what's with everyone bashing slipjoints?

Once upon a time, long, long ago, there existed a 'master class' of knife users who managed to get through each and every day, utilizing their non-locking folders for all sorts of tasks, and all the while, doing it without inflicting bodily harm on themselves (or their fingers). This 'master class' of knife users were known as...





intelligent, reasonable human beings with common sense. They actually KNEW how to properly use a folding knife. Didn't have any locking knives, didn't need 'em.
 
Actually, I've only seen a lot of threads blasting tacticool knives. If you prefer to use a slipjoint for heavy use, good for you. I've done that and changed my mind, but that is my choice. I definitely wouldn't spinewhack ANY knife since I don't see what good it does. Slipjoints have a lot going for them, they cut good, they carry concealed, they generally aren't threatening.
 
I must have missed something, because I don't recall many people here bashing slipjoints. I don't know of this "everyone" you're talking about. Now we actually see people bashing users of locking folders as unintelligent. By the same logic only people who can't drive properly should wear seat belts then. Safety features are invented because any intelligent person knows to err is human, so sometimes it pays to protect us from ourselves.

Please, drop the victim mentality and just enjoy your knives.
 
Big Mike said:
Yes, this is a funny post on many levels.

But in many ways it speaks toward the truth.


The desire to use folders for jobs better suited to fix blades has lead to these fancy locking systems,

...and none is a replacement for a fixed blade. :eek:


I use my liner locks like they where slippies,

...and I'm very happy to have the added safety the lock provides.


For harder tasks I just reach for my fixed blades.




Big Mike
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You are missing the point of hard use folders, or are you a "crypto" Cold Steel hater?

Hard use folders raise the capability level of a pocketable, easily transportable in an urban environment "or elsewhere" knife.
 
I have a couple of slip joints....I use them mainly as suit knives, but EDC them on occasion.
 
TheCarbideRat said:
Hard use folders raise the capability level of a pocketable, easily transportable in an urban environment "or elsewhere" knife.
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I must not have realized my capability level was so low with my "soft use" victorinoxes and schrade old timers.


I love slipjoints. They're incredibly useful for everyday tasks and carry great in the pocket. Used in a mindful manner I've never felt under-equipped with one. There are other ways to split wood or poke holes in refrigerators.
 
I'm going to have to do a capability check. :eek:
 
Slim to None said:
I must not have realized my capability level was so low with my "soft use" victorinoxes and schrade old timers.


I love slipjoints. They're incredibly useful for everyday tasks and carry great in the pocket. Used in a mindful manner I've never felt under-equipped with one. There are other ways to split wood or poke holes in refrigerators.
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Who said it's low? Just different knives for different needs, a vic or a schrade can do things a tank folder can't yo.
 
Sep said:
I must have missed something, because I don't recall many people here bashing slipjoints. I don't know of this "everyone" you're talking about. Now we actually see people bashing users of locking folders as unintelligent. By the same logic only people who can't drive properly should wear seat belts then. Safety features are invented because any intelligent person knows to err is human, so sometimes it pays to protect us from ourselves.

Please, drop the victim mentality and just enjoy your knives.
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Ex-freakin-zactly sez me.
 
I actually like slipJs, I have more lockers due to work needs but when I can I'll get some more slips.

Guns, knives are tools [usually] so a mechanic will have 5 or 6 types of hammers, they have differing capabilities, just as there are shotguns for this, rifles for that, pistols and so on.
 
I've kind of always seen knives with lock-backs, liner locks, AXIS locks etc. as just knives that give the user a false sense of security. It makes the knife seem safer because it won't close as easily, but it gets to the point where people see it as, "This knife can never close," and it surprises them the first time they see a lock failure. On the other hand, people use to a slip-joint are already careful in their use to not having it close on their fingers.

As far as spine-whacking a slipjoint goes, you guys really can't think of the purpose on that one?: To see how much force the slipjoint will take before collapsing. Personally I see more point to this than doing a spinewhack on a locked knife to see if you can force failure on the lock. That's kind of like testing Murphy's law.
 
I agree with what some have said here- I've only seen negative remarks against folders that lock/ "hard use" folders. I'm really not sure what the problem is with that either. It's like people are getting offended that others like features in knives that they don't see the value in. Even in the OP, there's a shot taken at modern folders with the term "tacticool." I'd like to see some evidence that anyone has been "bashing" slip joints in any recent threads.
 
There sky was opening up and drenching us. I went outside in my pajamas and a raincoat to deal with some rain that was falling where it shouldn't be. I found something to deflect it, but needed some stakes to keep it in place. I yelled to my wife to grab a knife. She asked me which one, and I yelled that I'd take anything. She came back with my SAK Pioneer, passing over an assortment of fixed blades, and heavier folders like my 710D2, ZT300, or H&K 14205. I was a little disappointed that she brought the only slipjoint off the dresser. Still, I went to work as fast as I could, and it held up marvelously. It was one of the few times that I was using a knife frantically, working as hard and fast as I could. The knife performed flawlessly, never threatening my fingers, and going through that wood faster than I expected. It was even still pretty sharp when I was done.

TC
 
My experience is that slipjoint folders are effective cutting tools, uncompromised by their lack of a locking mechanism. That's my point. I thought I'd back it up with an account of the experience upon which I was drawing. OK?

TC
 
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