Type of slipjoint you have yet to try.

CUTS LIKE A KRIS

CUTS LIKE A KRIS

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I was just wondering what patterns/styles are on your short list to try out, but you haven't yet. I have a fair number of slipjoints, but my collecting/using interest in them is fairly new, and many styles appear to be not very prevalent in the cold north. But I'm still young-ish so hopefully have many more discoveries yet to uncover.

2 weekends ago I handled my first muskrat. It wasn't the best representative of the pattern- grinding blades, poor construction materials, probably used too hard. But at least I can say that I have at least held one. Although to make it mine I would love to find one with dissimilar blades- like the maple Queen muskrat with clip and Spey blades.

I also have no experience with gunstock models, but would like to add one to compliment our heirloom octagon barreled .38-40. I think that 2 gunstocks (one being the knife and the other being on the gun) would make a great pair, and would love to take game with one and process it with the other- with hopefully a full bellied clip blade complimented by a smaller Wharncliffe- if one such exists.

I passed on the forum moose, and regret that one. The moose looks like a pattern that I would enjoy now, I just wasn't there in my appreciation when it was available. I will hopefully find a used one down the road, as I won't pay inflated prices for something like a community based knife, because to me it seems wrong to profit from something like the forum knife (not that I have a problem with those that do sell for a profit). Even though I usually prefer different blade lengths on multibladed slipjoints- I feel that the design of the moose and muskrat may help change that.


So what patterns have thus far eluded you, and why are they on your radar?
 
Even though I prefer jack knives (and clip main blades), for some reason the canoe pattern keeps calling to me.

Maybe one of these days.
 
I'm starting to like Barlows and Sowbellies. I'm partial to knives with different blade lengths, but once I have all those patterns I may start to look at a Moose, Canoe etc :)
 
I have never tried Barlows, Moose, Pens, Sowbellies, Whittlers...:D

I have the rest of my life to try these patterns, I've got time.

....and EZ openers, Furtakers....toothpicks. I need help, hehe.
 
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Cigar pattern, stockman, furtaker, moose, etc.

Gunstock.

Easy open anything.
 
Toothpick.
I will correct that by ordering one tomorrow, Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise.
 
I'm on the trail of a bullet end GEC number 85 Real Harness jack with improved punch. I NEED one ;-)

Regards

Robin
 
Harness jack, congress, moose, swayback and many others are yet for me to try. For my first 50 years I stuck to stockmen and trappers. I recently got a canoe, a jack, and a peanut. None seem to push a large stockman out of my pocket but they are all a little thinner for my semi-annual trip to the city (Edmonton).
 
Dogleg jack, the GEC one looked amazing and have since loved the design...also a gunstock, large single blade (like 5" blade).
 
Something with one main blade and a cap lifter/ screwdriver secondary blade (like the earlier forum knife) would be an ideal pattern for me - particularly if it were small.
 
Congress pattern. Always wanted to try one, especially with a pair of sheepsfoot and pen blades. Saw one not too long ago I really liked, in carbon and jigged bone, but can't recall the mfr. There are certainly other patterns I haven't given a fair shake, but this one definitely appeals to me with the small(ish) blade/long handle combination.
 
There are soooo many. :) I'd like to get one of those large powderhorn/toothpicks from GEC in hand. Not the single bladed one. The jack version. I'd also like to try a congress. I'm a fan of most jack knives. So anything from an equal end to a dogleg would work. I have medium serpentine and peanuts around but nothing in the large category.
I generally carry medium to smaller knives but I'm not opposed to a larger knife if it carries well.
 
im interested in worldwide traditional folding working knives. i have never tried a douk douk, higonokami, mercator k55k or one of those austrian knives pictured in a recent thread. i will not attempt to type the name of the austrian knife here for fear of butchering the spelling lol.
anyway, next time i order a knife one of those will likely be on the invoice.
for typical american working knife patterns im interested in a sodbuster type knife and a buck 110 type also.

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ahhh, some of what i have listed are not slipjoints. lol whatever. my list stands.
 
Well, it's not a slipjoint, but I'd like to try a friction folder. I have an Opinel but it has a locking ring so that doesn't count. I had a Svord Peasant but it was just too big for pocket carry,and I knew my brother-in-law would love it so I gave it to him as a birthday gift since I never used it.

The two that caught my eye the most are the Morris friction folder and the traditional Japanese Higonokami.
 
I keep looking at various congress patterns, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

And now that zippofan has mentioned it, I am also intrigued by the higonokami.
 
You know, I just realized that I have NEVER even owned a Congress pattern, let alone carried one! I really need to get one of the smaller ones and try it out. It has always seemed to be a very useful pattern, just never got around to trying it.

Ron
 
Interessting thread ... to me it is

- toothpick pattern (on the way)
- gunstock pattern
- sunfish/whaler pattern
- pruning knife
- dogleg jack (if a Peanut not counts)
- furtakter pattern
- equal end jack
...
 
Like the OP, I haven't used a Muskrat. I might have to give it a go in the future.
 
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