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The most popular pocket knife in the US (as far as I know) has a 3.75 inch blade. https://www.buckknives.com/product/110-folding-hunter-knife/?sku=0110BRS-B htt

• acdha 2y ago
  That’s a hunting knife with a belt holster. It might be popular but usually “pocket knife” means something like a Swiss Army knife which comfortably fits in a normal sized pocket. (Nothing against Buck Knives, by the way - I have one of the first ones made in the custom knife shop 25 years ago when I developed the web UI for them. It’s just not a daily carry kind of size for most of us.)
  • mgraczyk 2y ago
    I don't think that's true. Where I grew up everyone carried a knife like this and called it a "pocket knife", and the description on wikipedia, various stores, blogs, manufacturers, etc all use the term to refer to this sort of knife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketknife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketknife Buck also has many knives they specifically call "pocket knife" that have a blade longer than 3 inches: https://www.buckknives.com/collections/pocket-knives/ https://www.buckknives.com/collections/pocket-knives/
    • acdha 2y ago
      Good point, although I notice that they seem to top out that category at 3¾ inches so maybe part of what we’re seeing is that standards have been evolving over time to shorten the blades.