Traditional knives…

[Jerry in SC]

While the 15 is certainly a handy size, I also prefer the 14; in fact, it is my favorite. I have several with spear-point blades from 2016 as well.

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I stopped buying GECs when they were discovered by the internet knife community at-large, and the "drops" became free-for-all buying frenzies. I have neither the time nor the energy to play that game.

I have the two jigged bone and the ebony spears. I bought most of mine from Mike Latham. I have a two blade Cripple Creek 14 in elderberry that's pretty nice, but none of the barlows.

 

[ameridaddy]

I'm sure there are still fans of slip joint knives out there….I have quite a few. One of my favorites, Boys Knife, 3" closed 1095 carbon steel, steel bolsters and liners, ebony covers. Made by Great Eastern Cutley in Titusville, PA.

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Educate me - what is a "slip joint' knife? I always thought of these as a simple folder or folding knife.

 

[Frailer]

Educate me - what is a "slip joint' knife? I always thought of these as a simple folder or folding knife.

Generally speaking, "slip joint" refers to a non-locking folding knife whose blade is held in position by a backspring.

In other words, the pocket knives we old farts grew up with.

 

[ameridaddy]

OK, Frailer educated me on "slip joint" (Thanks!) so now I can play. A few years ago I found these among my grandfather's stuff wrapped in a 1938 newspaper.

 

[fatcat3]

Queen Country Cousin. From back when there was two kinds of knife steels. stainless and carbon.

 

[30-30remchester]

I might be addicted to traditional antique folders.

 

[zodraz]

I might be addicted to traditional antique folders.

Could be!

 

[rays44]

My pop carried a Barlow knife in his pocket. I never seen him without it. I can remember him leaning on our picnic table cutting apples from our tree. He passed away when I was about 20 and while he lay at rest in the funeral home I slipped his Barlow into his pocket. I loved that man!

I did the same with my dad except it was a loaded round.

 

[ameridaddy]

I might be addicted to traditional antique folders.

Might be? I figger you can have an intervention, or open a museum, your choice!
That's impressive - are there duplicates, or is each one unique?

 

[JSticks]

I'm partial this one because I made it.

 

[30-30remchester]

Might be? I figger you can have an intervention, or open a museum, your choice!
That's impressive - are there duplicates, or is each one unique?

Didn't show the several tubs of less desirable or duplicates I have under the bed. And we wont even talk about my fixed blades. My wife said I was 40 years past having an intervention and since I don't have enough friends to have one anyhow. Many rare, most from the 1950's and earlier, one or 2 that are one of a kind, a few have been photographed and added to some books. It is all my wife's fault anyhow. Before her, I collected beautiful women. She made me get rid of that collection.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

When I was a kid about 12-13 yrs old, I had a friend whose dad made pocketknives. I'm still pretty amazed by that skill. He had a big metal box full of them from pretty normal looking to some wild designs. He would let us get the box out and dig around in it time to time.

 

[fatcat3]

I might be addicted to traditional antique folders.

NOPE! I'm on your side.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Here's my GE Texian Toothpick.

 

[30-30remchester]

This beautiful IKCO folder came to me this weekend. Made between 1920 and 1935. Blades have some wear and the Christmas Tree celluloid scales have some shrinkage, but still has a "WOW" factor.

 

[absolutevil]

Hey Ferider, what's the knife second from right on that last picture? I kind of like that!

 

[Marshwheeling]

Generally speaking, "slip joint" refers to a non-locking folding knife whose blade is held in position by a backspring.

In other words, the pocket knives we old farts grew up with.

Until I joined Bladeforums a dozen years ago, a slip joint was the joint in a common pair of pliers that allowed you to open the jaws farther. Oh Bladeforums, there was an ongoing discussion about what to call traditional folding knives, the ones I referred to as "jackknives". That was where I first encountered "slipjoint" applied to knives. Because I came in in the middle of the discussion, I have no idea if the application was in wider use before then. In any case, I felt "slipjoint" is a misnomer as applied to knives. However, nobody suggested a better term, and it has stuck.

 

[Jerry in SC]

OK, Frailer educated me on "slip joint" (Thanks!) so now I can play. A few years ago I found these among my grandfather's stuff wrapped in a 1938 newspaper.

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The Case is pre 1940 maybe a lot older. The Sears was likely made by Utica, fifties maybe. Very nice old Cattaraugus Barlow pattern, is there a pattern number stamp on the other side (called the pile side) of the blade?

 

[DuckBeav]

 

[holo]

I really enjoy the old carbon steel knives I have a few