Custom Slip Joints

Honestly there are 100 custom slipjoint makers out there and it would be great if there was a consolidated list on here, but there's not. I know somebody has one thought because I've seen it.

If you're looking for a top 10 list or similar, I would point you to a post made by Gus (one of our great mods) several years ago. I found this thread when I first got on BF and hoped that I could pin down a knife from each maker on his list. Since that post (2005 I think), several other great sloppy makers (Menefee for instance) have frequented this forum...so the list isn't inclusive of them.

Check out post #19 in the link

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/364117-Bose-Shadley-or-Ryuichi-Kawamura?
 
I've been trying to make a list every time I open a thread about custom slip joints.

I'm not sure how accurate or inclusive this list is, as I am still looking into all these makers - maybe it will help.

In no particular order:

PJ Tomes (may be retired)
Keary Hampton
Eugene Shadley
Joel Chamblin
Jerry Halfrich
Tony / Reese Bose
Enrique Pena
Dan Burke
Bruce Bump
Brent Cramer
Brett Dowell
Rick Menefee
Ray Cover Sr
Ken Erickson
Hiroaki Ohta
Ray Smith
Ken Coates
Keith Johnson
Todd Davidson
Gene Wiseman
Alsdorf Customs
John Lloyd
Tommy Gann
John Howser

Names in red sell on Bladeforums
 
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cnas122 said:
Honestly there are 100 custom slipjoint makers out there and it would be great if there was a consolidated list on here, but there's not. I know somebody has one thought because I've seen it.

............... Since that post (2005 I think), several other great sloppy makers (Menefee for instance) have frequented this forum...

Check out post #19 in the link

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/364117-Bose-Shadley-or-Ryuichi-Kawamura?
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Hi Campbell,

I,m sure you meant to say "great slippy makers" :D

There perhaps are a few "sloppy" makers out there but none on this forum and certainly not Rick !!
(yeah, I know - it was just a "slip of the tongue" or should that be keyboard ;) )

ATB
Colin.
 
I probably should have been more specific in I'm looking for traditional designs much like the Tony Bose Case limited knives (e.g. coffin jack, norfolk etc.).
 
feathers73 said:
I probably should have been more specific in I'm looking for traditional designs much like the Tony Bose Case limited knives (e.g. coffin jack, norfolk etc.).
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I may be mistaken but I believe that all of the makers in the list that Toyz posted fall under this catagory.
 
They are all traditional knife makers. If you were to put together a list of all custom makers (all genres), it would be 1000 names long
 
I would certainly have to add John Howser to that list of traditional slipjoint makers. He's a wonderful guy and a great craftsman as well.
 
I think it's PJ Tomes, not RJ Tomes. There are a few collaborations out there, notably the Case Tony Bose collaborations, both 154CM/ATS34 and CV/SS. I really like the Queen Dan Burke collaborations. I think there were a few GEC collaborations also. I have seen a few Queen Joe Pardue collaborations also.
 
Arizon Custom Knives has a large list of knife makers and I believe you can narrow the list down to slip joint makers. I mostly just go on there to window shop but I always check out the guys that are active here on the forums.
 
Toyz said:
I've been trying to make a list every time I open a thread about custom slip joints.

I'm not sure how accurate or inclusive this list is, as I am still looking into all these makers - maybe it will help.

In no particular order:

PJ Tomes (may be retired)
Keary Hampton
Eugene Shadley
Joel Chamblin
Jerry Halfrich
Tony / Reese Bose
Enrique Pena
Dan Burke
Bruce Bump
Brent Cramer
Brett Dowell
Rick Menefee
Ray Cover Sr
Ken Erickson
Hiroaki Ohta
Ray Smith
Ken Coates
Keith Johnson
Todd Davidson
Gene Wiseman
Alsdorf Customs
John Lloyd
Tommy Gann
John Howser

Names in red sell on Bladeforums
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A few more off the top of my head: Ryuichi Kawamura, Tom Overeynder, Richard Rogers, Bill Ruple and others.
 
Lets not forget Mastersmith Bailey Bradshaw, one of my favorite custom makers.

Jay
 
Toyz said:
I've been trying to make a list every time I open a thread about custom slip joints.

I'm not sure how accurate or inclusive this list is, as I am still looking into all these makers - maybe it will help.

In no particular order:
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Same here -

I would like to add to this list a few more names.....

Please correct me or add to this list if you like.

I'm sure it is not complete by far.

Custom / Hand Made Slip Joint Makers

Tony Bose
Reese Bose
Bill Ruple
Joel Chamblin
P.J. Tomes
Kerry Hampton
Rick Menefee
Brett Dowell
Todd Davison
Ken Erickson
Jerry Halfrich
Ray Cover Sr.
Hiroaki Ohta
Mike Alsdorf
Bill Vining
Ken Coats
Don Hanson III
Clifton Polk
Wes Davis
Joe Allen
J.B. Moore (James)
John Howser
Eugene Shadley
J. Normen
Tony Huffman
John Fraps
Tim Balda
Ryuichi Kawamura
C. Gray Taylor
Terry Davis
Jack Davenport
Joel Norfork
Rusty Preston
Dan Burke
Bailey
Don Marrow
Mike Zscherny
Rick Browne
Tim Britton
Keith Johnson
Richard Rogers
Johnny Stout
Jeff Claiborne
Bruce Bump
Tommy Gann
Enrique Pinea
Ray Smith
Ian VanReneen
Edie T. Elsmore
John Smith
Murray Sterling
W.B. "Bill" Stoddart
David Taylor
C. Tenny
L.J. Thompson
Arthur Washburn
Billy Watson
Wally Watts
Pat West
Ken Woosley
Michael F. Zima
Lin Rhea
Harvey Dean
Steve Dunn
Ryan Mythew - ? spelling?
A.C. Warren
Gary Crowder
Gene Wiseman
Claude Montjoy
Jeremy Steely
Jeff Mutz
Jim Dunlap
Jerald Nickels
T.R. Overeynder
Joe Kious
Jess Horn
Don Robinson
Jim Serven
Warren Osborne
Lowell Royster
H. K. Parker
Richard Plunkett
Paul Reynolds
Lynn Sampson
Ernie Self
Stan Shew
Toshiaki Shikayama
Bob Sims
Bill Simons
Michael J. Skellern
Jack Barrett
Lothar Berg
Larry Berely II
Robert Blasingame
Philip W. Booth
Dennis Bradley
Jerry D. Collett
George Copeland
Jim Corrado
Don Corwin
Chris Crawford
Al Crenshaw
Barry Davis
Dwayne Dushane
R.O. "Russ" Easler
R. Van Elkins
Kaj Embresten
Billy Foster
Tomonari Hamada
Yoshiaki Hattori
Harumi Hirayama
Steve Hoel
J. B. Hodge
John H. Holland
Roy Humenick
Bob jones
R.C. Knipstein
Ed Kramp
Yasushi Kabota
Paul Lebatard
James Lott
Mike Mann
Ty Montell
Ted Moore
Jack Mosher
Paul Myers
Hidetoshi Nakayama
Dan Nedved
Rick Nowland
Rod Olson
Doc Hagen
John Loyd
Craig Brewer
Beryl Driskill
Brent Cramer




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