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We are overdue for a #14 sheepfoot.

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Size comparison: #14, #15, #86:
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I've found the 14 an attractive pattern and it would be interesting to have a Sheepfoot example.
However, it is a small knife in the hand- my hands are not large- especially in single blade form. The frame feels it lacks width and is somehow skimpy, this might be very odd with a broad Sheepfoot sticking out, no need for nail nick..

Here it is in Spear with a 15 cousin, itself a compact knife but very credible & useable as we all know.

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I think there was some talk about Lick Creek earlier, and here are two examples of Lyle's very fine SFO a 14 and 38. Lyle is a fine gent too.

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mbkr said:
Quick, lousy quality, pics.

Case Barlow, GEC 14, Case peanut
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I think the 14 is the perfect in between knife between the peanut, which seems "quite small" and the 15, which is a decent sized knife, but could be seen as a "small-ish" knife. A good knife for office carry and for places with a <2.5" blade length rule (like Chicago).
A 14 with clip and coping would be a dream - I think small coping blades, especially when kept shaving sharp, are incredibly useful on a day to day basis. I'd take a sheepsfoot and pen just as happily - I agree with others that the 14 does get a little thin in single bladed configuration. My ebony 14 spear/pen is carried occasionally, but I prefer having a little more diversity in blade shape.
 
A run of the #38 Farmer's Jack , like the SFOs by a couple of fine gentlemen Lyle Fry and waynorth waynorth , would be the most watched for run since the #77 Barlow run in early 2015 . That Farmers Jack is one that I NEED more than 1 of . If they make a run of the 14 s , that would be okay , you don't always need to carry a Big knife and the 14 is a good little knife .

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Old Engineer said:
A run of the #38 Farmer's Jack , like the SFOs by a couple of fine gentlemen Lyle Fry and waynorth waynorth , would be the most watched for run since the #77 Barlow run in early 2015 . That Farmers Jack is one that I NEED more than 1 of . If they make a run of the 14 s , that would be okay , you don't always need to carry a Big knife and the 14 is a good little knife .

Harry
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I don't carry the 14 but depending on what I'm doing and where I'm going, I do carry a 94 frequently. It's just a hair bigger and a 3 finger knife. It disappears nicely in the pocket and is capable for many daily cutting tasks. The 14 has it's place for small knife needs.
 
Over in the 88 Bayou thread a question was asked about Serp. frames as somebody thought the 38, 56, 57 were also Serp. frames like the new 88. He got good answers but it got me thinking about frame versatility .

The 55, 56, 57 are all the same except in the way they are set up, where the Master blade comes from and the flow/direction of the frame itself . They're not Serp frames- although sinewy - as the bolsters are different widths so there is a taper of conversely, a bulge. Below illustrates some of the versatility: from left a 56 EZ Open with half Hawk/Pruner, 55 in Redbone Hound's tooth with Wharncliffe Master, 57 Half Whitt in the centre with Wharncliffe Master from the larger bolster, the other knives are 56s in single Spear or Jack form, they also came in Clip

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The 38 was also mentioned and this too is not a Serp- but a sinewy frame with different width bolsters. It too has been very versatile housing one, two, or three blades with different Master blades, Clip, Pruner, Wharncliffe but it could also house a Penknife type arrangement- Clip/Pen, Spear/Small Clip, Sheepfoot or Pruner secondaries, we live in hope :cool:

Stockman are Serp framed unless Equal End but there is an oddity Stockman that GEC could develop by either altering the 57 frame or using its 92 shape Eureka/Talon. I was looking through my pictures and found this interesting RR Eureka Stockman that offers a kind of Copperhead style concealed tang on the Clip master for better pocket comfort. Be nice if GEC could develop this pattern too, the 57 Half Whitt has an almost hidden tng due to its large bolster but its 92 Eureka could house it too , albeit longer than the 3 3/8" RR.

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Will Power said:
Over in the 88 Bayou thread a question was asked about Serp. frames as somebody thought the 38, 56, 57 were also Serp. frames like the new 88. He got good answers but it got me thinking about frame versatility .

The 55, 56, 57 are all the same except in the way they are set up, where the Master blade comes from and the flow/direction of the frame itself . They're not Serp frames- although sinewy - as the bolsters are different widths so there is a taper of conversely, a bulge. Below illustrates some of the versatility: from left a 56 EZ Open with half Hawk/Pruner, 55 in Redbone Hound's tooth with Wharncliffe Master, 57 Half Whitt in the centre with Wharncliffe Master from the larger bolster, the other knives are 56s in single Spear or Jack form, they also came in Clip

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The 38 was also mentioned and this too is not a Serp- but a sinewy frame with different width bolsters. It too has been very versatile housing one, two, or three blades with different Master blades, Clip, Pruner, Wharncliffe but it could also house a Penknife type arrangement- Clip/Pen, Spear/Small Clip, Sheepfoot or Pruner secondaries, we live in hope :cool:

Stockman are Serp framed unless Equal End but there is an oddity Stockman that GEC could develop by either altering the 57 frame or using its 92 shape Eureka/Talon. I was looking through my pictures and found this interesting RR Eureka Stockman that offers a kind of Copperhead style concealed tang on the Clip master for better pocket comfort. Be nice if GEC could develop this pattern too, the 57 Half Whitt has an almost hidden tng due to its large bolster but its 92 Eureka could house it too , albeit longer than the 3 3/8" RR.

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So I was the one who asked about the 38, 56, 57….ect being serpentines as the way I have understood it that ALL dog legs including reversed, like the 48, are serpentine. The 66 is a traditional equal end serpentine where as the dogleg pattern is a derivative of the serpentine where the cap end is larger and down swept. The reverse dogleg would have a upswept cap end.
 
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