3 blade slip joint question

That Cattle knife and the Gent's pattern are really something, so is the catalogue.
Apart from CASE's Humpback Stockman, I don't know of a contemporary 3 blade with Spear master.
 
Coyote3855 said:
I don't think you can trim a hoof with a pocket knife. I'd say the long blade for general use. The Spey blade for castrating bull calves. The sheepsfoot is great for cutting leather.
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Good point. I was thinking sheep hooves, but I guess the blade shape is named after its resemblance to a sheep's foot, rather than being named for the task for which is was designed.

Frosty
 
Here's a quote from a Wiki article on blades. The quoted text in that article was apparently sourced from a 1990 article, "Two traditional designs", in Blade Magazine, by Mac Overton:

(from Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade#Knife_blade_profiles_.28Patterns.29 )
"A sheepsfoot blade has a straight edge and a straight dull back that curves towards the edge at the end. It gives the most control, because the dull back edge is made to be held by fingers. Sheepsfoot blades were originally made to trim the hooves of sheep. Their shape bears no similarity to the foot of a sheep."
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For the traditional spey blade I lean towards the pen. But that is just preference.

I think the different descriptions for the sheeps foot could just be geography? A person in the south east US may have different use for it than in Colorado.
 
It gives the most control, because the dull back edge is made to be held by fingers. Sheepsfoot blades were originally made to trim the hooves of sheep. Their shape bears no similarity to the foot of a sheep."
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I dunno. Somehow the thought of a "stockman" knife, which is directly derived from the "cattleman's" knife, having a blade made for "sheep" seems to be an oxymoron. Although Lord knows there a multitude of uses for a sheepsfoot blade.
 
chevy_racin said:
For the traditional spey blade I lean towards the pen. But that is just preference.

I think the different descriptions for the sheeps foot could just be geography? A person in the south east US may have different use for it than in Colorado.
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knarfeng said:
I dunno. Somehow the thought of a "stockman" knife, which is directly derived from the "cattleman's" knife, having a blade made for "sheep" seems to be an oxymoron. Although Lord knows there a multitude of uses for a sheepsfoot blade.
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:D
I guess that's where the 'geography' plays into it. I assume 'stockman' refers to 'livestock' (generally), but my mind also quickly associates cattle to the term. I was in Idaho for a while, during my time in the military, and sheep ranching was the name of the 'livestock' game up there. I'm sure it'd be different in Texas or maybe Colorado, where I assume it's a lot more about cattle.
 
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