What knife do you most associate with the USA?

From 2003, I believe. Several 10s of thousands of posts later, the consensus was: 1) Bowie; 2) KA-BAR; and 3) Buck 110. Seems like this thread is already headed to the same conclusion.

Now all we have to do is define what a Bowie is. No, no, I won't open that can of worms!
 
Outside of the USA, most people I have known, associate the Bowie, and the Marine K-Bar with the "American Knife."
 
Not to sound like a broken record, but I'd say Buck 110. Bowie is up there too. And for those who recognise them, a Leatherman says USA.
 
Yep, in my opinion, the Buck 110 is THE American knife.

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The Buck 110, and a (Western) Bowie...Am I the first to mention those two?.:D.:D.
 
Yup, the Buck 110 is the first knife that came to my mind. Second is a slip-joint with 3 blades and jigged bone handle scales.
 
Marbel's, KaBar and Buck. Knife types; the bowie and the Buck 110, both American classics!:thumbup:
 
Diddo on bowie knives.Anything big seems to be the "American Way"As far as manufacturers Id say Kabar,Buck,Gerber.
Rory
 
Anything that has an Americanized tanto point and was made in China!

Bowies, and I guess clip points in general, seem to have that genuine, American panache, that classic Americana, that makes me think of the United States.
 
What about something as unpatriotic sounding as "Swiss-tech" brand?
I would like to think that the innovative stuff is the product of some American ingenuity.
"Yeah, Made in the USA!"
and feel good about it.
You just know that it has to be largely overbuilt, over-specs and well over the top no matter how it's carried.

But to me, good 'ol USA is still found up in 'em mountains somewhere.
But production knives like a,
Case Bowie, or perhaps the
Western W-49 would be about standard fare.
It's a crying shame to have to liken a USA knife to a compact legal sized folder these days. Maybe that's why, they're made in places far away in the millions!
 
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