If you could only keep one.... traditional slipjoint- what would it be?

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If you could only keep ONE traditional slipjoint knife- that you already own, from now until the day that you die, which one would it be and why? I know, I know, there are a million "if you could only keep one" threads out there. But I don't recall ever seeing one about slipjoint knives. This is a very difficult question to answer for me. I have a hard enough time figuring out which one I'm going to carry every morning. I'll let you guys go first- I have to think about this for a while.

All the best,


Andy
 
I have a Camillus TL-29 that my grandfather carried in WWII; if I could only have one slipjoint, that would be it. Even for an old heirloom, that one would still last for several more decades.

3/7/2012: Edited to add - from the sixth picture in this thread, I think the one I have was made after 1946.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/497708-Camillus-Tang-stamps-and-dates

We know he had a knife like this with him, but I don't think it's this one.

thx - cpr
 
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This...

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...if I have to include it. But since its part of a tool kit, it should really be exempt. Really.

That's as far as I can get easily. I love my scout knives, but I also have some others that were gifts from family and friends. Sentimental attachment and all. It'd be easier to answer "If you could only use ONE traditional slipjoint knife- that you already own, from now until the day that you die, which one would it be and why?". That would be my Hammer Brand Kamp King. It goes well with any of my three favorite multitools or on its own. The blade is good compromise. Not great for any one thing, but good for lots of things. Awls are just plane handy. It gives me a good can opener, bottle opener and flat screwdriver. And even though the bolsters and handle are hollow sheet metal, its an early one, so its solidly made.

Leo
 
Probably a Case stockman in CV because of all the blade choices. Medium stockmans are really easy to carry as well.
 
My 1985 Remington(Camillus) Woodsman 'moose'

While I carry a peanut religeously now, there are time I like and need a bigger blade, and I dearly love Moose (mooses? :p), if only one, it'd have to be a moose. I really loved it when i got this one, being dated 1985, my birth year, thought/think it'd be cool to see how it ages compared to me, say 40 years from now. :)

G.
 
If I had to keep one that I currently own, it'd probably be one of my Canal Street Cannitlers (& probably the one in ram's horn because of its durability over the mastodon on the other one).

I have a Case/Bose Dogleg Jack that's really a nicer slippie, but as someone said, the more blade choices would be why I'd choose the Cannitler.

Now, having said that, I'd really like to get & try a med. size Congress because of the 4 blades & their shapes (Most of the ones I've seen have at least 2 coping/sheepsfoot blades), but I don't have one yet, so I can't comment on it...yet.
 
Presuming that I have a cork screw, a can opener, bottle opener, sissors and a saw.
then I do not need to carry a Swiss Army Knife!

My choice would be a Queen Cattle King in D2.
The size of the main blade is good for hearvy tasks, and the smaller size of the blades would cover all my normal cutting.
The D2 holds an excellent edge and is easy to maintain.
 
Schrade Old Timer 34OT.

Bu if the definition includes SAKs, then I'd have to give the title to my SAK Farmer.
 
for me would have to be my Boker Congress--brown jigged bone scales--carbon steel blades--my son bought me this when he first started working--a very special knife to me--:D
 
It would have to be my SAK camper - it just has more useful tools than my toothpick or stockman. Although I carry the toothpick far more often than either of the other two.
 
Contemplating that question constitutes cruel and unusual punishment :(. The best I can do is to pick one from two fundamental categories: collectable slippies, and user slippies.

In the collectable category, it would probably be this old Remington jack. I have quite a few old knives in more or less "as new" condition that are older and/or more valuable, but this particular knife just gets me 'right here' if ya know what I mean. I swear you can almost smell the varnished hardwood countertop of the 1920s hardware store it came from when you handle this lit'l guy:

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In the user category, I'd hang on to this Menefee swayback; my main squeeze EDC, and one of the most enjoyable tools I've ever owned:

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moonwilson said:
If you could only keep ONE traditional slipjoint knife- that you already own, from now until the day that you die, which one would it be and why?
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I would think the two-blade Schrade Old Timer 33OT that was my grandfather's. A) It was my grandfather's. B) It has a ton of life left it in. C) It's a great knife and there's not much I can't get done with a two-blade jack.
 
Andy, question is tough,

I am assuming that it is not a survival situation, in which case Vic SAK would be grabbed. Orca's TL-29 would be second.

So, by some strange effect, everyday society deems you can only own one pocket knife at a time.
Guess it would be this one, about the right size, couple of blades, quality scale that will always give you pleasing visual pause. But provide decent grip.
300Bucks

Buck 301 Stockman in Elk.
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I'll have to second the 'cruel and unusual punishment' idea. Not good.

But If I absolutly had to have just one single pocket knife, and excluding sak's, what would it be?

I'd be torn between an old Camillus scout knife like the one I got when I was 12, and a Case peanut. The choice of scout would be for the sheer utility of having a knife with a wider mission capability to it, and I have memories or Mr. Van getting a lot of milage out of his old Remington.

The choice of the peanut is a little more complex and emotion based. I'd try to make do with the peanut because it would be a challenge to even try to be a bit more than half the man my father was. He became an example to me of how to adapt and overcome with whats at hand, and when I grew up and finally realized what he was, he became one of my lifetime heros. If dad could get by with a peanut, and his old Colt Woodsman, I guess I could try a peanut and my old Ruger standard model .22. But I have no idea where I'll find a Pontiac Star Chief with a strait 8.
 
Well, I'm still pretty young, so I'd go Queen Congress in D2. Four blades made out of that stuff ought to last me.
 
I agree,it's tuff,to choose just one
MoonWilson,your cool thread reads "that you own",well,I am awaiting one model,I have owned in the past,soon to get another,any day now :thumbup:
From Rick Menefee,his modified warncliffe,it is about 3-7/8",I think the blade is a great all arounder,a do all folder

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Back to the "that U own" thing,if I had a T Bose version,he calls a Zulu,that'd be the one
-Vince
 
hot pink bulldog trapper......2 3/4 inch blades, just starting to patina real well!!!!

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