I HATE Slipjoints

I hate puppies and I hate babies but I just can't understand how anyone could hate slipjoints. :D
 
While I find most slippies boring in appearance, there must be something good about them for them to last so long. I just think thumb studs/flippers/ect. are quicker, and therefore more convenient, to use. PLus they tend to look better in my eyes. I certainly have no grudge against people who carry them- its just not my thing.
 
Confederate said:
Yeah, I gotta admit I do.

Though I don't blame anyone for liking them. It's all a matter of taste, really. I mean, they're tiny, they don't lock securely, and they're expensive little devils.
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Slipjoints come in all sizes, some are tiny some are really big. And while there are some expensive ones, there are plenty of affordable good quality slippies.

My favourite user slipjoints are Case knives with CV blades, I don't think I paid more than $50 for any of them.
 
shecky said:
Slipjoints don't spontaneously close on one's fingers. They must be made to close.
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The evil, little bloodthirsty ones do! I heard some noises the other night, and snuck up on them. They were in my sock drawer, planning their next move! The next morning, one of my dust bunnies was gone... Little sons of @#$@#$. :p :eek:
 
I've grown to hate 'em all, regardless of the type, size, or steel. I keep buying them in spite of my growing aversion to them all. They keep piling up, one after another, and leave me wanting even more. Oh! The humanity...:D ss.
 
sodak said:
The evil, little bloodthirsty ones do! I heard some noises the other night, and snuck up on them. They were in my sock drawer, planning their next move! The next morning, one of my dust bunnies was gone... Little sons of @#$@#$. :p :eek:
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You have to separate them. Then they can't plot.
 
Confederate said:
Yeah, I gotta admit I do.

Though I don't blame anyone for liking them. It's all a matter of taste, really. I mean, they're tiny, they don't lock securely, and they're expensive little devils. It's not that they don't have their uses. They can open packages, cut articles out of newspapers and magazines and cut through pieces of thread. They're even kind of purty, and I can see why some folks would collect them. But I still hate them. All the ones I've had in the past have corroded a bit between the liners and the spring when pocket carried.

Then there was the time I was cutting some wood and the blade became lodged. When I maneuvered the blade around to extract it, it snapped back and bit me. It didn't close all the way; in fact, it just snapped enough to whack me in the side of my finger. I wasn't badly hurt, but there was enough blood to shake up my parents. The knife was a little Case with little stag grips. Nicely made and very sharp.

Now I'm not trying to incite a debate, because I shouldn't have had my finger where the blade could find it. It's just personal taste, and how can one debate that? (It's like debating colors.) I'm just curious if other people out there groan when they get a Smokey Mountain catalog and see not only so many slipjoints, but so many Frost slipjoints! Someone must buy 'em, otherwise, there wouldn't be so many of them.
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I love slip joints. Yeah I really do.

With more than one blade I like the added versitility instead of one boring blade. I love the choices of have three different blades available to me on a stockman. And I don't trust locks, they have been known to fail. I once saw someone who had a Buck 110 fold up on them becasue they had such trust in the lock they were being stupid and leaning on it. Pretty bloody results. If I need a stronger knife than my pocket knife, thats what mora's are for.

I like carrying a knife I can walk into most federal buildings and museums in Washington D.C. with because it dosen't look like a weapon.

I like the natural beauty of materials like well aged golden patined stag, jigged bone, mother of pearl, or a nice rosewood.

But it IS really personel taste. Each to thier own.:)

But then I preffer revolvers and stick shift cars as well.
 
Slippies are not more expensive than tacticals.
In fact if you measure the cost of blade per dollar, then a 3 blade stockman will be much cheaper than a tactical!
About 50 gets you a very good production slippie.

Then there is the blade shape.
A narrower and thinner blade.
A choice of shapes in the same knife.
And then to be able to leave one blade razor sharp and another rough ground.
All in the same knife.

You can then choose what material the handles.
Delrin, wood, bone, stag, or MOP?

Then what size knife do you want?
A massive working CattleKing stockman at 4 1/2", or a small pocket stockman at 2 3/4".

But there is no lock.
If you are cutting with the blade then you actually do not use the lock.
So I am very comfortable with no lock.

And if I am travelling, then I carry a one-handed locking tactical.
But then it is a weapon, not a tool.

For a cutting tool, slippies works for me.
 
Slippies are definitely not my favorite knives mainly because they don't lock so that limits there uses but as said they do have their uses and I find myself carrying one more often than not just for those uses.
 
I had one close on my fingers when I was a kid, But once I learned how that happens, I don`t do it anymore. When a knife catches my I eye, it doesn`t matter weather or not the blade locks, or even closes at all. When I need to do some tough cutting, or boring a hole, I`ll use a fixed blade.
 
You start off saying "I HATE slipjoints" and follow that up with "I'm not trying to incite a debate," so what the hell do you call this moronic posting of yours? Go back to the mall and read some more "tactical" magazines, kid. :jerkit:
 
Hadn't ever thought of it really (please, don't ban me! lol) But I don't like "medium" sized slipjoints either. The big-uns are nice cause you essential carry two knives in one sheath. The itty-bitty one are nices...cause they're itty bitty and the sheeple factor. But for the normal EDC sized I have to to agree. I can have a thin locking knife with a clip (can't STAND a knife that always finds the perfectly wrong angle to sit in the bottom of my pocket) or....and thicker non-locking knife that will inevitably find its way to the deepest darkest corner of my pocket. They are beautiful classic and useful knives though.
 
I like slippies because a nice 1095 blade Canoe fits so well in my pocket and the patina on the blades looks good.
 
Grew up with slipjoints, Case & Victorinox, nice knives & a great learning tool for kids new to knives. Way I see it, if you learn on slipjoints, you won't lose sleep over how strong the lock is on your folder.
 
I have to voice my support for Victorinox. I got a Soldier model last month and the spring is pretty solid, I'd have to do something pretty drastic to get it to snap shut. Even then it has a good break at the half way point and would probably stop there before hitting my fingers.
I really just carry it for fun right now, the knife itself is so light it's of little consequence compared to the other brutes I use.

Edit: Whoops, just checked, no half way break on the main blade. There is enough of a kick (unsharpened portion near the handle) that it still probably wouldn't cut me though.
 
Growing up in the 50's and 60's, I knew the three most important safety rules when doing outdoorsman type activities with my dad.
1. When hunting, know where your muzzle is pointed.
2. When fishing, know what's behind you before casting.
3. When handling your knife (a slippie), watch your fingers!

I don't have a problem with slippies. Having the rules ground into me at an early age, I subconsciously treat all knives as slipjoints.
 
Though I haven't had any issues with my SAKS, I would love to have a SAK that is somewhat like 1/2 of a Swisstool.

I mean, it would look like a Super Tinker or Soldier, but it would have that nifty slide-lock system. I absolutely love the tools, steel and geometry of Victorinox SAKs, but would also love to see a nice locking system.

I know the OHT and others have locks, but I dislike liner locks.

Slippies are ok with me...but, they do occasionally make me nervous.
 
love everything about 'em including the limitations, after you ding yourself or break one doing something it wasnt meant to do then you never do it again, taught me a valuable lesson. While i love my buck rosie dorado i dont fully trust the liner lock, maybe i'm afraid i'll get careless and pay the price in some serious blood loss, dunno probably just paranoid.

My old bone handled Utica Barlow is damn near a work of art in my eyes!
Long live slippies!
ivan
PS: confederate if ya got any slippies send 'em my way i run a home for wayward slip joints:D
 
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