What defines a German made traditional folder?

Any good slipjoint made in Solingen I think fits the description.

One I'd name as an example is Carl Schlieper (German Eye).
 
Maybe I'm wrong, but I've seen in nearly ALL
german traditional slippies
Spearpoint blades (!!) - never saw a german traditional with other blades!!
Steel pivotpins
Strong springs

There is the typical german working knife with just one blade, the gentlemen knife with maybe 2 blades, corkscrew, cap lifter
and the famous hunter (puma) with blade, saw, awl..
The famous auto and the Mercator. These are tipical german.

Here some old companies:
http://www.roedter-messer.de/Hartkopf.htm
http://www.roedter-messer.de/Auslaufmodelle.htm (Hartkopf)
http://www.roedter-messer.de/loewenmesser.htm (my favourite work knife)
http://www.roedter-messer.de/puma.htm
http://www.roedter-messer.de/mercator.htm
www.otter-messer.de

Personally I prefer the companys that stick to carbon steel and tipical german pattern like löwenmesser (they're quite famous with the fishermen of the northsea), Otter, maybe Hartkopf.

There are Schlieper, Boker, Hahn & Henne, Zwilling, but these today copy american models mainly.

regards
surfer
 
Are we talking about traditional german designs, or are we talking about the styles we know as "traditional" knives?
If the latter, then companies like Schlieper/Eye Brand and Boker fit the bill, since they produce "traditional" patterns, in Germany.
Otherwise, surfer's list is quite nice. Thanks, buddy. :)
 
"What exactly is current Solingen steel? Carbon, stainless? 440?"

All of those and then some :D.

It is more of a "marketing term" from the (late 40's and 50's especially) that designated that the Steel came from the city of Solingen and several manufacturors still use that stamp to id the steel.
 
1st off, imo the stockman pattern is the most seen "traditional" folder that comes from Germany in many brand names mostly with Soligen steel stamps of one or another maker.
I have several Bokers stockmans, 1-Bulldog stockman, 2-Svoboda stockmans, 1-Kissing Crane(whittler), 1- Imperial utility "Swiss army style" (Soligen marked), and another red utility "swiss army style" (but is actually a hobo) also maked Germany.
What defines them? They are all German made, in traditional patterns.
Best-MC
 
Well, I consider a traditional german made knife to be a clasp knife, nicker knife, or one of the many hunting pocket knife, or boar hunting short sword styles that have come out of there for hundreds of years.

Linder, Hubertus, herbertz, hirschkrone, eickhorn, puma, othello, boker, (and many others) etc. etc. etc. all have made traditional knives in Germany.
 
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