What do you stay away from when it comes to slipjoints?

bwperdue said:
Great news, guys! The 2013 forum knife is going to be a 5" leg done in gold glitter celluloid in fine 420J surgical stainless, etched with "Get a leg up!" on all 4 blades - sheepsfoot, wharncliffe, spey, and serrated reverse tanto. Taking orders starting on March 29.
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:thumbup:Sign me up for 10 LOL
 
Wow, all of this leg knife business is making me crack up! :p

I try to stay away from thick knives (think sunfish). I like the classic lines of a slimmer knife with a longish blade. I don't really like multi-bladed (three or more) knives, too. I can never decide which blade I want to cut something with. Now I really like jack knives, in particular trappers or peanuts, and pen knives. Keeping it simple with 2 blades leaves me with the options of either dedicating a blade for food and the other for utility, or using one blade for everything and keeping the other blade as a razor sharp scalpel in case I need to perform like open heart surgery or something. Regarding handle materials, I'm pretty open. I have a Boker Trapper in celluloid that I think is pretty nifty, a Sebenza in Snakewood, a Case peanut with red cow bone, and a GEC Conductor with Stag scales. Now if a knife is reaching higher prices, I start to care a little more about precious materials for handle scales. At the moment I like stag for expensive [traditional] knives, but I'm a little weary on buying something similar with acrylic or synthetic.
 
Nail breaker is a deal breaker

Case SS

And most often any slipjoint over $70 (yes with exceptions)
 
bwperdue said:
Great news, guys! The 2013 forum knife is going to be a 5" leg done in gold glitter celluloid in fine 420J surgical stainless, etched with "Get a leg up!" on all 4 blades - sheepsfoot, wharncliffe, spey, and serrated reverse tanto. Taking orders starting on February 29.
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Sign me up!!!!!!
 
bwperdue said:
Great news, guys! The 2013 forum knife is going to be a 5" leg done in gold glitter celluloid in fine 420J surgical stainless, etched with "Get a leg up!" on all 4 blades - sheepsfoot, wharncliffe, spey, and serrated reverse tanto. Taking orders starting on February 29.
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I'll take it! :D
 
I just thought of something else I stay away from: worm-crawled bone.

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~ P.
 
akadave2 said:
I always thought the nickel silver bolster would be too soft to use a a bottle opener very often...otherwise I was going to get one just for beer purposes! :D
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Well, the liner will pick up some of the slack.....I'm going to find out anyways.
 
Anything with Armadillo covers and there are a good few makers that offer them. Armadillos can carry Leprosy. Probably a one in a 10-trillion chance but I'm not taking a chance.

Wharncliffe blades come in as a strong second. I used to like them but don't anymore. I did buy the 2012 Forum Knife with the Wharncliffe secondary blade but that was an obligation to buy it.

Other than those two things, I'm pretty much open to trying anything. Afterall, if I don't like what I get, I can always get rid of it.
 
Modoc ED said:
Anything with Armadillo covers and there are a good few makers that offer them. Armadillos can carry Leprosy. Probably a one in a 10-trillion chance but I'm not taking a chance.

Wharncliffe blades come in as a strong second. I used to like them but don't anymore. I did buy the 2012 Forum Knife with the Wharncliffe secondary blade but that was an obligation to buy it.

Other than those two things, I'm pretty much open to trying anything. Afterall, if I don't like what I get, I can always get rid of it.
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You know, I like the way a Wharncliffe looks, but I haven't been able to buy one. A long spey or sheep foot does the same stuff, but with a stronger tip.... and knives with those blades often come with a clip or pen which handles the pointy stuff.
 
As others have said, I really dislike nail breakers, double pulls, and generally difficult to open knives.

While I have some stainless traditional knives, I MUCH prefer carbon steel. To me, a nice patina on a traditional is comforting. I can't really explain it.

Again, while I have synthetic handles knives, I prefer a nice jigged bone. I don't yet have any Ebony handled knives, but it's not for the lack of looking.

I'm not really a fan of designer colors. I prefer the more, ummm, traditional colored traditionals.

Above all, I reserve the right to change my mind. :D
 
jwren said:
Couldn't agree more with that! I have a new favorite/preference practically every week.... :)
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Only every week?

Every day for me :foot:.

Woodrow, I have one leg knife. It's an old Case, I just remembered it. I figure I should post a pic of it. The main blade tip is missing. My buddy told me he had a knife for me, the old man that gave it to him used it to kill Nazis. I was thinking that I had just been made privy to a Case V42 stiletto, or a trench knife (still in use by WW2), maybe a theater knife made on a ship heading to Europe. Or maybe made of leftover metal on the battlefields of north Africa or Italy.

My buddy pulled out a Case leg knife.











I guess he was just pulling my leg on that one... I have it in my knife repair box somewhere, along with a Spyderco kitchen knife that I want to rehandle, and a few other odds and ends.
 
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I dislike knives with a poorly placed nail nick (cough, cough spey blade on the case trapper, its just such a pain in the a** that ill never use it (although ill wont use it anyway since ive misplaced it)).
 
I'll figure out some things to stay way from eventually, but for now I'm considering using a Tuf-cloth on a carbon bladed knife
 
I use a marine tough cloth on the blades and spring for corrosion protection, but I found that some better lubricant is still necessary for the joint to prevent galling.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
After using my Scott Gossman UNK, I have developed a deep appreciation for wharncliffs.
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I always thought of the Wharncliffe as a secondary blade but after using one for a while, its my favorite for a traditional. Easy to sharpen to a scalpel edge and does it all!
 
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