Heavy duty slip joint

Rough Rider Deer Slayer maybe. It's inexpensive and RR are fairly well built for the price. Their 440A isn't terrible either.
 
When I was an apprentice carpenter, I learned from a journeyman and bought a folding hunter. Most of the time I used a Stanley utility knife. But often enough a longer blade worked better and I’d pull the hunter. I carried that knife in my work pants for decades. I never deliberately abused it, but I never babied it either. On construction sites, tools get used and used hard.

The knife in question was a Rhino Model 39, made in Japan. I still have it. Given its history, it’s in amazingly good shape. No blade wobble. Good walk and talk. It even has a lanyard hole in the end.

Rhino Knives seem to be out of business. But if you want a look at a knife that’s stood up to lots of real world hard use, Google: Rhino 2 Blade Folding Knife #39

For a modern equivalent I’d suggest the Russell sowbelly trapper LI Emergency just showed us. I don’t own one, but I trust AG.
 
sh00ter01 said:
Rough Rider Deer Slayer maybe. It's inexpensive and RR are fairly well built for the price. Their 440A isn't terrible either.
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Wow! That IS a big slip joint. :thumbup: Here's a pic from an old thread here at bfc (not mine):

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jstrange said:
How about the Kabar "Big Easy" . Its a Dozier design and looks like a winner.
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+1. I've just recently encountered this one when doing the double-take at the Ka-Bar Dozier Phat Bob... looks like it could fit the OP's bill! I don't have one though, so I can't personally vouch for it, but based on both Ka-Bar and Bob's reputation, I can't imagine it being a failure.

-Brett
 
I would say to look for the Northwoods brand, Scagel, and Schatt & Morgan. Northwoods and S&M both make an English Jack with two blades. The main blade is pretty thick stock, while the small spear/pen blade is thinner and used for small task's. Try KSF for the Northwoods and Scagels.
 
I've used my Super Tinker pretty hard. Not "traditional" though, but a slip joint.
 
If you go to your local flea market, most of the old timers that collect, sell and trade
knives should be able to help you find an old US made Schrade Hunter pattern with
the carbon steel blades. 125OT(1 blade) or 25OT(2 blade).
Around here you can get one in pretty good used condition for $30 or $40.
I'd think that should serve you well. Good luck.
 
I go with the Douk-Douk. but if you want to with a traditional knife it'll cost more, Douk - Douk will be fine. Gary
 
The Aitor Castor Grande is a good one, as is the Douk-Douk, or the 3138 Case Sodbuster in CV. Also EKA makes several, bare bones models like the Swede 38.
 
A few people have mentioned the hunter pattern, here is a Queen Hunter in D2...

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If you're looking for a low price work horse go with the Douk-Douk, any model will do. Gary
 
The RC is little low & like all carbon steel it'll rust but with little maintance it's a good slippie. Gary
 
The knife you want is the Case 6265 S.A.B. It fits your description to the tee. I have one and it's awesome. I got it from my grandma, she took it from my uncle when he was a kid and kept it stowed away for something like 35 years. She finally gave it to me, I told my uncle about it and asked if he wanted it back. He said no, he wanted me to keep it. To say I was elated would be a massive understatement. The second I had that old Case in my hand I never wanted to let it go. I showed it to an old elk hunter I know from western Montana when I was living in Arizona. He handled that knife as if I put a live baby in his hands. He turned it over and over and didn't want to pass it back, but he knew better ;-) His endorsement was the icing on the cake, I knew it was a great knife, but I didn't truly know what I had. Unfortunately the tip of the clip blade was broken and at my friend's suggestion I filed it down and fixed it pretty good. I didn't know what the other blade was for, I thought since it was thinner it was a fillet knife or something. He told me it was a boning blade, and a DAMN good one at that. I swear, that boning blade is just BLOOD-THIRSTY. It's the only blade I own that I am truly afraid of. Even though I KNOW how sharp it is and I KNOW that knife, despite it's age, still snaps like a bear-trap it has cut me more than any other blade I own. And not just a nick or whatever, when that blade bites me I'm running my finger under cold water and getting out the tough-strips! It's crazy, but I just love that blade so much. I've never even done anything with it, but one of these years I'm gonna kill a deer and use that boning blade to gut it, skin it and process the whole deer just so I could say I did. My uncle is gone now, but this knife is the greatest embodiment of his wild spirit that I could ever have hoped to have. I found a site that gives approximate values of older knives and mine is listed at about $87. I'd never sell it, but if I was to want to buy one of these I think that would be a fair price if the knife and sheath were both in stellar condition. This knife really is a beast and the fact that it sounds like a damned old bullwhip when it snaps shut inspires a lot of confidence! Here's a pic of mine, just remember that if you get one the clip blade will look different since a good hunk of the tip of mine was broken off and I had to file down the spine to meet the edge. I like to think that the reason my grandma took this fine knife from my uncle was because he was doing something dumb enough to break the tip off such a masterfully-made piece of cutlery! My grandpa was a tool and die maker and they both lived through the great depression so abusing a knife could have very well been reason enough for LOSING said knife in that household! I hope you find one and get one, I think it will just be PERFECT for the OP's needs.

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markksr said:
A few people have mentioned the hunter pattern, here is a Queen Hunter in D2...

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It is an amazing knife

Queen Folding Hunter
Year: 2009 Condition: Mint
Misc:
Handle: Amber Carved Stag Bone
Steel: D2 Carbon Size: 5 1/4"
http://www.collectorknives.net/queen-cutlery-amber-carved-stag-bone-acsb-1blade-folding-hunter/

Queen Folding Hunter (two blades)
Year: 2010 Condition: Mint
Misc:
Handle: Curly Zebra Wood
Steel: D2 Carbon Size: 5 1/4
http://www.collectorknives.net/queen-knives-curly-zebra-wood-folding-hunter/
 
What exactly is a heavy duty knife? What do you want it to be capable of?

Do you want something that's heavy duty, or just something that's heavy?
 
Northwoods Scagel knives have thick carbon steel blades. This is mine with stag handles. It's my beefiest slipjoint by a long shot. Walk and talk is stout on this beast.:thumbup:
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