I have a small stockman knife and really use the clip and sheepsfoot blades. I don't use the pen blade much. I also like slim knives. Do you know of any knives with a clip blade opposite a sheepsfoot on a single spring? Preferred overall length around 3". Thanks!
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Clip/Sheepsfoot bladed knife
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Buck has a clip and coping on a single spring, but it's under 2.75" closed. I wish they'd scale that up a bit. They also made a sheepsfoot canoe, but in a limited and fabulously expensive run, I believe.
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That is an uncommon configuration and mostly a recent tweak of traditional patterns. It was part of the reason for the 2015 forum knife. The forum knife was around 4" though.
Around 3" could be a very small knife or average size knife. There was a small run of GEC 33 conductors with clip and coping blades for Collector Knives.
The Buck Lancer is slightly less than 3" and it has clip and coping blades. But it has 2 springs instead of 1.
There are a few 2-blade knives from GEC that don't fit all of your requirements but might be worth looking at... like the GEC 79 Workhorse and the GEC/Northwoods Presidential.
Around 3" could be a very small knife or average size knife. There was a small run of GEC 33 conductors with clip and coping blades for Collector Knives.
The Buck Lancer is slightly less than 3" and it has clip and coping blades. But it has 2 springs instead of 1.
There are a few 2-blade knives from GEC that don't fit all of your requirements but might be worth looking at... like the GEC 79 Workhorse and the GEC/Northwoods Presidential.
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My favorite blade combo, too. The 2015 Traditional BladeForums knife was a Canal Street Cutlery single spring serpentine that has this blade combo, but it is nearly, if not, 4" long closed.
Another option is to find a knife you like with a spear or pen blade and modify it. Here's a before/after shot of one I did recently, a GEC #66 Bullwinkle J. Moose (2 spring though, but a nice easy 2 spring), turning the spearpoint blade into a sheepsfoot.
Same thing can be done to turn pens to comings, I don't have an example but I'm pretty sure BigBiscuit or blackmamba have done at least one of those, and MCar may have one too.
Another option is to find a knife you like with a spear or pen blade and modify it. Here's a before/after shot of one I did recently, a GEC #66 Bullwinkle J. Moose (2 spring though, but a nice easy 2 spring), turning the spearpoint blade into a sheepsfoot.
Same thing can be done to turn pens to comings, I don't have an example but I'm pretty sure BigBiscuit or blackmamba have done at least one of those, and MCar may have one too.
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Also check the Case Bose Collaboration Norfolk knife.
Good stuff. I would buy an 893 if I came across one. Thanks for sharing this.
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They are nice knives but the Schrades are all 2-spring jacks. They won't be as slim as single spring. There are similar 2-spring knives from Boker and Buck. They are around 4" closed. The Boker has olivewood covers and 440C steel. The Buck was made in China and sold in tins with another knife as a Christmas special set last year. It has 420 blades and cherrywood covers.
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The Buck canoe was at least partly (mostly?) a special run for A.G. Russell. It's a very cool knife but it has 2-springs.
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I like two bladed jacks. The ones my familiar with are the clip /pen two spring versions . I've often thought that a Sheepsfoot would be a better choice for the secondary . I bought this up to a fellow knife collector / dealer and this response was that a third blade wouldn't add much more weight. I couldn't argue with his logic .
in on this. My 93ot = 1.9 oz. and 897uh = 1.9 oz. The delryn on the Old Timer must add the same amount of weight as the extra coping blade on the staglon Uncle Henry.
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The OP seemed to be looking for slim.
"I also like slim knives. Do you know of any knives with a clip blade opposite a sheepsfoot on a single spring?"
"I also like slim knives. Do you know of any knives with a clip blade opposite a sheepsfoot on a single spring?"
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I think the GEC 33 special run for Collector Knives is a good match but you will need to do some searching to find one on the 2ndary market.
Similar to what traumkommode described, you could modify a single spring knife (instead of a 2-spring). There are lots of pen knives with clip and pen blades. The curved tip of the pen blade could be cut off to make a straight edge coping or sheepfoot or Wharncliffe blade. Some of the pen blades on antique knives have been accidentally turned into straight edge blades by excessive sharpening.
Similar to what traumkommode described, you could modify a single spring knife (instead of a 2-spring). There are lots of pen knives with clip and pen blades. The curved tip of the pen blade could be cut off to make a straight edge coping or sheepfoot or Wharncliffe blade. Some of the pen blades on antique knives have been accidentally turned into straight edge blades by excessive sharpening.
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A different take from your target knife, here's a Jackknife with two springs, the Schrade 93OT Wrangler. Same frame as the Schrade Medium Stockman 897UH, but with a straight (non-krincked) Sheepfoot blade on it's own spring. A bit of an unusual pattern, but the perfect pocketknife from my perspective - got the right two blades and no more! OH
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I like stock knives because of that blade combination.
For 2-blade jacks, I like both single and double-ends. But the double-end is particularly special. Most of the others just have unused space in the well where there would normally be a third blade. The double-end jack makes full use of the space inside the well and is a slimmer knife. For a single end jack, I prefer a smaller knife 3" to 3.5" with two full length blades like a "Carpenter's Knife". At 3.5" and smaller, the sheepfoot blade is still short enough for good control when starting a cut in the middle of something. Full length clip and sheepfoot blades would be a great combo for a GEC 14 LC/TC Barlow.
I had lobbied for a clip/sheepfoot single-spring forum knife for several years before the 2015. I lost in the final voting. I think that was back in 2011...or maybe 2012. The 2015 forum knife wasn't exactly what I had proposed (I wanted a sowbelly) but they are similar.
I wanted this knife but with a sheepfoot in place of the spey blade.
no unused space inside the well.
For 2-blade jacks, I like both single and double-ends. But the double-end is particularly special. Most of the others just have unused space in the well where there would normally be a third blade. The double-end jack makes full use of the space inside the well and is a slimmer knife. For a single end jack, I prefer a smaller knife 3" to 3.5" with two full length blades like a "Carpenter's Knife". At 3.5" and smaller, the sheepfoot blade is still short enough for good control when starting a cut in the middle of something. Full length clip and sheepfoot blades would be a great combo for a GEC 14 LC/TC Barlow.
I had lobbied for a clip/sheepfoot single-spring forum knife for several years before the 2015. I lost in the final voting. I think that was back in 2011...or maybe 2012. The 2015 forum knife wasn't exactly what I had proposed (I wanted a sowbelly) but they are similar.
I wanted this knife but with a sheepfoot in place of the spey blade.
no unused space inside the well.
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RR's Improved Muskrat has a long sheepsfoot opposite a Turkish clip. It is 4" closed with two springs, but I think of it as very slim and unobtrusive in the pocket. It always surprises me to realize how long it is.
