favourite cheap slipjoint

[Seals]

I like a Case trapper in CV.

 

[Mad_Maxx]

ciao Mostho! nice to see you here too
Maxx

 

[the rat]

Case sod busters work for me and I just purchased a RR barlow this past weekend at SMKW and I really like it.

 

[kamagong]

what's your favorite slipjoint under, say, $30? and whats your favorite slipjoint that you consider cheap? (there is no limit for this last one)

I'm just curious to know thanks

This is my favorite "cheapie." It's no longer available, but IIRC I paid just under $30 for it.

- Christian

 

[Seals]

Sodbusters are the coolest!

 

[Will Power]

Seals, is that Stag or Stagbone? Whichever, it looks really impressive.

Another cheaper knife I've liked is the CASE Texas Jack in Amber Bone, got it for 42USD including shipping to Europe, a real bargain.

 

[Seals]

Seals, is that Stag or Stagbone? Whichever, it looks really impressive.

Another cheaper knife I've liked is the CASE Texas Jack in Amber Bone, got it for 42USD including shipping to Europe, a real bargain.

Thanks! It's stag jigged bone,bonestag,stagbone?I never was sure about the correct terminoligy.

 

[Seals]

This is my favorite "cheapie." It's no longer available, but IIRC I paid just under $30 for it.

- Christian

Id like to find some of these.They used to be everywhere but are hard to find now.

 

[kamagong]

Id like to find some of these.They used to be everywhere but are hard to find now.

You're right about that. I should have picked up a couple more to use as spares. These aren't the prettiest knives in the world, but the blades are made from good steel. Great users.

- Christian

 

[tomsch]

Sodbusters are the coolest!

Love the orange one Don

 

[desmobob]

what's your favorite slipjoint under, say, $30? and whats your favorite slipjoint that you consider cheap? (there is no limit for this last one)

I'm just curious to know thanks

<$30 -- Vic Farmer, or for some fun, hit the big auction site and find the old slippie of your childhood for peanuts.

Cheap -- Queens in D2. Great steel, great snap, for a decent price.

Stay sharp,
desmobob

 

[hayseed1]

Case Sod Buster

 

[sunnyd]

I spend a lot of time rooting around on that popular auction site. For the money, you can't hardly beat a second-hand U.S.-made 34OT or 33OT Old Timer, or a Buck 303 or the venerable Case soddie jr. I've purchased at least one of each of those on the 'bay for less than $20 per.

This is so true. Sometimes you'll even get lucky enough to find an old aforementioned brand name and others as well that are of equal value and well beyond in value, with old world cutlers carefully crafted slipjoints, long dead and buried.

God bless those folks content on purchasing those Ro@$& ....... :thumbup:

Anthony

 

[J D Wijbenga]

For me it is the DoukDouk. Great geometry and blade steel in a thin package for only &#8364;11.

JD

 

[midnight flyer]

Tough call. I think as I rotate through the knife box, I tend to like several.

As I go off to work I decided which one goes in the pocket. I have been very pleased with my yellow handled Queen soddie in D2. It has pretty good fit and finish, came very sharp (what? A Queen in D2 that was sharp?!?!) and snaps and locks with the best of them. With the rounded, larger handles than most soddies it is an great utility work knife. The D2 is rust resistant enough to be fine in my sweaty pockets with just a fleck of rust here and there.

But then... as the weather has gotten colder and I don't sweat through my clothes every day, I can go back to carbon steels. In the pocket goes the German Bulldog brand soddie with red handles. Sits flat in the pocket, plenty of knife for work, and has about the same profile as the CASE soddies. Love it.

So I guess it would be for the soddies of one type or another. A design that has filled the needs of a million workers, me being one of them.

All that for under $30 delivered, brand new!

I won't get started on my love of the old slip joints. I would rather have an old classic with the scales/jigging loving worn smooth and the blades gently reprofiled from sharpening and use than just about any new knife out there.

Robert

 

[silenthunterstudios]

If I hadn't gotten my USA Schrade 8OT for so cheap, I would have to go with my Case Sodbuster. I picked up the Schrade at a resort town hardware store for dirt cheap. They weren't that expensive to begin with, either.