My name is Brandon and I am a slippieholic.

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I have been bit by the traditional slipjoint bug and I am afraid I have got it bad. Below is a picture of the collection I have amassed in the last six months. It started simple enough. I bought a swayback jack because I wanted to see what all the hubbub about these wharnclife blades was about. Then I remembered that I loved Barlow style knives as a kid so I figured I would try to locate a nice traditional Barlow: thank goodness queen released the Burke sm Barlow. Then I thought "hey, I wonder why the trapper pattern is so popular", so along came a case medium trapper. Then I couldn't stop, I was hooked. I graduated to a doctors knife and then a CS three blade canittler, and a great eastern Cuban stockman and then my poor wife decided to seal the deal by getting me a northwoods Indian river jack. I think that I have officially passed the idle curiosity/experimentation phase and am now full blown addicted. I blame this subforum.
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the fixed blades and queen sm hunter were the gateway blades.
 
Now that is a pretty well mixed set of some great knives. You got it pretty bad I'd say. Good luck, but keep in mind I do not think there is a cure. ;)
 
NO, There's not a cure for it!! Just give in and enjoy yourself!!
Thanks for sharing your knives!!

Jason
 
I still remember my first: it was a small penknife with white bone handles made in Sheffield. I got it when I was eight years old at a pow wow in Tecumseh Oklahoma. I guess I was destined for this dark path. Oh well... Born to lose, live to win. Thanks for the support fellas'
 
Bastid said:
Good luck, but keep in mind I do not think there is a cure. ;)
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The only cure would be to do nothing (yeah, good luck with that!). This is a disease where the more medicine you take, the sicker you get! ;)
 
Hello Brandon, welcome to the madness.

You've got a great collection there. I see a trapper, good old pattern with a strong following of faithful. There's a barlow, with generations of boys and working men who will vouch for it's usefulness. Then you have the swayback jack, one of the best of current Case production knives. The Uncle Henry hunter has quite a few generations of deer hunters who used it to dress out that nice buck in the fall. Stockman not forgotten, and present almost right in the middle. Good! All good old American traditional slip joints. I give you a good pat on the back.

However...

I don't see a knife that many office workers, gentlemen, and boys of all ages have used in more genteel surroundings. The peanut. You''ve done well so far, but this is a glitch in the program. A fly in the soup. Not to mention a bump in the road.

To be a member of the faithful, the true faithful, you need a peanut of some type in there. Sometimes it only takes a little thing to save the day. For example;

The day I was married to my wife of almost 40 years, the ring bearer was a little girl of 6 years old. An Aunt, afraid she may stumble and drop the ring, put a stich through the ring and into the little pillow it was carried on. Unfortunatly, she used not a plain old cotton thread that could be pulled and broken with ease, but being a bit far sighted, she used button thread by mistake. The good reverend pulled, no ring. He pulled harder, no dice. A sticky situation to say the least, as we were right at the part where it's "with this ring, I thee wed,. My dad, standing right there in his formal black tux, pulled his peanut out with no fanfair and cut the thread holding the ring to the pillow, and Karen and I got hitched with no further delay. The peanut let the marrying get on with it, and Aunt Ruthie never lived it down. True story.

So just in case you find yourself in a tux, and need a discreet little knife in case something needs to be cut, a peanut is a nice little knife to have. :thumbup:

Carl.
 
Carl, you will bypass NO opportunity to extol the virtues of the little peanut. :D
 
Carl, how do you do that? I've never seen the like of the stories you tell. We've all used knives over most of our lives (at least most of us have), but I dare say I don't remember the details of those "incidents" like you have been able to do on so many occasions.

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Carl, you will bypass NO opportunity to extol the virtues of the little peanut. :D
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You've got to admire a man that is passionate in his beliefs. :thumbup:

And yes, Brandon, you should expose your self to a peanut. A nice Case CV model would be perfect.

Ed
 
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Hi Brandon......Great selection of knives you have there.
I sympathize with the addiction mate I have it bad.
But be warned! We are all enablers here:D........My advice is just give in and buy more..........:o

Take it easy
Steven
 
TLARbb said:
Carl, how do you do that? I've never seen the like of the stories you tell. We've all used knives over most of our lives (at least most of us have), but I dare say I don't remember the details of those "incidents" like you have been able to do on so many occasions.



You've got to admire a man that is passionate in his beliefs. :thumbup:

And yes, Brandon, you should expose your self to a peanut. A nice Case CV model would be perfect.

Ed
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My father was a most unforgetable man of many talents. He had not only had the talent of doing many things well, but he always would step up and do just the right thing, at just the right moment. Things like that, you don't forget. He was the greatest teacher a boy, or man, could ever have.

Carl.
 
Gentlemen,

It appears I am in good company. Thank you for all of your kind words regarding my affliction and my collection.

In all seriousness though. I really do love the classic lines of a traditional knife. While I have not yet discovered the virtue of the ever popular peanut i will make it point to pick one up if I find the right deal. My actual favorites are canoes, barlows, and English jacks and their variants. Funny enough though, that med stockman that I have seems to be one of the most useful knives I have ever owned. Proud to be tactical free (48 days). We really do need a subforum chip/coin :)

Enjoy
Brandon
 
I just realized that I do in fact officially belong to this subforum now. Jackknife not only pitched the peanut but also told a story! :) I am proud to be here.

You do have great storys Jackknife.
 
The only treatment for a slippieholic is to get into a good 12 Step Program. 12 slippies a month. Works for me.
 
Yep, I'd say you're officially a member now. This subforum is the best place on the internet. Welcome to the wonderful world of slippies and the associated illness(es) that accompany it.

ptradeco said:
The only treatment for a slippieholic is to get into a good 12 Step Program. 12 slippies a month. Works for me.
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That medicine is a little strong. It tastes good, but it makes my pocketbook and my checkbook go into spasms.

I just found a little brown box at the back door that UPS brought with one of those single blade Buck 301's in it. Super sharp literally and figuratively. It's longer than I tought it was. I like it. I might need a yellow one now. but, I digress...

ED
 
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