Where is the line?

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Personally, I think a lion steel slip joint is a modern knife, and a case trapper with pocket clip is still a traditional (marginal). But that’s reversed by the guidelines here.

I know one thing for sure; if it’s knives, I like it.
 
Hickory n steel said:
That's basically it for me.
Most people do have a basic idea of the average traditional knife, if not just browse a couple pages of the daily carry thread and you'll get a clearer picture.


It really bugs me when some smartass tries to weasel in a modern folder just because it meats the technical perameters.
It's not like you can't show traditionals in GKD, so why insist on trying to force the knife onto the porch.

I say go take that modern slipjoint to the crack house in the city and let us keep the porch on this old farmhouse a clean wholesome place.
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Wow. I pretty regularly include a Benchmade Proper in my posts on the Totin' thread, since: 1. it meets all the requirements to be posted on The Porch; and 2. it's one of my most carried knives. But that makes me a smartass? That seems a bit much.
 
Hickory n steel said:
That's basically it for me.
Most people do have a basic idea of the average traditional knife, if not just browse a couple pages of the daily carry thread and you'll get a clearer picture.


It really bugs me when some smartass tries to weasel in a modern folder just because it meats the technical perameters.
It's not like you can't show traditionals in GKD, so why insist on trying to force the knife onto the porch.

I say go take that modern slipjoint to the crack house in the city and let us keep the porch on this old farmhouse a clean wholesome place.
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Well, too bad. A Lionsteel Warhorse is a traditional knife made with modern materials and a modern design. And by the way, work on your spelling, son.
 
Tyson A Wright said:
Wow. I pretty regularly include a Benchmade Proper in my posts on the Totin' thread, since: 1. it meets all the requirements to be posted on The Porch; and 2. it's one of my most carried knives. But that makes me a smartass? That seems a bit much.
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I'm talking about those who get defensive and push the issue, complaining when they get told their knife doesn't belong.

Personally I don't think the particular knife you mention is traditional enough, but I've never noticed yours and probably wouldn't make a thing of it because it's not really my place to tell somebody what they can post.

I can take notice and care about what's posted, but I let the mods worry about policing things.
 
Boattale said:
A Lionsteel Warhorse is a traditional knife made with modern materials and a modern design.
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I'm not familiar with the knife, but have to wonder how it can be traditional with a modern design ?

I assume it has screws which I don't view as a very traditional thing, but I don't push that issue because they're not too much of a major departure in the end.

I agree that traditional knives can be made with modern materials because many times theres no noticeably visible difference, my issue is just the people who think any 2 handed folder without a pocket clip is traditional and insist on posting one of those Spyderco UK knives or something.
 
Hickory n steel said:
That's basically it for me.
Most people do have a basic idea of the average traditional knife, if not just browse a couple pages of the daily carry thread and you'll get a clearer picture.


It really bugs me when some smartass tries to weasel in a modern folder just because it meats the technical perameters.
It's not like you can't show traditionals in GKD, so why insist on trying to force the knife onto the porch.

I say go take that modern slipjoint to the crack house in the city and let us keep the porch on this old farmhouse a clean wholesome place.
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Take a load off man. Why get bugged when "traditional knife" is not a category in Levine's Guide 4? The term is a false construct that exists only in the minds of those who enforce it.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I'm not familiar with the knife, but have to wonder how it can be traditional with a modern design ?

I assume it has screws which I don't view as a very traditional thing, but I don't push that issue because they're not too much of a major departure in the end.

I agree that traditional knives can be made with modern materials because many times theres no noticeably visible difference, my issue is just the people who think any 2 handed folder without a pocket clip is tBut
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Titanium frame and bolsters
Covers and bolsters fastened to frame with torx screws
M390 blades
Nail nicks on both sides of both blades

With a 100 % traditional look and operation with ebony covers.

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That’s why, in my book, a slip joint really makes a knife traditional. It’s the action of the knife that, to me, represents a technology. Patterns change, blade styles come and go, metal is improved on, but central to all of this is the slip joint. Not saying it’s the only thing that makes a traditional knife, but it’s easy to spot.
 
I think this whole issue is a waste of time. Just collect knives. Don't try to make rules about what they can or can't be. We all know what a traditional pocket knife looks like. It it's a traditional pattern, it's a traditional knife. Everything else is just an excuse to argue.
 
A friction folder is at the line. Once you start using fancy spring technology to keep your knife open or shut then it is too modern. :)

I consider the 110 modern in many ways but its popularity makes it traditional
 
dantzk8 said:
I Wholeheartedly agree.



Not sure.

Dan.
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I'm also not sure everyone who posts here either knows, or cares, what a traditional pocket knife looks like, judging from the number of thumb studs and pocket clips regularly seen here. Nonetheless, I think threads like this are largely pointless, and inevitably end in acrimony ☹️
 
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