Does Your Knife Need a Lock? The Best Modern Slipjoints Available at KnifeCenter 2020

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If you crave the simplicity of a non-locking knife, we still love the classic Case Knives or Swiss Army Knives of the world, but if you want something more modern, we have you covered: kcoti.com/3lHc6wU
These knives feature advanced materials, greater safety, and even fidget-friendliness that those old-school knives can not hope to compete with. Find out why the contemporary slipjoint is just as relevant as ever with these great knives.
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Boker Plus Chad Los Banos Drop: kcoti.com/31LsmoW
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SOG Terminus Slipjoint: kcoti.com/2ESrTIs
Spartan Blades Nymph (discontinued, limited availability): kcoti.com/31SMyp3
Zero Tolerance 0230 and 0235: kcoti.com/34OKQ9Y
Boker Plus Kansei Matsuno Wasabi: kcoti.com/3bhca1A
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Liong Mah Designs Traveller: kcoti.com/3gNUlZe
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@aggyMI 3 года назад

Woohoo a video for us Brits!

@knifecenter 3 года назад

We got you bruv!

@davidsegovia2397 3 года назад

This man could sell me AIR

@RR9sf 2 года назад

Lays should hire him

@vf19blue 3 года назад

Usual high quality video, great work guys. That Lionsteel is gorgeous.

@charlescollier7217 3 года назад

The retractable pocket clip!!! I NEED this in my life!

@natek1993 3 года назад

Man, the Lionsteel Thrill and Best Man have got to be my favorite Slip Joints. Them dudes in Italy really know how to make a knife. Thanks David and Knide Center, such an awesome video.

@harleybronson843 2 года назад

Instablaster.

@robertmansell3667 3 года назад

Living in the UK the Spyderco has become my default edc it’s great 👏🙂

@OriginalOwner777 3 года назад

Try the viper dan2 in silver twill carbon fiber it puts the spyderco to shame.

@n0spam911 3 года назад

i got Manly Wasp CPM S90V

@simonh6371 Год назад

I opted for the Urban. Thicker blade stock, better blade steel, and a full backspring rather than half like on the UKPK. Also have a Wasp in S90V with an added thumbstud but the Urban is quicker and easier to open.

@davocc2405 Год назад

sorry for the late reply (2 year old thread) but do you think the ArtisanCutlery Small Archaeo Detent Lock Flipper (2nd last one) would be UKPC complaint? It seems to tick the boxes overall and looks the part.

@johnd48 3 года назад

Preach it David! Double detent is not slipjoint! Super different mechanisms and feels

@justingewaltig684 Год назад

Thanks for the clearify ! It's really important to know the difference, especially in Germany. Here are only two handed knives allowed, without a "solid standing" blade. In general, no flipper, thump point, holes, etc. nothing only this nailcurve.

@BladeWalker77 3 года назад

Thank you Mr. Andersen and Knife Center stuff. People used friction folders for centuries in every day real tasks. A slip joint, if used with respect, can serve well. I like the ZT and the Lionsteel, very nice the stop pin on the Artisan Cutlery knife. If You are interested, take a look on the Pattada, friction folder made in the Sardegna island, Italy. In the past people of this island used this knife for self defense without any lock, or guard!.

@ilhan5515 Год назад

Thanks for doing this for us UK people who can only have non-locking knives :)

@jeffbros293 3 года назад

wow some good choices,tough to pick one

@jessepalmateer8709 3 года назад

Really nice video on knives that I think should have a place in anyone's collection. I recently bought a Viper DAN2 that is absolutely terrific. Not likely for everyone though.

@ichmagholz5391 3 года назад

I only buy Slipjoints cause of the laws where i live. One-Hand Knifes only legal to carry if it doesn't lock. Thanks for the Video, helped me to decide!

@thui7889 3 года назад

I love that lion steel disappearing pocket clip! Sometimes I just drop the knife in my pocket without clipping it if I’m not wearing my fifth pocket jeans

@johnd48 3 года назад

Yes! This is the episode I wanted! I love nonlockers. But I don't like nail rippers. It's hard to tell the difference online

@Mike_Pedals 3 года назад

Only slipjoint i have is the Cold Steel Lucky One and it's great. it was $40 for full carbon fiber and S35VN.

@johnd48 3 года назад

You totally sold me on that Archaeo a few months ago. First knife that I've bought from Knifecenter. I added thumbstuds to it. So fidgety.

@jameswhoever3730 3 года назад

Got mine yesterday when they came in, (13AUG2020).

@toziassmitt 3 года назад

Which thumbstud did you add, and how ?

@laztoth3104 3 года назад

SOG terminus!!!!! BEAUTIFUL 🗡🗡🗡🗡

@hobosbite6580 3 года назад

Yesterday, microtech ludt's spring was broken. Now it's a slip joint with a bottom lock

@stellasknifeobsession 3 года назад

Honestly, I've been eyeballing that SOG. I've never been a fan up until the XR series. But, I love slip joints and I'm sold on that SOG!

@Xanduur 3 года назад

I have carried slipjoints for over 40 years and not once has one closed on me. Why? Because I would use a fixed blade for tasks that I would not want to use a slipjoint for.

@stratobungle 3 года назад

I have a Boker Jens Anso Cox Slim in N690BO w/Micarta scales, a gift from my favorite cousin in Germany - very stiff walk-n-talk on that one! But the knife that has had the most use out of anything I own is a Spyderco Kiwi 3 - the tiny all-stainless one. I can get away with carrying it into the most uptight locations (such as through metal detectors at the gov't office where I did IT work) and it's all you need for 95% of your day if you aren't being outdoorsy, or doing manual labor. Sure wish Spyderco would bring out an updated version as my blade is getting a bit thin! I had to laugh as I saw a NIB one being listed at $129... Out of what was shown I like the Boker Kansei Matsuno Wasabi, the Artisan Archeo, and the LionSteel Thrill.

@lornelorne5727 Год назад

You mentioned that the finger choil gives you added safety and that you "would feel very confident putting it into true heavy work". Personally I don't agree with this. I'm in the UK and can't carry locking knives, so I started out buying slip joints and made sure to get ones with finger choils as intuitively they seemed safer. But really they do almost nothing to keep the blade closed. There's very little leverage due to how close the finger choil is to the rotation point. Paradoxically, I actually feel safer and more "locked in" with friction folders like the Svord Peasant Mini, rather than slip joint knives. The reason being that friction folders like this have an extended tang that you can hold on with your entire hand, and this gives much greater leverage on the blade than a finger choil does. Holding the Svord Peasant Mini in my hand with pressure on the tang, it feels like a locking blade - I could possibly even baton with it! But a regular slip joint with a finger choil, no matter how hard I press on the choil, it doesn't take much force to close the blade down on my hand (and pinch that finger in the process)...

@mikeelek9713 2 года назад

I have a Viper DAN2 in the silver G-10. It's a very usable knife. I have a Boker Plus Bad Guy on the way, plus a few traditional slipjoints.

@user-vw4ic7tz1g 10 месяцев назад

Nice video! Slipjoints with a half stop typically have the backspring flush at that half stop position. Nothing particularly fancy about it :)

@laurahunt7511 3 года назад

I'm liking my Civivi Fracture,the price alone makes it a 5 star knife lol , all jokes aside, it is pretty darn cool 😎

@John..18 11 месяцев назад

Wow, that Lionsteel blows everything out of the water, 👍👍👍👍

@mfreeman313 2 года назад

I just ordered the Salt version of the Spyderco as the fishing knife of my dreams but it looks like a dandy EDC too.

@johnd48 3 года назад

The Walnut scaled Hinderer had me so close to buying. Just a bit more than I can afford right now

@masonrains5010 2 года назад

Did you get it yet?

@czenkusm Год назад

Yes they are, I prefer the Shark Lock over all but I love me some slipjoints

@dougdottery1284 2 года назад

Viper slip joints are the best

@tolga1cool 3 года назад

I wish Spyderco still made the PITS. That was one brilliant knife

@glenngoins3100 3 года назад

Good video but you know I'm a lock man from the early 60s . LOL. How ever, I do like the Spyderco!!

@tylerbarnes7628 3 года назад

For the last week my favorite has been the Civivi Fracture. Great blade profile and feels real nice in the hand. Just to bad it wasn't offered with better steel and micarta scales.

@johnd48 3 года назад

Agreed. Super nice knife. But yeah, micarta scales would be next level

@barrylevitt1170 3 года назад

I own the Spyderco UK penknife and the CTS-BD1N steel is my favorite because it seems to hold a edge close to S30V but strops up easily to a razor edge. Thiis is my most carried and used knife.

@jerseyknifeguy6382 3 года назад

Slippie time baby!!!!!!!

@Deibodese 2 года назад

Half of my knives are slip joints. I EDC every one of them, including a Scout Knife made in the 50’s. I’ve never once cut myself on any of them. Even without a half-stop, all of my slip joints have been plenty safe and secure. I think- though I could be wrong- that slip joints get a reputation for being unsafe largely because they are everyone’s first knife as a kid. Watch a kid do literally anything. They are utterly spastic, no matter how simple the task is. You and I were just as spastic when we were kids. Now that we’re adults, we have the mental and bodily coordination necessary to operate a slip joint successfully. I have even used the back end of my blade as a mild wedge/pry bar of sorts without any issues. I was doing janitorial work for my church, and any time I replaced toilet paper I’d have to pry the wetted-together end of the rolls loose because it was done very unprofessionally and could be a pain to get the roll started. Even if I put quite a bit of pressure on the back of the blade (I used the spine in order to avoid slicing up the TP) I never came close to cutting myself.

@Roland_4012 3 года назад

It is possible to flick the Spyderco UK PK closed as well. It does take a little training, though.

@crytpolane3449 3 года назад

I really like to thumb tang (straight razor tang) slipjoints. Why didn't KC get any of the Civivi Fractures? Unfortunately, I had to buy two of them somewhere else.

@stevenkelby2169 3 года назад

Good work, bear paws! 🍻

@levvy16 2 года назад

manly wasp is a great slipjoint folder, comes in s90v for great price and sub 3inches. g10 scales and deep carry. I put a thumb stud on mine for one hand opening but it is a bit awkward with the quarterstops

@simonh6371 Год назад

Same here, I have the S90V version and put a thumb stud, agree it's slow opening though so I prefer to carry my Spyderco Urban at work when I need to open packaging etc quickly. But I'd rate the Wasp over the Bokerplus XS, even the 14C28N version if you want something at a comparable price. Also it's made in Europe (just!) which is better than made in China. And all 3 blade steel choices - 12C27, 14C28N and S90V - are better than the Bokerplus's 440C.

@candicebeebe6688 3 года назад

Both of my boys have non locking knifes. 8 years old and 10. Nobody has folded the blade back on their fingers We hunt every day. ( birds/rabbits) . Capability of the operator.

@inregionecaecorum 3 года назад

Well they are only 8 and 10, you live long enough and it will happen, though to be honest the worst self inflicted knife injuries I have had do not come from a non locker, I had a very nasty accident with an opinel not long ago, nearly severed a tendon, so you can never be too careful.

@candicebeebe6688 3 года назад

@@inregionecaecorum Maybe you should stick to a fixed blade.

@gordon5382 3 года назад

Where do you live, I would like to be able to hunt every day

@Horusfour 3 года назад

No matter how careful, accidents happen sometimes..

@markarmstrong3394 3 года назад

Great video. But I have to have a lock because I'm not responsible enough lol

@MrGarwood420 8 месяцев назад

Think about making slipjoints, trying to gauge interest in my design. Multiple different blade styles and Handle materials with coffin shaped handles on the larger side?

@stevelewis7263 2 года назад

I'm surprised you didn't include the SOG Slipzilla, it's a great budget slipjoint

@JustGorilla 3 года назад

I have a bunch of non-locking knives that I really like- Lionsteel thrill and dom, proper, kizer pinch, but the real steel Luna is my current favorite.

@n0spam911 3 года назад

before even watching the video, yes non locking is definitely worth because that is bloody only EDC you can have in the UK

@hallonsylt6729 2 года назад

Probably the ONLY knife review channel where someone does NOT have to open and close the the folders at least 10 times a minute! Not that I need another knife but the Artisan is way too cool to walk bye, so I am heading over to the website to see if shiping over seas is an option! It should be .. * Edit: No orders under $ 200 can be shiped due to some EU laws .. So there you go .. No business been made today mate!

@czenkusm Год назад

It’s not worth their time to ship cheaper orders to the EU with their draconian laws that cost money to get through.

@rickydo888 2 года назад

How's about Medford GJ-1, is it a good slip joint lnife?

@gx12 2 года назад

You should review something from Laguiole.

@moosesoupforthesoul5675 3 года назад

Failing to include the Bestech Junzi seems a shocking oversight. The Junzi is surely one of the best modern oho slipjoints in production. Cheaper than the Hinderer and the Liong Mah, more fancy than the Boker XS and UKPK, stronger spring and better grind than the Zipslip; safer than the ZT. The spartan is ridiculous and the Terminus has terrible ergos up by the index finger. Just my opinion. Keep up the good work. Kind regards from the land of the slipping edc - the UK😒😎

@johnwest4492 3 года назад

Hi David C. And anyone who could answer this question, which is off topic Zach but can you swap scales on a lightweight knife say to put G-10 on the knife ?

@knifecenter 3 года назад

Depends on how complicated the existing handle is and how good you are with handwork.

@johnwest4492 3 года назад

Ok thanks

@nitrorc4life1 3 года назад

The zt IS a slip joint knife. A true example of a "modern" slip joint imo.

@Chrisso_ 3 года назад

I have got the Spydie UKPK with custom Micarta scales but switched to the Kizer titanium Zipslip. Reson was because the ziptie mod (cheap emmerson wave diy) broke the first set of scales on my Spyderco after like the 10th time pulling it out my pocket. As the Kizer is all Titanium, this cant happen again. The reason I have to go for a slipjoint is, that in Germany any folding knife is not allowed when it locks and can be opened one handed (applies to pretty much any folder). Thus you need a non locking blade if you want to go with a folder. Well.... until i saw this video I was sure the Kizer will be my edc for the next 10 years at least.... but this archeo is a must have :P

@Roland_4012 2 года назад

I do not like the blade shape of the ZT 0235, but find the sheepsfoot blade of the 0230 better.

@doubleoddbuck00 3 года назад

DCA: ArtisanCutlery Small Archaeo... Fidgety Me: I Concur

@inregionecaecorum 3 года назад

You dare to say the latest SAK is not the latest and the greatest, I demand satisfaction sir. I own a variety of knives, some legal EDC and some not, but of them all the most acceptable, useful and least threatening in this unfortunate age is an SAK, some of those other non lockers may be technically UK friendly but the rozzers are likely to look at them as more threatening.

@knifecenter 3 года назад

For the record, I almost never leave home without my trusty SAK at my side, an EvoGrip S18... which technically is locking but still, lol! -DCA

@ryanlawson9439 3 года назад

Benchmade's small friction knives are amazing

@robertwalsh7966 3 года назад

I wouldn't touch a knife unless it had a lock. However these are all very good knives once you are very careful.

@julian5857 3 года назад

I can only carry two handed, locking knives or one handed not locking knifes or two handed not locking knives... So this is cool

@simonh6371 Год назад

So you are in Germany I guess. Could be worse though you could be in the UK, no locking knives whatsoever.

@Horusfour 3 года назад

No Bestech Junzi, Viper Key, Manly Wasp?

@MarcusCan 3 года назад

Do you ship in Europe?

@knifecenter 3 года назад

Yes sir

@clintonlewis1261 3 года назад

I prefer a locking folding knife!

@lequsejones5384 2 года назад

amen

@OriginalOwner777 3 года назад

I am suprised you didn't include the viper dan 1 and 2 in this list. They are absolutely fantastic gentlemans folders and are between a friction and slipjoint. In fact features of some of the others where pioneered by viper for the dan series.

@-Fux 2 года назад

Could you make a Video about modern looking slipjoint? Like slipjoint that look like other "tactical/technical" knives. Most just look like a gentleman's knife, in a lot of countries it is forbidden by law to carry a "locking" knife

@simonh6371 Год назад

Weren't these all modern slipjoints??

@iwilleaturbabies 3 года назад

I got the Archaeo on Monday after preordering in early July and I gotta say I'm pretty disappointed for how much I paid. Sharpness out of the box was pretty meh but the worst part was the blade play; horizontal when deployed and both horizontal AND vertical when closed. Not worth the price, definitely not worth the wait imo.

@connorhastings596 3 года назад

I'm waiting on mine, do you think that issue could be solved by tightening the pivot ?

@iwilleaturbabies 3 года назад

@@connorhastings596 Not really, the side to side play is improved, but the up and down isn't. It's an issue with the detent I believe. On the plus side, all of these problems disappear when you put in the extra lock bar. I don't know if Artisan Cutlery needs to refine this design or if the double-detent design is inherently flawed in this way.

@48shadesofj 3 года назад

I get the whole slip joint thing ..i do. And that ZT is beautiful.....but there needs to be a balance. I'm not giving $200 for a blade with a nail nick. Go backwards on build...do the same on price manufacturers.

@leafywiggy4427 3 года назад

No Manly Wasp. Kinda strange

@TeddyRoooosevelt 3 года назад

MBK EWC is great if you can get one

@drbelli 2 года назад

my knife needs a "loco", ese...

@holeo94 3 года назад

Another front cool front flipper is the Monterey Bay EWC

@heathhelton7589 2 года назад

You just need to shape the pivot area of the knife blade, to match the area of the spring that is touching the blade pivot area. If they match, then you can move the blade without disrupting the spring. They add the little notch at the very tip of the spring to indent in, and hold the blade in place. That’s how Kizer and Mikey v were able to cheat out the parent on this “new innovation”, as you obviously and clearly pointed it out before that spyderco did do it years prior. Misleading patent

@MrPINKFL0YD Год назад

Our UK laws are crazy. Thugs dont use hobby knives but big kitchen in the UK

@mystproductions4099 Год назад

This guy looks like Seth Rogan and Patton Oswalt had a baby

@knifecenter Год назад

Don't talk about my daddies! -DCA

@mystproductions4099 Год назад

@@knifecenter haha you’ve bested me. Since you’re here can you help me get some new hardware for my Kershaw skyline? I just need the nuts that the frame/scale bolts screw into, I can find 3rd parts bolts for the frame and the blade bolt, spacer, washers, etc but not the tiny bolts.

@knifecenter Год назад

Couldn't say for sure, but best bet might be to contact Kershaw. They have a form you can fill out online for replacement parts. kershaw.kaiusa.com/warranty#tab-form-2

@mystproductions4099 Год назад

@@knifecenter yea unfortunately they just will provide voucher if it failed on them which it didn’t it was me but I’ll prob just by a used skyline to pull the hardware off of

@jasonanderson7020 2 года назад

not ones of those blades were a real spring slipjoint.

@JamesDC42 3 года назад

I'd take the Tern over the UKPK.

@tidge879 3 года назад

How come? I think the Urban is more my size, and the tern is closer to the Urban I guess.

@simonh6371 Год назад

@@tidge879 I have both the Tern and Urban. The UKPK only has a half backspring for whatever reason and apparently the detente on it is weak. The Urban has a stronger backspring (and better blade steel) than the Tern but I rate both of them highly, and they're both better than the UKPK.

@joshjorgensen1032 3 года назад

No benchmade proper?

@toziassmitt 3 года назад

Overpriced

@000neuro4 3 года назад

Yes; in my op; it needs a lock At least a liner lock.

@anthonyblend9917 2 месяца назад

The Artisan is top, but sold out. 😢

@nemo6686 3 года назад

How bad does a country have to be if a knife is legal providing it's more dangerous to the user than it needs to be?

@lequsejones5384 2 года назад

very well put!

@lequsejones5384 2 года назад

Slip joint knives have one use...staying on the right side of the law. Unless the country you are in prohibits locking knives, a locking knife will ALWAYS be safer and better!

@simonh6371 Год назад

Locking folding knives have only been around since the 1960s yet prior to then just about every man carried a penknife, without any problems.