How many still love slip-joint pocketknives?

Love my Case Trapper! The look,feel and weight of an "outdoors men's" knife.I love tactical knives,the clip,one hand opening ect. but in the woods the Case "feels" right.Now if Case would just put a thumb stud on a Copperlock and maybe put it in a small open top kydex sheath I could have the best of both worlds in the woods.
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Originally posted by Archie:
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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The 2001 Bulldog Brand Knife Catalog has "Hawbaker" pattern muskrats under their "Johnny Muskrat Skinner" designation. These are nice looking knives in a nice selection of handle materials. They have carbon steel blades,too. (I'm with you. 440A and other cheap stainless blade steels leave me very cold. About the only thing that these cheapo stainless steels have to recommend them is their rust resistance, which can be cold comfort if one has to do any serious cutting with them. If I can't get bades in the 440c-ATS34-BG42 class, cryoquenched preferred, I much prefer to have and use good carbon steel.) As for my own use of slip-joint folders, they are about all that I carry,now. Patterns range from big Sunfish to penknives and ages range from brand new to over 100 years old. I love the things! While I will carry a lockback on occasion, no pocket clips please, that is about as far as I will go. I tried "tactical" and didn't like it. Too old-fashioned,I guess.

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I have an Old Timer small game that was my grandfathers and when he died it found its way to me. It is now one of my favorite folders and goes everywhere I do. I also find that taking it out in public scares alot less people and I sometimes get a "my grandfather had one kinda like that" IMHO if you give a kid a slip joint it will teach them alot about the care and respect for knives. Just my two cents.
Kevin
 
John, do you know of any online dealers who carry the Bulldog line? I'd like to see some pictures.
 
I agree with Blues. I strongly recommend getting the Bulldog Brand Knife Company's catalog. Their web site gives basic info about the company, but that is about it. Another company that offers really great pocket knives is Queen Cutlery Company. I recommend their Queen brand in Winterbottom bone and, of course, their Robeson and Schatt & Morgan lines. These knives have ATS-34 master blades (I suspect that their secondary blades and tools are in something like 440A), and their handle treatments and fit and finish are nearly always first rate. In fact, knife for knife, I believe that Queen's products are superior to Bulldog's. (Now if Queen would see its way clear to make all of its high-end stainsless steel blades of cryoquenched ATS-34, reintroduce its fine carbon steel "Queen City" line with high-end handle treatments and blade finishes, and promote its products so that more potential buyers would know about the company's products, wouldn't we have something,then?) Queen's web site is a bit "lame", at the moment, so I recommend that anyone interested in Queen's products write for a catalog. The address is Queen Cutlery Company, 26 Empire Street, Franklinville. NY 14737.
 
Absolutely! Check out the Queens and Schatt&Morgan offerings on the A.G. Russell (www.agrussell.com) website. Some really nice looking knives, all at or under $100 with ATS-34 blades.

I've found I'm partial to Case's small Copperhead pattern (small pen and wharncliffe main) but I can't find it in anything but their "tru-sharp" stainless. I've got a Chrome Vanadium small stockman by Case, circa 1978, that walks and talks quite nicely - much better than any of the new-in-box Case knives I've seen lately.

Now, if I could just save up enough money for a couple of WhiteWing CPM-3V trappers and maybe an R.C. Knipstein model 25...

Jon
 
mnblade:
Regarding the over-reliance on locking mech's, I have to agree. I love and feel locks are very important on MANY knife models, but are not necessary, or even desirable, on all knives.

I still have several old slipjoints I bought new as a boy and have long since worn out with use. Not once was I hurt by a slip-joint pocketknife due to lack of a blade lock. If I got cut, it was with the knife fully open (except once, with a Case Canoe...I underestimated the spring strength and didn't move my finger in time as I purposely closed it).

In fact, I've had more "accidents" with locking folders than slip-joints. All due to negligence on my part.

The traditional companies whose knives I own, besides the Victorinox and Wenger SAKs, include Ka-Bar, Schrade, Case, a few old Camillus pocketknives of my dad's, Buck, and a few cheapy Colonial knives I got as a kid.

I like them all. I feel quality consistency-wise, Victorinox wins hands down. One of my dad's old Camilluses still walks and talks. My Case knives are beautiful, they work great, but I worry about using them, bone handles and all. The Buck 700(?) series of pocketknives are awesomely sturdy, and although their 300 series is good, the newer 300's backsprings do not compare in strength to the 700 series.
Jim
 
Hey, they are knives aren't they? Make the bolsters shiny and the handle scales real stag, and I am in love.
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Well, you guys have succeeded in getting me revved up.

I called Bulldog Knives this morning and ordered a 4" India stag handled serpentine whittler. Carbon steel blades (clip master; coping and pen secondary blades).

Copy says the master blade is supported by the two backsprings as in a true whittler, so for $39 (sale price) it seems a pretty good deal.

Regarding the Queen blades referred to above, I believe that on the knives featuring ATS-34 all the blades are made with that steel, not just the master. At least that's my understanding from the literature and the few knives I own.

Blues

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Count me in.My favorites are the stockman and the trapper.
For daily use I prefer a locking blade and one hand opening. But its not rare for me to carry a slip joint along with my daily user.
For one thing they have more of the style and materials I like to them than all the new tacticals do. And their simple design makes them the obvious choice for what to hand to a non knife person who wants to borrow a knife from you.
They're pretty damn tough too when you get into the better brands. It would be interesting to see some strength tests done between some of the new folders and a well made slip joint with good bolsters and liners. Of course you wouldn't test lock strength, but you could test them for lateral stress and for pressure against the cutting edge. I bet a lot of people would be surprised.


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