What type of knife dominates your collection?

[legato1]

Double edge otf knives dominate my collection followed by ots autos and titanium frame locks

 

[Pa_Slasher]

Big Beckers as of late, but for years it was hunting fixed blades!!

 

[Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.]

Big 9inch + choppers and 5inch and under utility/hunting/bushcraft knives.

I own pretty much all Busse's Kin and Customs.

 

[cutter17]

Voted for "Tactical Folders" Production. Also have a few of the same style in custom category. Ever since the genre of knives came out and got tagged with that moniker, I have never wavered in my hunt for this style knife. Though I do not really use these type folders for my day to day cutting needs, as the slipjoint I carry will usually suffice, I always carry one simply because I like the feel and look of them.

 

[The Government]

Traditional slip-joints are by far the dominating force in my collection.

When I say "traditional" I am referring patterns like the Barlow, the Stockman, the Trapper, the Congress, and so on...

If I were to include swiss army knives and other two handed folders, then it would be about half again as many.

I enjoy my fixed blades, tactical folders, hawks, axes, and machetes as well, I just find slip-joints more fascinating I guess, and I carry them with 100% consistency, unlike the other categories.

 

[mesoscopic]

All of my folders (production factory types) can be opened and closed with one hand. Two slipjoint SAKs and that's it for now.

 

[crowmagnon]

Mainly large tactical folders. I can see I'm not alone by the results LMAO!

 

[rinos]

puuko or scandinavian type knives,guess that goes under others

 

[OldSarSwmr]

I have mostly tactical production folders but also have quite a few traditionals. My collecting tends to ebb and flow between the two. I carry at least one of each everyday though.

 

[Joshua J.]

I chose "Tactical folders(production)", but that seems like a really inadequate description. I much prefer "Modern". All of my knives have the same purpose as a folder that was made a hundred years ago, they just look different (and have a locking mechanism, better steel, etc...).

 

[EK20]

Non-traditional production fixed blades of all different sizes.

 

[dark impaler]

3" folders of the best kind...

 

[gomipile]

I had to vote "tactical folders." However, I just got my first Himalayan Imports khukuri, so custom blades over 7" might soon overtake the one handed folders.

 

[knarfeng]

What type of knife do you have the most of?

Well oddly enough, being as I am a moderator on the Traditional Forum, I have more traditionals than anything else. And if you wanted to narrow it down further, I have more stockman pattern knives than anything else. Which is not to say I don't have a fair number of one-handers as well.

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

I'm not getting them out to count, or going through every line of my not up to date list to determine custom or not! Judging by a quick scan of the list though it seems that over 70 are clipped folders (my term of choice). I would assume Clipped production>Clipped Custom>production slipjoint=custom slipjoint>small FB(custom and production)>choppers (custom and production)- with axes in there somewhere.

Now of what I use- Slipjoints>clipped folders>small FB>choppers- but not much use for khukuries in a massage office!!

Guess I'll vote prod tacticals- but there is no domination, every group seems well represented.

 

[DrOpPoInT1110]

Mostly production modern/tactical folders with some high-end/mid-tech pieces mixed in. Very few traditionals (never got into them) and only about 8 fixed blades.

 

[CalBearTactical]

I mostly have tactical folders because of the convenience of easily carrying them, but I'm starting to buy more bowie knives and machetes lately.

 

[omniviking]

hatchets, axes, a hunk O' steel on the end of a stick.

also some various folders, tactical, SAK- multitool, and good old fashion old timery pocket knives.

 

[JTR357]

puuko or scandinavian type knives,guess that goes under others

Judging by the size of most puukos I've seen,I'd say they fall under "Medium Fixed Blades".

Looking at the poll again,I realized I messed up a little bit."Japanese style blades" custom & production,shouldn't have their own category.Oh well,nothing I can do about it now.

Thanks for participating everyone.

 

[cutter17]

Looks like a lot of people do not like the term "Tactical Folder", and I am one. But it seems every one-handed, pocket clip equipped, single blade, and locking mechanism, gets termed as a Tactical Knife. A lot of these knives come with black blades/black handles, because manufacturers have realized that "Tactical Folders" SELL. It is nice to see different color handles, and satin finished blades, although they also can get termed "Tactical Knife". One of my newer knives, and a favorite, has the black blade/black handle (BM275BK Adamas). I would love to see a satin blade and and some ivory micarta scales on it, but you know what?, it would still be called a tactical folder. Another new knife, Fox Knives Deimos has a satin finished blade, and nice ziricote wood handles, yet the blade is marked FMKD( Fox Military Knife Division ), so another tactical folder.

It's gotten to the point that I really don't care either way and buy what I like regardless of how it is named!

Forgive me JTR, for the editorial.