Progression from tactical to slippies?

In general I love traditional designs, locking or not, from all over the world. I have but a minority of truly tactical designs.
But, I also like modern-styled gentlemen-like knives. Take for example Klotzli: high-tech rather than traditional but not tactical either. Same applies to the Spyderco Centofante 3&4: modern designs but not tactical (in my taste).
 
The "full circle" thing applies to me as well. I've come to realize that however useful and handy modern designs and materials are, they somehow fall short of this in a very fundamental way:

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Blue Sky said:
The "full circle" thing applies to me as well. I've come to realize that however useful and handy modern designs and materials are, they somehow fall short of this in a very fundamental way:

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Can you tell me what that is, and where I can get one?

Is it a barlow? They still available in some form or another or is that a rare model?
 
Seems that Bill Horn over at Cumberland has them in stock.

"Queen City Cutlery Classics"
 
Obviously, everybody's mileage varies alot. I agree with all a y'all.

I carry both, and usually a couple traditional.

I have often times a largish traditional in my left front pocket, for fairly heavy use. I beat that knife up whichever it is. I carry several different heavy stockman, a couple different Opinels, whatever fairly large bladed traditional knife lands there that day.

I always have a small to medium traditional in my right front pocket. Small to medium stockman, the one #5 I think it is small Opinel I own, more often than not a medium whittler. This is my everything knife, from trimming my fingernails to cutting twine or tape or well ya know whittling. It's the knife that won't offend anyone, and if it does, they really need to get a grip. And it's usually the nicest, most expensive and most treasured knife I carry. I'm not huge on pricey knives honestly, I use them all, so pricey to me is a Case CV, that's about it.

But I also always carry a large one handed opener. I'm with some of the other folks who mentioned their disdain for the term tactical. I'm not a cop, or a soldier, or a ninja(mall or other variety) but I do often have a need for a heavy, preferably locking, and mostly one handed knife. Whether it's balancing on top of a machine or crawling under one, that one handed thing comes in handy. And a heavy locking blade is a nice safegaurd when your cutting tough nylon banding holding a pallet together or stretchy plastic wrap holding who knows what together(the industrial saran wrap is a stretchy, nightmare, I can't even explain if you haven't had to deal with it, hate that stuff). I do that stuff regularly.

Would the traditional's do all of the work if they needed to? Absolutely, no question at all. Would they be as convenient for the way I am used to working? Nope, simple as that. I use the traditionals I love for 90 percent of the cutting I do on a daily basis and enjoy them every time, but the one handed openers have their place too.

Syn
 
My first knife was a slippie. Then when I was 16 or so I was mesmerized by the flick of a thumb stud/thumb hole. That lasted for about six years then I fell back in love with the nickle silver bolsters and tarnished brass liners of a slippie. I had developed a obsession for the stag scaled variety. Soon after the auto bug bit me. Now I keep a nice balance of both, clipped to my right front pocket will ride a Microtech UMS and in the watch pocket next to it will be a stag Case XX Peanut. Sometimes I get a little crazy and match up an Emerson Super CQC-7 with a Camillus carbon steel Jack. Don't even get me started on the tacticool butterfly knives. I believe once I even paired a Benchmade 42 Balisong with a Swiss Army Knife. I even got my Brother doing the same thing. The other day I caught him with a Pro-Tech TR3 auto and in his other pocket he was sporting a GEC Scout.
 
David Lowry said:
Can you tell me what that is, and where I can get one?

Is it a barlow? They still available in some form or another or is that a rare model?
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Looks like everyone's got this covered pretty well already.:) Yes, it's a Teardrop Jack with antique green scales. Bill Horn at CKW is the only place that shows them in stock that I see so far. According to him, there were a hundred made. Interestingly enough, although I didn't get it from Bill, I think mine is the one in his web page picture, they're both serial number 002...
 
I have some lovely small 'Modern' knives in Titanium or Aluminum with ATS 34 and Fallkniven U2 in laminate powder steel and 'composite' handles.
And Traditional knives, mainly slip joints.
A couple of Tactical knives, because that is what they are sharp and pointy, in case...


My main focus in on Slip joints, but no progression...
 
I was hooked on knives by a Delica 4.

Started getting into SAK and traditionals, carried them exclusively.

Went back to One handers.

Now I carry both!
 
As much as I love my Buck 110's and my Benchmade's and my Spyderco's, I just can't seem to keep a Victorinox SAK out of my pocket!
 
When I was a young lad my father gave me a Case copperhead for my birthday.Been carrying a slip joint as an EDC ever since.Not to say I didn"t have a Larry Chew Covert stuck in my attire somewhere.Or a niceRandall #5.
But slips are and will be where "it" is at.Trappers ,docs,stockman,HOBO,Love them all.Nothing like them.
Randy
 
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