Slippery slope

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Jason Fry

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I've started making slipjoints, after several years making fixed blades. Here are numbers 5, 6, and 8. The black one is paper micarta with brass liners, OAL is 3 3/16 closed. The orange is G10 with stainless liners, OAL of 3 9/16 closed. The green is canvas micarta with brass liners, OAL of 4 1/4. The pictures show the knives well, flaws and all, except that the blade is not perfectly centered on the orange one. All are CM 154 stainless steel, with great snap, flush backsprings, and a nice firm half stop. Thanks for looking. Any suggestions about design, other than fixing the obvious flaws?

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Open

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Half stop

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Spines
 
I really like the orange and black ones. Look like great users to me. Very well done, and thank you for sharing
 
I like them all!

I would be proud to carry any of them.

I like the long pulls, and the shape you chose on the blades.

If you ever need some one to test one out........

Keep making them!
 
I think you are on the right track, keep making them and I am sure you'll get better. I am lacking swedges on the blades but it's matter of preference.
Mike
 
Looks good to me! I hope my first slipjoints look that well. So, do you like the brass or SS liners?
 
They all look good and like great users, only suggestion is cut a choil where the blade
meets the kick, other than that keep at it.
Ken.
 
As far as the liners go, I don't mind either one. I try and look at my handle material and come up with a good looking combo. I did a black/stainless knife that turned out nice. I'll likely do more stainless in the future, as that seems to be what's popular. I was at a knife show this weekend, handled a few dozen custom folders, and none had brass.
 
I really like them all. My only design suggestion would the same as Ken's, which is to add a choil. I do have one other suggestion, though, which is not related at all to design, and that is to use some steels other than stainless. I know there's a strong preference among a lot of folks for the stainless steels, and I don't deny that they're good, but there are a fair few of us who really like carbon steels, too. D2 is good stuff, as is A2, and both are good steels for the working man. And there's always the 10XX steels.

James
 
Think they look superb. My 2 cents (even though if from UK); as stated choil and my personal bugbear regarding most pocketknives; add either a lanyard hole or bail.

hth and well done, John
 
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