Trends in knife world?

I can tell you there is nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to safe queens. Good collectors are a big part of the business for custom makers and they appreciate repeat business, which many collectors are. Everybody wins.

Sam

Delgadonine said:
There are two trends I follow:

Collector
User.

The former might *cough* include 'Safe Queens' etc.

The latter might *cough* include blades that are not 'super steels'.

In between these currents is a myriad and plethora of pocket knives I love.
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Thank you. Mr. Wilson!

I'm currently on a 'tour" sorta speak.

My intent is to buy a knife made in each of The United States. I'm sure 'custom' made blades will be inevitable purchases.

Gathering the funds to make it a reality.
 
That sounds like a blast! I wish you the best, and hope you find exactly what you're looking for.

There are a lot of great makers out there, and I would just say unless you have very strong feelings about a particular thing, it never hurts to get some input from the maker. They've seen a lot of knives going on out of their shops and have a lot of feedback over the years. Regardless, best of luck and have a great time!

Sam
 
Thank You, Mr. Wilson!

I hope your adventures and endeavors are fruitful.

My goal is actually a quest: I want to make my first thread topic here ever about 50 knives.

It won't be about, handles-scales, sheaths or steel types. Just 50 American made knives...
 
Danke42 said:
Have I got a knife for you!

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What is that? A knife for ants?

On second thought, it looks like a little fish. I'm calling it the guppy.
 
I generally like descriptive words.

While I won’t buy a knife because of its “title”, I have many different kinds of knives that are particularly suited for different roles/tasks.

Using words like “bread knife” or “bushcraft knife” or “Bowie knife” is also a helpful way to narrow your searches and quickly categorize knives.

I just wish there were more words to describe “batonning”, because although it’s something I like to do, what I do bears little resemblance to YouTubers smashing knives through logs with slightly smaller logs.

I like LIGHT batonning. It’s very useful and is no more damaging to my knives than heavy chopping.
 
Whatever direction is being developing it's not towards my personal preference. I like single blade non-locking slipjonts with wood handles. There are still some European makers making these. In my imagination all these French trappers reaching Mississippi (and later the mountain men in the Rockies(?)), had one these kind of slipjoints and a 4-5" fixed blade skinner knife, twice tinner than the majority of ours hunting/tactical/survival/bushcraft knives. Seemingly nobody told them to forget about axes and hatchets, and they did not have pickup trucks to get back home after the weekend long survival exercise.

I remember reading a book based on notes from an expedition in the Russian Far East early in the last century, and they stored their matches in a tiny special wood box that when getting wet the lid is pressed tighter against the walls and thus the compartment is sealed. Now we have fire starters, and knives with sharp edges spine, that make the already unconfortable 1/4" thick blade good for nothing but for chopping. But, hey, knives are mostly toys than tools these days, and that is the trend I expect to continue.
 
scdub said:
I just wish there were more words to describe “batonning”, because although it’s something I like to do, what I do bears little resemblance to YouTubers smashing knives through logs with slightly smaller logs.

I like LIGHT batonning. It’s very useful and is no more damaging to my knives than heavy chopping.
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We’ve always called that “wrything”. Especially when making legs or handles. Usually with a froe.

Google tells me it’s probably “riving”. But I’ll stick with “wrything”
 
Part of marketing 101: you can make a product, a crap one or even a damn fine one, you can even love your product, your mom and dad and friends and neighbors, they also can love it. To make a successful business out of it however, doesn't matter if you like it, or if a dozen of your besties love it, or even if it's complete garbage, the goal is how to convince the masses who don't know you from a hole in a wall, who also may have multiple other choices of very similar products within the market, to feel that they want/need your product more than the competition? A trendy or catchy name can go a long way, particularly amongst the ignorant and uninformed.
 
Delgadonine said:
There are two trends I follow:

Collector
User.

The former might *cough* include 'Safe Queens' etc.

The latter might *cough* include blades that are not 'super steels'.

In between these currents is a myriad and plethora of pocket knives I love.
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Well stated, I consider a few of my Spydercos and ZTs to be the bridge between the two, but pretty accurate. I don't think I'll get much beyond a planned CRK or two as far as cost per unit, I enjoy my $200ish knives for EDC and general use.
 
strategy9 said:
Part of marketing 101: you can make a product, a crap one or even a damn fine one, you can even love your product, your mom and dad and friends and neighbors, they also can love it. To make a successful business out of it however, doesn't matter if you like it, or if a dozen of your besties love it, or even if it's complete garbage, the goal is how to convince the masses who don't know you from a hole in a wall, who also may have multiple other choices of very similar products within the market, to feel that they want/need your product more than the competition? A trendy or catchy name can go a long way, particularly amongst the ignorant and uninformed.
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Speaking of this, I'm now looking at picking up a Southern Grind knife as I had no idea that one of my favorite newer country musicians had a knife company as well!
 
norcalAF said:
Speaking of this, I'm now looking at picking up a Southern Grind knife as I had no idea that one of my favorite newer country musicians had a knife company as well!
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Not to be a downer but didn't Zach Brown get out of the business?
 
Danke42 said:
Well here we are 3 years later. The question on everyone's mind is did Smiling survive or did he pick the wrong knife?
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My guess - OP stopped buying knives and stopped coming here not to be tempted.

Regarding topic, seeing bushcraft folders and other stuff... yeah I can't wait this fad to pass.
 
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