What are the Icons of bladedom?

Listing blades connected to real and /or fictional characters i would include the above mentioned Arthur and Excalibur, Jim Bowie and the Bowie knife, Macgyver and the SAK, Rambo and the hollow handled survival knife, Conan and his Broadsword. listing knife types by themselves i would include the Swiss made SAK, Spyderco knife (thumbhole opener with spyder serrations), Leatherman (original design), 3 blade stockman, Buck 120/119, Kabar USMC, Gerber MK II, EK M4, the Smatchet, AG Russell Sting, the Japanese Katana, the Kukhri, the Golok, the Mora and the Ulu. Thats all i can think of right now.lol.
 
I think all the knives posted would fit. But I have to ask Tom cruise? Tom hanks maybe.
 
I agree 100% on with the Buck 110. SAK classics would be up there too. Alot of those in pockets as we see from all of those airport confiscations.
 
Tballetta said:
What are the Icons of bladedom?

In most sectors of life there are many things and people who would be considered extrordinary and achieve superstardom.

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What blades would you add?
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Oh. I thought you were referring to me.
 
I'd say the classic switchblade.I'm not sure if it was a particular model or make, but everyone knows the kind. It was so iconic it spurred the advent of automatic knife laws that we still live with.
 
SAK Soldier
Buck 110
Ka-bar
Spyderco Worker which has handed the baton to the Delica
Benchmade Balisong
Chris Reeve Sebenza
Bowie by Jim Bowie
Italian Switchblade
Busse Battle Mistress (this might be a stretch but it has a lot of copy cats)

More I'm sure but that's all I can think of right now.
 
Tballetta said:
Icon. Recognizable by even the most casual observer.
So, What blades would be considered Icons. Recognized by all as "THE" Representative of cutlery.
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Blades that are recognized by non-blade people as being "famous or classic" designs?

Fairbairn-Sykes
Rambo Blade
SAK
Buck 110

For the 110, I don't think they would see a "Buck" but I think they would recognize the design as being a standard.

Much as I believe Spyderco changed the world of knives, I don't think the non-knife person would recognize that.
 
knarfeng said:
Blades that are recognized by non-blade people as being "famous or classic" designs?

Fairbairn-Sykes
Rambo Blade
SAK
Buck 110

For the 110, I don't think they would see a "Buck" but I think they would recognize the design as being a standard.

Much as I believe Spyderco changed the world of knives, I don't think the non-knife person would recognize that.
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Well, since most non-knife people see a Buck 110 knock off and refer to it as a "Buck knife" I think that's what they would see. All the non-knife people I know refer to that style of wood insert lockback just generically as a Buck knife.
 
I'm afraid the folks I know in San Diego are less knowledgeable. Or maybe I just think they are. Either way, the 110 is an icon.
 
The knife that Brutus used to stab Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.

The sword that Jesus told Peter to sheath- after he cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest in the Garden of Gethsemane. (John 18:10)

The classic Arab dagger.

Hari-Kari swords.

And that damn Ginsu knife cutting a tomato...

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“He who lives by the sword dies by the sword” (Matthew 26:52)
 
ells said:
The knife that Brutus used to stab Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.

The sword that Jesus told Peter to sheath- after he cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest in the Garden of Gethsemane. (John 18:10)

The classic Arab dagger.

Hari-Kari swords.

And that damn Ginsu knife cutting a tomato...
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Since the knife that Brutus used and the sword that Jesus told Peter to sheath are unknown, they can't qualify as icons, only legends.

The Arab dagger is a jambiya.

Hari-Kari is properly hara-kiri, also seppuku.

And that damn Ginsu is a disgrace! :D
 
Amazing!
Jesus disciples had bought TWO swords on his instructions
(Luke 22:35-38, NIV)
-http://www.loveyourenemies.org/sword.html
 
While worthy, many of the entries are too obscure to the larger world to be icons.

The example used was John Wayne. Many young people around today couldn't identify him is my bet. Elvis is iconic. Even foreign youth have a better than even chance of identifying him.

Iconic knives have to be next to generic to qualify in my opinion.

If some non-knife savvy person saw one of my Buck 110s or a Case imitation, that thing would be called a "Buck Knife."

The Leatherman is getting that status, even if people mean the SOG or Gerber you may be handing to them.

The machete is there. People know one when they see one.

The Sykes-Fairbain wouldn't make the list.

Most people don't know a Spyderco or a Benchmade from a Chinese knock-off.

A "boot knife" would be a Gerber Mark II. They have been out of general circulation for so long that the only casual fans who might know today what a boot knife is would be owners of a Big Trouble in Little China DVD.

A "Rambo knife" is any that holds crap in its handle.

If you asked the average person on the street what a Ka-Bar is, you'd draw a blank 7 out of 10 times I bet.

By contrast, it would take a considerable moron to not be able to call some multi-bladed, red scaled slip joint a "Swiss Army Knife."

Any automatic is a "switchblade."

Any balisong is a "butterfly knife."

The Bowie would still qualify as an icon in many parts of America.

Samurai swords are arguably the most famous ones on the planet. A Claymore is just a big freakin sword to most folks and they can't tell a rapier from a small sword, let alone a Gladius from a Xiphos.

There truly aren't that many actual icons out there.
 
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