Twisted Assisted Sheffield Slip Joint UK Legal

[@johndivit5869]

10 x 10 matey! Great to see British craftsmanship alive and well.

[@MichaelB2L]

This is cool! Awesome to see a new knife designed and made all in the UK. That price is mad! Fair play to all involved for keeping the price down. I’ll definitely be checking it out, it is pretty much the kind of knife I’m looking for, ticks a lot of boxes. Cheers for sharing buddy! 👍🏻

[@lesallison9047]

That really is a lovely looking quality knife. Well done Sheffield 👌

[@johnwhite.762]

Dear Professor, thank you for a big shout out for Sheffield and its steel workers. When I used to travel up the A1 from Englandshire to Sconny Bottland to visit my old muther, we used to stop over for a cup of tea and slice of cake at Stan and Rosemary Shaw at Kellem Island in Sheffield. As you will know he was the last of the Sheffield Little Mesters and we used to order one of his knives, every time we passed. Lambsfoot blades, Wharncliffe Whittlers, worked back blades and springs all hand made with wood, horn or abalone handles, brass or nickel bolsters. Stan had several Royal Warrants and a huge waiting list; having made knives for the Queen and visiting heads of state. He took a bit of a shine to me and my missus and always found the time for us and to make another knife, which seemed to jump a long queue of other customers in the USA. Stan would post the knives to me, and only asked for payment if the work was up to standard. Which it was and payment in cash and one penny (the coin for patronage to the Queen's realm) was then posted up to him. Stan was working away well into his 90's from 2012 onwards. Sadly Stan succumbed to COVID and a year or two back, we got a call from Rosemary letting us know he had gone to that great workshop in the sky. No doubt he's up there standing by his workbench sharpening the Arch Angel's cutlery. Its great to see that Twisted Assisted have taken up Stan's mantle and are producing great knives from Sheffield. And thank you Professor P for a great review and letting us know that the tradition of Sheffield Cutlery is in good hands.

[@motaman8074]

That's a beauty. Congrats on the new job.

[@scipio7837]

Have my father's double sheared Sheffield skinning butcher knife. It was old when he got it here when he came to Canada and we used it for years to butcher hogs and beef. It's well over a 100++++ by now, but the stamp is relatively legible. Wish I could post a pic for you.

[@onemanhisdub1969]

Just ordered one of these. Arriving tomorrow and really looking forward to it. All the best David.

[@thatgearguy]

You will enjoy it I think!

[@onemanhisdub1969]

@@thatgearguy I'm sure I will. Looks perfect for work.

[@Mat-kr1nf]

Just bought one after checking out your review. I bought a similar sheepsfoot from A. wright which was very nice but sadly lost it. I bought a replacement but it was very different QC, there was hardly any snap to it and the grinds weren’t great. I’m hoping this will be a worthy replacement. I do like a traditional type knife with a sheep’s foot blade!😁

[@Mat-kr1nf]

Update. Sadly, it was let down by the unevenness of its grind, one side was fine, but the other looks terrible, the middle of the grind is too deep with the beginning and end being shallow, so it’s like a frown on the blade. Very disappointing as everything else about the knife is excellent, I don’t know how it got through QC with that though. The spring is really strong, no danger of it closing accidentally on you. The blade is perfectly centred. The handle slabs are lovely and the bolsters are perfectly formed. I’m not sending it back, only because Heinnie have sold out of the lighter coloured brown micarta, which I particularly like, I’m just going to put a new edge on myself, only I may do it in stages as and when it needs sharpening- as to me, it’s proportionally quite a narrow blade as it is, almost too narrow- it looks like a knife that has already had some use over the years and so has “thinned out”. Having said all that, once I’ve got over the edge issue, it’s destined to be a firm favourite, it is, overall, a very nice looking traditional little folder, which is very much my type of knife.😁

[@Si74l0rd]

Thanks for the review, looks like a robust piece for that price point. As goes the quality of Sheffield steel, I've got an airman's backup sheath knife from the early 1940's, with a 5" blade and slight clip point, with a stacked leather washer handle and aluminium pommel, and it's still going strong 80+ years later, and holds an unreasonably good edge. It's a little hard to field sharpen with a river rock, but that's the trade off, and a tickle with a diamond stone sets it right again in no time. I believe it's the old formulation W1 steel that you can't get hold of these days, but we have modern supersteels to offset that, if your wallet can stand it! The beauty of Sheffield steel historically was in the quality of function at an everyman price point. Nice to see that come back. It's a very British looking knife with the wide handle and sheepsfoot. I've definitely got my eye on the burlap micarta one.

[@jondv5278]

looks like an early birthday prezzie for me next year, very nice looking pocket knife

[@stephenremington8448]

That's really nice, it looks quality as soon as you see it. My preferred sort of look too, the more an edc looks like a weapon, the less I like it. Great price!

[@1111undici1111]

I need to get one!

[@tonywatson1412]

Britain had a skill set...the envy of the world....now 😢

[@SonofChurchill]

Good to see you, Congrats on new Job. My Nan's cutlery was Sheffield Steel no > thin < Knife & Fork. That Knife would be nice if came on different woods still nice looking knife.

[@ed.barker7069]

These knives are made by Arthur Wright and Sons. They are available from their website with Ebony, Oak or an undisclosed Wood covers. Moonraker Knives also have them in stock with Spalted Beech covers.

[@Moontrak]

Can you lube it smoother? Not young anymore😊 thx for review.

[@thatgearguy]

@@Moontrak it gets smoother over time ;)

[@ZEBULON181]

Is that considered a Barlow? Nice knife.

[@thatgearguy]

Not sure!

[@jamiebixby6782]

I’ve got to be honest, I’ve bought a few knives from various Sheffield makers over the last few years and the fit and finish on almost all of them has been left wanting. The one you have in your hands looks to me like it’s been made in collaboration with Taylors. While as an Englishman, I would dearly love to see the re-emergence of Sheffield as a knife centre. I can see the misalignment and the gaps in the one you have on this video. I know Sheffield knives are handmade, to a large extent, but I just feel that the quality and workmanship could be better.,that’s not to say that these items are not worth the money. I regularly use all of the ones that I have bought from Sheffield and they more than handle the jobs I give them and I have to say they do so with a no nonsense feel. They are brilliant tools, and there for me I think it’s the distinction between Sheffield knives and imported knives. A well crafted imported knife could look good in anybody’s collection if that’s what you want to do with it, and If you’re like me and you want it to work then you’re really not bothered about the fit and finish, but if you want to make it in the knife market, then you have to address these issues to attract the kind of people that are bothered by that.

[@thatgearguy]

I agree to a certain point. I do think traditional Sheffield made knives lack some of the finesse that people attribute to knives now. However most of these so called quality traits do not necessarily mean that knife will be a robust workhorse. Plenty of knives with perfect alignment and shitty blade steel and hardening. I think if you wanted pefection in both areas from Sheffield it would be a knife costing 3 or 4 times the price. The people that buy this knife will likely appreciate the hand assembled charm. They will also appreciate it no nonsense robustness.

[@jamiebixby6782]

@@thatgearguy I think that’s basically what I said, but if Sheffield is to re-emerge again as a canter of excellence in regards to knives, then it needs to produce excellent quality items. Personally I’m quite happy with Sheffield remaining a niche market for quality tools at a reasonable price that we can all depend on.

[@Si74l0rd]

​@@jamiebixby6782I'd far rather it remain an everyman centre of knife excellence. As long as it's comfortable, holds an edge reasonably well and has decent blade geometry, I don't need sintered supersteels or micrometer precision. If it can make a feather stick, cut some para cord and not go blunt if I have to cut up a bunch of cardboard, then I'm a happy man for fifty quid. I've had more expensive knives that couldn't do it all, so if they maintain the level of quality of this example, then I suspect word will get around and tradies and bushcrafters will snap them up. Bonus that it's UK legal carry, though it would only ever be a backup knife for me in the woods anyway.

[@Sir-Bobby-Brown]

Made by Arther Wright and son

[@roakey8167]

There is more strength in this uk legal knife than an illegal carry badly designed button lock.