Question for those who carry a slip joint...

Am I the only one that likes both modern and traditional? I often have a stockman along side my Sebenza.
 
I like both as well. Though for in public and aestetic reasons I normally carry a slipjoint.
 
I don't own a Case or a GEC or any of those, I do own several Victorinox models and I have a very used Opinel. I always have my Vic. Compact on me. Sometimes I'll drop in my opinel with it along with my modern locking folder. While I'm at work I'll wip out my ziptie wave Para 2 and with the compression lock it'll close itself when I press the lock in or just whatever else my edc is. It just happens to be Paramilitary 2 most often. I use it there for quick out and in stuff when I'm in a hurry. Any other time like at home or out and about when I'm not being paid to work I'll use my SAK.

I carry both types, but I love the traditional slip joints for the same reasons everyone has said here. They're thin, great at slicing, visually pleasing, versatile, and friendly.

I used my para 2 the other day to peel my apple at lunch outside, my boss was beside me dismantling some ribs with a gerber tanto thing and he asked me what the F*** that thing is for? Like I was gonna murder someone but I thought was funny because he has a blacked out half serrated tanto assisted gerber. I've seen it a few times but I never really payed attention to what model it is.

When I use my opie or SAK for food prep no one even bats an eye. I'll be waiting in line at Sheetz (gas station/convenience store/fast food for those who don't know) for my food and I often grab a bag of something for a snack too and I'll open them up after I pay for them and I'm waiting on my food and in a crowded non-knife friendly environment no one questions it. I've done that in front of state cops and those here in the states know how they can get sometimes. The ones in my area have been known to have short tempers and like to pick on people. Now if I did that with some of my benchmades or spyderco's there might be some attention I don't want.
 
I like moderns too. But the moderns I like to keep in a utility drawer. Mon through friday I like having a slipjoint on me.
 
glocker199 said:
For those who carry a slip joint as a primary blade: Any specific reason for doing so, other than aesthetics or nostalgia? Just curious.
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I like both. Knives are tools, but they also have become fashion assessories. Traditional slip joints just plain look cool and they also work very well to cut things. Most of the time I don't need to open a knife with one hand or flick it open quickly. I do have knives that are marketed as self defense weapons, but most of the time they aren't used as such. Other people have posted about being less threatening looking in certain enviroments and I would concur. Also you cannot overestimate the value people place on looks and nostalgia. People find different things cool depending on their taste. People may say they carry a Spyderco Military for self defense but really is it any more effective than a large kitchen knife in a leather sheath? but who wants to walk around carrying a kitchen knife? I proudly admit that I own a Military in Digicam G10 because I think it's a cool knife! It's also very well made. I also carry GEC slip joints cause they work very well and are good looking to boot. I also admit that it's nice when people say, "Cool Knife." I get more compliments when I pull out my jigged bone slip joint as opposed to my frn handled spydie dragonfly. Yes, my vanity plays a part in this.
 
I like both. I always have a Vic SAK and a modern, lately a Pacific Salt SE. I don't clip it; I drop it in my pocket, and it's so light and flat I barely notice it. Yet it's big enough I can quickly take it from my pocket. I also own and have used many other moderns, including a Sebenza, Umnumzaan, etc. there are some chores I prefer to use a modern for, and others a slip-joint.

But I've said before that I wouldn't feel under-knifed if I had to go completely slip-joint. I love slip-joint pocketknives, but I really like having the freedom of choice to carry what I want. For me, it's not an either/or type of thing.

Jim
 
pvicenzi said:
Am I the only one that likes both modern and traditional? I often have a stockman along side my Sebenza.
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I'll throw a Spydie Military in my pocket when I'm feeling frisky and that's usually on the weekends. Mon-Fri a slippy just works best for me.
 
This thread is all warm and fuzzy feelin's for traditionals, so I want to make a confession. I don't know why but I really dislike bone and stag handles- maybe I'm ***ly retentive or something, but give me a wooden or metal handle, even a plastic one (though I equally abhore modern cheap plastic- a synthetics of a few decades back, like bakelite, &c are much more my cup of tea) and I'll pick it up over a stag/bone anyday... Somehow, it's not that I cannot connect to the material, but I find it really off-putting. :(
 
Wolf_HR said:
This thread is all warm and fuzzy feelin's for traditionals, so I want to make a confession. I don't know why but I really dislike bone and stag handles- maybe I'm ***ly retentive or something, but give me a wooden or metal handle, even a plastic one (though I equally abhore modern cheap plastic- a synthetics of a few decades back, like bakelite, &c are much more my cup of tea) and I'll pick it up over a stag/bone anyday... Somehow, it's not that I cannot connect to the material, but I find it really off-putting. :(
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You know, I wouldn't give that a second thought. There are a lot of great synthetics out there now, and against mediocre bone or stag, some of them look great. Besides, you get the added benefit with the synthetics that some of the newer ones function well and should last forever.

As that goes, I have an old CASE jack from the late 60s that has black plastic handles. It is pretty worn and lightly scratched everywhere so it looked to me like ebony. With a tiny little scrape on the scale, I now believe it to be plastic. It looks fantastic. If it looks good and stands up well over time (that knife is almost 50!) I like it.

And check out the materials used by some of the custom folder makers that show up every once in a while here in the sub forum. I have seen all kinds of scale materials that look great, even on traditionals. I wouldn't have believed it.

With Boker making their beer barrel series and all the exotic woods out there like cocobolo, zircote, ebony, bocote and others that are showing up more and more these days on traditional patterns, I think there is plenty of selection for all of us to be as picky as we want and still enjoy our knives.

Robert
 
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If you like wooden handles, don't miss the "Wooden Wednesday" thread in the traditional forum.
 
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