Forum Knife # of Blades Poll

[K-Lastima]

One-blade please.

If you need another blade, you really need another knife.

:tickled_pink:

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Two blade, wharncliff and spearpoint. Match stick pulls on both (Opposing sides).

Not the popular config. but I like this. 3 1/2" - 3 5/8" long close.
And nicely swedged
Mike

 

[waynorth]

These are the blades I usually expect to see in a WT, below. I've carried that knife for a long time, and they are the perfect two blade pocketknife combination IMO.
They also seem to be the established standard, as mentioned previously in this and other threads.

 

[2Dead]

Wharncliffe Trapper
3 1/2" - 3 7/8"
2 blades - Muskrat clip in front of a Wharncliffe blade (Ie standard wharncliffe trapper config)
Barehead with Federal shield works for me.

Ditto. Great idea!!

Seriously, I feel the same way as Jake regarding the Fruitport and #72

To be honest, I wouldn't be particularly interested in a single blade, especially since they are already available from GEC, i.e. Fruitport Wharncliffe and a #72 Scout Wharncliffe.

As a sidenote, I'd like the wharncliffe blade to be shorter than the clip/muskrat, for precision cuts. Should the wharncliffe be considered the main blade, then I'd like a smaller pen/clip secondary blade.

My Alsdorf WT has a shorter wharncliffe blade which allows it to sit as low as the clip blade. Doing this means you definitely need the pull on the other side though.

Spear and pen, please. But I guess that defeats the purpose of a wharncliff trapper.

Would a Lanny's clip still fall into the Wharncliff trapper definitions?

I'll be honest that I'd prefer something along the lines of a GEC #48 but if we went with something like a GEC #72/#73/heavy trapper then a Lanny's clip would look great. That or the long pull clip on the #72.

 

[black mamba]

With a muskrat clip in front, even a shorter Wharncliffe blade could be behind with the nick on the mark side, while only sticking up a little. Just look at this arrangement on the Cuban stockman:

All they would have to do is lengthen the Wharncliffe slightly and replace the sheepfoot with it. It would look something like this:

 

[Jayphog]

I vote for the "Trand-pper" as well. This will be a fantastic knife!

 

[badboy8913]

I voted for and prefer a single blade but if we must make it with two blades, let it be like the one waynorth has shown.

 

[Will Power]

With a muskrat clip in front, even a shorter Wharncliffe blade could be behind with the nick on the mark side, while only sticking up a little. Just look at this arrangement on the Cuban stockman:

All they would have to do is lengthen the Wharncliffe slightly and replace the sheepfoot with it. It would look something like this:

This would be a very appealing way of doing this-those scales are tidy too!

 

[Rick]

I voted for a single blade to keep the knife slim and elegant; preferably sporting a deeply swedged Wharncliffe with a crescent nail-nick. As much as I like them on some blade profiles, long pulls look out of place on a Wharnie, which is aesthetically defined by the curving flow of the blade spine from tang to tip. A long pull makes a Wharncliffe look clumsy, IMO.

 

[pertinux]

These are the blades I usually expect to see in a WT, below. I've carried that knife for a long time, and they are the perfect two blade pocketknife combination IMO.
They also seem to be the established standard, as mentioned previously in this and other threads.

Hey-- I have one like that!

Except it's only 2 3/8" long-- a bit sma'.

Yes to the blade configuration: two blades, these two blades.

~ P.

 

[ranchmanben]

Trand's set up works for me.

Ben

 

[meako]

voted single but its lookking like the "trandpper" has it.
giddy up.

 

[coyote711]

All they would have to do is lengthen the Wharncliffe slightly and replace the sheepfoot with it. It would look something like this:

Good idea, Jeff!:thumbup: I'd like to see the nail nicks both kept on the mark side too, and I also favor a shorter wharncliffe rather than two long blades the same length. Guess I've just never warmed up to a long wharncliffe blade.

Having said that, and realizing that we can't keep having polls ad infinitum, it's hard to argue with the knife Charlie posted. (Ya, ya ... I know we're not going to get a T. Bose for <$100).

 

[oldschool45]

voted single but its looking like the "trandpper" has it.
giddy up.

This is my thinking exactly I'd love a single spring slim knife around 3.5" but the trand-pper works for me as well. I still would like to keep the length under 4"

 

[Planterz]

I was OK with either the congress jack or the wharncliffe trapper, as long as it had 2 blades, one straight and one curved. I have almost no interest in a traditional knife with one blade, since for me the primary purpose of carrying a traditional knife is in the option of different blades.

I might still have interest in a single blade wharncliffe jack, but that depends on maker, steel, handle materials, etc. But I'd buy 2 or 3 wharncliffe trappers with 2 blades.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

In an effort to conserve energy, also why mess with a good plan, I vote as follows.

2 blades - Muskrat clip in front of a Wharncliffe blade (Ie standard wharncliffe trapper config)
Barehead with Federal shield works for me.

 

[FLymon]

Just like this one:

 

[goodeyesniper]

Starting to sound like a broken record, but:

What Trand said!

 

[PG5768]

Just like this one:

If this is what Trand said, except with bolsters, then I'm up for either. Although I'd prefer something like the one in the pic more, though.

 

[airyq]

Single blade for me.