Can people not use slipjoints any more?

The people who cut themselves with slipjoints are the same brain dead monkeys who would put a fixed blade into it's sheath the wrong way!

Most of the people who I've seen do this are either accountants or bankers...just my experience!

I'm sure there are mechanically inclined accountants out there but my accountant friends don't even own a screwdriver! :rolleyes:

Collecter
 
Great thread!!!!!

It's amazing how many people are terrified of a slip joint. I've had lock failures but never have I had a slippie bite me.

Paul
 
I can understand someone not knowing how a lock on a particular knife operates. I mean, there's the lockback, liner lock, frame lock, LAWKS, compression lock, AXIS/Ball lock, plunge lock, roll lock, blade lock, etc, etc, etc. Expecting someone who's unfamiliar with a knife--any knife--to automatically know how the knife's lock works might be stretching our hopes.

But cutting oneself with a knife not knowing how it is closed...that's pretty damn stupid. It's a damn knife, you blithering idiot! If you use it wrong, you'll get cut. If you don't know how it works, ask me, and I'll show you...or do it for you. In fact, no, you can't borrow it, I'll cut it for you.

I don't like slipjoints because you can't use them like locking knives, because they'll fold on you. But, I've never had one close on me, because I know what not to do with them (SAKs, Leathermans, 2/3 blade slipjoints).
 
It is strange because here, in France, peoples around me are mostly using slip-joint knives (SAK, Laguiole...). The only well know locking mechanisms are the Opinel "virole" (ring-lock ?) and the lock-back. It is funny to see somebody turning my Sebenza in all the ways and trying to find how the frame lock works !!! :D
 
This is my slip-joint Laguiole accompanied by my two Sebenzas. ;)

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Man, I hear ya. I carry a good lockback or framelock for heavy-duty work, but my old Remington Green-on-Yellow large 3-blade stockman gets much more daily use. My dad never carried anything (to my knowledge) other than a 3-blade stockman. Yes, I've dressed * skinned a deer (never mind countless head of small game) with a slipjoint. :cool:

My "Sunday-go-to-Meeting" knife is a bone-handled Case Russlock; sort of a mutant slipjoint with a linerlock. :eek:

Maybe folks in Dixie are more knife-knowledgeable (or maybe I just hang out with a smarter crowd ;) , but I've never had anyone demonstrate any difficulty operating a slipjoint loaner. I did have someone admit defeat as far as closing the Russlock, though.
 
I cary slipjoints most of the time, and have no problem with them.

I have cleaned whitetails with my old Case 6332 in my younger days.

I wish I still had it...I have also cleaned them with my old Schrade stockman.

I have a Henckels red jigged bone trapper in my pocket right now.
 
Hey DeadManWalking,

Maybe it's just where you live?

Here in the Carolinas I've never met anyone over the age of 12 that did'nt know how to open and use an old fashion pocket-knife.

Allen.
 
allenC said:
Hey DeadManWalking,

Maybe it's just where you live?

Here in the Carolinas I've never met anyone over the age of 12 that did'nt know how to open and use an old fashion pocket-knife.

Allen.
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Even at that.... IS IT NOT FREAKING OBVIOUS HOW TO USE IT!!!

Just look at an SAK or whatever kind of slipjoint you have there... is there any other way to even TRY to use it? Sheesh.
 
Hi All-

Slipjoints look nice in a "classic" sort of way, but I find one-handed openers to be much more convenient. Just my $0.02.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
I occasionally find someone who can't figure out a simple lock, even a lockback (you should see them get stumped with a Puma magic lock!). But I have never met anyone who couldn't figure out a slipjoint. For general utility, slipjoints usually work better because it is easy to find one with blades that are ground thin with very fine edges, making it much more efficient at cutting. When I hear people talk about how their calypso jrs are great slicers because of the thin edge and full flat grind, I have to grimace. I have a calypso jr, and it can only dream about being the slicer that some of my slipjoints are.
 
Ray Bair said:
Maybe folks in Dixie are more knife-knowledgeable
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I don't see the sheeple reactions to guns and knives among most folks (but then I don't live in the city, and am usually only around blue-collar workers, and whoever happens to be in the gun or hardware store), and the average "working man" has plenty of both, but more and more, it seems like the more educated they are, the stupider they are. It's as if they think being some kind of pansy makes them more sophisticated.
This is the NEW South we're living in :barf:

btw, seen an Alabama tag lately? "Heart of Dixie" is about the size of a nickel, and will likely be removed entirely in the near future. It's not like you can read it from more than 6 feet away now, anyway.
Apparently the word "Dixie" is offensive.
We need to make Southern by the Grace of God required reading in our schools, and declare open season on the liberal trash while there are still a few people left who realize what a rich heritage we have.

uh, /rant off, or whatever... :)
 
"more and more, it seems like the more educated they are, the stupider they are. It's as if they think being some kind of pansy makes them more sophisticated."

OwenM, you hit the nail on the head. In the course of my life, I have attended two different colleges/universities for a total of four years and your above quote is exactly true. So-called "higher education" has been reduced to virtually nothing more than social indoctrination. Add to this the mostly negative portrayal of guns and knives in the visual and auditory media, and we are living in one brain-washed society. :barf: :barf:
 
Ok, here is a thought. Ever notice that people seem to be unaware how to CUT with a knife, after using only dull knives?

I seem to notice that everytime I lend out a knife, the person will "saw" at the material they want to cut. Now..don't get me wrong, they get it open just fine... but I keep my knives sharp. All they had to do was flick their wrist and the blade would pushcut through whatever they were intending to cut.

To add to the Southern Education discussion: I don't even know why you expect high school and most college educated people to be more intelligent. :confused: School can't do this. School can only present you with different methods of thinking and help you learn to be responsible. If you send someone who isn't "street smart" through school, they aren't going to come back with any more common sense. School can't enhance your natural intelligence, and lets face it... There are alot of dumb people out there.

As for College "Higher Education" being social indoctrication, it depends on your major. If you want to learn marketing, don't expect to learn anything more then how to mesh with society and appeal to them. If you want to learn History expect them to teach you how to better understand your world from an outsiders perspective.
-Kevin
 
I've noticed the lack of cutting skill as well. My EDC cuts like a laser. Doesn't matter what, if it's something that a knife is meant to cut, it goes through. You'd be surprised at how many folks can't handle the thought. :(
 
Blue Jays said:
Hi All-

Slipjoints look nice in a "classic" sort of way, but I find one-handed openers to be much more convenient. Just my $0.02.

~ Blue Jays ~
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Uh-huh. But you're wrong. :D Just kidding. I EDC a Benchmade 710 in M2 along with my Leatherman and my stockman. I can't argue the convenience factor, but I'm thinking seriously of retiring it for daily carry purposes and using one of my smaller fixed blades instead.

James
 
Blue Jays,

I know what you mean. Why does nobody make a one-handed, pocket-clipped folder with a slipjoint's blade geometry?
 
I think a better reason we don't see many one-hand slipjoints with a pocket clip is that these knives are traditionally pretty small. They were sized to fit deep in a pocket so they wouldn't fall off and get lost in a field. There's not much room for a thumbstud, and if you add one, there's not much handle to grip while you're trying to rotate the blade out.

While every problem is an opportunity, every solution is also a restriction.
 
3 of my EDC rotation that I get a kick out of...

my BM921S... ppl can't seem to figure out the axis lock. I make good use of the slipjoint on that sucker, large handle for it, lots of control.

Spydie Kiwi... they keep thinking it's a slipjoint because of the looks. small thin knife to "them" doesn't mean lock back. Had more then one slip trying to force it :eek: :D right before I jump on them for not knowing how to close it and suggest they find a bandage before they leak.

old sheffield slipjoint, lambsfoot pattern. has a seriously strong spring on it. most ppl can't even open it :rolleyes: :D . 3" slipjoint does a good deal of my cutting in public, and the traditional design doesn't seem to raise as many eyebrows.
 
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