Unpopular Knives?

[Ernie1980]

Not sure how popular this knife is, but I don't hear much about it: the Boker German made congress. Great fit and finish and decent carbon steel for under $50.... It is a regular in my rotation.
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[texasshipagent]

What is your favorite unpopular knife? (Traditionals Only)

For me it is the Presidential. It is a great knife that never caught on. It's in my pocket right now.

I actually really like that knife and have considered it strongly as an upcoming grab, funny to me it's not popular, why you think that it never took ?

 

[texasshipagent]

Totally agree on more than two blades, although must admit, I also really like the Congress's of any variety

Never liked SAK with too many blades either, the basic Cadet has always been the one to get

 

[shecky]

Lady Leg knives are a fairly common pattern, yet nobody ever seems interested in showing them off. I've been wanting a GEC, but there are so many variations it's hard to decide. But it's a great, useful pattern, and very good ones from Rough Rider are easily found inexpensively.

 

[Dcaggie06]

Friction folders. Any and all!

 

[Relee1]

I never understood why the #16 canoe never did well. I really like this knife.

 

[kenspen]

What is your favorite unpopular knife? (Traditionals Only)

For me it is the Presidential. It is a great knife that never caught on. It's in my pocket right now.

Ditto! I have been mildly interested in the Presidential and finally snagged this one on the Exchange for a great price. I truthfully did not expect to like this knife as much as I do. It sneaks into my pocket quite frequently.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Well, truth be told, I really do love all my kids, although the oldest is a bit cantankerous while the middle one is easy going and the youngest one seems to always need attention, I don't know if I can really say which one I love above the others...

oh...wait, you're talking about knives, well, that's a similar but different can of worms right there, what one person loves, another will look down their nose. I would say the sales figures probably are more telling than anything else.

But I've never cared a lot for a blade that was saber ground on a folder, to me a saber ground is more for a fixed blade where you may need that added strength and weight to carry the day in things like batoning wood, or chopping where the weight would be advantageous. On a folder, myself, I prefer a blade that really cuts well and that usually means a thinner blade profile. GEC has gotten that grind down really well I think, other knife makers should certainly take note. Also William Henry, when I commented to Matt about how nicely ground down the blades are he told me he spent several years working with his then father in law, David Boye, and learned that a knife first and foremost needs to be able to cut well. A good lesson learned there I think!

G2

ok back to those rascally kids, don't make me turn this car around ! cuz you know I will....

 

[sitflyer]

The Powderhorn,

 

[Gary W. Graley]

It's a thing
G2

 

[phreeck]

It's not technically a traditional so this may not be quite the right audience for it - but I really like my Kershaw Wild Turkey Damascus as a gentleman's EDC (especially since I was able to get it at a really good price through Kershawguy)...

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I do have to add that I've been eyeing the Presidential for a while myself, but for the moment it's out of my price range...

 

[Halfneck]

My GEC Half-Congress in burnt stag was one of my 1st knives from GEC. It's beautiful & I love the pattern, but for whatever reason it just doesn't see much pocket time. One reason I guess is that it's a big knife compared to the size of the 2 blades it packs. Now if GEC could see their way to release a production version of the forum version Congress Jack I'd be all over it.

I also own a GEC Toothpick in Snakewood. My 1st pocket knife as a kid was a Case Fisherman, so I got the toothpick out of nostalgia. I love the pattern, but it's a bit bigger than I like to carry.

 

[dpowers311]

I like the canoe pattern but you don't see many.

Dave

 

[Cory Hess]

I like the canoe pattern but you don't see many.

I never understood why the #16 canoe never did well. I really like this knife.

My favorite unpopular knife would have to be the canoe pattern, in all of its limited variations.

Well, it can't be unpopular if everybody likes it.

I've never given the canoe pattern a chance. Maybe it's time I did so. I think Python nailed it in that the thing that held me back was the blade selections. A spear with a pen seems kind of redundant to me, and I usually look for a little more variation in a two bladed knife. I do really like the look of the shape, though. I'll have to grab one and see if that can overcome my dislike of the blade combination. :thumbup:

 

[swaybacksteve]

I just received the Maverick (pioneer bone) in the mail today.

Would be interested on your take on this one Brett. The Maverick was my first GEC and when I was researching it, it had nothing but negative reviews for the most part. The main complaint being the smallish clip. But it's a whitter and so the blades should be smaller and the the coping , clip , pen combo works real well for me. Then there was a single review on youtube...that was also negative. But I had to get one... I put a review in Mike's site ( collectorknives), and I like it.
There just seem to be other more popular three bladed knives out there.

Unpopular...alway thought the 4 coping/sheepfoot blades on a Cuban Congress was too much...two blade one is cool.

 

[Macchina]

I don't know that it is unpopular or just not on many folks radar, but the Moki Fish Owl is quite a high value knife IMO.

I just looked this knife up, found an amazing deal, and have one on its way to me! Looks like a really cool knife. Similar to my Kershaw 1992-1 Gentleman's knife. Thanks!

 

[Captain O]

See, there, that's what I mean, but, maybe it was just not the right powder horn While I didn't keep this, I sure did like it

if it ever comes out in 440C, I'll be on the lookout for one
G2

I like it. The clip point blade is great, the 1095 steel blades are marvelous for any kind of work. Why would this pattern be "unpopular?"

 

[Modoc ED]

In my opinion 10-15 year old Queen Congress are about as good a knife as it gets; considering fit / finish / action and not considering ranch usefulness. But they never really drew a crowd. Don't know if it was the size or the pattern.

I think one of the reasons the Congress pattern knife hasn't been popular in the nearish past is because of the duplication of blades in the knives offered such as the knife shown by you Mike - two sheepfoot, one very small pen, and one very small clip that looks much like the small pen - little variety.

Earlier Congress pattern knives offered a different blade style for each blade in the knife. Although not a knife from the old days, this 1972 (8-dot) manufactured Case Congress offered four different style blades - sheepfoot, pen, spear, and coping blades - a good variety to accomplish various tasks encountered by the user.

For myself, I do not particularly like knives with a single blade on each end whether single or double spring such as the one shown by the OP along with the Moose pattern, etc..

 

[Cisco Kid]

Regardless of the shape, I don't like a knife with wood scales (except deep black ebony).

The Presidential looks like a great knife and I almost pulled the trigger a few times. I always look at it around my birthday and Christmas. But the price is just too high for a knife with blade rub. And I have enough pocket sheaths, too.

 

[timberweasel]

I really dig my Presidential and am also surprised it is not more popular...

Ancient Ice Elephant scales

Other traditionals that I think should have more love are: Boker Tree Brand Beer Barrel series and anything Queen in D2 with Bird's Eye Maple covers (absolutely gorgeous.)

-Brett