Iconic knives everyone should own

[1DOWN4UP]

Still on my list is a Browning 4018F,and a Puma Sergeant,a Boker 2000,abd a Case Sharktooth....this is just the lockblades.

 

[Sylvain]

I've heard the same..I even had it in my original post but took it out because I couldn't confirm.....

I believe they make a non locking model for nations that don't allow their citizens to have locking pocket knives...I always considered it the "Barlow" of Europe...

It's the internet, whatever you type becomes true.No need to fact check!

On the picture I posted above you can see that the 4 smallest sizes of Opinel don't lock, but it's just because they are too small.
I don't think it's a legal issue.

I don't know if the Opinel is legally a "locking knife" since you can open the blade without locking it automatically.

 

[JeepHammer]

While I don't specifically disagree, I'm not a 'Collector'.
Everything I have are working knives, I really enjoy seeing collections but I wouldn't know where to start.

I've only seen about a half dozen guys that could PROPERLY sharpen a Buck 110.
Odd angles on that edge, so I haven't owned one since the mid 80s.
I could properly sharpen one (took time to learn), but it was a pain, didn't hold an edge as well as some other knives did, but it was a well built unit.

The Kabar has issues, I consider it very serviceable, but it's not the strongest because of it's very thin tang.
I've bent a couple seriously, granted I was doing something it wasn't designed for.
While deployed, I did stuff like sticking them in cracks in rocks and hung off them to sleep at night...

I have several Becker knives, they are really useful and built like tanks, and they do great for beating around a camp.
Don't know what anyone else thinks of them, but if my wife can't kill them, they have to be tough.

 

[POB]

Still on my list is a Browning 4018F,and a Puma Sergeant,a Boker 2000,abd a Case Sharktooth....this is just the lockblades.

Did someone say Case Shark Tooth?

 

[1DOWN4UP]

Did someone say Case Shark Tooth?
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That is one of the most beautiful lock blades ever made.Thanks for the pic.Had one 20 + years ago,and it got stolen in the move to the home I have now.

 

[POB]

I remember buying this in high school and I graduated in '77. It is a 4 dot which I believe dates it to 1976. Has never been used or carried. The grandson will enjoy showing this off as I have over the years.

 

[drm-hp]

That is one of the most beautiful lock blades ever made.Thanks for the pic.Had one 20 + years ago,and it got stolen in the move to the home I have now.

Thank you for expanding my horizons, I like that.

 

[Charleybravo56]

I carry a scar across my thumb from a failed Sodbuster lock. It's still one of my favorite knives. Good list although I don't have the 110, I'm a Case guy...single blade SAB.

 

[traderdan]

54 pattern Case knife....

 

[dave6]

Ek Commando knife

 

[SpydieSig]

I feel like everyone should own at least 1 Spyderco. It is such an iconic pattern in the folding knife world.

 

[dave6]

Cold Steel Tanto. The original one only, that was machined from a billet of stainless steel & then given a sticky rubber “Pachmayr” grip.

 

[KokomoDave]

Emerson with the patented Wave -like feature or Kershaw / Southern Grind with Wave - like feature.

 

[bcannon]

1 of my favorites is the Cutco Bullwhip

 

[spencer5650]

Can’t believe nobody mentioned any variety of Swiss Army Knife. Very good all around useful knives.