Battle of the secondary blades!!!

[InTheSticks]

Interesting that the clip is thought of as a great main but rare as a secondary. Most of my knives have clip main but don't think I have a single knife with a clip secondary.

I keep coming back to a stockman as a EDC chose Spey for my vote but use it and "bigger coping" (sheepsfoot) about the same amount.

 

[Hammer67]

Hard to beat the combo of a main blade with a little belly and a straight edge secondary, imo. :thumbup:

 

[pmew]

Call me old fashioned - pen

 

[black mamba]

This Queen made Robeson has both a California clip main and a shorter regular clip secondary. An interesting combo, thankfully it still has a good sheepfoot.

 

[Old Hunter]

I think a Schrade 93OT Wrangler is my idea of a perfect jack knife. A close second would be a Congress Jack with the Sheepfoot main and a pen secondary. OH

 

[pertinux]

"Other."

-- Honestly, I'd forgotten how much I appreciate having a screwdriver on my knife until the advent of the Radio Jacks. What's better than a single blade? A single blade and something other than a blade.

~ P.

 

[Nal0n]

Single blade is all I need ... as long as it is STRAIGHT ... as in Sheepsfoot, Lambsfoot or Wharcliffe!!!!1111eleveneleven

 

[thedaver8]

Yeah I agree with some others and prefer a wharncliffe, but if I had a second vote, it would definitely be a big sheepsfoot.

 

[Toddwalla]

I like the tradition and versatility of a slender pen blade secondary. Pair it with a clip main and your describing the bulk of my two bladed traditionals.

 

[Hammer67]

"Other."

-- Honestly, I'd forgotten how much I appreciate having a screwdriver on my knife until the advent of the Radio Jacks. What's better than a single blade? A single blade and something other than a blade.

~ P.

In light of having what should have been obvious to me pointed out by someone wiser, I need to change my vote. A blade, a screwdriver and a bottle opener? No contest.

 

[wazu013]

 

[arizonaranchman]

Strange to see Wharnie selected as a favorite secondary blade... I can only think of some trappers that have a wharnie as a secondary and that's a full-length blade in fact. Maybe there's a muscrat out there in that config (again full-length though).

I always think of secondary as smaller - like seen in jack knives, stockmans, pens, etc. Small wharnie secondaries I cant think of any off-hand at the moment. Now the concept of the wharnie as a secondary I def like, but in practice who produces them?

If I'd have guessed the outcome of this poll I'd have thought Pen or Coping would dominate peoples preferences.

Interesting!

 

[fot0]

Wharncliffe gets my vote! :thumbup:

 

[Pnwknifeguy]

I love stout little pen blades, not flimsy ones. I love the secondary blade on the Case Small Texas Jack. I like the idea of a secondary sheep's foot (ex. Victorinox Electrician) but I like it to be a little more spear pointed than that. Gives you a little bit of a penetrating tip to help open packaging (especially the plastic clam shell stuff) and I always like blades to have at least a little bit of belly to them.

 

[rockgolfer]

Wow, great participation

No matter how hard I try I leave some voting options out, my apologies.

These knives we call traditionals have been made from the get go to help folks out. In my opinion the use of a pocket knife has evolved with our environment/society/technology/etc.. The need for blade combos such as a clip and coping or spear and wharnie (just examples) are more highly sought after then clip and pen. Spear and pen. Drop point and pen. Clip and spey. These knives have been well covered, for decades and generations. I hope the makers are paying attention.

 

[Humppa]

I´m a fan of multibladed knives - and I really appreciate the benefits of a nice and simple penblade due to its belly and relativelly strong tip.

I haven´t tried a wharnie as a secondary - the knife is still on its way to my direction :grumpy: I can hardly wait to recieve the package.

 

[Jack Black]

Call me old fashioned - pen

+1. Yes, for me, it's hard to beat the traditional aesthetics of a pen with a Clip or Sheepsfoot/Lambsfoot primary, and it's a practical choice too.

 

[pertinux]

Interesting that the clip is thought of as a great main but rare as a secondary. Most of my knives have clip main but don't think I have a single knife with a clip secondary.

A clip secondary, with its scaled proportions and small size relative to the knife handle, is one of my favorite blades.

~ P.

 

[herisson]

If we're talking multi-blade, I'd say my choice is a blade with belly + a straight edge blade. The belly blade would be the main. As it is, I usually carry a clip, spear or leaf point single blade folder (in the 3 to 4" range) and a double (or single) blade small folder with various belly/straight combinations... Oh, the choices ! I use the small one most of the time because it rises no shrieks...

 

[Beard&Owl]

I voted Coping blade like on a stockman. This 79 really has to be my favorite of all the knives I own. They call it a coping blade but I find it to be very close to a mini sheepsfoot on this pattern in particular. Ahh semantics......