what's the future of knives?

I am going to say the past, and only because everything seems cyclical.

I think we've hit a bit of an apex here in terms of new blade steels and crazy designs.

I can see a reversion back to some more classic knives, or just a slow progression towards a simpler tool, and then around we'll go again...
 
K.O.D. said:
As the current political climate deteriorates, we will be seeing more people wanting tactical and "survivorist" knives, unfortunately. The worst of which will be more low end imported crap.

On the same token, other people will be more and more afraid of any perceived "weapon."
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ViperPilot said:
Once Guns are outlawed, knives will be next......so there will only be plastic cutlery and this forum will be long dead....You can figure out why this will happen (I'm not saying cause of that no politics rule)
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Anyway, lasers are the future !
I'm gonna go ahead and put my order in for a Laserbenza :thumbup:
 
Ken44 said:
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Anyway, lasers are the future !
I'm gonna go ahead and put my order in for a Laserbenza :thumbup:
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Laserbenza, now that's the ticket! I bet it slices like a laser!
 
I hate to say it but as helpless as people are getting and as scared of everything I wonder how long people will be EDCing.

For instance recently, through the Summer, we hired a young Marine in his twenties. He has already moved on to a "better" job. His response to seeing my various EDCs was "Yah maybe I should get a pocket knife". A country boy from Texas no less. I don't think he ever will.

People going around helpless and naked (no cutting tool) . . .
I don't understand how they make it . . .

Borrow my knife or failing that use their car key I suppose.
Boring !
 
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I think the future of knives is extremely grim. More and more countries in the West are adopting stupid laws that affect even the posession of certain knives. In the future they might end up with tipless ceramic knives.
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laser . . . Light weight, always sharp.
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yah, yah . . .
until your battery peters out.
The more I have battery this and battery that the more I appreciate the good O' stuff.
For instance I don't use my Mitutoyo one inch (25mm) super precise, instantly calibratable, extra mother micrometer as much as I used to . . . now . . . every time I go find it to use it the battery is dead.

Same goes for my battery powered liquid thermometer. Just about the time I pull it out of the drawer . . . nada.

The last two precision calipers I bought were manual dial and it won't be long before I get a mechanical 25mm Mic.
tired of fighting the battery. Yes I know . . . solar power . . . think I will just get the mechanical.

ha, ha
Excuse me mam . . . is there a 220 volt outlet I can borrow ? I need to plug in my pocket knife so I can open this box.

Mostly I am kidding around.
Don't take me too seriously please.
 
I'd like to see more moderns that are lockback thin but easy to deploy like a compression lock, more steels that are easy going yet tough like elmax and s35v.

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Well I got an idea that's off the wall. GEC sold out their Beer Scout very fast, and a lot of people including myself are on pre order lists for the next round of those. Case released a medium trapper with a caplifter instead of spey blade that sold fast from a leading Case web store (or whatever it's called). I'm thinking with the hipsters bringing back vinyl records (the one thing that should have no retro value imo) maybe traditional knives with caplifter/screwdriver combo is the near term fad. Time will tell. I've been carrying SAK's for years as I've been of the opinion that all pocket knives should have some kind of screwdriver included, maybe that's about to come to fruition.
 
I'm hoping that the industry will settle back to making knives for cutting rather than knives for looking at.
 
Pomsbz said:
I'm hoping that the industry will settle back to making knives for cutting rather than knives for looking at.
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The knives made now cut things just fine.
I cut the onions and potatoes tonight with a French Laguiole, a knife people say cuts things.
It did not cut them appreciably better than most of my "tactical" knives, which some folks here would have you believe turn food into a paste, and bludgeon through all other materials. :rolleyes:

Sure, you can find an extra thick knife with a stupidly low grind and an obtuse edge, but the majority of knives out there right now cut things just fine.

Just because most people limit their knife usage to taking pretty pictures does not mean that's all those knives will do! :D
 
While there are many different developments in factory knives (some real crazy designs, some getting more and more look alike)
There is a future for the custom knife.
While it will have it's price tag, it is certainly more satisfying than getting a load of stuff.
I have to admit I like the idea of the pocket laser (just not sure about the blade color). ;)
 
I'm not even going to think too far in the future.

I'll just be contented if more companies and makers can start producing and selling modern looking, non-locking folders like the SanRenMu 7089SUX, 7098SUX, 7105SUX and 7092SUX at the same kind of prices (i.e: <$12)

(Yes, I know SRM has a horrible naming scheme for those blades)
 
The future.... my crystal ball says mostly more junk knives and higher end knives or simply a continuation of today's trends. I see the S hitting the fan at some point, but people have been saying that for a long time.
 
Materials evolution. The designs just seem to go in and out of style. I've found 230-40 year old fur trade knives that look like my Becker BK-5 and or, Svord clasp knives or Opinels etc. Here's one that may be recognizable from a 1780's site.

 
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