How many still love slip-joint pocketknives?

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Yes, I consider SAK's to be "traditional" slip-joint pocketknives, at least the ones that are more basic (approx. 1 to 7 blades).

I also love and appreciate some other traditional patterns, like 2-blade jacks, stockmans, 2-blade pens, and to an extent, trapper patterns and peanuts.

It seems to me, and I could be wrong, that overall, regular slip-joint pocketknives have, throughout the years, probably done more work than any other type of folding knife.

My main focus lately is going after the newest "tactical" folders and locking mechs. But I can't seem to outgrow my love and appreciation for (and using!) regular pocketknives, either. In fact, on a daily basis, I use an SAK about a dozen times.
Jim
 
I always carry a slip joint folder. My one-hander of the day is clipped to the top of my right pocket, and the slip joint rides at the bottom. My selection includes a yellow-handled Case mini-trapper, a Robeson Canoe, and my favorite, a Primble reproduction Hawbaker muskrat.

On a side note, does anyone where I could find a high quality Hawbaker muskrat (one of the blades is a wharncliffe instead of a clip) with carbon steel blades? As much as I like my Primble, I tire of the cheap stainless (probably 440A) blades.

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My stockman is one of my favorites. Use and carry it all the time.
 
I love my stockman! I think Old Timers have 1095 blades, Boker has some High Carb stuff, Remington has their green over yellow stuff with 1095 blades...
 
My all-time favorite slip-joint is a Boker King Kutter stockman, carbon steel blades. Wish I could find another.
 
I own a variety of slipjoint folders. My favorite is a small penknife I bought for $1.00 (US) at a garage sale years ago.

Razor

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Taz, I'm familiar those brands, but as far as I know, they do not produce the pattern that I'm looking for.
 

I like to carry small knives (when I carry a large knife I stop carrying it in a few weeks) One of the ones I carry often is a very small (7cm. handle) Laguile in Sandvick with a horn handle.

 
Yep.....similar habit...my fav tac onehander is almost always iwb and ready if needed but its the little ole 2blade Case that rests snug in the jeans top pocket that usually sees the most action. Always cleaning fingernails, cutting tape,packages or whatever......wouldn't be dressed without either.
 
I always have an Eye Brand stockman on me, it's my favorite slipjoint.

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My Old Timer needs some resurrection, if I can ever find it. Been carrying my Camillus 710 (not the newer 710Y, which I find kinda ugly) this week.

Funny, the synchronicity going on here ...

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finally, you knuts are discussing knives i knew of before i discovered the forums...i have a fondness for the old slip-joints too.
i have several including:
1. a couple of eye brands
2. 3 or 4 buckcreek
3. one of the remington green/yellows- nice knife
4. 5 or 6 kissing krane
5. a couple of ka-bars
boker, case, old timer....etc....etc.

it surprised me at first that these knives/brands are seldom mentioned here in the forums.

but, since coming here, i've learned from the forums that my knowlede of knives/steel was at least 20 years out of date, and, i was missing out on an area of knives i really didnt know existed. i thought you just ran down to your local hardware store to grab your new pocket knife (that is what grandpa did), and, thats just what i've did over the last 20 yrs.

even though my mini-afck in m2 is the knife i plan to carry for the next few years, i will always have nostalgia feeling for my 'old' ones.

regards,
(the bovine redneck)

and i too think the new tac/lock blade knives have a long way to go before they catch up to the work slip-joints have performed down through the years

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My 6333 Case{small 3 blade stockman} is with me every day.Also one of my other daily carry's[Cuda,Boa,Richochet,Synergy,or940BM]

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I much prefer stockmans over any other type of pocketknife but I also like trapper, jack knife, muskrat, camper/SAK and other patterns. While I have several lockblades I think that I have only one 'tactical' type of knife (one hand opening lock blade folder). My current carry is a slim premium Old Timer stockman, a model which is nice for light duty use as it carries well and the slim blades seem to offer more functionality than the wider blades on the regular patterns. When I travel by air I carry an Old Timer medium stockman, and I enjoy scrounging thru antique stores for older models. I'd love to own some New York Knife Co., Remington and other such makes but I'm not interested in paying the premium that such collectables demand. At least not yet. Funny though, as I'm scheming on how to justify one of the CPM-3V Whitewing folders.

Some of the nicest pocketknives that I've seen were some old Rodgers pocketknives in a display case in a cutlery store in Barcelona. I was politely informed that they were not for sale, so I made up for it up with some more mundane but useful knives.
 
I always carry one. Usually a stockman, sometimes a SAK, sometimes an Opinel, sometimes all of the above!
To me when I hear the word "pocket knife," I think of a stockman.

I almost always have an Endura, or Buck XLTi on me too, (sometimes both,) but the "pocket knife" is usually used the most.

A slipjoint is just the proper tool to clean finger nails, and slice apples with.
 
If you like slip-joints, you will Love them if you try one from some of the custom makers. Check out one by Dan Burke, Eugene Shadley, or Richard Rogers (just to name a few). If you do, you will be hooked like I am.

Jeff
 
I carry a slip-joint everyday: my SAK.
Actually I have about 7 SAKs, and a Camillus 713, a Schrade Uncle Henry 885UH stockman, a Case Peanut, and a Kabar 2-blade knife which is rather big for a non-locking folder.
I don't carry the stockman any more but I still occasionally carry the Camillus Trapper (I guess it's the yellow scales).
I always carry the SAK.
 
I always carry a slip-joint knife as well as a larger single blade knife as you never know what you might have to cut. I don't like over stressing my knives and will carry a fixed blade knife if I think I will need to so as not to over tax any given knife. I do this because I think of my knives as tools and want to use the right tool for any given job. It is no different then a carpenter or mechanic or any other profession. It just makes good sense to use the right tool for the job.
 
It is all I carry. Either a stockman or a whittler or both. I like that they are not intimidating to people. You can whip out your Case whittler in public and not get much of a reaction, whip out a Spyderco or one of those tactical designs and it is a whole different story. I use my knives so I don't want to scare people with them. For everyday tasks they do the job too. Plus this, whittling a chain or a ball-in-cage with a tactical knife is not as easy as with a stockman or pen knife.
 
Since this thread has attracted the attention of those of us who love traditional folders or "slipjoints," I thought I'd ask you've ever had one of these "slip" and cut your finger. This hasn't happened to me since I was about nine because I learned how to use a pocketknife correctly. Sometimes I think we knife knuts get too caught up in locks ... Which is strongest? Why doesn't such and such a company put a lock on this model? If you give a kid a knife, make sure it has a lock. Etc. This isn't a rant by any means (heck, I have quite a few locking knives that I carry often). Just wondering if you fellow slipjoint lovers have any strong feelings about locking folders.
 
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