iron age, about 600 to 500 B.C., making folding knives at least 2,600 years old.
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Could that earliest folding knife have been made by a Case ancestor? Could be, but I think you'll have a hard time proving it. :)
 
Buck 110
SAK Classic
Spyderco Delica/Endura
Kershaw Leek
Cold Steel Voyager

Sorry Benchmade. Besides the 710, I just can't think of a flagship model from BM.

I believe you can show these 5 to just about anyone and they've seen them before either from a friend, co-worker, or on TV.
 
I'm surprised Emerson knives haven't been listed more, they did after all bring the Walker lock into common use.
 
CRK Sebenza
Spyderco Endura/Delica and Spyderco clip/hole
Buck 110
Al Mar Sere 2000
Emerson cqc 6
 
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