Show your slip joint's thread!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

While reading through Ben's thread http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,6282.0.html and looking at all the link's and picture's, I just couldn't get excited by all those folder's , there's nothing wrong with them, for the most part there bloody fine knives, but there lacking in that one intangible thing...soul

Generally speaking that's to a charge you can't level at a decent slip joint

They may be old hat, and past there prime, but they were good enough for our father's and great grandfathers, and there's still a lot to be said for there utility, look's and shear inoffensiveness, not to mention the fact that a good usable one is a fraction of the cost off a decent modern OH folder

So please show us your picture's or links to your favourite Trapper's, Congressman's, Sodbusters, Sowbelly, Whittler's and Muskrats

[jzmtl]

I think these qualify as "great grandfathers", because I was told they are from 1930's.  They came together with the capsul multi I showed the other day. Duno really know what I'll do with them, they are oiled up and sitting in a sandwich bag together with the multi.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

The top one looks as though it's got a few stories behind it

[GMArthur]

Here is a couple of mine......

[I'm Still Bison]

I think these qualify as "great grandfathers", because I was told they are from 1930's.  They came together with the capsul multi I showed the other day. Duno really know what I'll do with them, they are oiled up and sitting in a sandwich bag together with the multi.

                 I thought that bottom knife was a Richartz.AFAIK they no longer make tradtional folders,but they're still aound making SAK clones.

http://www.richartz.com/htxs/e_index.html

[jzmtl]

Hmm the logo does look similar, although mine doesn't have any brand name on it.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Here is a couple of mine......

Nice collection mate

It's such a shame Schrade went the way off the Dodo , they made some excellent budget slippies

That last Damascus one is simply gorgeous mate

[Sea Monster]

How do I know if my Schrade is from Schrade times or Taylor Cutlery?

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

How do I know if my Schrade is from Schrade times or Taylor Cutlery?

If it's a good one then it's a proper Schrade , if it's a piece of crap, then it's a Taylor Craplery one

Have you got any pic's/links too it

[Sea Monster]

If it's a good one then it's a proper Schrade Smiley, if it's a piece of crap, then it's a Taylor Craplery one

Unfortunately, I'm not a man of discernment & taste, so I wouldn't be able to tell the difference

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Send it to me and I'll let you know then

[Benner]

I am slightly disappointed Def hasn't chimed in yet. 

DEF TAYLOR CUTLERY HAVE BEEN MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Grant Lamontagne]

If it's a good one then it's a proper Schrade Smiley, if it's a piece of crap, then it's a Taylor Craplery one

Unfortunately, I'm not a man of discernment & taste, so I wouldn't be able to tell the difference

Yes you would- they are usually pretty obvious.

The most easily defined feature will be on the blade tang, where it says either China or USA.  If it's China, then it's a Taylor Cutlery piece of crap.  If the joints and seams are large enough to park an economy car in, it's a Taylor Cutlery piece of crap.  If it snaps in half and bursts into flames when you try to use it, it's a Taylor Cutlery piece of crap.  If you spend hours sharpening it and the edge is still too round to open an envelope, it's a Taylor Cutlery piece of crap.  If you bought it more than three years ago, it's a real Schrade, which honestly wasn't the best quality knife out there, but it beats the pants off the Taylor Cutlery hunks of crap.

Basically, if it's a Taylor Cutlery model, it will be obvious.

By the way, I don't know if I've mentioned this yet but Taylor Cutlery really sucks.  The best part about Taylor Cutlery being a bunch of cheap barstids?  They know their stuff is crap, which is why I haven't been sued yet.  However, they also don't care, because they go to bed at night on mattresses stuffed with money, dreaming about what else they can make the 5 year olds in the sweatshops make for them so they can make even more money.  All while waving Old Glory in people's faces and showing photos of brave US troops in war zones, carrying Schrades.  My guess is they are either pre-Taylor Schrades or those soldiers aren't with us today, or are models posing on tanks.  The only good news is, Taylor knives suck so bad, they fail long before they are needed for a life threatening situation.

Def

[Benner]

Ahh, that's better. 

[Sea Monster]

Interestingly, the company is actually called "Taylor Brands"

but everyone has been calling it Taylor Cutlery since I said the wrong thing five posts ago...


(I shouldn't have mentioned it)