New Case 7254HP but I have no horse

Modoc ED

Modoc ED

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I got this 2011 Manufactured Case 7254HP SS Equestrian knife with Rosewood covers while in Ceaderville, CA yesterday. The closed length of the knife is 4 1/8". The clip blade is 3 1/4" long while the Hoof Pick is 3 1/8' long at the point of the pick. The fit and finish is first rate and the clip blade is very sharp out of the box and ready to go to work. Case really did a great thing by bringing this pattern back into their line. The Rosewood covers on this knife are very attractive.

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In all the years I've been helping out on the local farms and ranches around here, I've never seen anyone use a knife like this. Most guys just use the blade of one of their pocket knives to clean out a horse's shoe/hoof, etc.. We do have a mobile Blacksmith who goes from farm to ranch to shoe horses but the only thing I've ever seen him use for a pick was a piece of bent wire sharpened to a dull point.
 
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That's a good-looking knife Ed. :thumbup:

I have no use (for horses, anyway) for a hoof-pick, but I've often thought it might be useful for picking pebbles & such from the soles of my boots (my own 'hooves', as such ;)). That pattern has intrigued me for quite a while.
 
That is an attractive knife!
My wife was a groom for years at dressage barns around here. Whenever I showed her a picture of a knife with a hoofpick (I wanted to buy her a very nice one by A.G. Russell once), she always said that they looked "weak".Like they couldn't really handle the hard use that a real hoofpick was used too. Hers always looked like this. Very heavy gauge.
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Yep, very heavy duty and utilitarian plus it's inexpensive.

If you look at my third picture you can see that the tip-end of the pick is flat and not pointed/rounded. It's pretty stout.
 
Is the backspring strong as well, on the pick side? That's the only other concern I'd have, when using the pick for probing/digging/etc. Wouldn't want it to fold too easily.
 
The pull of the Pick blade is I'd say a heavy-7 or an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. Very stout. If used properly there should be no worry about fold-overs. The pull of the Clip blade is 6 to 7 on a cale of 1 to 10.
 
Ok, I personally have no use for the hoof-pick. But what I´m interessted in, is how Case does the finish of the rosewoodscales. The wood looks pretty cool.

Kind regards
Andi
 
I was going to get my sisters hoofpick knives, those Case models. They just use a regular hoofpick tool. I bought a no name brand model for my baby sister. They look like some nice knives. I've been thinking about getting all three of them the equine SAK models instead.
 
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