slippies for survival

No worries dude, I just didnt know where you were goin. Some people use it for insulting purposes, myself included. I see what you were sayin now... And I agree!!!
 
j williams said:
No worries dude, I just didnt know where you were goin. Some people use it for insulting purposes, myself included. I see what you were sayin now... And I agree!!!
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Ill just go ahead and save some of you the trouble, cause I see it coming:D :jerkit::jerkit::jerkit::jerkit::jerkit:
 
damn J you stole my smilie. killin me there. glad i could helpo you find a new use for it though;)
 
I worry more about the patients that dont mind it, thats just weird.......

Uh, this is starting to go down a very strange road. Uh yep.

Who likes er..baseball?? Or um slipjoints, yeah slippies! GO SLIPPIES!
 
Ofcourse I use slip joints for survival. Why, just yesterday they ran out of those little plastic sampling spoons at Baskin Robin's so out came my Peanut and I cooked up this little guy.


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This was TRULY a matter of survival. If I don't get my ice cream someone's life might be in danger ;)
On a more serious note, yes, I can do just about anything in the woods that I need done with a slip joint, same as I can a dedicated woods knife. Might take longer, might take more thought and a different approach, but that's what survival is all about; Using the best tool you have to work with, your head.


Gautier
 
Gautier said:



On a more serious note, yes, I can do just about anything in the woods that I need done with a slip joint, same as I can a dedicated woods knife. Might take longer, might take more thought and a different approach, but that's what survival is all about; Using the best tool you have to work with, your head.


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Thats a great way to think man:thumbup:
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Gautier said:
This was TRULY a matter of survival. If I don't get my ice cream someone's life might be in danger ;)
On a more serious note, yes, I can do just about anything in the woods that I need done with a slip joint, same as I can a dedicated woods knife. Might take longer, might take more thought and a different approach, but that's what survival is all about; Using the best tool you have to work with, your head.
Gautier
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well put man. good choice of words.:thumbup:
 
i would prefer to have a stockman preferably my case 6344 with blue jigged bone, or a 34 ot. one thing that is great about a stockman like that is there are 3 blades of different types good for whittling spoons, making spears, doing surgery on yourself(not preferable but, yes you could), there are many things these knives can be used for and another really really good thing about a 3 blade stockman is if you get one blade dull you still have 2 more.:cool:
 
My Queen Cattle King Stockman in D2 would get me by just fine.It's one stout folder!Throw in my GB Wildlife Hatchet and I am a happy camper.:D
 
BarberFobic1992 said:
j,
how do you like your sea horse whittler? i have been eyeing them for a while as i like to do alot of carving. what do you use yours for and are you satisfied with it ( the steel especially)?
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I love my Seahorse Whittler too (in harvest orange). That blaze orange one has me staring! :cool:
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My Grandpa's PAL slipjoint (my good luck knife):
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CaseXX Razor:
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CaseXX Trapper in CV:
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CaseXX Keylime Peanut:
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I use slipjoints so often, its likely that I'll have one on me in a "survival" situation. I would be confident that the knife would perform. Whether or not my skills would is the real question. :thumbup:
 
I have an old (old when I got it) "Hammer" brand folder my Grandfather gave to me. It's a nice two blade modle that I have used for everything from carving a spoon to gutting a deer. It's a good knife but for me I would rather have a small fixed blade the same size. Easier to keep clean, I beat lighter if you choose right, and stonger.

My .02 cents
 
crbauhs said:
i know most of you guys carry saks when you go hiking/camping. but how many of you would feel safe if a slippie is all you had with you? be it a sak, a trapper, a stockman, a sodbuster...
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My only slippie is my Victorinox Cybertool which is pretty good on features, but it is never the only tool I have on me. Generally I would be much happier with other tools including a fixed blade knife because there is some things you just can't do with a small slip joint blade. I also wouldn't really like to have only a locking folder, because they don't really offer that much more than a slip joint. Actually my preference would be a larger full tang knife like my BK-7 or BK-9 + a smaller fixed blade knife like my Mora Bushcraft Triflex + my Leatherman Wave + my SAK. I suppose I'd feel MUCH safer with a good SAK than without any cutting tool at all, just not as safe as with what I usually have.

If I were to go light weight and take nothing but a slippie then I'd go with something like a Victorinox Ranger which gives me 2 blades, saw, file, scissors, can opener, bottle opener/flat screwdrivers/lightweight prytool, reamer, tweezers & toothpick - as well as some other less important tools. I guess I'd feel safe enough with that one tool, as long as I wasn't needing to process firewood. If I had to build a makeshift shelter the blades & saw would be pretty useful and for starting a fire the saw can make sawdust for tinder. I'm thinking that for ultra light hiking this would be a reasonable tool to carry as long as you keep the blades sharp.
 
I use SAK Spartans for EDC and Huntsman for the trails, and typically carry a Camillus jig bone peanut knife and Kabar 1184. Other slipjoints I use on a regular basis are the Buck 110, Camillus Eagle camp knife and the Camillus US issue multitool. I wouldn't voluntarily leave the house with just a slipjoint, though I think in most challenging situations I could come out on top with just a slippie in my pocket.
 
Wow you really resurrected an old thread. This is almost 2 years old. Oh well I don't mind going back into the past. I'm still an avid slipjoint user. They are all I carry, woodsbumming or not. And since I live in Florida now so more woods for me an my slippies.
 
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