Slipjoints for the outdoors

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Not many threads on slipjoint carry while in the outdoors. I know many carry a SAK but I'm talking traditional slipjoints. I have a weakness for traditional patterns like the Remington "Old Reliable" large trappers, regular trappers, stockmans, moose and muskrats. My favorite is the large frame trappers. What do you guys like and carry? Pics would be nice. :D I'll try and post some of mine.
Scott
 
I carry a Case Seahorse Whittle out in the woods when I know I'll have time to find a nice place to chill out for a while. Really the only reason I carry it is to whittle. I don't carry a Slippie to do to much with while in the woods.

I have a stockman that I just got that I will force into my pocket on the next trip out to see how useful it can really be.

Here's a pic of the Whittler I carry with it's Canoe brother :)

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i always have a slipjoint on me, or sometimes its replaced by an opinel.

lately i've been carrying a large buck stockman that i reground all the blades to thin convex grinds on instead of the saber hollow grinds. it cuts great, holds a good edge, and i like having three blades.

i want to get a nice flat ground carbon stockman now that i know i really like this pattern...i am thinking maybe a boker cinch or something similar.

i tried a trapper in a few different brands, but it just didn't tickle my fancy. i really wanted to like the pattern, i loved looking at it in pictures and it felt nice and beefy in my pocket, but in real use it just didn't quite work for me. i think it might have been having such long blades on the end of springs made me nervous they would close, i don't know what. maybe it was because i hardly ever needed the length...

my perfect knife was something like a rail splitter, it was an old Western that i got in a trade. ugly as a duck's rearend but it worked great and the blade combo was perfect. lost due to a holey pocket...
 
Currently my favorites are made by Great Eastern Cutlery. For a larger folder, I have a couple of late 60's, early 70's Case folding hunters.
Scott
 
I am carrying a Queen mountain man right now. Just got back from pickin blackberries with my boys, and am on the way out for another hike. Its a lockback, but still traditional. I have a seahorse whittler on the way, as well as a GEC Tidiout SARPENT on the way that will no doubt see some woods time. I like slippies, just like the single bladed variants better.
 
You would not catch me without my old -- and I do mean old -- standard Camillus Stockman. I've been carrying it since 1950 when my father gave it to me for my 13th birthday. I haven't the faintest idea how many times I've used it for myriad purposes. Elk, deer, Black bear, antelope, upland birds and game, wildfowl, carving, whittlin', string, rope, cardboard, First Aid duties, etc., but it would run into the thousands.

The stag scales are much, much thinner than when I received it, but it is razor sharp and tight as a tick.

Although not a "closeup," you can see it in the post I made in the "Security In The Timber" thread, page 3, post #44. That Ruana Workman in the picture has a 6" blade, for size comparison.

An "oldie but goldie!" :thumbup:

L.W.
 
until I decided to only use the knives that I have made my self I carried a stockman. I have a hugh collection of them. When I start making slipjoints a stockman will be the first one I make.
 
I want to get a case of some sort with stag scales but I can't decide which pattern.:o
 
This one was on my person constantly for almost thirty years. I retired it a few years ago. It was my hunting and trapping knife through high school and the only one I carried while in the Army and when my wife and I were camping. It's seen a lot of outdoor time but, even by my own standard, is "light." I always also had a True-Temper hatchet for heavier work though. The only time I didn't carry this one was when working around the house when I was carrying an Old Timer Stockman - also retired. This little baby has been through a LOT of airports too. If I remember correctly, I bought this for $14 new in '74. That was pretty pricey at the time.

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While not really used for camping, I have an old Kutmaster large stockman, jigged delrin scales, I found for ten bucks at a flea market. Rust all over the blades etc, but superb walk and talk, and after using some Militec, doesn't stick etc. A few passes on a Sharpmaker, on my stropping belt, and it is ready to go. I carry it when working around the property.
 
Jeff H said:
This one was on my person constantly for almost thirty years. I retired it a few years ago. It was my hunting and trapping knife through high school and the only one I carried while in the Army and when my wife and I were camping. It's seen a lot of outdoor time but, even by my own standard, is "light." I always also had a True-Temper hatchet for heavier work though. The only time I didn't carry this one was when working around the house when I was carrying an Old Timer Stockman - also retired. This little baby has been through a LOT of airports too. If I remember correctly, I bought this for $14 new in '74. That was pretty pricey at the time.

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Now thats a great knife:o. Thanks for sharing man....
 
On dayhikes or car camping, I often carry a Moore Maker 5301 stockman. On backpacking trips, I carry the Queen seen in this picture:
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Fixed blade = various Bark Rivers in crossdraw. Depends if it's work, play,.. on which Barkie. Leatherman Wave. And allways a Case Sodbuster Jr. in CV or my new Queen Copperhead in D2 for my EDC slipjoints. I'd feel naked without a traditional folder. M
 
I carry a USA version Old Timer Buzz saw...model 97OT.....my Favorite slip joint ,I love the carbon blade and keen sharpness it holds...great blade...
 
I've been known to carry one of these quite often into the woods:
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I've got this one on the way to me, and it will see use out in the field as well:
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I really like the "heavy duty" Moose pattern pocketknives!:thumbup::D

Ron
 
Sodbuster jr and medium stockman go with me everywhere. Work, hunting, fishing, at the farm, church, movies, dinner, anywhere and everywhere.
 
ron that's a very sweet swell center moose there. its a shame they only made such a small amount...
 
siguy, although you can't get the VK Moose anymore, there are still some older Winchesters that you can get. If you go here: http://www.schattandmorgan.com/, select "Miscellaneous" from the list on the left side, and check out #37, you'll see a striking similarity to the VK Moose. that's because it was made in the same factory on the same machinery! It just has jigged-bone handle scales instead of ebony. This is Clarence Risner's website, and he's taking 15% off the listed price. If you want a Moose like this, you may wish to contact him.

Ron
 
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