Can anyone recommend a good slipjoint

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I know nothing of slipjoints but I have been wanting to get one for edc as they are way more sheeple friendly than my Emersons and ZTs.

Can anyone recommend a tough slipjoint with a good blade steel? Or maybe something with G10 or micarta scales? I'm not a fan of wood or bone scales.
 
You will want to ask this in the traditional section but you cant go wrong with a case maybe in G10 they have a lot of styles to choose from
 
What do you consider a good blade steel? Are you dead set on stainless?

Queen Cutlery makes a lot of great stuff in D2, although it tends to need reprofiling when you get it. Schatt and Morgan makes a lot of good stuff in ATS-34.

Make sure you come on by the traditional forum. We'd be glad to have you.
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By good blade steel I assume you mean something like VG10, S30V, CPM154, ATS-34 or something like that. When you eliminate wood and bone scales (and I presume stag?) and specify G10 or Micarta, that pretty much leaves you with either a custom or a Spyderco.
 
The Case Tony Bose models are great. Great fit,finish and steel. Mine have come with a good edge too, but they usually only come in natural material (bone,stag) or wood. Great eastern has some knives with micarta scales.
 
Case knives in CV steel are my favourite slippies, closely followed by 1095 steel GECs. However, most of mine have natural handle materials. I know some Case knives come with yellow synthetic handles, and GEC offers a wide variety of handle materials they might have something you like (I haven't tried any of their 440C knives).

If you're looking for newer stainless steels and G-10, then go for a Spyderco Slipit. The Urban is great, and very sheeple friendly (bright coloured scales, blade with a blunt tip). You can also take a look at the Fallkniven U1, lovely little knife with really good steel and non-threatening design.
 
Knifein said:
I know nothing of slipjoints but I have been wanting to get one for edc as they are way more sheeple friendly than my Emersons and ZTs.

Can anyone recommend a tough slipjoint with a good blade steel? Or maybe something with G10 or micarta scales? I'm not a fan of wood or bone scales.
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The Schatt and Morgan File and Wire Series (made by Queen) is in ATS-34. Usually bone handles though.

GEC makes some of their knives in 440C and does them really well.
Some of them have synthetic scales. They do a great job on the steel and the blade designs are excellent.
 
Canal Street Cutlery makes some of the sweetest slippies you'll ever see. Much nicer than Case or GEC, IMO.
 
The Traditional section would probably get you more info, but a little more info of what you're looking for would help, too.

I take it you want SS or possibly D2? How big & what price-point?
 
Depending on your budget....I'd get a Shing custom http://www.shingcrafts.com/ I've held one a few weeks back and I can honestly say this is the most destructoproof slipjoint I've ever seen. With a backspring so tough that you won't NEED a lock.
 
Knifein said:
Can anyone recommend a tough slipjoint with a good blade steel? Or maybe something with G10 or micarta scales? I'm not a fan of wood or bone scales.
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Get a Case sodbuster junior with cv steel. They're dirt cheap, take and hold a killer edge - and are bomb-proof. :thumbup:

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It's not the slip joint action itself that makes the knife non threatening looking (generally) so I'd assume you want a traditional looking knife, just with a man made handle material and the kind of steels you're used to on your modern folders, that might be kind of hard to find though.

The spyderco slip joints seem like the most sheeple friendly spydercos but not exactly a traditional pocket knife. I don't know if I've ever seen a real traditional knife with a super steel so you'll probably have to settle for something like 440C, D2 or some kind of carbon steel like 1095, not super but they cut well enough IMO, especially for just an EDC knife. If you want a super steel then a custom seems like the only choice.

If you take the special steels out of the picture though then it gets a bit easier. Case have some knives with G-10 scales, they also have a number of synthetic handle materials like their classic yellow scales. GEC have some pretty cool looking acrylics. I've only seen micarta scales on custom slip joints though.
 
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