Favored blade

[knarfeng]

I'd have to say... a clip blade and a wharncliffe. The wharncliffe
trapper is about the best EDC hands down...imho

Jason

I like Wharncliffe trappers a lot.
But I also like the stockman jack.
I actually prefer a sheepsfoot to a Wharncliffe. A short robust blade of that configuration is outstanding for cutting into the ubiquitous bubble packs one finds everything packaged in today.

Y'all are in trouble now. Found the camera which had been buried for so many months.

 

[bakerg2g]

Frank, that is a nice blade combo on that Boker... I can see
why you like it....

Jason

 

[zippofan]

Clip and wharncliffe are my favorites, then sheepsfoot and spear. I'd love to try a Lambsfoot one of these days too, sort of an in-between wharncliffe/sheepsfoot.

 

[Robert Carter]

I use the clip point most. Nothing like the wharncliff to tackle some cardboard boxes on groc. Day

 

[uchinanchukg]

I like Clip and Spear/Pen.

Clip main and small pen combo works the best for me.

KG

 

[rockgolfer]

Without a doubt the sheepsfoot is my most used and favorite blade shape. But I dont like it as a full sized blade. I prefer it in the shorter second blade of a stock knife configuration. My second most used would be a clip/drop point main blade to cut food or rope, whatever I need a longer cutting edge for but has a fine tip to pierce things if needed. Actually since getting over/finding a lower riding sheepsfoot stockman I have to say that I am even liking the little spey blade for a bunch of tasks. I would rather see it as a kind of tanto/chisel tip but maybe I can have one of those made sometime down the road.

 

[Peter Parker]

Spear and drop point are tied for first followed by a clip point.

 

[JAlexander]

Anything but a wharncliff, for me.

 

[akadave2]

I like what is called the California Clip a little more than the standard clip. That has more utility for me.

 

[dalee100]

Hi,

Yeah, I like the California and Turkish clips too. Makes for a nice slender profile. A blade shape that I have found myself using more and more is a coping blade. Don't know why, but I find the more angular tip better than the sheep's foot.

Dale

 

[black mamba]

Here is a slender clip for you. Interesting stout clip for the third blade instead of a spey.
Queen made (2007) Robeson MasterCraft 4" stockman in hunter green bone.
Nice jigging, perfect size, stainless steel and NO half-stops. Very useful EDC.

 

[markpmc]

Jeff - nice useful blade combo on that one.

 

[ConBon]

Here is a slender clip for you. Interesting stout clip for the third blade instead of a spey.
Queen made (2007) Robeson MasterCraft 4" stockman in hunter green bone.
Nice jigging, perfect size, stainless steel and NO half-stops. Very useful EDC.

Wow, I think that might be my perfect EDC. :thumbup::thumbup:

I like sheepsfoot blades for everything, but sometimes you need a longer and slender blade or a point, so a California Clip is my second favorite.

Connor

 

[Rick]

The Wharncliffe is definitely at the top of my list, both aesthetically and as a day-to-day user, but I don't care for them in a conventionally curved frame like the Trapper or Curved Jack. There's too much blade hanging out of the handle in the closed position for my tastes with those patterns, especially in a multi-blade arrangement, where you're stuck with the (IMO) poor ergonomics of a large, thin, hot-spot-prone blade spine under your fingers.

Conversely, the Swayback and Congress, along with the Rodgers' tapered serpentine (e.g., the Seahorse or GEC #57) and Norfolk frames swallow-up the bulk of those protruding spines to provide improved grip ergos and a much slimmer profile in the pocket. Come to think of it, I don't recall ever seeing a "Wharncliffe Trapper" from the so-called Golden Age. They seem to be a recent *ahem* "innovation."

 

[Will Power]

Very much agree with you Rick on the need for a Wharncliffe to be sleek in the handle, been very pleased with my recent GEC 57 Half Whitt. A decent sized Wharncliffe and single-spring! Not heard anybody else talking about this pattern yet, surprises me.

Fact is, I favour all blades really! But, broad Spear is one I certainly like for food prep.

 

[dalee100]

Hi,

Now that's what I'm talking about Jeff! She's a beauty! That long thin blade is pure sexy and oh so useful. Thanks for the photo!

Dale

 

[TLARbb]

Here is a slender clip for you. Interesting stout clip for the third blade instead of a spey.
Queen made (2007) Robeson MasterCraft 4" stockman in hunter green bone.
Nice jigging, perfect size, stainless steel and NO half-stops. Very useful EDC.

You think maybe you could bring yourself to do a pile side shot with all blades closed? I think that's a great looking stockman.

I like this particular knife all out of proportion to how often I carry it; I can't stand the thought of something untoward happening to it. I sure would like to see this as a regular production pattern/configuration.

Ed J

 

[black mamba]

Ed J, here you go. Just taken in response to your post, so forgive the indoor, late night lighting.

Nearly sunk joints, this one rides beautiful in the pocket and slender with any blade open.

 

[Bob W]

Spear point. :thumbup:

In my desk drawer is a wharncliffe-bladed anchor knife by Messer. It's the only knife that actually makes me angry when I have to use it, on account of the blade shape.

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

Blade choices:

1) Wharncliffe
2)Wharncliffe
3)Wharncliffe
4)Full bellied Clip
5)Spey

If funds had been different this year I think I would have really enjoyed the Wharncliffe/Clip trapper of this years forum knife. Perhaps somewhere in the future if it was meant to be. Although the idea of a gunstock Wharncliffe/clip combo has been playing around in my head for a while.