Round up those Cattle Knives!!

[waynorth]

Thanks for finding that old thread, Gev! It has some great knives in it.
Too bad the thread is like a cherished old wool blanket, that's been infested with PB moths!!

 

[waynorth]

Nice to see these beautiful Cattle Knives posted, some beautiful customs as well as wonderful historical knives!!
In response to the request for Case knives, here are a few, along with a junior Diamond Edge.

 

[waynorth]

I've always liked cattle knives, though I only have a single Imperial. Strangely enough, that knife is a twin to one I lost out on in an auction, to you of all people. That was perhaps a dozen or so years ago, back when EBay showed a bidder's complete username. Before we even made each other's acquaintance you were already giving me lessons on the finer points of knife collecting...lol.

You wound up with a better one, as I recall!! You taught me patience as a virtue!!

A bit confused, they're Equal-End, but can they be Swell-Centre as well?

Thanks, Will

Bernie Levine says yes! I'll see if I can find one, Will!

I like cattle knives a lot , especially with a spear main. Hopefully Charlie will post his case cattle's. They're to die for

I'll post some more eventually, John!!

 

[waynorth]

Charlie,it seems like we often have the same taste!(^_-)
I don't have one in hand yet......Are they often 3 5/8 inches closed?

3 5/8" is the most common size, Rambler. They go from 3 1/2" on up to quite huge!
Below 3 1/2" they are referred to as Junior Cattle knives.

 

[knowtracks]

One I picked up on the exchange here some time ago.....




Dave

 

[justsomedude]

I'm also lucky enough to own a Kawamura cattle knife. The cattle knife is a very efficient pattern and think it's perfect at it's size with a spearpoint blade. A great counterpoint to a >4" serpentine stockman.

 

[5K Qs]

Here's a cattle knife I have (thanks, Mark) that Gevonovich identified as a Kingston for me. It's followed by a catalog cut for the knife. (Is a "humpback stockman" a cattle knife??)

- GT

 

[Will Power]

OK Charlie, so this Bovine type might count. Shatt&Morgan Heritage series Woodlander

 

[black mamba]

I won't bore you all with my whole collection of GEC #53 stockman knives (which are really clip main cattle knives), but I will show a picture of the four stag bone ones they made. From left to right they are Green Mountain, Carved Pumpkin, River Blue, and Brimstone.

This ram's horn is a nice one too, to show the blades opened.

This little pre-war Keen Kutter is my oldest one, and it's a junior, at 3⅜" closed.

My biggest is a Tidioute #98, and it's a whopper at 4.8" closed. But man does it have a great, smooth action!

Here is my humpback, that Will mentioned earlier.


And these last two are probably my most representative of the pattern, both 3⅝" closed, one with a spey and the other a punch. The white bone is a Frank Buster Fight'n Rooster, and the bone stag is a Shapleigh; both are Solingen made.

 

[Gevonovich]

All wonderful but the Ram's horn knocks me out every time, Jeff !! "bore"..surely you gest !! I love seeing your #53's !!! All of them. The carved pumpkin...man o man

 

[black mamba]

Thanks, Gev, always appreciated. You shouldn't have got me started!

Here's a couple of genuine stag Cubans, from 2007 and then from 2011.

And a different one in ram's horn, from the earlier batch in 2007.

 

[waynorth]

OK Charlie, so this Bovine type might count. Shatt&Morgan Heritage series Woodlander

Because of the angle, I can't tell if is is an equal end knife. It sure looks like a swell-center, equal-end Cattle knife!

 

[waynorth]

A fine collection of Cattles, Jeff!

I had a Cline Stewart just like that one, Dave! In fact . . . . . . . . .

Nice Ryu Cattles friends!!

I don't know about the humpback, GT!

 

[Will Power]

Most defo an Equal End Charlie.

 

[Arathol]

A couple Bulldogs

A Kutmaster surveyor pattern

Don't know what of make of this one. It came with a bunch of old Kutmasters, marked "Miller, Bro's Celebrated Cutlery".

This Kutmaster is a whole herd of cattle I guess

 

[supratentorial]

Thank you for the complements on the Ryu cattle knife, guys! Nice to see another Ryu also! I'm enjoying the photos of all these equal end and fancy cattle knives --both antique/vintage and new.

 

[waynorth]

Nice to see them all gathering around the barn!!
Great bunch, Arathol! I am guessing that swell-center is a large one - how long Will?

 

[Gevonovich]

Thanks, Gev, always appreciated. You shouldn't have got me started!

Here's a couple of genuine stag Cubans, from 2007 and then from 2011.

And a different one in ram's horn, from the earlier batch in 2007.

Keep us breathless, Jeff !!

 

[neal70]

Can they be serpentine, waynorth ?
Thanks, Neal
PS-beautiful knives, especially the Ryus, gents! Keep it coming!

 

[Phil in Alabama]

One of these days I need to find one of the Kutmaster five or six bladed cattle knives; fascinating viewing the workmanship required fitting so many blades into such a compact space. I need to get a few more photos to Imgur; two juniors, one newer Case and an older Ulster, and one of the Queen Dan Burks. Traded off a Bulldog stag a few years ago in a moment of weakness.