Can the maker of a slipjoint replace the blade?

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I was looking at a pic of a slippy and it had a blade that looked like someone took a shop grinder to it? Can slippies have the blades replaced or are they permanent? Thanks!
 
You should be able to have the blade replaced. If it is a production knife, you should be able to send it back to the factory and have it rebladed for a modest fee. A custom knife you could probably return to the maker and have it rebladed. For an old production knife from a company that is no longer in business, or a custom maker with a long backlog, there are many custom makers on this forum who could reblade a slipjoint for you.
 
Case re-bladed a 6265 two-blade Hunter for me a few years ago. It was one I got in a trade in high school, and the blades were in not-so-good shape when I got it. Case made it look new again.

Apparently, they didn't buy their CV steel in the thickness I needed for the blades on mine, so they replaced them with their 'Tru-Sharp' stainless. (No complaints here.) So, while it may be possible, getting the exact original pattern/blade configuration may not be possible.

It's the large Case folder here in this pic:
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I'll take better, more detailed pics tonight & post them.

~Chris
 
It's a John Loyd knife. I went ahead a bought it, as the price was right? Although I haven't even got my first ever slippy (Menefee) yet? It's in the mail! I know nothing about Mr Loyd, but maybe he will see this and let me know if he will do something for me? Anyone know him? Thanks!
 
John Lloyd is on here on a fairly regular basis and there are a few members who know him pretty well.
 
I'm pretty sure that I know what knife you are talking about, and to me it looks pretty average for a Lloyd knife, at least by comparing mine and others I've seen. Great knives with less time on aesthetics than function. I would say that for the price range the quality is acceptable to me, talk with the maker and see. Do you have the knife in hand?
 
Hello All: At Blade I sold about 150 slipjoints that I learned on. I also sold a bunch to dealers. I made it very clear, I thought, to the people that I sold to, that this was the case. I decided to sell them rather than take them to the dump! If there is any problem with any knife, real or perceived, I will take care of it promptly. I realized that this may happen and this was the reason I told people that I had learned to make slipjoints with these knives and many were not up to par. In fact very few were up to par. Almost all are servicable knives....just fit and finish were below par. They are all heat treated properly and function....but a few very ugly ones, a few with weak or overly strong springs, poor finish, etc. Just let me know what you would like to do and it will be done. Thank you.

John Lloyd
 
I do not have the slippy in hand as of yet, but will on the 30th when I get back from fishing in MN. This may very well be one of those knives John. Or the pics could be misleading to my eyes? Anyway, the knife itself looks Fantastic and I will be very proud to carry it. Its only my second slippy and my first and this one are still in the mail coming to me? I guess I should not of said anything untill I had it in my hands. Actually I really wanted to know the answer to the question, but should not of used your name in the thread John. Sorry for that?
 
Let's close this for now until or unless we actually have something to discuss down the road.

(Tac, please contact John directly regarding any issues with the knife upon receipt. Thanks. He's one of the good guys and will take care of you, I'm sure.)

If I may be permitted to add my own two cents in closing (and this is not addressed to TacBlade)...as John mentioned, these particular knives were sold (and often given away) at a price point commensurate with John's status as a ''new" and mostly self taught maker during a period of his learning the ropes. If the knife was purchased from a dealer and does not satisfy upon inspection, I think that that is the first place to go for a remedy. In other words I don't think that it's fair to ask the maker to build a new knife based upon the price paid. Of course it's a different story if there is a safety defect, bad heat treat, broken spring etc. Anyway, the point is, contact the dealer and then if need be, the maker. However, nobody (in fairness) should expect to receive a $500 knife in return for the $150 paid. 'Nuff said on the subject since I'm sure I'm pretty much preaching to the choir.
 
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