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Why do you like traditional knives?
- Thread starter cinnamochoil
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Hi all,
I've been in the hospital these past few days, welcoming my newborn baby boy into the world. I missed the OP's previous thread but just wanted to say how much I appreciate many of the responses from our regulars. You're a warm and classy bunch, you Traditional Knife Knuts. I'm proud to count myself among you.
My little boy and his older sister (who already asks to hold daddy's pocketknife) will join us on the porch soon. So glad there's gonna be a place for them. Seems like there's always an extra stool ready to be pulled up for someone who wants to listen.
Mil gracias,
Mikel.
I've been in the hospital these past few days, welcoming my newborn baby boy into the world. I missed the OP's previous thread but just wanted to say how much I appreciate many of the responses from our regulars. You're a warm and classy bunch, you Traditional Knife Knuts. I'm proud to count myself among you.
My little boy and his older sister (who already asks to hold daddy's pocketknife) will join us on the porch soon. So glad there's gonna be a place for them. Seems like there's always an extra stool ready to be pulled up for someone who wants to listen.
Mil gracias,
Mikel.
I like traditional knives because I'm a traditional kind of guy, interested in history. Plus I think traditionals are generally prettier than moderns.
I've done the tactical knife thing. That's just not where I am anymore. The fact that traditional knives are seen as less threatening by much of the public is merely an added bonus.
I've done the tactical knife thing. That's just not where I am anymore. The fact that traditional knives are seen as less threatening by much of the public is merely an added bonus.
justsomedude
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Congratulations Mikel, that's wonderful! We all look forward to welcoming him as soon as he's old enough.
Congratulations on the new knife knut in the family!!!
He'll need a peanut, ya know!
silenthunterstudios
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I started a group on Facebook called Slipjoint Addict. As of late, a small amount of members have given me grief over why the group only showcases traditional knives (fixed and folding), and why pics are either deleted with modern knives, or why I ask them (as is more often the case) to edit the pics. Some members give me grief, some think it's funny, some curse me out for being a Facebook Nazi. Most just say, oh, it's different here than other groups, no problem. Some leave quietly, some leave me a message telling me how wrong I am, looking at what Peregrin and Knarfeng go through, I don't think I've heard it all yet 
. Most, especially the ones that laugh, enjoy the community and go out of their way to promote the different groups, including mine, which I appreciate. I only started the group to make knife nuts aware that the old slipjoints can hold their own with the new modern knives.
When I first became interested in tradtional knives, I wanted to know why my Bob T slipit was not considered traditional, or why a micarta handled Lannys Clip was okay but the Bob T was not. After reading countless issues of Knife World and tons of knife books, and hanging out with knife nuts online and in person, I've come to see the distinction.
Before you get banned or, worse, distance yourself from the great people here, take into consideration that traditional knives are just that. No matter how much you argue the point, you will not change it.
I have started purchasing custom slipjoints. Because I am not as possessed of as much moolah as I'd like, I've been purchasing them with micarta covers. That does not make them non traditional. I've gotten them with O1, ATS34, D2 and CPM154. That does not make them non traditional. Look at an old Schrade auto or a Hubertus auto. Those are traditional. If you dress up a Microtech with wood and horn, it does not automatically become a tradtional. The trapper lock is a compromise, but not traditional.
Do not limit yourself. If you truly are interested in traditional knives, get out there and buy some. Heck, if you changed your tactics in here, some members might have given you their unused blades.
I wish you the best of luck, but you are missing out on the fun here if you keep worrying about this.
. Most, especially the ones that laugh, enjoy the community and go out of their way to promote the different groups, including mine, which I appreciate. I only started the group to make knife nuts aware that the old slipjoints can hold their own with the new modern knives. When I first became interested in tradtional knives, I wanted to know why my Bob T slipit was not considered traditional, or why a micarta handled Lannys Clip was okay but the Bob T was not. After reading countless issues of Knife World and tons of knife books, and hanging out with knife nuts online and in person, I've come to see the distinction.
Before you get banned or, worse, distance yourself from the great people here, take into consideration that traditional knives are just that. No matter how much you argue the point, you will not change it.
I have started purchasing custom slipjoints. Because I am not as possessed of as much moolah as I'd like, I've been purchasing them with micarta covers. That does not make them non traditional. I've gotten them with O1, ATS34, D2 and CPM154. That does not make them non traditional. Look at an old Schrade auto or a Hubertus auto. Those are traditional. If you dress up a Microtech with wood and horn, it does not automatically become a tradtional. The trapper lock is a compromise, but not traditional.
Do not limit yourself. If you truly are interested in traditional knives, get out there and buy some. Heck, if you changed your tactics in here, some members might have given you their unused blades.
I wish you the best of luck, but you are missing out on the fun here if you keep worrying about this.
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I like "traditional" folding knives because in my opinion, look better and have better styling than a "modern" folding knife, most of which are of the "tactical" style .
Traditionals are more versitile than a modern, since most have more than a single blade. A "Traditional" pocket knife is not seen as a "weapon" by most sheeple, like the "tactical" knives that have thumb studs or holes or flippers and pocket clips. (Just as most sheeple are scared poopless by any all black firearm that looks like a military weapon, are not necessarally as scared of someone with a lever action Winchester or Marlin) Most sheeple see a traditional pattrn knife as something their parents and grand parents carried and used every day, so they see them as a tool, not a weapon, and this does include traditional knives auch as the Buck 110, Puma, Schrade Old Timer/Uncle Henry lockback's that are carried in a belt pouch/sheath/holster.
I also like the traditional pocket knife, because it is available in so many different patterns/styles; Stockman, sowbelly, canoe, coke bottle, barlow, peanut, trapper, sunfish, and many more. Each different, each with advantages and disadvantages. Whereas with a "modern" "tactical" folding knife, they are pretty much all cookie cutter seen one you've seen them all styling.
Traditionals are more versitile than a modern, since most have more than a single blade. A "Traditional" pocket knife is not seen as a "weapon" by most sheeple, like the "tactical" knives that have thumb studs or holes or flippers and pocket clips. (Just as most sheeple are scared poopless by any all black firearm that looks like a military weapon, are not necessarally as scared of someone with a lever action Winchester or Marlin) Most sheeple see a traditional pattrn knife as something their parents and grand parents carried and used every day, so they see them as a tool, not a weapon, and this does include traditional knives auch as the Buck 110, Puma, Schrade Old Timer/Uncle Henry lockback's that are carried in a belt pouch/sheath/holster.
I also like the traditional pocket knife, because it is available in so many different patterns/styles; Stockman, sowbelly, canoe, coke bottle, barlow, peanut, trapper, sunfish, and many more. Each different, each with advantages and disadvantages. Whereas with a "modern" "tactical" folding knife, they are pretty much all cookie cutter seen one you've seen them all styling.
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I just rub the entire knife with a clean microfiber towel, every now and then John. Helps keep the carbon steel blades free of unwanted corrosion too.
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silenthunterstudios
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This. There are so many interpretations of different traditional patterns out there, it's fun trying to find them all.
r8shell
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Yep. I often carry a modern clipped one-hander in addition to my traditional. It's useful and I like it. There's just not much there to discuss. The older styles have so much history and variety of patterns and materials.
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The same could be said about traditional knives, classic cars, watches, music, etc. etc. I can't see the difference between a timex and a rolex(okay one is probably a bit shinier), but that's not because they are both the same. I don't see a difference because I'm not interested enough in watches to learn about the differences. There is nothing wrong with that.
Bottom line, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I happen to like both modern and traditional knives. There is just something to be said about a pattern that has been around for 100+ years.
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I was pretty disappointed to read the OP - this subforum isn't the place for this kind of behaviour and it wasn't just older gentlemen that were upset.
Never-the-less, here on the porch I think we have always demonstrated an accepting and tolerant attitude to rookie mistakes (I made mine and was rightly chastised at the time). With that thought in mind I'll answer thus:
Why do I like traditional knives? - I like the size, I like the lack of a lock and I like the way they look. I like the variation, the natural materials the multiple blades and the imperfections. I like that they are mostly hand made. I like carbon steel that will patina. I like that they don't bother other people when I use them amongst strangers or in public. I like the way they disappear into my pocket and I hardly notice that they're there. I like that they don't cost and arm and a leg.
I just like them.
It's not a case but it's my favourite.
Never-the-less, here on the porch I think we have always demonstrated an accepting and tolerant attitude to rookie mistakes (I made mine and was rightly chastised at the time). With that thought in mind I'll answer thus:
Why do I like traditional knives? - I like the size, I like the lack of a lock and I like the way they look. I like the variation, the natural materials the multiple blades and the imperfections. I like that they are mostly hand made. I like carbon steel that will patina. I like that they don't bother other people when I use them amongst strangers or in public. I like the way they disappear into my pocket and I hardly notice that they're there. I like that they don't cost and arm and a leg.
I just like them.
It's not a case but it's my favourite.