Carbon blade slip joint???

skyhorse

skyhorse

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Something I'd love to see is a carbon blade steel slip joint in a whittler type pattern made by Buck in the USA.If such a knife did exist,how many of you slip joint fans would pull the trigger on one?
 
Skyhorse, a carbon whittler sounds great to me.
I can just imagine a beautiful dark patina with those perfect black sawcut scales.
Yep, I could manage with one of those.

Skyhorse, have you EDCed one of the whittlers? And what did you think?
 
I'd love to see a slippy in a premium steel, not nessarily a carbon steel. I really like the Vantage Avid, so maybe a slippy in 13c26 or s30v. Both great working steels.
 
johnny twoshoes said:
Skyhorse, a carbon whittler sounds great to me.
I can just imagine a beautiful dark patina with those perfect black sawcut scales.
Yep, I could manage with one of those.

Skyhorse, have you EDCed one of the whittlers? And what did you think?
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Well Johnny I do on occasion EDC the Buck 309,a sweet little knife that's sometimes referred to as the Buck Whittler.It's a cooll knife but it has stainless steel blades like the other 300s.Non-stainless carbon requires more care for sure but it has qualities that I'd love to have in a traditional slip joint a little larger than a 309.You're right that carbon gets a nice patina in time plus it's easy to sharpen to a razor edge.While it may not be the best choice for the average knife consumer,I'd love to have one made by Buck.Not many knife makers still use non stainless carbon steel and only two come to mind off the top of my head,Boker and Opinel.Since I'm such a fan of Buck slip joint knives if they ever made one with non stainless carbon blades I'd buy at least two of them.:)I wonder if enough people would want them to be profitable for Buck to make such a knife?
 
I appreciate your opinions,pro or con and besides a user I think it would be a unique traditional knife to hand down to you're children or grandchildren.
 
I would be all over it. Probably buy quite a few. Great idea. What carbon steel where you thinking? 1095 sounds good to me. How about A2 or O1?

Kevin
 
skyhorse said:
Well Johnny I do on occasion EDC the Buck 309,a sweet little knife that's sometimes referred to as the Buck Whittler.It's a cooll knife but it has stainless steel blades like the other 300s.Non-stainless carbon requires more care for sure but it has qualities that I'd love to have in a traditional slip joint a little larger than a 309.You're right that carbon gets a nice patina in time plus it's easy to sharpen to a razor edge.While it may not be the best choice for the average knife consumer,I'd love to have one made by Buck.Not many knife makers still use non stainless carbon steel and only two come to mind off the top of my head,Boker and Opinel.Since I'm such a fan of Buck slip joint knives if they ever made one with non stainless carbon blades I'd buy at least two of them.:)I wonder if enough people would want them to be profitable for Buck to make such a knife?
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Queen, GEC, Case, Moore Maker and Eye Brand (German) all make traditional patterns in carbon steel. Take a look at their products...they are cranking out well made traditional patterns.
 
mbjannusch said:
I'd love to see a slippy in a premium steel, not nessarily a carbon steel. I really like the Vantage Avid, so maybe a slippy in 13c26 or s30v. Both great working steels.
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Same here I dunno carbon steel never realy has been Buck's thing to me they seem like a company that is more interested in more advanced stainless steels and alloys I'd love a nice 301 in 13C26 sandvick or ATS-34,S30V ETC. but carbon would be fine I suppose.
 
mbjannusch said:
I'd love to see a slippy in a premium steel, not nessarily a carbon steel. I really like the Vantage Avid, so maybe a slippy in 13c26 or s30v. Both great working steels.
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morrowj_98 said:
Queen, GEC, Case, Moore Maker and Eye Brand (German) all make traditional patterns in carbon steel. Take a look at their products...they are cranking out well made traditional patterns.
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whetrock said:
Same here I dunno carbon steel never realy has been Buck's thing to me they seem like a company that is more interested in more advanced stainless steels and alloys I'd love a nice 301 in 13C26 sandvick or ATS-34,S30V ETC. but carbon would be fine I suppose.
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There are others who have offerings in carbon steel. And Carbon steel causes problems when machined in the same shop with stainlesss. So, thumbs down on the idea of carbon steel traditional folder.

HOWEVER, I would LOVE to see a 301 with upgraded stainless alloy and better attention to fit and finish. 13C26 can be fine blanked just as 420HC. So Buck should be able to use their existing dies and processing. ATS-34 or 154CM would be sweeter yet, but would require more work as those alloys cannot be fine blanked.
 
knarfeng said:
There are others who have offerings in carbon steel. And Carbon steel causes problems when machined in the same shop with stainlesss. So, thumbs down on the idea of carbon steel traditional folder.
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CAN cause problems would be the more accurate way to put it. Case has managed it for decades, as have others.

A2 would be very easy for them to heat treat, is relatively easy to work, cheap, and is a wonderful general utility steel.
 
The only non stainless carbon blade folder I own is an Opinel #8.More than likely most of you guys on the forum have seen one but for those that haven't it's an inexpensive very simple basic carbon blade folder.They also make other models in stainless steel.There are some good points to old time non stainless carbon steel blades.I can only imagine how cool it would be to have a quality Buck heat treated non stainless carbon steel slip joint knife.Maybe there's a reason Buck would never make such a knife but if they did I would buy several.Maybe others would too?
 
I was alwasy under the impression that steels such as ATS34 were mostly used in presentation knives, something to put in a display but not to use. I have never seen ATS34 used in anything else. Not to say it hasen't...

I'd like to see a carbon fiber handled 301/303 with a 13c26 blades, now thats a knife. The only knife I EDC that isnt a buck is a carbon fiber Spiderco and I love it to the point I feel like I am cheating on Buck...
 
mbjannusch said:
I was alwasy under the impression that steels such as ATS34 were mostly used in presentation knives, something to put in a display but not to use. I have never seen ATS34 used in anything else. Not to say it hasen't...

My Buck CSAR-T has ATS-34 and it certainly isn't a show peice also several runs of 181 odyssey's were made in ATS-34 and also let's not forget the Buck/Strider collaboration.
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mbjannusch said:
I was alwasy under the impression that steels such as ATS34 were mostly used in presentation knives, something to put in a display but not to use. I have never seen ATS34 used in anything else. Not to say it hasen't...

I'd like to see a carbon fiber handled 301/303 with a 13c26 blades, now thats a knife. The only knife I EDC that isnt a buck is a carbon fiber Spiderco and I love it to the point I feel like I am cheating on Buck...
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Most major production knife companies use or have used ATS-34 (Hitachi made) or 154CM (the American version) including Buck. It is also a popular steel with custom makers. Good stuff....
 
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