Favorite slipjoint patterns......why?

I have gone through phases of liking just about every pattern. Looking at my collection the other day I realized that the muskrat/moose pattern has always fascinated me. I guess it is the two full length blades at opposite ends. Anyway, I have several moose and muskrats slipjoints including some nice customs. My most recent moose, however, is not a slipjoint, it is a double lockback with stag scales and Sandvik 12C27 blades made by P.J. Tomes. If anyone wants a conventional style folder with a slightly different twist, P.J. Tomes is definitely a person you should check out.

 

I seem to be all over the place w/regards to slipjoints.I guess my favorite pattern would be the congress style w/4 blades,i have a nice Hen&Rooster w/stag scales i like alot,and a couple of German Bokers.The knife ive been carrying lately has been a little Uncle Henry 834 stockman though.For pure utility ya can't beat a stockman pattern in my opinion.But in all honesty,ive never seen a slipjoint pattern i didn't like.

 

My favorite to collect is the Sunfish pattern. I kinda like the look and feel of these fellas.
My favorite pattern strictly for looks is the Muskrat pattern. Nice lookin' little knife. Probably more useful than the lumbering Sunfish.
Greg

 

Hey Tightwad, I like the old folding hunters
also, but they are just a little too big for
me, therefore I tend to go for the European
style copperhead that sort of looks like a
scaled down version. I like the sexy, curvy
shape of these patterns, they are not just
a rounded off rectangle. I lightly carry
most of my knives, so the smaller size suits
me better. It would be neat if someone would
make a scaled down 2 bladed hunter at about
4 1/8".

I also like canoes and lockbacks.

-Rebus

 

I don't realy know why but I like the muskrat pattern best. I would like to see what the muskrat would look like with two wharncliff blades in it. I also like the canoe very well.

Thanks Dean

 

I like the traditional single blade European clasp knives (e.g. Laguiole, Basque yatagan knife), the large single blade jack knives, and from the multiblades the stockman pattern. I also prefer the curvier models, however some straight handle knives are surprisingly more comfortable and versatile to grasp than the very curvy ones.
I am also very fond of many SAKs (mainly Victorinox).

 

There is not really a pattern I have come across that I do not like the look of. For utility/EDC the stockman reigns supreme for me. Not sure why - maybe its the combo of the functionality and the history behind it (guess I always wanted to be a cowboy!!). There is nothing those 3 blades cannot handle!
There is something about the muskrat too - the 2 long blades give it a symmetrical quality, very pleasing on the eye. I have a Laguiole knife too which is so elegant, not tried it as a user though.

 

I have always liked Trappers, for a number of different reasons, I guess. The first knife my dad gave me was an old Scrade-Walden Trapper. I still have it. The blades are both large enough to do some serious cutting, and the big spey blade is an excellent small game skinner.

Stockmans are great for utility, and on a larger scale, so are two-bladed folding hunters.

The craftsmanship involved in making a four or five blade whittler walk and talk properly is intriguing.

And I agree that Muskrats are very graceful and attractive, as are serpentine jacks.

Unlike some who have posted on this thread, however, I just never have been able to get excited about the Sunfish. It doesn't interest me at all. Oh, well. It's a good thing we aren't all alike.

 

Heres Hawbaker Special by Case

 

Doc pattern are my favorite. I love the spear point blade and the slender looks of them.

 

Stockmen are the most versitile to me. I rarely don't have a stockman on me. Trappers are nice, too. Whittler patterns are nicest looking pattern to me, at this moment.

 

I like the Stockman the best, overall. Like others have said, it is great for general utility. It is also a good whittler. I just ordered the Cattle King stockman in Cocobolo. It it a little heftier and bigger (4.25" long) than the large Stockman. Think Trapper-sized stockman.

I also like Trappers because of their heft and solid feel. And I like the Muskrat pattern, although I don't have one of those yet.

 

Love those Barlows. There's just somthing about the shape and way they feel in the hand.

 

Hello all! Just wandered over from the Spydie forum. I'm not sure exactly why pruners became my sole-interest...maybe just because of how different they are in shape.

They are just good, solid workin' knives, I guess. Love 'em still (especially the horn/bone/stag scaled versions).
Brian

 

Just looked through a bunch of my slip joints and most of them are trappers and whittlers...I have a serpentine half-whittler with stag scales (a Schatt&Morgan) that is probably my favorite

Don Adelfson
Oceanside, CA

 

I love the Canoe pattern most of all. I especially think GEC did an excellent job on there Little Indian Girl Canoes. I believe it was my 3rd GEC bought back in 2016. I sure hope Bill plans on doing another run of them down the road. ✌

 

Whittlers for me, a large stout main blade with smaller secondaries for the delicate stuff

~Chip

 

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Serpentine. Purely from an aesthetic point of view. Make it a copperhead and we have a really beautiful knife.