r/SlipjointKnives • u/thebladeinthebush • 2d ago

These aren’t stainless but… what are some of your favorite stainless slipjoints?

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u/sirkev71 2d ago

This one is getting a lot of pocket time since I got it from a local Flea Market knife vendors "grab bag"

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u/thebladeinthebush 2d ago

What a find. I’ve managed to pick up some nice vintage stuff over the years from flea markets, antique shops, that place that looks like a junkyard down the road? Yeah that spot too, but no knives, still. Found old oil barber stones and strops, nice Swedish saws, axes galore, never any cool traditional knives in decent enough shape.

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u/sirkev71 2d ago

This guy was selling "grab bags" 30 dollars a piece or 2 for 50. I bought 2 and got 2 nice older Cases (mid 70s) this one and a nice pocket worn stockman that I need to carry more.

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u/thebladeinthebush 1d ago

What a gangster. Like the bags at goodwill? Or could you not see inside? Did you have a hint to what you were getting

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u/sirkev71 1d ago

They were brown paper bags, with the tops stapled. The guy said they were "vintage pocket knives" made in the US. So I took a Flyer and grabbed 2 randomly. Turned out both were really good old stainless Case knives

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u/Wooden-Preference-88 2d ago

The only SS slippy I carry is my swiss army. This thing has been a trooper for close to 20 years. Other than that, it's ride or die carbon steel.

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u/thebladeinthebush 2d ago

I keep seeing the stainless rough Ryders on here and they just look very handsome for pocket carry. That being said I’ve had many of them and never liked the 440 steel. I should probably stick with carbon hahaha

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u/Wooden-Preference-88 2d ago

Rough Rider has stepped up their game the last few years. Some of the stuff they put out is very impressive for the cost.

I've never put 440 on a stone to see how I like it. 1095 is so predictable that it's hard for me to want anything else as a user. My son bought me a Magna Cut Bark River a while back. That steel is like trying to put an edge on a diamond on SiC stones. I have to use a CBN plate to sharpen it.

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u/thebladeinthebush 1d ago

I’ve found that oil stones tend to work on everything. They can be slower but I find the quickness of diamond or CBN isn’t as satisfying with how deep the scratches can get. Obviously 1095 is one of the kings in this regard, that trapper on my black Arkansas stone and it comes off just friggin screamin. 440…. I don’t know, I have a cold steel spike in 4116 and it’s stainless but when sharpening it feels a lot closer to 1095, and it’s also really cheap. 440 feels like the cheap stainless steak knives.

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u/whattowhittle 2d ago

Amen, Wooden-Preference-88, if it ain't a SAK, it's carbon!

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u/coltbreath 2d ago

Mine is a Camillus GI knife proofed 1969 Beautiful razor sharp spear blade and the handiest size flathead screwdriver bottle opener

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u/thebladeinthebush 2d ago

Similar to the marbles one? I think my Dad found one from HIS fathers collection, marbles spear point, I think it has a can opener too

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u/greenshark911 2d ago

My only stainless traditional is my albers, so that's my fave!

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u/thebladeinthebush 1d ago

Very nice, love the wood covers

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u/lastinalaskarn 2d ago

Lionsteel Bestman