What is a "Traditional" Fixed Blade

I would NOT consider the OP's last knife a traditional pattern: the hole in the guard and the glass breaker butt don't fit. The others are fine, as materials alone do not disqualify a knife.

Super Traditional

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black mamba said:
I would NOT consider the OP's last knife a traditional pattern: the hole in the guard and the glass breaker butt don't fit. The others are fine, as materials alone do not disqualify a knife.

Super Traditional

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Makes sense about the Busse butt ....

Beautiful knives - never seen a handle stacked as the 3rd from the right.
 
ferider said:
Serious question. It comes up every so often, but not really clear, to me at least, given my OCD and all ...

For example, which of the following 4 fixed blades of mine is traditional, and which not, and why not ?

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Roland.
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I believe the Buck 119 is absolutely traditional, #2 is relatively traditional, and the last 2 are not very traditional.
I don't think anyone is going to complain though.

To me it's one of those things where it's much easier to say a belt knife is traditional when you see it than it is to say it's not.
 
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JohnDF said:
The rules on traditional folding knives are pretty relaxed too.
Torx screw construction, adjustable pivots, thumb holes... all acceptable these days.
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I don't consider those things traditional myself, but it's a subjective thing and I can't go complaining when nobody seems to get bothered by it.

In the end my opinions have no bearing on anyone, and it's the community as a whole that sets the standards.
 
Hickory n steel said:
In the end my opinions have no bearing on anyone, and it's the community as a whole that sets the standards.
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You are correct... I was just pointing out that there has been a loosening of the criteria.
Trust me, I'm not looking to write the rules or moderate what's being posted, I'm just making observations.
 
JohnDF said:
You are correct... I was just pointing out that there has been a loosening of the criteria.
Trust me, I'm not looking to write the rules or moderate what's being posted, I'm just making observations.
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Yeah it has been, a little leeway is okay but theres definitely a point when the scale tips.
I remember just a couple years ago when someone made a big stink over not being allowed to post some slipjoint from Benchmade.
I'm not sure if that knife is okay yet, but I seem to remember the screw construction being something that was pointed out.



My personal feeling is that of someone browses here https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/what-traditional-knife-are-ya-totin-today.547127/unread for a few minutes they'll know exactly what is discussed here.
 
Hickory n steel said:
My personal feeling is that of someone browses here https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/what-traditional-knife-are-ya-totin-today.547127/unread for a few minutes they'll know exactly what is discussed here.
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If you are referring to my OP/question, no. Even in this thread, there are different opinions. Not trying to be a pest, just to find some rules for me to be on the conservative side ....

My take aways so far are:

- no lanyards
- no complicated butts
- no sculpted, likely CNC-machined handles
- no fancy, and in particular modern "tactical" blade shapes

In that spirit, I'll only consider the two left knives in the OP traditional going forward.

Cheers,

Roland.
 
It's a traditional style from Gerber
then you have traditional short dagger from Scotland
at last an F&S with modern materials , much better steel and harper
 
JohnDF said:
The rules on traditional folding knives are pretty relaxed too.
Torx screw construction, adjustable pivots, thumb holes... all acceptable these days.
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The rules have definitely got slacker here with regard to folders, but surely Spyderco-style thumb-holes are still out aren't they? :eek:
 
Jack Black said:
The rules have definitely got slacker here with regard to folders, but surely Spyderco-style thumb-holes are still out aren't they? :eek:
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Well, yesterday my thread on SAK vs. Boker Plus Tech Tool (sans clip) was moved out of the Traditional Forum. I'm guessing due to screws vs. pins. Please be sure that I don't mind ... still trying to find my way around here.
 
ferider said:
If you are referring to my OP/question, no. Even in this thread, there are different opinions. Not trying to be a pest, just to find some rules for me to be on the conservative side ....

My take aways so far are:

- no lanyards
- no complicated butts
- no sculpted, likely CNC-machined handles
- no fancy, and in particular modern "tactical" blade shapes

In that spirit, I'll only consider the two left knives in the OP traditional going forward.

Cheers,

Roland.
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I don't think there's an issue with lanyards Roland, and I have a Green River knife that was gifted to me by another member. He hafted it with CNC-machined handles, and I have certainly shown it here before :thumbsup:

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ferider said:
Well, yesterday my thread on SAK vs. Boker Plus Tech Tool (sans clip) was moved out of the Traditional Forum. I'm guessing due to screws vs. pins. Please be sure that I don't mind ... still trying to find my way around here.
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I'm not really surprised Roland, there are probably better places for that discussion than here on The Porch, where the Tech Tools can be discussed freely. Sometimes that is the case with other knives, for example, items of kitchen cutlery, which fit better into the designated forum. Personally, I think there are a few knives, which have appeared here, over the past few years, which would fit better into General. Nothing wrong with the knives, but they are knives which I think many posters in General would appreciate. The moderators here do a great job, but they have to work pretty hard to read every post, so personally, I prefer to try and make things as easy as possible for them :thumbsup:
 
ferider said:
Thank you :)

So how about this one ? For all practical purposes a Puukko, but Ti guard and CF handle.

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Great looking knife! Surely OK by me. Love the Leica!
ferider said:
Well, yesterday my thread on SAK vs. Boker Plus Tech Tool (sans clip) was moved out of the Traditional Forum. I'm guessing due to screws vs. pins. Please be sure that I don't mind ... still trying to find my way around here.
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It was the pocket clip.
I don't want to get into a big discussion here, but if a thread is started with a knife we don't consider traditional, as defined in guidelines, it'll always get moved.
If a fixed blade that might be questionable is posted in an edc thread, or as a post in an existing thread, it'll likely be OK. If it's way over the line it'll get moved, unless we aren't aware of it. It's just not possible for us to read every post. This is a busy forum.
As an aside, we rely on the report function, available to members, to make us aware of possible problem posts.
Sometimes it's a judgment call. Unless you post non traditional knives all the time, and have been notified about it, you will never get an official warning, at least not from me, and probably not from any mod that responds to this sub-forum.
Hope that helps.
 
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