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Sometimes the old time slipjoint knives get ignored, or pushed to the back of the knife drawer, I'm not sure why.
I've carried a slip joint as part of my EDC for as long as I can remember, some of them that I've carried have been, a 30 year old Queen 2 Blade Congress, an old Imperial 2 Blade Congress with slanted N.S. Bolsters, a 2 Bladed TwistRing Knife from Hoffritz, and a few 2 bladed pens by Case, a few other German pen knives, and last but not least a Schrade Stockman.
Schrade for example, was one of my first knives, a Schrade Trapper, I can remember when as a kid my only choices were Schrade, Buck, or Case, the Remingtons, and Robesons were for my Dad.
That being said I was very happy with my Schrades and when I got a Schrade Sharp Finger, I was beside myself.
These were quality knives at an affordable price, back then people were lucky if they made $8-$10 dollars an hour, my parents mortgage was $250 a month, and my Dad worked 2 jobs to pay the bills.
When I got a $25 knife it felt like I got a $300 William Henry, or a CRK Sebenza.
With all the high end, high dollar knives we've become accustomed to, we tend to lose sight of the fact that the simple pleasure was in owning a good knife to cut with.
Sometimes I feel sorry when I read about the collections some of these younger guys have,(2 or 3 BM's, a couple of Spydies)they have 6 knives and already they've invested a couple of hundred $, when I was a kid we could buy a car for that kind of money . Than again some of the kids starting out today already have knives I dream of getting, what with a Wife, a preteen Daughter, house payments, and car payments, you get the idea.
I guess what I'm tryin' to say in a round about way is that Schrade, and all the other knife companies that have been around for almost 100 years or more, are still around cause they made a GOOD KNIFE!
There's no sin, or no shame in buying a knife from these companies, bottom line is, with a sharp edge they will get the job done, hell they have for 100 years.
I've carried a slip joint as part of my EDC for as long as I can remember, some of them that I've carried have been, a 30 year old Queen 2 Blade Congress, an old Imperial 2 Blade Congress with slanted N.S. Bolsters, a 2 Bladed TwistRing Knife from Hoffritz, and a few 2 bladed pens by Case, a few other German pen knives, and last but not least a Schrade Stockman.
Schrade for example, was one of my first knives, a Schrade Trapper, I can remember when as a kid my only choices were Schrade, Buck, or Case, the Remingtons, and Robesons were for my Dad.
That being said I was very happy with my Schrades and when I got a Schrade Sharp Finger, I was beside myself.
These were quality knives at an affordable price, back then people were lucky if they made $8-$10 dollars an hour, my parents mortgage was $250 a month, and my Dad worked 2 jobs to pay the bills.
When I got a $25 knife it felt like I got a $300 William Henry, or a CRK Sebenza.
With all the high end, high dollar knives we've become accustomed to, we tend to lose sight of the fact that the simple pleasure was in owning a good knife to cut with.
Sometimes I feel sorry when I read about the collections some of these younger guys have,(2 or 3 BM's, a couple of Spydies)they have 6 knives and already they've invested a couple of hundred $, when I was a kid we could buy a car for that kind of money . Than again some of the kids starting out today already have knives I dream of getting, what with a Wife, a preteen Daughter, house payments, and car payments, you get the idea.
I guess what I'm tryin' to say in a round about way is that Schrade, and all the other knife companies that have been around for almost 100 years or more, are still around cause they made a GOOD KNIFE!
There's no sin, or no shame in buying a knife from these companies, bottom line is, with a sharp edge they will get the job done, hell they have for 100 years.
