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sixgun

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Let's talk slipjoints
Don't get me wrong I like "tactical" style knives, I like all knives. I have DD R's Apogee, Terzuola's TTF-3, S. Hill fighter, C. Smith folder, Kershaw, Almar, Benchmade, Microtech, etc.
Linerrlocks,lockbacks, autos, manual action they are all great, but Damn, I sure have a place in my heart for ol' Grandad type slipjoints.
I have a bunch of Case, and several of Schrade,Buck,Valley Forge, New york Knife Co,Western,Puma Ulster,and some other old out of business or bought up knife companies.
Lately, I've been bitten by the custom slipjoint bug. The only custom slipjoint I have at the moment is a Bill Ruple trapper,and it's a fantastic knife. I have a Simons on order, and am trying to pick the Burke I want to order. Waiting time will allow me to save up and or sell some of my other knives to get $$$ for more custom slipjoints, and man I want one or two of all the great makers out there. Yeh, I know I'm dreaming, cause I don't have all the years I need to accomplish this task. I only wish I started in my 20's.
Anyway, what is your favorite slipjoint(custom or production), whats your favorite style, how many blades, what type blades, you know the drill. Love that "snap"
Regards, Jim
 
The Case Muskrat. This was the ultimate knife in my mind when I was seven years old or so. My uncle was a USFS smoke jumper, and a minor god in my eyes, and he carried a Muskrat. There was nothing like unwrapping the tissue paper and seeing those gleaming bolsters and the deep burgundy luster of that jigged bone.

I am still looking for a custom made slip joint that moves me the way that knife did when I was a kid.

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I really like split back whittlers and congress patterns. I like carbon steel blades, bone scales, brass liners, nickel bolsters and pins. I need a coping and a pen or small clip blade. Case does not offer this sort of combination, they use stainless steels in their congress and whittlers, otherwise they are the ticket. Most carbon steel blade knives of these patterns have plastic scales. It is like you can get stainless with bone or carbon with plastic, but you can't get carbon with bone. Bone scales and carbon steel are a must, to me anyway. Mooremaker is the only one I know to offer bone and carbon steel blades in the congress and whittler patterns. Case has bone and carbon stockman and other patterns, but not the whittler or congress. I am saving up for a whittler and congress from Mooremaker. Any one know of any other makers to offer these patterns in bone scales with carbon blades?

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Go here www.woodcraft.com They sell a case split back whittler that I think was supposed to be a special edition or something just for woodcraft. It just might be carbon steel. I saw it in the store the other day so they have at least one.I can't remember what all the specs are now though.
They have a pretty nice one from boker tree brand also.

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I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer... but I've got the sharpest knife in the room.
 
Case Tony Bose.
2000 edition, two blade trapper, Good steel (ats34), excellent workmanship, and a pattern I have always liked.
Did not like the 1999 model, prefer the Calif. clip and skinning blade of this model.
The 2001 model will be a single blade folder, in a very old style.

I like the size of this knife that I now carry.
I have had many custom and production knives over the years, and this is just as good in all phases as any I have ever owned.

ThomM
 
I feel exactly the same. I've had my share of tacticals and Japanese -style knives, but when it comes to intricate workmanship, almost nothing compares to a finely made slip joint. I recently picked up a Bill Ruple premium stock man and I am carryin git daily instead of the Hartsfield tanto, Bob Lum folder, or everything else.

The premium stockman pattern is the one I really like. I am doing some amatuer woodcarving and whittling (with brief e-mail instructions by Doc Gunderson in Arizona...thanks doc!) And I like the coping and the spey blade. The spey blade, (and I will not soon be using it for its intended use) works well to work around curves. The coping blade can be used for everything, and the main blade can be used to remove larger pieces of material.

I do want to get a whittler. I know that the main blade is probably going to have a stronger lock, but the springs on my stockman are THICK! I think Bill makes a great working knife that is intricately made as well. The blade are ATS-34, the scales are jigged bone, and the SS bolsters are integral. Whittler? Hopefully I can pick one up from Richard Rogers at the Blade Show West!

Roger L. Su, D.C.
Above Down Inside Out
 
Matt, thanks for the link. I already have one of those Case stag splitbacks, it is stainless unfortunately. It is a great knife but not the best for actual whittling due to the steel. The Boker looks like a good contender though.
 
There are alot of nice high quality slip joint folders out there, but the one I consantly use is the basic SAK (Victorinox Tinker). It's not as nice as stuff put out by Böker, Case and Custom makers, but for me it gets the job done.
 
My personal favorite slipjoint is an old Barlow that belonged to my grandfather, who died shortly after I was born. It has two carbon steel blades, mostly sharpened away, and brown plastic handles. I don't carry it, as I have a multitude of other knives that cut as well, are safer to use, and are replaceable should I lose them. But every now and then I like to get it out, open it, close it, and put it away again.
 
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