I HATE Slipjoints

Esav Benyamin said:
(It's better to discuss the topic than to discuss each other.)
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Agree 100%, EB. :) But - I bet there were a few people who were thinking what Dr. Mudd typed. ;););) I'll admit I was! :)

"...Though I don't blame anyone for liking them. It's all a matter of taste..."

"...I can see why some folks would collect them. But I still hate them...."

"...Now I'm not trying to incite a debate..."

"...It's just personal taste, and how can one debate that?..."

I don't know - I thought that was the intent in posting such an all-encompassing statement? ;););)

Added: I also love slipjoints. My overall collection was always pretty balanced (tactical folders, fixed blades, slipjoints, etc.) but that will change because my focus for the past few years has been on smaller customs - slipjoints, lockbacks, etc.
 
I have all kinds of knives and the only knife I hate is the one I cann't afford. :) Anyone who thinks a Slipjoint is outdated and only an old fashion useless knife is a fool.
 
I've got pretty much all the production slippies I want, I'm thinking of going custom for my next one...
 
I've always like slippies but didn't have/use many due to being afraid that they would close on me. I recently was able to purchase a Todd Davison custom slippie and wow is it nice. Now I can see how a well made slippie can be a secure knife to use. I think they are the ultimate in classic simpicity. The only problems I have with it is that it is that it falls to the bottom of my pocket in an akward way that irritates me and I'm so used to having a one hand knife clipped to my pocket that I find that fishing out a slippie, openning it, cutting and putting it back into my pocket takes more effort than using my Sebbie. That being said, I've always liked slippies but after my T Davison one I really like them even though I don't use/carry them much.:thumbup:
 
I like 'em all , slippies, locking, tactical styles , fixed, steak knives, butter knives, scissors ( and all types of shears), cheap , expensive , custom etc etc.

But slippies are one of my favorites because I carry them at work and none even notices.
 
I grew up with slippies, so it feels right having a small to med. size one in my left pocket. There is just something about the black, jigged bone, even composite, the silver bolsters and graying blade I love. I have Benchmades, Spydies, and Kershaws too, but I don't need to carry a large blade for my job. I usually carry my little SAK Cadet II, although I prefer the Soldier and Pioneer models. The Cadet is a great size when wearing khaki's or dressier pants. I do have a number of production slippies, but I've seen a lot of poorly made ones lately with gaps between liners and springs, blades that scratch against each other, or weak open/close. All my SAK's snap open/shut the way a slippie should though. I like them all, I'm just trying to be more selective.
 
Don't know why anyone would dislike slipjoints - they are used daily.

For those tired of cutting up their fingers on slipjoints, try a small pair of Fiskars grade school scissors with blunt tips. Scissors are the ultimate slipjoint, your fingers operate them one handed. You can't accidently close them, and they never cut you unless you stick the other hand in. They're not considered useful as a screwdriver or prybar, so they won't be misused in those traditional injury-producing ways. I keep a set in my tool box to loan at work.

Dislike slipjoints? Get a pair. :D
 
LOL
Hey db! tell us what you really think!

Just because I ride a 10 speed, carry a pocket watch, and like slippies does not make me out dated. The pocket watch thing probably makes me odd, but not outdated.

For those cutting their fingers on slippies, learn the first rule of the blade:
Cut away from you and use the edge.
 
I'll give one use where a lock helps that isn't tactical - tape

when taping off sections of auto bodies, sometimes the tape doesn't lie perfectly on the seam where two panels, body cladding and a panel, stripping and pillars, etc, meet. I use the tip, spine first to push the tape in without cutting through it. With a slippie, this isn't as smooth an operation with the risk of closing if you have to push a little, or meet a bit of obstruction. knives work well for this, good when a spreader isn't on hand.
 
I don't hate slipjoints. I like my SAKs and others but I am so spoiled by one hand opening, one hand closing, lock blade knives it is hard to go back. That ease of opening and closing is really handy if the knife is your EDC.
 
db said:
Anyone who thinks a Slipjoint is outdated and only an old fashion useless knife is a fool.
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Ooooh, ouch. Let me get this thing out of my back. Yeeeeesh!

Well, I didn't say it was useless exactly. No knife is useless. Even that thirteen dollar Frost fixed blade survival knife I got for fun could get me two, three hundred dollars in the right place and in the right circumstances.

No, all I'm talking about is preference. I actually defend single-action revolvers and love them. It's just that I haven't seen anything a slipjoint would do that a locking blade couldn't do...well, better. I suppose the same could be said of SA revolvers when faced with DA revolvers and automatic pistols. But as far as slipjoints, I'm obviously alone out there. I had hoped to find some kindred spirits, but it's clear my poor, miserable post has only resulted in a love fest for the bloody things...slipjoints, that is.

Maybe I should carry one for awhile and see if they grow on me....

Nah.
 
Reading these replies caused me to think (not always a bad thing, but often unfamiliar)--what is it that makes slippies more socially acceptable?

If it's the shape, then some lockers made to that shape should qualify as well.

If it's the two-handed use, then in delicate situations we can open and close our lockers two handed.

I have both, and mostly use lockers and fixed blades these days. My current favourite liner lock has a fancy handle, a slim blade, and opens very delicately with a flipper. I also EDC a SAK Cadet in copper, mainly for the nail file and for loaning out if need be.

Greg
 
Confederate said:
It's just that I haven't seen anything a slipjoint would do that a locking blade couldn't do...well, better.
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Maybe I should carry one for awhile and see if they grow on me....

Nah.
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Yeah ignore everything that they can do better like provide allot more edge in a smaller package, out cut and out edge hold by a large amount than a single blade onehander. There are so many things a slipjoint does better that you shouldn't consider just because you prefer your onehander that you shouldn't even try one. Sounds reasonable to me. Only a fool would conclude they hate a style of knife before they carried and used that style.
 
Also most slippie patterns have more than one useful blade. My favorite is the stockman pattern, the larger ones usually have three good sized blades.

At work I usually carry a small two bladed jack knife ( similar to a mini trapper) with a very sharp little main blade , it's really all I need.
 
JPD1998 said:
Also most slippie patterns have more than one useful blade. My favorite is the stockman pattern, the larger ones usually have three good sized blades.

At work I usually carry a small two bladed jack knife ( similar to a mini trapper) with a very sharp little main blade , it's really all I need.
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I too like the multi blade option but still find myself reaching for a single blade everyday. I also like to have a small, one hand open, liner lock handy at work for those jobs that I cant get both hands free. Buy what you like and fits your needs..

R
 
Confederate said:
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Maybe I should carry one for awhile and see if they grow on me....

Nah.
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A Copperhead with Abalone scales, with a D2 blade.

A Stockman in amber bone with carbon blades.

A slimline trapper with Cocobola handles.


They have a certain style and class that a more modern looking knife does not have.
 
hardheart said:
I'll give one use where a lock helps that isn't tactical - tape

when taping off sections of auto bodies, sometimes the tape doesn't lie perfectly on the seam where two panels, body cladding and a panel, stripping and pillars, etc, meet. I use the tip, spine first to push the tape in without cutting through it. With a slippie, this isn't as smooth an operation with the risk of closing if you have to push a little, or meet a bit of obstruction. knives work well for this, good when a spreader isn't on hand.
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Used to have a similar usage. At the time I carried a Vic Tinker for EDC. I used the screwdriver tip to adjust the placement of adhesive tape on an itme I was working on. The screwdriver blades on Vics have somewhat rounded corners. Made them just right for it. No worries if the blade slipped.
 
I Hate slippies too....there are so many styles, makers, scale, and steel materials available that it drives me nuts trying to decide which one to buy next....so I spend more than I should LOL
 
I have four or five slipjoints floating around. One was my grandfather's and was very well kept and a bit large for most of the slipjoints of his time. A security guard tried relieving me of it one day when I went to work because it was just a bit over the 2.5-inch blade length limit. One of the unfortunate policies adopted after 911 is that you can't check in your knives, you have to turn it in for disposal. So I told the guard that it was my grandfather's and I'd just have to take it home and come back later (after all, I already was "on the clock," so if the government wanted to pay me for walking all the way back home, dropping my knife off, then returning to work, it was okay by me). But fortunately good sense prevailed and the guard just decided to look the other way.

Now as an aside, if the guard had been a woman, there's no way I would have gotten through. For some reason, women tend to be more hard a$$ about the rules. Anyway, it's a bit ridiculous to keep these little knives out using metal detectors when I've got two or three pairs of large scissors at my desk.

Anyway, I have some very small scrimshaw knives that lock and seem to be every bit as sharp and as small as my slipjoints. Three of my knives are SAKs, and I rarely every carry them. I much prefer, now that I'm retired, larger folders.
 
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