2019 GEC 29 Humpback/Stockyard Whittler Thread

[JW225]

 

[r8shell]

One of my favorites.

 

[Johnnythefox]

One of my favorites.

I love a user.

Stupid question Whittler is just a name,I can use it for anything?

 

[r8shell]

I love a user.

Stupid question Whittler is just a name,I can use it for anything?

Absolutely!

 

[JW225]

Levine's 4th Edition suggests that the 29 pattern is actually a Three-Spring Cattle Knife: "An uncommon version of the cattle knife is the three-spring, with a separate spring for each blade. Most of these are swell-center serpentine 'eurekas.' Three-spring cattle knives, especially junior-sized ones, are sometimes mis-named as 'three-spring whittlers,’ a contradiction in terms." (Levine defines "Whittler" as a three-blade pen knife with a large blade in one end, and two small cutting blades in the other end -- and having two springs).

One of the examples of a Three-Spring Cattle Knife provided by Levine is a swell-center serpentine with a punch:

For comparison: a standard 29 next to the Maher & Grosh version, and below, a Black Box Winchester 3904:

 

[echoscout]

Levine's 4th Edition suggests that the 29 pattern is actually a Three-Spring Cattle Knife: "An uncommon version of the cattle knife is the three-spring, with a separate spring for each blade. Most of these are swell-center serpentine 'eurekas.' Three-spring cattle knives, especially junior-sized ones, are sometimes mis-named as 'three-spring whittlers," a contradiction in terms." (Levine defines "Whittler" as a three-blade pen knife with a large blade in one end, and two small cutting blades in the other end -- and having two springs).

One of the examples of a Three-Spring Cattle Knife provided by Levine is a swell-center serpentine with a punch:

For comparison: a standard 29 next to the Maher & Grosh version, and below, a Winchester 3904:

Nice knives!

 

[echoscout]

Henry Sears and a GEC

 

[JW225]

Nice knives!

Thanks, David. Nice Henry Sears example!

 

[tongueriver]

Here is my only one.

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[Johnnythefox]

Mine arrived today only 2 weeks to travel 70 miles.















closest gas station to me right now

 

[Oldy]

my first osange wood but scratched the awl a bit using it to dig out weeds in the yard,be my perfect yard knife if it had a hole for lanyard .

 

[Johnnythefox]

To show you how far back this handle pattern goes, here is a page from the 1886 HSB catalog showing a couple three bladed versions of it:

And pages from the 1902 George Worthington catalog with two and three blade versons:

Thanks for posting these,great info.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I hope I recall correctly that it's alright to post links to my YouTube reviews. Here is my video on my acrylic #29:

I like your reviews, you have a good voice unlike my drone...

 

[Jacques Mi]

Here is my only one.

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Maaan, I let one of these slip. I don't know what I was thinking..

 

[Jiki]

NOS at the rendezvous. Not going to pass on stag twice.

 

[mckgreg]

In my opinion, this knife would be perfect for constant use. Great blade config and perfect size for the pocket. Wouldn't be a safe queen for me.
Greg

 

[JW225]

In my opinion, this knife would be perfect for constant use. Great blade config and perfect size for the pocket. Wouldn't be a safe queen for me.
Greg

Couldn’t agree with you more, Greg. In many ways, I think the 29 is just about the ideal pocket knife.