Anyone carry a slipjoint with a broken blade?

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3nails

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Have you ever seen the guy who just wouldn't give up his old slippy with the broken blade,cracked scale,and weak backspring.
My father-in-law carries an old case stockman with a broken backspring and broken blade and one blade sharpened to a sliver and one side has part of the scale missing but he will not part with it. My wife has bought him a new one but he will not give up his old faithful.

Anyone carry such a knife? What kind is it? What would it take to get it out of your pocket?? :D


Thanks Dean
 
When I was a kid, a long time ago, my first knife was a Case XX pen knife with carbon steel blades and brown bone handles that my dad gave me. I don't remember who broke the small pen blade, me or my dad, but I used a wheel grinder to turn the broken pen blade into a coping blade, and carried that knife all the time for decades. I'd still carry it, but I misplaced it (along with a handful of other knives) a couple years ago and still can't locate it.
 
When I was in junior high in the 60´s I broke the tip of the clip of my Schrade stockman in carpentry shop, fixed it with a grinder leaving it shorter and carried it for a few years, when I replaced it with the same model I gave the old one to my sister, she used to carry it in her school bag until she lost it.

I liked that old stockman, but wasn´t really attached to it, using it was more a question of low budget.
 
I used to carry a Landers, Frary & Clark slipjoint when I was a kid. It was given to me by my dad--or, did I just take it? I forget--to be used as a fishing knife. It sliced bait, split lead sinkers, cut line, and cleaned fish among other things--like cutting out the leather pouch for my homemade sling shot. It originally had two blades but was down to a 75% secondary blade by the time it found a way into my pocket. I never saw or knew what the main blade looked like. The blade is still sharp, bright and relatively corrosion free to this day.

I still have the knife and it is still functional but it has been retired from edc duties to preserve its sentimental value. I need to find the time--one of these days--to clean off the old dried up bait which still can be found in various areas of the knife.
 
My brother carries a broken blade, very old Case that his daughter bought for him at a yard sale 15 years ago when she was 6. Think of it, a six year old NOT self centered enought to spend her 50 cents on herself.

I don't even try to insult him and my niece's good deed by giving him a nice, shiny, top quality new one. And I've never shared with him that Case may be able to put a new blade between the beautiful bone handles. He likes it just the way it is.
 
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