I'll bet this starts some trouble!

Dr. Mudd said:
Over and over as I read many of the threads here I keep wondering if I and Jackknife and a handful of other "old codgers" are the only ones left who truly appreciate folding knives that don't come with locking blades made of exotic steels, springy little pocket clips, weird finishes, strange handles, and oddly shaped blades. I mean, what is it that so many people are doing or planning to do with their knives that a simple Case Sodbuster won't do? Do a lot of you fight your way home from school every day through radioactive landscapes and apocalyptic scenarios filled with mutants, zombies, terrorists, and drug-crazed killers of every other known persuasion? :rolleyes:
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I like old and modern folders, from tactical to lobster knives, but I have not as yet added any of those grumpy old man knives to my collection. I have heard of them, though - knives that can instill a great bitterness and contempt of other's knives just by holding them in your hand. I have a couple old Remingtons and Wards slippies that come close, but MY old Case CV sodbuster doesn't even come close, for me anyway. Maybe someday I can snag one of those and join your club. ;)
 
Normally, when someone makes a snowball like this and doesn't come back to at least defend their position, it's considered trolling. But anyways...
I decided I was going to purchase a slippie not too long ago and got a fairly warm reception. Once I got the knife and cited some reservations about the fit and finish, I felt something somewhat different. Almost like if I wasn't all:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: gaga about the knife, I was less than welcome. I kept on reading how it was a different forum-all "folksy". It was different all-right, just not how I expected. Just my take , though.
I like the look of most slippies, as my grandfather had one, along with his International pickup truck. But times have changed and I'm not my grandfather, nor do I want to be. I'm lucky enough to have two jobs that require knives that are more user-friendly than an ol' stockman. When kayak guiding, there's simply no room for a knife like a slippie, so I go for my Salt(oh no, it won't get that worn-look from being around water:eek:) and when I'm at the firehouse, I'd prefer something with a lock that is also easily grabbed from the top of my pocket.
Different strokes, right?
 
and due to some misguided laws it looks like this

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Interesting thread. I think it was either Steve Dick or Chuck Karwan who once pointed out that earlier generations built a nation and fought two world wars with nothing more than slip joint folders. But it was also Dick who told the story of a forest service co-worker who cut himself badly miles from help when his non-locking blade slipped.

I grew up with non-locking Barlows and such, but to me one of the things that makes knives, especially folders, interesting, is stepwise improvement. My EDC Darrel Ralph Trigger represents a conglomeration of ideas that have improved the breed. There is Michael Walker's liner lock, Sal Glesser's pocket clip, and Kit Carson's flipper guard. Materials like ti and G-10 were brought along by innovators like Bob T. and Kevin 'Mad Dog' McClung. Pivot bearing (Larry Chew), DLC & S30V (both pioneered by Rob Simonich, to the best of my knowledge (please correct me if I'm wrong)). The list goes on.

Stronger and faster is the American way. Bone-handled Barlows with attractive bone handles? Two-handed set shots, underhanded free throws? Been there, done that, moved forward.
 
Broos said:
I like old and modern folders, from tactical to lobster knives, but I have not as yet added any of those grumpy old man knives to my collection. I have heard of them, though - knives that can instill a great bitterness and contempt of other's knives just by holding them in your hand. I have a couple old Remingtons and Wards slippies that come close, but MY old Case CV sodbuster doesn't even come close, for me anyway. Maybe someday I can snag one of those and join your club. ;)
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well done..... :thumbup:
 
You can eat filet mignon everyday but a pork chop or a piece of chicken still taste great every now an then.
 
Some of us codgers like the opening studs on the pocket clip knives because of Arthritis in the hand make a regular jack knife next to impossible to open.:grumpy:
 
Bors said:
Let me see........sailors for the last several millenia have carried folding knives that could be opened with one hand. Right.......;)


Thats ok I make allowances for a## holes on public forums. ;)
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Wow, you sure showed me. Thanks! I had forgotten that the death rate at sea "for the last several millenia" has been so low, that we shouldn't improve on any safety device. Right........;).

That's okay, I also make allowances for a## holes on public forums. ;)

Honestly, why does it surprise people that tools advance and steels become stronger and newer locks are designed, and that better handle materials are created? How can anyone read the original post and not think it's one: picking a fight, and two: downright absurd.

I guess I grew up in a house where that "old Yankee ingenuity" was praised by my father and I must have held on to it.

Bors, sorry if I offended you (or anyone else) . I really do think it is a stupid post, posted merely to pick a fight. I honestly believe that the original poster was expecting this, he posted on a knife forum for crying out loud... with a title that was designed to pick at people! But I guess I'm the a##hole. Either way, no hard feelings towards you.

mike

(Oh, and yes, I can carry a fixed blade under 3" in blade length. But everyone on the boat is required to have a folding knife on their person {USCG regs}, but not a single one carries a slip-joint, as that just wouldn't make any sense,...what, with all the zombies and all).

mike
 
anyone have one of those new fangled kompootors?


and i heard color televisions are now available! im off to the pigley wigley to see for myself!
 
I collect traditional folders mainly schrade (ot's and uh's) and I love to carry them when Im going out to eat or to a wedding etc. But the fact is for me the covienence of having the knife right there ready to grab and open and close quickly is great. I work construction and my hands most of the time are ususally muddy or greasy so I dont have to fill my pockets with crap that way. I carry 2 knives most of the time. right pocket either a spyderco waved delica or buck 180 or kershaw leek, etc and my left either the old timer of the day or a sak delux tinker. I like to switch it up a lot but always one folder for fine work and a one hand opener with a clip for the heavy quick stuff. - Joel
 
I think it was either Steve Dick or Chuck Karwan who once pointed out that earlier generations built a nation and fought two world wars with nothing more than slip joint folders.
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HUH??? On what planet did that happen?

Here on Earth we've been using a considerable variety of blade locks since the Roman Empire was fighting wars with the Parthians, Scythians, Goths, Vandals, Huns, etc. etc. etc.
 
DaveH said:
No offense meant, but generally the quality of "traditional" production slip joints is poor, plain and simple.

If you pay enough to get a nicely put together slip joint, they still remain distinctly unhandy because the fact that they don't have a pocket clip, hard to et open, etc.
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LOL
If you pay enough:cool:
That made me smile :thumbup:
I'm just as happy with my 15 dollar 1991 BuckLite 442 as you are with your 600 dollar Johnny Reeves custom knife with meteorite bolsters

I say buy both
Why limit yourself to "tactical" or non tactical?
That way if you have to walk to the liquor store on the other side of the tracks you have a knife to carry
And
If you are camping and need to gut a brook trout you have a for that as well

This is an interesting thread
I always wondered what some of the old skool guys thought of the tactical knives...
 
Maybe it's the idea that with modern day technology the folding knife has become more like a useful fixed blade. When it comes down to it the fixed blade is still King. No parts to destroy, clean, lube, etc. A folder puts a tool in your pocket/bag in a safer, more useful manner. Put the two together and you get something close to the modern folder. You still have to clean, lube, etc. but a lot less. I had a Benchmade that I never cleaned to the extent of my Sebenza and that was for eight years.
 
What a Thread. MORIMOTOM---The friction-Folder is being made for me by Chuck Gedraitis. That folder is going to be a one-of-a-kind. A no-lock friction-folder pinch-blade! WOW. I'll post some pics.
 
Personally, I consider all folders, locking or not locking, non-knives. To me, they're somewhere between scissors and letter openers. The only real knives are fixed blades - certainly they are the most traditional of all knives, and the most versatile in use. How's that for starting trouble? :D
 
Lol, to think the OP uses the same logic, knowledge, open-mindedness, and understanding to make political arguments in the arena. Now you know why so many avoid that area like the it was infected with a retarded plague.
 
Tactical? People keep posting about tactical. It is not about tactical, it is about functional. I carry a tanto style blade at work, not because of how it looks, but because it is more functional in this environment. I really prefer a drop or clip point, but at work the Tanto is more useful. The same thing goes for one-handed opening, a pocket clip and a locking blade. My knife has these attributes because it makes it more functional not because of how it looks.
 
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