Clip and spey

I'm of the opinion that the spey is highly undervalued. I use it for sharpening pencils, precision cutting, peeling oranges with my daughter and just about anything else that comes along. That's not to say that the other blades don't get used, but I tend to gravitate towards that spey first. I do think that it presents itself as more user friendly from the aspect of being a precision blade without the worry of a sharp tip.

Chuck
 
On my Trapper I use the spey blade mostly for food; onions and meat in particular. On my Buck Stockman knives I use it as a beater blade; it's so thick I do things with it that I wouldn't want my other blades to do. It is sharpened at a much steeper angle; not as sharp as the clip and sheepsfoot blades, but a nice tough edge.
 
thawk said:
Interesting, would you mind sharing your spey blade uses? So many folks don't use one much I like hearing of how it is used. Thanks.
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Somewhere in my teens the spey blade became my first choice over the clip blade.
It may have started from breaking tips on clip blades.
Heavy Duty cutting, from tar paper, sheet metal patterns made from cardboard, cutting engine gaskets, engine hoses is where the spey shined over the other blades.
Utility is another, such as lifting washers and gaskets stuck to engines, fasteners, banjo bolt washers etc., surface cleaning etc.
Opening cardboard boxes, and everything seemed to be stapled and have asphalt fiberglass box tape back in the day and the spey would pry staples out of boxes all day without breaking the tip off.

Maybe it's from being out where you work with what you have or not having the resources for right tool for the right job, I don't know.
Somedays to get a job done, you have to work with what you have around you.
 
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