Buck Yaughtsman

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A few days ago I asked about a decent rigging knife.Someone ansewered
that the best they had seen was the Buck Yaughtsman which is no longer being made.Does Buck have any plans to reintroduce the folding knife with a marlin spike , the Yaughtsman ?
 
Great info thanks . Glad you could make out what I was asking despite the 'orrible spellin' .
 
Wasn't that discontinued model from Buck initially OEMed at Camillus?
BTW, Marlinspike knives with Sheepsfoot blades are synonymous with the British MOD's Sheffield made models, which dulls rather fast. I suppose a marine environment means less carbon on such knives.
Yes, the last time I actually looked at Marlinspike knives was quite a while back when Meyerco came out with a novel range. Maybe it's time for another...
 
I have two Buck Yachtsman. They are cool but if I was going to splice the main stay I would be sure to look at one of these. http://www.grohmannknives.com/pages/r3s.html. Not really much bigger than the Buck and you get a proper marlin spike with a nice big eye to repair nets along with a very sturdy utility knife (used by the Canadian Armed Forces as a utility knife).
 
chickentrax said:
I just figured you were from Massachusetts... :)
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Trax...
You are too funny. LOL.
I'm still grinning over that one :D
Go Wed Sox!!!


I had one of those marlin spiked Bucks. AWOL now. Could never figure out the metal clippy thing at the end of it though.
 
I am sure they have rope in Wyoming. If you want to put a loop on the end of any rope a marlin spike is what you need. Maybe he is making a lasso.
 
Well, I learned one new thing today, and here I thought the sole purpose of a "knife" was for cutting (or, in a pinch, as a screwdriver or pry bar, which as I learned the hard way back in my youth, it is obviously not). So, being neither a sailor nor a rope person, can anyone explain how the yachtsman is used in this manner??
 
Gosh, I thought the spike was just for getting knots loose.....sounds like it's used for making loops but I don't know the specifics.

(And here.....I wuz in the Navy!)

Never got to be a deck hand, but I should remember something from boot camp.....no, wait a minute......I can't remember what I had fer breakfast.

Never mind.
 
You know how a rope is a bunch of twisted strands? You use the marlin spike to spread the twists apart so you can weave the end back into the rope to form a loop. You use the spike to spread the strands and to push the ends back in. You can also use a spike to splice two ropes together. A skilled hand can splice a thin rope into a thicker one and make it virtually seamless.
 
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