2015 Forum Knife - It's Never Too Early To Think About the Next Blade Forum Knife

Small fixed blade, maybe on the Nessmuk pattern, or something like the Camillus 1670 "Demo" knife with "modern" blade steels.
 
Me too! Yes please - I love single-spring knives :) This would be a superb Forum knife!

waynorth said:


A real favorite of mine!

Rarely made in modern times, a two-blade stockman. Economical and useful.
The secondary blade can also be a punch, or a caplifter/screwdriver, but traditionally would be a spey.

I have a soft spot for single-spring two-blades. They "pocket" well, and show off the cutlers' skills. Lots of bragging rights, as well as practicality, IMO.
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Schrade had that distinct bump in the spey blade. I would go for that in a single spring also. A masterpiece of a knife if there ever was one. That looooooooong swedge is magnificent.
 
I'll throw in another vote for the single spring two blade stockman, though I'd be happier with a sheepsfoot than a Spey, and bring back the match strike pull!
 
I'll go ahead and say that I don't care for blades sharing a spring at all. My biggest pet peeve on a folding knife is blade rub. A production knife with blades sharing a spring is going to have blade rub. Maybe not every knife, but enough as to put me off of buying one. Also, from a functional standpoint it's not very unique at all. There are plenty of patterns already being offered with a clip/spey combo. I think that there's 7 GEC patterns that are already available with that blade combination, though I could be off one way or the other. The Outlaw even gives you the option of having them at opposite ends, though they're on separate springs. If we were talking about a 4 inch knife with a 2.5" main blade and 1.5" secondary or whatever the measurements would have to be to not have overlap then I might be able to get behind that on a single spring. Again though, I'd prefer a different pair of blades.
 
waynorth said:
A real favorite of mine!

Rarely made in modern times, a two-blade stockman. Economical and useful.
The secondary blade can also be a punch, or a caplifter/screwdriver, but traditionally would be a spey.

I have a soft spot for single-spring two-blades. They "pocket" well, and show off the cutlers' skills. Lots of bragging rights, as well as practicality, IMO.
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Change the spey to a Sheepsfoot and you got my vote.
 
knarfeng said:
Change the spey to a Sheepsfoot and you got my vote.
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Yes!!!

I too have become rather fond of single spring two-bladed knives lately. I think a two-blade stockman with a clip and a sheepsfoot secondary would make a fantastic user knife.
 
I would much prefer a coping secondary blade instead of the sheepsfoot. Those are strictly detail blades for me, and I've always liked the thin narrow coping over the bulkier sheepsfoot.
Just my .02
 
slide13 said:
Yes!!!

I too have become rather fond of single spring two-bladed knives lately. I think a two-blade stockman with a clip and a sheepsfoot secondary would make a fantastic user knife.
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I'd even go for one like that if it was a two blades at one end combo. Either way is good.
 
The 79 sleeveboard two blade pattern is a single spring. A sheepsfoot on the big end and a caplifter on the little end would be somewhat like a Fremont Crownlifter.
 
Brisket said:
The 79 sleeveboard two blade pattern is a single spring. A sheepsfoot on the big end and a caplifter on the little end would be somewhat like a Fremont Crownlifter.
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:thumbup:
That's something I could get behind.
 
I like the half stockman idea too, would work on the GEC #81 frame nicely. The sheepsfoot option is nice, but I wonder if the blades would be as well nested as it would with the spey.
 
My guess is that in six months time, half the posters with opinions now won't be here, and of the rest at least half will want something else ;)
 
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