GEC #68 *Buckaroo* (aka Pertinux's Pattern Ramble)

That's the spirit, soldier!
 
I thought an example of "crinking" would be illustrative here. This Schrade Equal End three-blade is set up with unusual blades. It is not a cattle knife but is very similar;
It has a spear blade on the front or mark spring, and a screwdriver/file blade, opposite a pen on the rear or pile spring.
SchradeEERadio2.jpg

You can see from this picture that the screwdriver/file blade is crinked (bent) to clear the pen, in fact it is bent so far, it crosses the middle liner!
The pen has an offset grind to further allow everything to fit. The spear blade is swedged, but is nearly straight (slightly crinked).
SchradeEERadio4.jpg
 
waynorth said:
I thought an example of "crinking" would be illustrative here. This Schrade Equal End three-blade is set up with unusual blades. It is not a cattle knife but is very similar;
It has a spear blade on the front or mark spring, and a screwdriver/file blade, opposite a pen on the rear or pile spring.
SchradeEERadio2.jpg

You can see from this picture that the screwdriver/file blade is crinked (bent) to clear the pen, in fact it is bent so far, it crosses the middle liner!
The pen has an offset grind to further allow everything to fit. The spear blade is swedged, but is nearly straight (slightly crinked).
SchradeEERadio4.jpg
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Charlie,

That equal end is really cool.
 
Thanks Wayne. I'm not trying to change the path of this thread, though. I hope it was O.K. to post it.
Methinks I will have to get me one of those Buckaroo Junior Cattle knives!! And I don't live anywhere near Texas!!;)
 
waynorth said:
Thanks Wayne. I'm not trying to change the path of this thread, though. I hope it was O.K. to post it.
Methinks I will have to get me one of those Buckaroo Junior Cattle knives!! And I don't live anywhere near Texas!!;)
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Fortunately, you still qualify as you live in the Southwest...(of Canada)...:p
 
waynorth said:
Thanks Wayne. I'm not trying to change the path of this thread, though. I hope it was O.K. to post it.
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Absolutely! Although I admit to some small disappointment that you didn't draw the example this time.

I am sore tempted to change the subject of this thread to "Pertinux's Pattern Ramble," in which all tangential discussions of traditional patterns, blades, comparisons to other knives, illustrative examples and clarifications of building methods and philosophies, etc. are welcome, as long as there is some connection to a previous post somewhere.

I so appreciate the discussion and personal observations (and sometimes inexplicable preferences!) that arise in response to these knives. Some knife features do seem to fall in the Venn intersections between what are otherwise very different patterns (maybe Charlie can draw a picture of that? ;)), and some builders and companies seem to blur distinctions (or perhaps apply names and terms less discriminately than is helpful from the get-go) as they reinterpret older patterns.

I'm enjoying learning about all of it, and welcome the varying perspectives and interesting connections others make. Eye-openers.

... Perhaps a thread for another day. ;)

~ P.
 
waynorth said:
Hey, we've got cows up here ya know!! (I think:confused:)
Well, we definitely have steaks!!;)
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Sounds good, Charlie. At least I know we'll eat good whenever I come up for a visit. :cool:
 
For the record, that was not my title edit. Heh.


... I suddenly can't think of anything to say.


Yet.


~ P.
 
pertinux said:
For the record, that was not my title edit. Heh.


... I suddenly can't think of anything to say.


Yet.


~ P.
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Who would have the unmitigated gall to do such a thing?...I just can't imagine. The effrontery!

:D
 
JAB said:
Except the #66 is built on a serpentine frame.
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And the #66 could be called a "stockman", whereas the #68 is a small "cattle knife", unless I've misinterpreted Elliott's earlier explanation.

Elliott? May I please have a ruling?
 
I am sure Elliott will agree, the calf roper (pattern #66) is a stockman, perhaps a "junior" stockman, but certainly a small stockman.
And the Buckaroo (pattern #68) is a cattle knife, alternately referred to as a small or junior cattle knife.
 
waynorth said:
I am sure Elliott will agree, the calf roper (pattern #66) is a stockman, perhaps a "junior" stockman, but certainly a small stockman.
And the Buckaroo (pattern #68) is a cattle knife, alternately referred to as a small or junior cattle knife.
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I almost always agree with Charlie (even without checking), even more so when I haven't a clue what the pattern numbers represent and I don't have an image to examine in front of me. ;)
 
Aha,a slim excuse for posting a picture
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GEC #68 (and a JK Toby's Knife) if I'm not mistake on the pattern numbers, curtsey of confucius37 (thank you very much-and enjoy your custom btw:))
 
Does that 68 pattern only have two blades? In that case I wouldn't consider it a cattle knife despite being built upon an equal-end frame.

Of course, a three bladed version with the blades of the "Buckaroo" would be considered a "cattle knife" (despite the clip point master).
 
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