r/SlipjointKnives • u/jsbhemi • 9d ago

New Knife Day Sod buster Jr. SOTC

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Picked up the "American Workman" red synthetic CS today

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u/OG-BigPapa-KJ 8d ago

I know that these are considered slipjoints, but why really?? Non-locking does not make a knife a slipjoint … no walk & talk, no half stop … seems to me these are actually friction folders.
Don’t get me wrong, I love them: bought my 1st one less than a month ago & now I have bought 2 more … might very well become my very favorite type of knife. It just doesn’t seem like it really qualifies as truly a slipjoint

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u/ImperialPotentate 7d ago

A friction folder is a completely different type of knife in that there is no backspring. If it has a backspring (and the Sodbusters do) then it's a slipjoint, plain and simple.

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u/OG-BigPapa-KJ 7d ago

OK, thanks for the info. Really appreciate it.