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Slipjoint progression
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:15 pm
by Sequimite
I bought an $8 Kabar Barlow knife in 1970.
Late last year I dropped $80 on a Great Eastern Cutlery Whittler.
I just spent $160 on this 4 1/4" custom with stabilized whalebone scales: (and I'm done with slippies for a while)
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:18 pm
by BigBill5953
Good looking slip-joint
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:16 pm
by NYRich
Sequimite wrote:I bought an $8 Kabar Barlow knife in 1970.
Late last year I dropped $80 on a Great Eastern Cutlery Whittler.
I just spent $160 on this 4 1/4" custom with stabilized whalebone scales: (and I'm done with slippies for a while)
Not a bad price at all for a custom slipjoint. It's easy to spend a lot more than that on a Case once you get into the pricier scale materials.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:32 pm
by Sequimite
Statistically, it looks like I'm wrong about being done with slippies for a while.
I graphed my three slipjoint purchases and, using least square regression analysis, the resulting curve predicts that by 2017 I will own over a million traditional slippies and will have spent the equivalent of the annual GDP of Fiji.
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:01 pm
by Diamondback
Congratulations !.....VERY handsome slippie. That custom will make for some nice pocket time on special ocassions. Enjoy !
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:56 pm
by Evil D
Sequimite wrote:Statistically, it looks like I'm wrong about being done with slippies for a while.
I graphed my three slipjoint purchases and, using least square regression analysis, the resulting curve predicts that by 2017 I will own over a million traditional slippies and will have spent the equivalent of the annual GDP of Fiji.
You just explained why inflation is a total BS lie.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:44 am
by MarcusH
Very nice slipjoint!
Just for fun a pic of a classical french slipjoint, the Le Campagnon by Chambriard
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:48 am
by Sequimite
MarcusH wrote:Very nice slipjoint!
Just for fun a pic of a classical french slipjoint, the Le Campagnon by Chambriard
Fabulous knife. It's very dangerous watching Stefan's reviews. That's how I ended up with my GEC.
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 1:07 pm
by MarcusH
Sequimite wrote:It's very dangerous watching Stefan's reviews. That's how I ended up with my GEC.
Very true, indeed. :D Here's another fine review by MrDagon007:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip60zHN5 ... CqRPYIY%3D
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:39 am
by Ken44
Great looking knife!
Nothing cuts like those thin bladed traditional slipjoints!