Round up those Cattle Knives!!

[Phil in Alabama]

Here's a HS&B I recently got. I liked the blade combination.

 

[redsparrow]

Model 66 from 2017, called a Calf Roper by GEC. I stand corrected; it's not a Junior Cattle Knife because it is not an equal ender, it has a slight serpentine frame.
Hope this junior stockman hasn't been too much trouble.

 

[black mamba]

A couple of Juniors, a pre-war E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter and a '90s Solingen Shapleigh in buff horn.

Ebony and Ivory (well, primitive bone, but it looks the part!)

 

[TheChunk91]

Double

 

[TheChunk91]

The 66 calf roper is a stockman, but the 68 buckaroo is a cattle knife. It comes down to handle shape.

 

[waynorth]

The 66 calf roper is a stockman, but the 68 buckaroo is a cattle knife. It comes down to handle shape.

I absolutely agree with you!! The #66 is a "junior" stockman if you will, note the serpentine shape, while the #68 buckaroo, being a symmetrical equal-ender, is a cattle knife!!

 

[TheChunk91]

The gec 68 buckaroo is a dandy cattle knife, and a tad larger than a typical 3 3/8” jr stock, such as this schrade walden.



And then there’s the GEC 53 cattle rancher, the biggest bull on the ranch at 4 1/8”.

 

[redsparrow]

The 66 calf roper is a stockman, but the 68 buckaroo is a cattle knife. It comes down to handle shape.

I absolutely agree with you!! The #66 is a "junior" stockman if you will, note the serpentine shape, while the #68 buckaroo, being a symmetrical equal-ender, is a cattle knife!!

Paul, Charlie, thanks for setting the record straight. Somehow I forgot that the 66 does have a serpentine frame. Stockman it is.

 

[Phil in Alabama]

I'm waiting for this one in the mail; a 4 blade stag Wostenholm IXL! It's supposed to get here tomorrow. My first stag cattle knife and the first IXL too.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Phil, that looks nice! Is that a brand new production one? by the looks of the Clip Point Etch - seems to be? I remember the Older Wostenholms had a Long Hollowed Punch. I would love some shots of it when it arrives Sir!

 

[Phil in Alabama]

The sellers photo did show a hollow punch; the knife appears to be carbon steel as there is a small amount of scattered rust. I hope that the springs are good, not too weak or too strong. I dislike one that's near impossible to open as much as I do a weak one.

 

[Phil in Alabama]

Fresh out of the box photos. After taking these I spent time sharpening the blades; they had what I would call rudimentary edge bevels, it took a while, and I also took a few minutes with a diamond file to fix the choils. Spring tension is good except for the punch which is very strong. That coupled with the hollowed shape makes it difficult to open. Any rust speckles were tiny and polish on all parts inside and out are as new. I wonder how old this knife is and what company built it. Overall a very nice four bladed stag cattle knife.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Love it! The Knife is of new manufacture, but exactly when I am unsure, Jack Black would be the great guy to ask.

Like you say- nice Knife

 

[Phil in Alabama]

The stag colors in the pictures turned out a bit more reddish looking than the actual knife is, it looks a little darker brown. Hard to get the lighting right, I either wind up with hot glare reflections or shadows that obscure all of the details.

 

[waynorth]

Spring tension is good except for the punch which is very strong.

Great looking Cattle, Phil!!! A firm punch is a good safety feature, IMO!!!

 

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[Campbellclanman]

Love it and love the Knives in this awesome Thread!

 

[SteveC]

Wards

 

[SteveC]

Link to Charter Member Forum

https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/board,32.0.html

 

[waynorth]

Fresh out of the box photos. After taking these I spent time sharpening the blades; they had what I would call rudimentary edge bevels, it took a while, and I also took a few minutes with a diamond file to fix the choils. Spring tension is good except for the punch which is very strong. That coupled with the hollowed shape makes it difficult to open. Any rust speckles were tiny and polish on all parts inside and out are as new. I wonder how old this knife is and what company built it. Overall a very nice four bladed stag cattle knife.

A nice treasure, Phil!!!