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HAKnPocket

HAKnPocket

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So I’m sure many of us carry more than one knife and being “that guy” we all have intended purposes for each item we carry. Today I was harvesting cardboard for my classes to use for prototype projects and made a ton of long cuts through some pretty heavy cardboard. On my person I had a GEC 14, CRK Sebenza, and my trusty Vic spirit with the peanut butter spreader blade. Most of the time a cut or two and I wouldn’t bat an eye at using either of the three but with what I was doing I chose to use a utility knife to conserve the edges of my EDC pieces.

Do any of you have any examples of some slipjoints that you’ve put through its paces? I’m not afraid of using anything but typically choose the right tool for the job at hand but some just use what’s on hand.

Let’s see those rough users. Not the ones you bought in super used condition either. Let’s see that natural wear!!!

I’ll get a pic of mine up in a bit as I am taking my boy to basketball practice in a second.
 
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My 2012 #15 Boy's Knife has seen some things. It put in HOURS of work back when I was doing brewery and warehouse work.
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It doesn't really show wear, especially since I keep making new covers for it, but my LionSteel Shuffler has seen a LOT of work and I've gone pretty hard on it.
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My Viper has also put in hours of yard work, camp craft, cooking, and warehouse and brewery shifts
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This Bulldog-branded GEC #23 is probably my most used and abused. Been carrying and using it for all kinds of stuff since 2009.

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Heathenhymnal said:
My 2012 #15 Boy's Knife has seen some things. It put in HOURS of work back when I was doing brewery and warehouse work.
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It doesn't really show wear, especially since I keep making new covers for it, but my LionSteel Shuffler has seen a LOT of work and I've gone pretty hard on it.
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My Viper has also put in hours of yard work, camp craft, cooking, and warehouse and brewery shifts
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This Bulldog-branded GEC #23 is probably my most used and abused. Been carrying and using it for all kinds of stuff since 2009.

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Those Lionsteel modern traditionals really are a true work slipjoint if you ask me. That M390 is tough.
 
HAKnPocket said:
Those Lionsteel modern traditionals really are a true work slipjoint if you ask me. That M390 is tough.
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100% agree. They're not afraid to put in some real work, especially when I swap the factory micarta covers back on it... I can use that thing in any environment, even wet and grimy work, and not worry one bit about it. All around I think they perfected the traditional modern concept with these.
 
HAKnPocket said:
So I’m sure many of us carry more than one knife and being “that guy” we all have intended purposes for each item we carry. Today I was harvesting cardboard for my classes to use for prototype projects and made a ton of long cuts through some pretty heavy cardboard. On my person I had a GEC 14, CRK Sebenza, and my trusty Vic spirit with the peanut butter spreader blade. Most of the time a cut or two and I wouldn’t bat an eye at using either of the three but with what I was doing I chose to use a utility knife to conserve the edges of my EDC pieces.

Do any of you have any examples of some slipjoints that you’ve put through its paces? I’m not afraid of using anything but typically choose the right tool for the job at hand but some just use what’s on hand.

Let’s see those rough users. Not the ones you bought in super used condition either. Let’s see that natural wear!!!

I’ll get a pic of mine up in a bit as I am taking my boy to basketball practice in a second.
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"Use the right tool for the job" was "beat into my head" at an early age.
I could never understand someone using their "good" knives for things like breaking down more than 4 or 5 cardboard boxes, scoring and trimming drywall, using a knife to turn a screw or pry something (and then have the gall to complain when the blade broke 🙄), opening bags of concrete/sand/plant soil, etc. It just made no sense to me. Sure; the blade might be abrasion resistant, but it is still going to get dull. "Abrasion Resistant" just means "harder and longer to sharpen" on the job site.

I always carried a Stanley box cutter/utility knife when I know there would be tasks where it was the right tool. When it got dull, just flip or replace the blade ...takes a couple seconds if your utility knife is tool-less, a minute or two if you have to take it apart. That's a lot better than 20 minutes or longer to sharpen. Not to mention sharpening removes blade steel. We've all seen at least pictures of knives that have been sharpened so much the tip is proud ot the blade looks like a toothpick due to sharpening. Why wear out the "good" knife years or decades early, and have to spend big bucks on a new knife? Stanley blades cost 15¢ each or less. The handle lasts several decades, even if you use it every day and have to replace the blade 3 or 4 times a day. That still costs less than buying a Case or Buck every 3 to 5 years because the blades are sharpened down to the tip(s) are proud or resemble toothpicks.
 
The "right tool for the job" often ends up being the knives I carry. Of course I avoid prying, scraping, or any other task that threatens the structural integrity of my knives. But if something, or many things, need cutting then I'm happy to oblige.

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BP_ said:
All natural. One I’ve enjoyed using since I’ve picked it up. My “one eyed Jack”

(I lightened the second pic so it could be seen if you look close enough) ;) :thumbsup:

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One of GEC's best releases, and good to see one doing what is was designed for, a great little EDC work knife. They are the sort of knives that previous generations who only had or could afford one knife would have had for years. 👌
 
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Not a slipjoint, but this guy saw hard use for quite a few years:

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There were many times when it was the only tool I had available to me. While I, like afishhunter afishhunter am a big believer in using the right for the job, sometimes necessity trumps that principle, and your knife becomes the right tool by default.

Excellent cutting performance, a comfortable handle, and a low price make the Opinel a good choice for a hard-use EDC (also not a slipjoint, though). The blade is not the most robust thing in the world, but if you break it you can always get another.

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I am not afraid to put my usual EDC to hard use when needed, but lately I have been carrying this when fixing or making things around the house:

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It has been very useful when working on the johnboat I am making - making starter holes for screws, trimming out excess wood from tight corners, cleaning up saw cuts, cutting hard knots down, etc.
 
oldmanwilly said:
The "right tool for the job" often ends up being the knives I carry. Of course I avoid prying, scraping, or any other task that threatens the structural integrity of my knives. But if something, or many things, need cutting then I'm happy to oblige.

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Same here. Use, not abuse.
I look at it from this stand point: if the knife in my pocket cannot cut cardboard, plastic or any other material normally cut with a pocket knife, then I don't want the knife in my pocket. For opening bags of abrasive material, the blade tip is used and bolster area protected by my hand. Back to use, not abuse
 
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